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NBC, TNT Sports expected to broadcast Big East basketball next season

While Fox Sports will remain the top partner, both NBC and TNT Sports are anticipated to add a large number of games.
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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.​
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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 thought of not having to stream WBB games is a dream. And Peacock is discounted right now, so I may sign up for that (sigh).
 
Huskee11 said:
I wonder where this leaves SNY.

Hopefully still in the picture (no pun intended).
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- SNY is probably out
-The new deals won’t start until 2025-26, it was a typo by Marchand
 
zls44 said:
- SNY is probably out
-The new deals won’t start until 2025-26, it was a typo by Marchand
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Losing SNY would be bad because we'd lose a lot of the extra coverage SNY provides plus it's likely all the Tier 1 and 2 partners won't pick up every game, so we could end up having no TV coverage for a bunch of games none of the networks want.
 
Why should we assume that NBC and/or TNT will not be as willing as Fox has been to allow SNY to televise any UConn games that they are not interested in televising? I have to believe that there will be as many of those games on the women's side as there have been in previous years.

On the other hand, the fewer games SNY televises, the more @MJL243 can put on YouTube for us all to replay.
 
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JoePgh said:
Why should we assume that NBC and/or TNT will not be as willing as Fox has been to allow SNY to televise any UConn games that they are not interested in televising? I have to believe that there will be as many of those games on the women's side as there have been in previous years.

On the other hand, the fewer games SNY televises, the more @MJL243 can put on YouTube for us all to replay.
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Because TNT and NBC will want UConn WBB content


All the games will be televised, it’s just that instead of SNY for Seton Hall it’d be Peacock, for example.
 
I don’t see a world where SNY continues having a UConn deal They’ve been a great partner, but this is the way the business is evolving
 
Huskee11 said:
I wonder where this leaves SNY.

Hopefully still in the picture (no pun intended).
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zls44 said:
- SNY is probably out
-The new deals won’t start until 2025-26, it was a typo by Marchand
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I don't know about that. They may have a few less games, but I wouldn't expect every UConn women's basketball game to be picked up by the broadcast partners.
 
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Old Geezer said:
So we’re not going to know what streaming services we have to buy until the final tv schedule comes out. Great.
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It’s for 2025-26
 
CL82 said:
I don't know about that. They may have a few less games, but I wouldn't expect every UConn women's basketball game to be picked up by the broadcast partners.
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If you were trying to sell Peacock and MAX subscriptions would you use Providence WBB or UConn WBB?
 
Old Geezer said:
So we’re not going to know what streaming services we have to buy until the final tv schedule comes out. Great.
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I am anti-streaming. It's going to become where you have to pay through the nose for internet, a cable company for local and network content, and then 4 or 5 streaming services for "exclusive" stuff. Some people, usually young, think this is just fine. I may be as old as dirt, but I remember when everything that could be seen came out of the ether for free.
 
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Currently Peacock is running a deal $19 for the year. Mostly likely for the Olympics coverage. I'm going to try it.
For me, if SNY is out I'd go back to YouTube TV because it's cheaper than Hulu. Plus with Hulu, in order to get Live TV I have to bundle with Disney+ which I never watch.
 
Out of curiosity, I looked up the cost of Peacock. They’re currently running a special - $20 for a year. Looks like the regular cost is $6/month
 
GoUconn7961 said:
Currently Peacock is running a deal $19 for the year. Mostly likely for the Olympics coverage. I'm going to try it.
For me, if SNY is out I'd go back to YouTube TV because it's cheaper than Hulu. Plus with Hulu, in order to get Live TV I have to bundle with Disney+ which I never watch.
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Exact same boat I’m in. Though I do love The Bear
 
This is excellent news. Going to be so much easier to see the games.
 
i can see it where any games nbc/peacock have are obviously not SNY. I can see fox again sublicensing UConn games to SNY for their portion, but it will probably be less games than there are now. Kind of like how fox sub license a couple games to CBS on the men’s side each year
 
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Here's what I don't understand or am confused about.
All of the biggies (Fox, CBS, Peacock, MAX, etc) are signing up deals with the Big East.
The SNY deal is with UConn but I believe it was negotiated while in the BE the first time.
Will/can UConn continue to negotiate their own coverage (ie SNY) or can the BE now prevent them, even though the original SNY contract was negotiated while we were in the BE?
 
Skeets said:
I am anti-streaming. It's going to become where you have to pay through the nose for internet, a cable company for local and network content, and then 4 or 5 streaming services for "exclusive" stuff. Some people, usually young, think this is just fine. I may be as old as dirt, but I remember when everything that could be seen came out of the ether for free.
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I hear you, but having majority of Big East on FloSports hasn't been great for fans of the conference, and at the monthly price they charge.

It's already gotten to the point where the cost of streaming is the equivalent of cable and we're now hearing about streaming services "joining forces" to offer bundled packages. And contrary to your assumption, while the younger demographic like streaming, they don't want to pay what it costs. Especially when they can't use their parents' account anymore. My daughter's reaction when she figured out what it would cost her was priceless ;)
 
HuskyNan said:
Out of curiosity, I looked up the cost of Peacock. They’re currently running a special - $20 for a year. Looks like the regular cost is $6/month
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Looked on the Peacock site and no $20 deal was available, except for students. Can you direct me to where the deal is advertised?
 
Baltic said:
Looked on the Peacock site and no $20 deal was available, except for students. Can you direct me to where the deal is advertised?
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It was through an email if you were a previous subscriber. I have it through Comcast Flex box. If I want to put it on Roku or AppleTV, it won’t let me. i think the deal is over. ‍♀️
 
yep, i just followed ctbbfn's link to the Peacock site and the cheapest option for non college students is now $5.99/mo. ($1.99/mo for 12months for college students, but there were hoops to jump through that i didn't bother investigating.)
 
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