ESPN has decided to put the Texas-Ole Miss game at Darrell K. Royal on the LHN.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...r-lhn-game

Quote:The network, its corporate parents at ESPN, and Texas and Ole Miss announced Tuesday that the Rebels' Sept. 14 visit to Austin will be televised on the LHN at 8 p.m. ET. The problem from the Rebels' perspective is that precious few Ole Miss fans (to say nothing of the general nationwide college fooball-viewing audience) will have access to that broadcast.

So maybe it's no surprise that the Rebels also announced that their supporters may be able to find a way around ponying up for a limited-use LHN subscription:

Ole Miss Football @OleMissFB
Ole Miss & ESPN are working on TV accommodations for Rebel fans for the Texas game.

Make no mistake: It's good news that there should be some workaround for this dilemma for Rebel fans other than trying to make it out to the local sports bar, which might not have LHN either. But, of course, it remains to be seen exactly what these "accommodations" might be; an expensive pay-per-view option might not be a dramatic improvement. And there are still thousands upon thousands of Texas fans who don't have the LHN yet either.

It'll be interesting to see how they work this one out. Kind of competing interests for ESPN here, since they're alienating future SECN subscribers while trying to prop up another product.

(06-05-2013 05:39 PM)moo Wrote:  ESPN has decided to put the Texas-Ole Miss game at Darrell K. Royal on the LHN.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...r-lhn-game

Quote:The network, its corporate parents at ESPN, and Texas and Ole Miss announced Tuesday that the Rebels' Sept. 14 visit to Austin will be televised on the LHN at 8 p.m. ET. The problem from the Rebels' perspective is that precious few Ole Miss fans (to say nothing of the general nationwide college fooball-viewing audience) will have access to that broadcast.

So maybe it's no surprise that the Rebels also announced that their supporters may be able to find a way around ponying up for a limited-use LHN subscription:

Ole Miss Football @OleMissFB
Ole Miss & ESPN are working on TV accommodations for Rebel fans for the Texas game.

Make no mistake: It's good news that there should be some workaround for this dilemma for Rebel fans other than trying to make it out to the local sports bar, which might not have LHN either. But, of course, it remains to be seen exactly what these "accommodations" might be; an expensive pay-per-view option might not be a dramatic improvement. And there are still thousands upon thousands of Texas fans who don't have the LHN yet either.

It'll be interesting to see how they work this one out. Kind of competing interests for ESPN here, since they're alienating future SECN subscribers while trying to prop up another product.

KU and ISU got the game simulcast in their home region and I expect that to happen here. KU and ISU also were paid handsomely for the favor of agreeing.

Its time to give up on this silly Longhorn Network and time to work with the rest of the Big 12 to start a conference network. It will prove the Big 12 is serious about staying together

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Congress stepped in against the NFL network for local market coverage of Thursday night NFL Network games. Who ever wants to look like a hero in Mississippi can just piggyback on that to Get a local broadcast in Mississippi.

(06-05-2013 07:00 PM)Minutemen429 Wrote:  Congress stepped in against the NFL network for local market coverage of Thursday night NFL Network games. Who ever wants to look like a hero in Mississippi can just piggyback on that to Get a local broadcast in Mississippi.

No they didn't. NFL policy is all games must be shown on free tv in home market. ESPN games are also broadcast over the air in home markets.

http://www.bloguin.com/crystalballrun/20...ormal.html

"ESPN now owns the majority of valuable college football content, and the people who run the network aren’t in the business of giving a flying f*ck about making sure that fans get to see the games that they want to see. Their job is to squeeze as much money as they can out of the network’s most valuable assets."

This seems pretty correct to me. This part is interesting for those who think ala carte cable is coming down the pike, If it were even a possibility you wouldn't be seeing all of these conference networks.

"Ironically, what ESPN is doing with Texas games on the LHN represents a miniature version of what we’ll soon be seeing with the SEC Network. ESPN and the SEC have made it clear that some of the league’s more desirable games will find their way to the SECN. Sure, there will be South Carolina-Wofford and Florida-Alcorn State, but it would also have a fair number of the games that would normally be on ABC/ESPN/ESPN2.

Be it the LHN or the SECN, the core strategy is the same: 1.) spread out the valuable content across multiple networks; 2.) wait for the cable companies to cave; 3.) profit.

The fallout, of course, is different. The SECN will certainly have broader appeal and wider distribution than the LHN from the second ESPN flips the switch. On the other hand, once the channel does start showing up on your dial, there will be an even juicier premium tacked on to your monthly cable bills for games that were readily available in the previous distribution ecosystem. Oh, and Paul Finebaum on TV."

(06-05-2013 06:15 PM)S11 Wrote:  

(06-05-2013 05:39 PM)moo Wrote:  ESPN has decided to put the Texas-Ole Miss game at Darrell K. Royal on the LHN.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...r-lhn-game

Quote:The network, its corporate parents at ESPN, and Texas and Ole Miss announced Tuesday that the Rebels' Sept. 14 visit to Austin will be televised on the LHN at 8 p.m. ET. The problem from the Rebels' perspective is that precious few Ole Miss fans (to say nothing of the general nationwide college fooball-viewing audience) will have access to that broadcast.

So maybe it's no surprise that the Rebels also announced that their supporters may be able to find a way around ponying up for a limited-use LHN subscription:

Ole Miss Football @OleMissFB
Ole Miss & ESPN are working on TV accommodations for Rebel fans for the Texas game.

Make no mistake: It's good news that there should be some workaround for this dilemma for Rebel fans other than trying to make it out to the local sports bar, which might not have LHN either. But, of course, it remains to be seen exactly what these "accommodations" might be; an expensive pay-per-view option might not be a dramatic improvement. And there are still thousands upon thousands of Texas fans who don't have the LHN yet either.

It'll be interesting to see how they work this one out. Kind of competing interests for ESPN here, since they're alienating future SECN subscribers while trying to prop up another product.

KU and ISU got the game simulcast in their home region and I expect that to happen here. KU and ISU also were paid handsomely for the favor of agreeing.

LHN had to get permission from KU and ISU because the Big 12 doesn't allow conference games on LHN unless the team playing UT agrees. Right? No permission is required for a non-con game. ESPN will probably arrange for an OTA telecast within Mississippi to keep Ole Miss fans from getting angry, but they don't need Ole Miss' permission so they don't need to pay them.

So many parts of Mississippi are in DMAs primarily in other states, that OTA coverage might involve having the game shown in parts of five other states (AL, FL, TN, AR, LA). My guess is it gets licensed to CSS or Fox SportSouth.