Spydey629
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http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6471380
Huge $$$ deal, huge exposure deal:
The one-liner about Comcast/NBC:
FTIW, I don't think Comcast could match the exposure FOX and ESPN offered. Just too many stations available with two major powers combined.
For the record, I wasn't sure if this was worth it's own thread or not. But I wasn't sure which one of the TV Deal/Negotiation threads to add it to, either.
Huge $$$ deal, huge exposure deal:
Under this deal, Fox and ESPN will split the rights to college football games. ESPN will air its games on cable as well as ABC; Fox will show its games on its broadcast network, basic cable network FX and on the Fox Sports Net regional networks.
Men's basketball games will be split mostly between ESPN and Fox Sports Net, with ESPN also getting rights to some Olympic sports that likely will be aired on ESPNU.
The two entities will alternate showing the Pac-12 football championship game and the men's basketball tournament. Fox, which will air the inaugural football title game this season, will have the first football championship under this contract in 2012, with ESPN getting the men's basketball tournament later that season, a person familiar with the deal told the AP.
The one-liner about Comcast/NBC:
That set the stage for the television negotiations, which began in earnest April 1. Although Comcast/NBC was an aggressive bidder and Turner Sports also was interested, incumbents Fox and ESPN won out.
FTIW, I don't think Comcast could match the exposure FOX and ESPN offered. Just too many stations available with two major powers combined.
For the record, I wasn't sure if this was worth it's own thread or not. But I wasn't sure which one of the TV Deal/Negotiation threads to add it to, either.