still boggles my mind about LOCAL TV coverage

[ktuck911]

Not really, his whine was Fairfield county-centric. It's no different there than Hartford county. In fact, FC had SNY before most of the rest of the state. Maybe back when games were on over-the-air channels that they didn't get he had a point, but it hasn't been like that for years. It's a stale whine.

Not whining bro.. Just voicing my concerns so we CT fans as a whole.. NOT this North/South, Yankees/Mets vs. Red Sox or Giants/Jets vs. Patriots... which already splits fans apart in this state - bullcrap... Just something to get this friggin state to finally act as one and do something benefits all of CT...

 

[Husky25]

EVERY year it's the same thing with UCONN football... They make it HARD to view the game on TV in lower Fairfield County. I know I know, you guys will say you should be going to the games to support the team properly, but what if you can't? All the friggin money we spend in this state and you can't at least provide football coverage better than ESPN3.COM? Gimme a break already....

Wow, felt great getting that off my chest... Sorry if I made too much sense to better promote this team to its #1 fanbase (the entire state of CT)

My understanding is that the game is exclusively on ESPN3. It's not like it is being shown on a television station only in the northern 7 counties.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

Not whining bro.. Just voicing my concerns so we CT fans as a whole.. NOT this North/South, Yankees/Mets vs. Red Sox or Giants/Jets vs. Patriots... which already splits fans apart in this state - bullcrap... Just something to get this friggin state to finally act as one and do something benefits all of CT...

There's one problem......what do you expect the state to do about this?

 

[billybud]

If you went to verizon and got a mobile hot spot would that work? Dont know what other carriers offer.

If you have internet at all...you can stream Towson-UConn.

Hook your lap top up to your big screen and Voila.

Of course you need a streaming vehicle....try wiziwig.com..for free UConn-Towson streaming...

LINK..

http://www.wiziwig.tv/competition.php?part=sports&discipline=americanfootball

 

[UConn Dan]

Got it -- I was hoping that it was added to one of the 27,846 channels on my TV.

Nope, but maybe eventually... but like I posted earlier if you want, you can buy an apple TV or similar device that has the WatchESPN app already on it, connect to your TV via HDMI, connect to your home wi-fi and bam, it's near HD quality. And you can pause, replay, etc.

Or, you can go to espn3.com on your laptop and connect it to your TV via HDMI as well.

 

[jdrinboston]

Dumb question....does ESPN have their app available on Xbox Live? I am able to use my XBox to watch any MLB telecast in the country. It's pretty wild when you think about it.

 

[upstater]

Maybe, because it's Gameday, and I can't wait to bolt out of work early.......it's clouding my ability to think straight. But I don't follow you here.

People are complaining about less exposure at a time when UConn has more exposure than ever before, mpore exposure than most ACC teams get.

 

[upstater]

Nope, but maybe eventually... but like I posted earlier if you want, you can buy an apple TV or similar device that has the WatchESPN app already on it, connect to your TV via HDMI, connect to your home wi-fi and bam, it's near HD quality. And you can pause, replay, etc.

Or, you can go to espn3.com on your laptop and connect it to your TV via HDMI as well.

Thanks for this. I have access to ESPN3 and one of those devices, but I didn't realize ESPN was on them.

 

[whaler11]

People are complaining about less exposure at a time when UConn has more exposure than ever before, mpore exposure than most ACC teams get.

Basketball and football might not see the same levels of exposure. Especially if the football season goes south.

 

[PPKChamp]

If you went to verizon and got a mobile hot spot would that work? Dont know what other carriers offer.

Here is the thing that drives me crazy... ESPN3 viewing is based on what cable carrier you have. So if your TV provider (DISH for example) does not subscribe to ESPN3 you are screwed. This week is not a big deal to me because I will be at the game. But I travel for work, and cant always make it to the game (I split season tix anyway) but if there is no traditional TV coverage, I cant watch ESPN3...

