Well, I can see who our next TV contract may be with. I wish I could import a chart showing this, but this really effects the MW and could spur a NBC contract after CBS deal expires.

MW schools with Comcast
Colorado St.
Air Force (basically all of Colorado)
New Mexico (basically all of New Mexico
Fresno St. (and surrounding area)
San Jose St. (and the whole Bay Area)
Utah St. (and all the surrounding SLC area)

MW schools with Time Warner.
San Diego St.

UNLV =Cox, Nevada & Wyoming = Charter, BSU = Cable One.

Now here is the biggie for the MW conference.

Other notable Comcast Cities.
Houston, TX
Seattle, WA
Spokane, WA
Vancouver, WA
Sacramento/Stockton, CA

In addition, Comcast is in Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia.

Other Notable Time Warner Cities
Los Angeles, CA
Dallas, TX
Austin, TX
San Antonio, TX (and most other mid-size cities on the I-35 corridor from S.A. to Dallas).
El Paso, TX

In addition, Time Warner is also in all of Ohio, most of NY and North Carolina and South Carolina

This would be a big deal for the MW as the NBC Sports Network is available to all the subscribers on the basic package/lowest tier.

I can also see some expansion candidates if TV gets involve. (Schools in the TW footprint: UTEP, UTSA, Texas St, North Texas) SMU/Houston I think won't move from the AAC.

I know Comcast has to divest around 3 million subscribers so I'm wondering if North and South Carolina will be part of that.

Either way, The sets up the MW to be within 85-90% of the Comcast footprint in the Western US. The MW won't be getting that much more of a deal than they currently have, but it will provide a much bigger exposure. For a conference like ours, exposure out weighs everything else. Especially, to casual fans who don't know what the conference is making or how much each schools get. They just see them on TV and are happy to be able with their teams on TV.

CBS Sports is on all those cable systems already... not sure how this impacts at all.

(02-14-2014 03:04 PM)IceJus10 Wrote:  CBS Sports is on all those cable systems already... not sure how this impacts at all.

CBS sports available if you have the higher tier packages with Time Warner.

Comcast offers NBC Sports Network on their lowest tier which gives a wider exposure, if the MW has a contract with NBC and not CBS in the next TV contract. All those games shown on NBCSN will be seen by subscribers on the lowest tier package and mostly in all of the MW footprint and then some.

I'm currently a Dish customer and I can't get CBS Sport unless I'm in the top 200 package or higher and I'm think of down grading since my costs are getting higher. I won't be able to see MW games on CBS sports with the Top 120 package. NBC sports is only part of the Top 250 with Dish.

If the MW want's more exposure, signing up with NBC would be the way to go in my opinion as the games will be available to basically all subscribers and not just the ones on the higher tier packages.