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.

 

[Urshurak]

There’s an interesting divide here, and I see it among my local friends too. Most folks over 70 have cable tv and don’t stream much. All the folks at 70 or just a little under, like me, have begun ditching cable and tend to stream everything through services like Hulu or YouTube. We’re all watching the same programs, I suspect. But they get packaged a little differently.

The confusion surrounding how to watch SNY seems to be exacerbated by this difference. We are all n a moment of social change and TV access reflects this too.

A quick scan through all the posts on UConn Women’s Basketball Facebook page emphasizes your comment. 1/2 the posts are “wish I could have seen the game.” “I wish they would broadcast the game.” Etc. Lots and Lots of folks are technophobic it seems. Posted there, here, and other places how to watch with the Fox Sports app, but people don’t read.

My 82 year old MIL watches in Florida, so, not everyone, but it’s a lot.

 

[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