 

[PPKChamp]

I have that app on my IPAD, but you you need to sign in based on your TV provider and there are only a handful listed...

 

[CTMike]

Here is the thing that drives me crazy... ESPN3 viewing is based on what cable carrier you have. So if your TV provider (DISH for example) does not subscribe to ESPN3 you are screwed. This week is not a big deal to me because I will be at the game. But I travel for work, and cant always make it to the game (I split season tix anyway) but if there is no traditional TV coverage, I cant watch ESPN3...

It's confusing. I have Dish and can watch espn3 - I've done it. The confusing part is the WatchESPN app- to actually watch ESPN or ESPN2, you need to prove you are on a participating provider (which dish is not). Good think my father in law has cox...

 

[Husky25]

If you have internet at all...you can stream Towson-UConn.

Hook your lap top up to your big screen and Voila.

Of course you need a streaming vehicle....try wiziwig.com..for free UConn-Towson streaming...

LINK..

http://www.wiziwig.tv/competition.php?part=sports&discipline=americanfootball

Some Wiziwig links are Stream Torrents, necessitating another program. OTOH, Stream torrents are typically better quality than a flash player stream. Personally, I look for STs if they available.

I really don't understand most of the frustration regarding ESPN3. It seems to be laziness more than anything else. If a friend or family member does not have tickets, cannot make it, or is a casual fan and you are afraid they otherwise want to watch the game, take it upon yourself to let them know and how to access it. I have a buddy (fellow season ticket holder) who is stuck in a hotel out of the country. He's ecstatic the game is on ESPN3. Also, I've read a few post mentioning grandparents or people who don't own computers. ESPN ran into a similar problem when they move Monday Night Football off ABC and put it on ESPN. Guess what? The people without cable were not in The Mouse's target audience vis a vie a MNF game starting at 9:00pm, either.

Looking at the big picture, ESPN3 offers greater nationwide exposure than SNY or a regional television network and, as an FBS v FCS game, it won't register much with the local casual fan anyway. Put in other terms, how many casual fans do you think watch UConn vs. UMBC or similar level opponent in basketball? I would assume pretty confidently, not many more than the die-hards who think of it as appointment TV. At least this way, those sports nuts who are surfing ESPN dot com at 8:00 may potentially tune in for a couple minutes. The pool of potential viewers is bigger than the local grandfather who tunes into SNY in Waterbury, or Avon, or Cos Cob.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

People are complaining about less exposure at a time when UConn has more exposure than ever before, mpore exposure than most ACC teams get.

Every game for the last 2 years (I believe) have been televised. With maybe the exception of Fordham.

 

[UConn Dan]

While we are discussing streaming... does anyone know how I can stream the WTIC game call to my phone? Since last season, the games are no longer streamed on mobile (i think you can still stream WTIC.com on a computer, but not sure) -- they now just play some other WTIC programming on mobile. This may have something to do with IMG rights... but does anyone know how I can stream the WTIC feed to my phone? Do I now need a subscription to something? I have SiriusXM too -- I don't think they carry UConn games, but haven't checked recently.

 

[upstater]

Every game for the last 2 years (I believe) have been televised. With maybe the exception of Fordham.

1. We're on the same deal as last year. The new football deal doesn't kick off until next year. In other words, nothing has changed in the actual deal.

2. The new deal increases TV coverage so that 90% of the conference's football games are on TV (i.e. not ESPN3). So, this is an improvement over the BE deal.

3. ESPN is making a policy change to stop subbing games to other outlets and instead to keep them on its own platform.

4. The only reason ESPN subbed games in the past was because online viewing was not as prevalent and they didn't want to be accused of warehousing games. Now that you have wider internet usage and bandwidth, coupled with other channels like Fs1/Fs2/BTN/CBSSN/NBCSN, ESPN can no longer be accused of warehousing, so it will start to keep its own games and stop subbing them.

