SNY Losing Coverage of UCONN Women's BB Next Season

[Skeets]

I’m more worried that not all games will be televised by this new patchwork of coverage.

Probably not all the BE games, but I bet all of the UConn games. Eyeballs are the broadcast equivalent of internet clickbait. The patchwork is not going to pass up the eyeballs that follow UConn. Cha-ching.

 

[hoopsfan22]

Probably not all the BE games, but I bet all of the UConn games. Eyeballs are the broadcast equivalent of internet clickbait. The patchwork is not going to pass up the eyeballs that follow UConn. Cha-ching.

Probably all of the OOC games against P4 schools get picked up by either our or the home team's TV contract. In conference there are likely to be games not picked up just because we're sharing air time with many other teams and games whereas before SNY was our own exclusive air and there was no competition for air time. The new TV contract will show 65 WCBB games across all Big East teams, and with a total of 165 games each season (20 conference + 5 home OOC x 11 teams), the math says 50-60% of these games just aren't going to be shown by the Big East broadcast partners. UConn being UConn means that more of our games get picked up at the expense of other teams' games, but there are probably some contractual limits to how that works on a per team basis.

 

[Puppy Love]

For me, leaving SNY is a big relief. It was fine when they were on YouTube TV, but HULU+ is a nonstarter. I signed up for a free trial and then found out that it would not work on my iPad. Generally, that’s the only medium that we use in our household. I think the issue was our ISP pretty much shows as being in the New York, New Jersey area, and we are in eastern Connecticut. There was just no way to correct it. We tried it on our smart TV, and the buffering was insufferable. I finally was able to watch a game by downloading the SNY app and authenticating through Hulu. Effectively, that meant the only Hulu channel we would be able to watch was SNY. It wasn’t worth paying almost $100 a month to be able to watch one channel and still need YouTube TV for everything else. I’ll be happier to be able to watch at least some games in addition to those that are on the national TV contracts. It’s more than what I have now without any additional cost hopefully.

 

[MSGRET]

Probably all of the OOC games against P4 schools get picked up by either our or the home team's TV contract. In conference there are likely to be games not picked up just because we're sharing air time with many other teams and games whereas before SNY was our own exclusive air and there was no competition for air time. The new TV contract will show 65 WCBB games across all Big East teams, and with a total of 165 games each season (20 conference + 5 home OOC x 11 teams), the math says 50-60% of these games just aren't going to be shown by the Big East broadcast partners. UConn being UConn means that more of our games get picked up at the expense of other teams' games, but there are probably some contractual limits to how that works on a per team basis.

If every UConn game in Big East play gets national coverage that means teams like Xavier, Butler, DePaul, Georgetown and others that don't get national coverage will get at least a game or two. Yes Butler currently has a winning record, but unless they and others get drastically better they wouldn't be shown. By the way they only play 18 conference games, so that's 22 less games to cover during the regular season.

When it comes to the Big East Tournament that is separate from the regular season contract and it rights are owned by FOX and their affiliates. I believe that with all of the various, be it Fox, FS1, FS2, CBS Sports, TNT Sports, NBC Sports, ESPN and their affiliates, or local stations picked up by the Big East, UConn will be the Big East flagship and will be shown.

 

[Nev]

Currently Fox Sports app has on their site where you can go and watch almost every Big East game over the internet. I believe that this will continue next year as part of their service package. I also believe that with the amount of outlets that are going to cover the Big East games that every game that UConn plays will be televised by someone. Be it Fox, FS1, FS2, CBS Sports, TNT Sports, NBC Sports, ESPN and their affiliates, or local stations picked up by the Big East.

NBC Sports is only going to be Peacock streaming. That's what I don't like. Did you watch UCONN men basketball game against Butler today on Peacock? That's the only way you could watch the close game of the men's contest today. I didn't watch. I'm not paying for PEACOCK!

 

[maple]

NBC Sports is only going to be Peacock streaming. That's what I don't like. Did you watch UCONN men basketball game against Butler today on Peacock? That's the only way you could watch the close game of the men's contest today. I didn't watch. I'm not paying for PEACOCK!

I have Peacock right now only because they offered me a 6 months for $2.99/mo deal. I plan to cancel after that and wait until next basketball season when they inevitably make me another lowball offer. They just want eyes on ads, that’s where they make the real money.

 

[Skeets]

I have Peacock right now only because they offered me a 6 months for $2.99/mo deal. I plan to cancel after that and wait until next basketball season when they inevitably make me another lowball offer. They just want eyes on ads, that’s where they make the real money.

Isn't it great that you have to pay for internet access, 3 or 4 streaming services, and you still get to watch all of the nifty commercials?

 

[HuskyNan]

Isn't it great that you have to pay for internet access, 3 or 4 streaming services, and you still get to watch all of the nifty commercials?

Right now we pay $300/month for cable and Internet. We do get a hundred channels but 25% are shopping channels, 25% are esoteric ones (NASA channel, foreign language ones, religious ones, etc), and about 25% are some reality channels so I can watch people marry total strangers, lose 600 pounds, couples put on an island so they can cheat on their spouses, people looking through garbage for something valuable, etc. Of the remaining 25%, I probably watch about 20 of the channels regularly. I’d rather pay for a streaming service where I can choose my channels

 

[BRS24]

Right now we pay $300/month for cable and Internet. We do get a hundred channels but 25% are shopping channels, 25% are esoteric ones (NASA channel, foreign language ones, religious ones, etc), and about 25% are some reality channels so I can watch people marry total strangers, lose 600 pounds, couples put on an island so they can cheat on their spouses, people looking through garbage for something valuable, etc. Of the remaining 25%, I probably watch about 20 of the channels regularly. I’d rather pay for a streaming service where I can choose my channels

This. We get our cable and internet through our HOA, so other than upgrades, we get what we get. I'd rather have a plan where I'm limited to X number of channels, and that can be changed every few months. Pay less for what I really need/want, and augment with a few streaming services that I use a lot.

