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10-game package. 1 game each Saturday afternoon.

http://conferenceusa.com/news/2019/5/20/...5NxZvOHuYc

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Evan Dudley
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Evan Dudley Retweeted Matt Murschel

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Big news on the TV front this upcoming season for @ConferenceUSA and possibly @UAB_FB.

The Blazers will be an attractive selection each week given their story and the fact it's smack dab in the middle of the market that routinely leads the nation in college football ratings.


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C-USA and NFL reach a 4-year deal for a 10-game package of C-USA football games to be broadcast on NFL Network. The partnership will begin in the 2019 football season with one game each week on Saturday afternoon per the league.
2:02 PM - 20 May 2019

https://twitter.com/CoolCyWrites/status/...1044218880

TheTowelRackWKU.com @TheTowelRackWKU
CUSA should seriously consider tiering out their games based on their best matchup 3 weeks out like the other conferences do. Tier 1- NFL Network Tier 2- CBS Sports Network Tier 3- Stadium/ESPN+ would better showcase the league.

Cyrus Smith @CoolCyWrites
This should definitely be the move. For recruiting & exposure purposes, the best game of the week shouldn’t be behind a paywall. AAC & Sun Belt are unlikely to say the same with their new deals

NFL Network is still behind a paywall, it's not in basic cable on any system that I know of, including DirecTV although it is in a lower tier than CBS Sports Network. It's not ESPN but in the year 2019 still being on TV and not being pushed to streaming is a plus

Something else that hasn't really been discussed but will be part of this is the fact that Sinclair Broadcasting which owns Stadium bought up most of the regional Fox Sports Networks (think Fox Sports South and the like, but they didn't buy FS1/FS2). I would expect more Stadium programming to show up on FSNs going forward too

The upside is exposure and the possibility of 10 extra CUSA football games being broadcast that would not have been.

Hopefully Blazers get at least 3 games televised.

(05-20-2019 06:32 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  NFL Network is still behind a paywall, it's not in basic cable on any system that I know of, including DirecTV although it is in a lower tier than CBS Sports Network. It's not ESPN but in the year 2019 still being on TV and not being pushed to streaming is a plus

Something else that hasn't really been discussed but will be part of this is the fact that Sinclair Broadcasting which owns Stadium bought up most of the regional Fox Sports Networks (think Fox Sports South and the like, but they didn't buy FS1/FS2). I would expect more Stadium programming to show up on FSNs going forward too

I have it in my Charter/Spectrum lineup but I got the Sports Pkg IIRC - been so long I don't remember, I just know what my cable bill is. NFL network is on mine along w/ many of the FSN ones but mostly watch the west coast games on them.

DirecTV has it. Part of my package. Great news. All positive.

Available on Sling as well. I think I have it in the blue package.

Oh so you are a Slinger with a blue package?

It seems to be only a matter of time until someone mimics this deal so why not parlay this into a similar arrangement with the NBA network?

Yep. Verified it was in the blue package.
Stadium also is in the blue package.

I haven't felt interested in getting the orange package (which includes the ESPN channels)

This must have been AAF's () TV deal, the league had to sacrifice itself for C-USA.

(05-20-2019 09:12 PM)C-Finder Wrote:  This must have been AAF's () TV deal, the league had to sacrifice itself for C-USA.

The AAF was paying the NFL Network to show the games and paying for the production of the games. So hopefully not the exact same tv deal.

Still, very excited about the announcement, should be great exposure for the conference.

Good news. NFL Network is in the Youtube TV package as well.

(05-20-2019 08:34 PM)WesternBlazer Wrote:  

I'm guessing the Facebook games are exclusively on Facebook? That part of the deal sucks. I don't want to watch the game on my computer or phone, and AFAIK there is no Apple TV/Roku/Fire TV app to watch video from Facebook. At least with ESPN3/+ you can get it into your TV set

I watch every Facebook game on my 80 inch TV screen I just simply hook up the HDMI cable into my computer easy Peezy

I was able to cast every facebook game to my TV and like ATTALLABLAZE said you can also hook up the HDMI to your computer.

There are Facebook Video apps on Apple TV and Firestick. That’s how I watch Facebook games.