This means that the AAC is better protected than, for instance, the ACC since the AAC is guaranteed 90% TV games. Other conferences are going to suffer being online if they don't have such an agreement in place.

 

[whaler11]

Here is the thing that drives me crazy... ESPN3 viewing is based on what cable carrier you have. So if your TV provider (DISH for example) does not subscribe to ESPN3 you are screwed. This week is not a big deal to me because I will be at the game. But I travel for work, and cant always make it to the game (I split season tix anyway) but if there is no traditional TV coverage, I cant watch ESPN3...

Some internet providers offer as well. That's why I asked about Verizon.

 

[upstater]

Basketball and football might not see the same levels of exposure. Especially if the football season goes south.

You're talking about this year. Future years the conference gets 90% of its games on TV.

 

[whaler11]

You're talking about this year. Future years the conference gets 90% of its games on TV.

Yes I'm talking about this year. Assuming the assumption ESPN3 isn't 'television' you are right going forward.

 

[upstater]

Yes I'm talking about this year. Assuming the assumption ESPN3 isn't 'television' you are right going forward.

Everyone was wondering if Aresco was full of it when he emphasized ESPN television, but in looking at the basketball schedules, he has been proven correct. The bball games haven't been shunted to online viewing. This is in stark contrast to what the ACC teams are getting. A lot of online games.

It's clear to me that the AAC deliberately sacrificed revenue in order to gain exposure, and that's a good thing for a school like UConn that needs to remain in the public eye.

 

[UConn Dan]

Every game for the last 2 years (I believe) have been televised. With maybe the exception of Fordham.

Depends if you count ESPN3 as television. Last season the game @ Western Michigan and the home game vs. Temple, were a ESPN3 exclusives. In the 2011 season only Fordham was an ESPN3 exclusive.

Next season, with the new TV deal, we will have much more games on actual TV, but there will still be one or two ESPN3 games -- pretty soon I don't think we'll be able to distinguish ESPN3 vs. traditional cable (ESPN2, ESPNU, etc).

 

[whaler11]

Everyone was wondering if Aresco was full of it when he emphasized ESPN television, but in looking at the basketball schedules, he has been proven correct. The bball games haven't been shunted to online viewing. This is in stark contrast to what the ACC teams are getting. A lot of online games.

It's clear to me that the AAC deliberately sacrificed revenue in order to gain exposure, and that's a good thing for a school like UConn that needs to remain in the public eye.

There was no higher offer so I don't see where they made that trade?

 

[noeynox]

There was no higher offer so I don't see where they made that trade?

I think maybe in the structuring of the language of the contract. He probably knew ESPN would match the lowball offer, but had NBC make promises on the number of televised games that maybe ESPN would have been reluctant to agree to initially at the bargaining table. I'm just guessing that's what he means but it appears the same to me.

 

[upstater]

There was no higher offer so I don't see where they made that trade?

They never had to agree to NBCs parameters. They could have negotiated with ESPN. Remember, ESPN had the right to match the money, but the parameters were designed by Aresco and NBC. The question is, would a more flexible package have been more valuable to ESPN? Because this package changed since the BE package.

You can do some quick math to figure out that ESPN values the AAC at somewhere between $15k to $20k a game whereas CBS is paying about $75k a game. If ESPN could warehouse more games and drive them online, the package might be more lucrative for the AAC.

 

[Husky25]

While we are discussing streaming... does anyone know how I can stream the WTIC game call to my phone? Since last season, the games are no longer streamed on mobile (i think you can still stream WTIC.com on a computer, but not sure) -- they now just play some other WTIC programming on mobile. This may have something to do with IMG rights... but does anyone know how I can stream the WTIC feed to my phone? Do I now need a subscription to something? I have SiriusXM too -- I don't think they carry UConn games, but haven't checked recently.

I used to use an App called Nobex on my Blackberry. I got a Samsung Galaxy SIII in January, and I have not downloaded Nobex, but I used to get the game calls from there...