<a href='http://www.collegesports.com/cstv/howtogetcstv.html' target='_blank'>http://www.collegesports.com/cstv/howtogetcstv.html</a>

:rofl:

This is my favorite:

"Organize CSTV watching parties (send us pictures!)'

Oddball, you game?

Houston or Rice?

I'll worry about CSTV once ESPNU gets on DishNetwork. The U is taking over a lot of those ESPN Regional games that can be so hard to find anywhere.

Where's the MAC connection to CSTV?

MWC and C-USA are on board.

Which conferences are next?

Remember that the MAC also has TV coverage with Fox Sports. I live in New Mexico, have Dish Net, and can watch all the MAC football and basketball games covered by Fox-Ohio, Fox-Chicago, Fox Midwest, and other Fox outlets.

Also--STAY TUNED!! Recall that Fox Sports recently purchased the rights to telecast the majority of the BCS Bowl games. Given this, wouldn't it make sense for Fox Sports to expand its college football coverage?

Who knows how all this will turn out. I think the MAC has good relations with the major TV college football networks. Further, we enhance these relations by improving our ties with conferences like the Big 10, the Big 12, and the Big East.

emu steve Wrote:Where's the MAC connection to CSTV?

None. Just figured Conference USA could use the help.

I was hoping SF that maybe CSTV might be interesting in picking up MAC games IF the ESPN contract permits it.

I think what is key here is that MWC and C-USA have signed NEW contracts which mean that CSTV are built into the contracts, both in terms of rights and fees.

I think it would be wiser to wait for ESPN-U to hit the airwaves in March than to jump on board rightnow with CSTV. Which network do you think will dominate this market?

emu steve Wrote:Where's the MAC connection to CSTV?

MWC and C-USA are on board.

Which conferences are next?

I don't expect their to be any other conferences this year. Watch for ESPNU to make a splash sometime soon too and other conferences will try to get on ESPNU instead of CSTV. I am not convinced that CSTV will ever be anything bigger than the current Fox Sports Network.

axeme Wrote:I think it would be wiser to wait for ESPN-U to hit the airwaves in March than to jump on board rightnow with CSTV. Which network do you think will dominate this market?

Bingo!

axeme Wrote:I think it would be wiser to wait for ESPN-U to hit the airwaves in March than to jump on board rightnow with CSTV. Which network do you think will dominate this market?

If the MAC holds out for ESPNU (and I'd rather see it on CSTV, since I hate ESPN/ABC) then I bet they renegotiate the other half of the deal too.

Remember, one of the largest alumni bases in the US.