Big East TV Deal with FOX, TNT, and NBC

[aburks41]

"Big East men’s and women’s college basketball is on the verge of adding new television partners as NBC Sports and TNT Sports are expected to join Fox Sports in presenting games beginning this season, sources briefed on the negotiations told The Athletic.

While Fox Sports will remain the top partner, both NBC, which will feature most of its games on Peacock, and TNT Sports, which operates the streaming service Max, are anticipated to add a large number of games.


The financial terms of the expected new agreements are not yet known. The agreement is not yet formalized and the other incumbent, CBS Sports — which does a smaller package of games — is still holding discussions."

 

[gwhuskyfan]

Peacock on sale right now -- $19.99 for the YEAR. Great price... and you can take advantage of being able to catch all of the Olympic events if that's up your alley

 

[B1GEast]

Keeping Hurley really helps the BE with TV money.

 

[aceboon]

Between the eventual NBA deal and now college ball I guess I gotta cave in and get Peacock, sick of adding more streaming subscriptions

 

[3rdbass]

Great now we need peacock and max ro watch games. Is this much better than espn÷?

 

[navery12]

The Big East right now

 

[kobe]

my prediction of facebook live streaming was a bit off but in the same ballpark.

 

[navery12]

Great now we need peacock and max ro watch games. Is this much better than espn÷?

I highly doubt it'll affect UConn men's basketball much at all, we'll be the top draw and I'd be shocked if we're not on FS1 for nearly every game. This is likely replacing the CBSSN games if I had to guess

 

[superjohn]

Between the eventual NBA deal and now college ball I guess I gotta cave in and get Peacock, sick of adding more streaming subscriptions

I got rid of them as HBO is all I wanted for TV and Amazon for the free delivery. The content stinks on Netflix and some others but now it's becoming impossible as a sports fan to not add them. It really sucks what's happened with TV.

 

[superjohn]

The Big East right now

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Forget the Big East, the talking heads were saying college basketball was finished if Hurley went to the Lakers. Drama queens everywhere.

 

[king conn]

Putting games on Peacock and Max is a ticket to oblivion

You can get away with this if you are a well established league, sport or national team

The Big East is not that

 

[auror]

Putting games on Peacock and Max is a ticket to oblivion

You can get away with this if you are a well established league, sport or national team

The Big East is not that

The Big Ten had prominent games exclusively on Peacock this past season. It's going to be mainstream to watch games there.

 

[kobe]

Putting games on Peacock and Max is a ticket to oblivion

You can get away with this if you are a well established league, sport or national team

The Big East is not that

very, very smart take.

 

[upstater]

For soccer fans, Peacock is already a must have. Peacock will rope a lot of people in over the next few years, starting with this summer's Summer Olympics

 

[king conn]

The Big Ten had prominent games exclusively on Peacock this past season. It's going to be mainstream to watch games there.

Read what I said

To repeat, if you are a well established league, you can get away with it

In addition, they are getting paid probably 10 times what we will get for this

 

[MrSec238]

Id expect some strange to us tip times now

 

[uconngb]

very, very smart take.

What a pathetic existence when the best you have is to nip at the heels of the big dogs.....

 

[bdbdbdbd]

Great now we need peacock and max ro watch games. Is this much better than espn÷?

I watched most games this year free on Fox by clearing cookies before the game and at half-time.

 

[Tyler2Rings]

To be clear, Cincy streamed their games on "Big 12 Now on ESPN+" Anyone know what channel that is?

 

[NCHusky91]

very, very smart take.

Fans of 11th place teams who had 27 games on ESPN+ last year really have no standing, regardless of conference affiliation.

 

[Drew]

 

[Tyler2Rings]

To be clear, Cincy streamed their games on "Big 12 Now on ESPN+" Anyone know what channel that is?

Meanwhile...

 

[kobe]

Fans of 11th place teams who had 27 games on ESPN+ last year really have no standing, regardless of conference affiliation.

the irony of this is hysterical!

our new (power conference) tv deal starting next year is what’s booting the church league off of fox/fs1.

you can’t make this up!

 

[UofCT]

Will UConn get more money?!?!!

 

[SouleMan]

Peacock on sale right now -- $19.99 for the YEAR. Great price... and you can take advantage of being able to catch all of the Olympic events if that's up your alley

Thanks. Worth $20 to check it out for the year. I then immediately cancelled so I won't get auto-billed next year.

 

[Drew]

I’ll say this.. really hope we avoid the “stick most popular team behind a paywall because their fans will pay for it” situation with Max and Peacock. Would really be unfortunate.

Granted, we also get by FAR the best ratings on FOX/FS1, how this shakes out starting in 2025 will be interesting to monitor

 

[Drew]

Thanks. Worth $20 to check it out for the year. I then immediately cancelled so I won't get auto-billed next year.

The new deal won’t start until 2025-26 so have fun with that lol

 

[SouleMan]

The new deal won’t start until 2025-26 so have fun with that lol

Yes, but they do have other content like the Olympics

 

[champs99and04]

I’ll say this.. really hope we avoid the “stick most popular team behind a paywall because their fans will pay for it” situation with Max and Peacock. Would really be unfortunate.

I can't imagine any of the associated networks doing anything like that. Where would you come up with such an idea?

 

[Drew]

Yes, but they do have other content

They do, that wasn’t what got you to buy it. And you cancelled for 2025 already.