 

[Centerstream]

Right now we pay $300/month for cable and Internet. We do get a hundred channels but 25% are shopping channels, 25% are esoteric ones (NASA channel, foreign language ones, religious ones, etc), and about 25% are some reality channels so I can watch people marry total strangers, lose 600 pounds, couples put on an island so they can cheat on their spouses, people looking through garbage for something valuable, etc. Of the remaining 25%, I probably watch about 20 of the channels regularly. I’d rather pay for a streaming service where I can choose my channels

I could be wrong because I haven't subscribed for a couple years, but one of the reasons I liked YouTubeTV over Hulu Live was the ability to organize every channel as I liked in my channel guide. I could put my favorites at the top of the channel guide, in any order AND I could ignore any channel and not even see them in my guide. My channel guide probably contained about 20 channels.

 

[Centerstream]

I don't think that I have seen this broadcast info for UConn before (it isn't shown for the Providence game on the 29th):

 

[zls44]

I don't think that I have seen this broadcast info for UConn before (it isn't shown for the Providence game on the 29th):


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ESPN added a feature a couple months ago to make it easier to see where games air. Thats why its on there. It gets updated a couple of weeks at a time.

 

[Centerstream]

ESPN added a feature a couple months ago to make it easier to see where games air. Thats why its on there. It gets updated a couple of weeks at a time.

I understand that they update the broadcast provider but for Sunday's game against Providence, it only displays SNY. For the Marquette game three days later, the Fox Sports App has been added to SNY. This is the first time that I seen the Fox Sports App addition.
This is what I am pointing out.

 

[UConnJim]

I don't get SNY in my market, so I can stream UConn WBB on the FOX Sports App. I can do it from either my TV or laptop.

As for SNY, they have a tough decision going forward about how much they cover UConn sports. Why? When they lose WBB, will Connecticut cable companies keep SNY in their lineup?

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

Right now we pay $300/month for cable and Internet. We do get a hundred channels but 25% are shopping channels, 25% are esoteric ones (NASA channel, foreign language ones, religious ones, etc), and about 25% are some reality channels so I can watch people marry total strangers, lose 600 pounds, couples put on an island so they can cheat on their spouses, people looking through garbage for something valuable, etc. Of the remaining 25%, I probably watch about 20 of the channels regularly. I’d rather pay for a streaming service where I can choose my channels

We likewise pay a fortune - in our case for DirecTV with the sports package, plus You Tube TV (primarily for NFL Sunday Ticket), plus ESPN+ primarily because the Big 12 is carried primarily on ESPN+. Thus, for us, we can watch every Arizona game, most on ESPN+. We also have Amazon Prime (Thursday Night Football, mostly), Peacock for a football game, and lord only knows what else. I no longer follow Rutgers so closely as to feel a need for Big10 +.

Besides price, and the unending fuss of "what is it on again?", you have the fact that every service operates differently, whether you can join in progress, watch from the beginning while in progress, whether you need to somehow note you plan on watching (on Prime that means adding to your "watchlist"), etc.

Someone mentioned announcers. I've only seen the Arizona games this year on ESPN+ and they are certainly homers (the color commentator is Adia's mentor, Joan Bonvicini her former coach at Arizona). But it is professional enough, including a post game interview with a player from the winning team.

 

[HuskyNan]

I don't get SNY in my market, so I can stream UConn WBB on the FOX Sports App. I can do it from either my TV or laptop.

As for SNY, they have a tough decision going forward about how much they cover UConn sports. Why? When they lose WBB, will Connecticut cable companies keep SNY in their lineup?

SNY = sports New York. Connecticut has enough Mets and Yankees fans (misbegotten souls that they are), Rangers, Islanders, etc that SNY will probably stay in the cable lineup.

CPTV suffered a serious loss of revenue after coverage was moved to SNY. I don’t know if that will happen again

 

[cancontent]

I genuinely thought Canadians were getting hosed for Internet and TV due to the lack of competition here. In reading some of these posts, it's disheartening to see it's the same in the US.

 

[jayfromfla]

Actually the ND was on ESPN not Fox. ESPN gets the Tennessee game and ABC has the South Carolina game all because they are on the home floors of a conference that have TV contracts with ABC and their affiliates like ESPN.

Home team has tv rights. ND is ACC whose contract is with espn. We. Have Fox hence usc is on Fox

 

[Skeets]

Right now we pay $300/month for cable and Internet. We do get a hundred channels but 25% are shopping channels, 25% are esoteric ones (NASA channel, foreign language ones, religious ones, etc), and about 25% are some reality channels so I can watch people marry total strangers, lose 600 pounds, couples put on an island so they can cheat on their spouses, people looking through garbage for something valuable, etc. Of the remaining 25%, I probably watch about 20 of the channels regularly. I’d rather pay for a streaming service where I can choose my channels

Nan, do you want to be the next multi-billionaire? Come up with a service to give people the 20-some-odd-things that they really ever watch, paying ala carte for each. Even better, let me buy and discard channels/services on the fly. UConn's on the "NC" network? OK, let me buy 2 hours worth of "NC". Or how about this, make everything on the planet Earth available and put a meter on my box. Send me a bill for what I watched. The person who invented this service would make Elon Musk look like a charity case.

What would happen to all the ridiculous channels? Adios. I'm not sure why they exist in the first place.

Maybe I've had too much eggnog...