Big East TV Deal with FOX, TNT, and NBC

[auror]

This guys is saying the deal is near 1 Billion over 6 years which would be an increase over the 12 year 500 Million contract. This would be huge if true.

I expect 10-12 based on other deals, I'd be quite happy with 15.

 

[superjohn]

I expect 10-12 based on other deals, I'd be quite happy with 15.

I voted for 12+ the other day. 12, I would be satisfied. 15/15+ would be a big win if that's the #.

 

[Hamms30]

Your Vermont house may be different than my Vermont house.

Is that a subtle way of saying your house has ghosts?

 

[bendm]

if we get $15 mill/year then the first round of drinks is on me

 

[gsmooth]

if we get $15 mill/year then the first round of drinks is on me

I can't remember the last time I drank alcohol because it's so rare. But if it's on you, I will take a Kamikaze drink (not the shot).

UConn has bigger plans to eventually get into a P4 or P2 or P-whatever, but $15 mill/year would be a good reason to do this, at least for the short term:

 

[Hoophound]

I’m gonna start telling people you need a bucket of water from the pond to flush the toilet at our Vermont house. Then maybe people will stop coming. This is brilliant.

 

[huskymedic]

No $$ yet…

 

[HuskyAlum012]

No mention of the money cannot be a good sign. Wouldn't you want to promote it if we got a 3-4X increase?

 

[aburks41]

Slightly concerned they have not mentioned the $$...Usually that's the first thing these conferences want to brag about.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[auror]

No $$ yet…

"Peacock will launch its coverage of BIG EAST men’s basketball in 2024-25 with a package of 25 regular season games and five early round and quarterfinal conference tournament games. Beginning with the 2025-26 season, Peacock and NBC Sports will present more than 60 men’s and women’s regular season and BIG EAST Tournament games."

I hope those tournament games aren't exclusively on Peacock.

 

[UConnStats]

"Peacock will launch its coverage of BIG EAST men’s basketball in 2024-25 with a package of 25 regular season games and five early round and quarterfinal conference tournament games. Beginning with the 2025-26 season, Peacock and NBC Sports will present more than 60 men’s and women’s regular season and BIG EAST Tournament games."

I hope those tournament games aren't exclusively on Peacock.

Do the right thing and stick Peacock with DePaul and Butler

 

[HuskyAlum012]

"Peacock will launch its coverage of BIG EAST men’s basketball in 2024-25 with a package of 25 regular season games and five early round and quarterfinal conference tournament games. Beginning with the 2025-26 season, Peacock and NBC Sports will present more than 60 men’s and women’s regular season and BIG EAST Tournament games."

I hope those tournament games aren't exclusively on Peacock.

That means all wednesday games AND the early Thursday window will be on peacock? Awful.

 

[phillionaire]

As long as they still use roundball rock I don’t care what channel the games are on

 

[bendm]

As long as they still use roundball rock I don’t care what channel the games are on

well...NBC is talking with John Tesh about re-licensing Roundball Rock for NBA coverage so i doubt the BE will be able to keep using it after next year

 

[gsmooth]

No $$ yet…

Uh Oh. Damn (facepalm).

 

[bendm]

Do the right thing and stick Peacock with DePaul and Butler

and women's bball

 

[huskymedic]

“The deal also includes the other Big East sports, including soccer, lacrosse, baseball, softball and volleyball. Many of those contests have been streaming on FloSports, with occasional games and championship events on the Fox networks. It was not immediately clear how much would change in the new deal, as the NBC and TNT press releases Thursday focused only on basketball.”

 

[HuskyAlum012]

“The deal also includes the other Big East sports, including soccer, lacrosse, baseball, softball and volleyball. Many of those contests have been streaming on FloSports, with occasional games and championship events on the Fox networks. It was not immediately clear how much would change in the new deal, as the NBC and TNT press releases Thursday focused only on basketball.”

I would assume all those olympic sports will be on Peacock. Which is better than flosports, but hopefully still broadcasting on UConn+ (however, I would doubt)

 

[huskymedic]

I would assume all those olympic sports will be on Peacock. Which is better than flosports, but hopefully still broadcasting on UConn+ (however, I would doubt)

I would think (my guess only) home games and non-conference games could still live on UConn+

 

[shizzle787]

$500 million over six years. About 7.5 million per year. Almost double what we get now.

 

[Ucxc24]

I got confirmation from a Big East broadcasting exec (Scott Hecht) that SNY will not be moving forward after next season.

 

[huskymedic]

The Big East today is formally unveiling its new six-year media-rights pacts with Fox Sports, TNT Sports and NBC Sports, which was approved by school presidents. Allen & Co. and Proskauer were advisers on the deal for the Big East. Sources noted earlier in the week that the conference will see a moderate rights fee uptick. The existing pact was a 12-year, $500M deal with the Big East (an average annual value of around $41.67M).

Interesting pivot on characterization of the increase today (could be nothing I guess):

 

[Chuck]

well...NBC is talking with John Tesh about re-licensing Roundball Rock for NBA coverage so i doubt the BE will be able to keep using it after next year

I heard the BE negotiated use of the full version with Tesh's brother's lyrics. Win!