still boggles my mind about LOCAL TV coverage

[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...

 

[whaler11]

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.

Gotcha.

 

[tduconn]

This may or may not be a valid comparison........but is it true or not true that a typical program on TV is discontinued because the producers can not generate enough revenue from potential advertisers to support operational costs. Is it true or not true that advertising dollars may drop because the viewership is not present for certain programs.?

I don't think the demand for viewing AAC football in the NE is is very high. I'm not arguing how many sets are in the market area.......what I am suggesting is overall there may be more TV sets of college football fans in this area tuned to other non AAC conference games. As an advertising executive, how would I value interest in the conference/teams. I would guess that if not many seats are filled in the stadium, that executive would postulate there may not many TV sets tuned into the game at home.

Compare that to the supposedly Big 5 conferences. Most of the time the stadiums look full. For a college football fan in those markets, the only way left to see the game is on TV.

More interest = more competition from advertisers = higher advertising revenues for TV = more revenue for TV stations = more games on brand channels that everyone could watch.

I know all the arguments about the product on the field, and I don't disagree, and I understand some fans frustration. I also frustrated, but I guess I'm probably a little different from many fans in that I'm there to support the kids....what ever the product. I just don't think tuning into a half empty stadium helps UConn's cause......conference wise or TV wise.

 

[Husky25]

This may or may not be a valid comparison........but is it true or not true that a typical program on TV is discontinued because the producers can not generate enough revenue from potential advertisers to support operational costs. Is it true or not true that advertising dollars may drop because the viewership is not present for certain programs.?

I don't think the demand for viewing AAC football in the NE is is very high. I'm not arguing how many sets are in the market area.......what I am suggesting is overall there may be more TV sets of college football fans in this area tuned to other non AAC conference games. As an advertising executive, how would I value interest in the conference/teams. I would guess that if not many seats are filled in the stadium, that executive would postulate there may not many TV sets tuned into the game at home.

Compare that to the supposedly Big 5 conferences. Most of the time the stadiums look full. For a college football fan in those markets, the only way left to see the game is on TV.

More interest = more competition from advertisers = higher advertising revenues for TV = more revenue for TV stations = more games on brand channels that everyone could watch.

I know all the arguments about the product on the field, and I don't disagree, and I understand some fans frustration. I also frustrated, but I guess I'm probably a little different from many fans in that I'm there to support the kids....what ever the product. I just don't think tuning into a half empty stadium helps UConn's cause......conference wise or TV wise.

You just generally explained the NFL Blackout rules. Black out rules in any sense do not apply in this situation. The game is being offered nationwide exclusively on ESPN3, regardless of attendance. And in this day of a struggling economy and HDTV I don't think they can any longer make a correlation between game attendance and television viewership.

 

[upstater]

This may or may not be a valid comparison........but is it true or not true that a typical program on TV is discontinued because the producers can not generate enough revenue from potential advertisers to support operational costs. Is it true or not true that advertising dollars may drop because the viewership is not present for certain programs.?

I don't think the demand for viewing AAC football in the NE is is very high. I'm not arguing how many sets are in the market area.......what I am suggesting is overall there may be more TV sets of college football fans in this area tuned to other non AAC conference games. As an advertising executive, how would I value interest in the conference/teams. I would guess that if not many seats are filled in the stadium, that executive would postulate there may not many TV sets tuned into the game at home.

Compare that to the supposedly Big 5 conferences. Most of the time the stadiums look full. For a college football fan in those markets, the only way left to see the game is on TV.

More interest = more competition from advertisers = higher advertising revenues for TV = more revenue for TV stations = more games on brand channels that everyone could watch.

I know all the arguments about the product on the field, and I don't disagree, and I understand some fans frustration. I also frustrated, but I guess I'm probably a little different from many fans in that I'm there to support the kids....what ever the product. I just don't think tuning into a half empty stadium helps UConn's cause......conference wise or TV wise.

You need to look at attendance figures. They are not what you imagine. 35,000 fans is mediocre, not a low amount. Only the top schools are in that 70k-100k range. Even BC's 40k is mediocre and in the middle of their conference.

 

[UConn Dan]

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...

It looks like WTIC radio is no longer streaming UConn games. It looks like the only way to listen to the radio feed on mobile is to subscribe to Huskies All-Access (not sure of the fee yet) and download the official UConn athletics app. I won't need radio coverage tonight, so I'll test it out later in the season and will report back.

 

[huskymedic]

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.

Yes... http://espn.go.com/watchespn/apps

 

[Husky25]

It looks like WTIC radio is no longer streaming UConn games. It looks like the only way to listen to the radio feed on mobile is to subscribe to Huskies All-Access (not sure of the fee yet) and download the official UConn athletics app. I won't need radio coverage tonight, so I'll test it out later in the season and will report back.

I'll see if I can find an app tonight, but first things first...I want to see if I can either find a mobile hotspot to stream the Maryland basketball game before Louisville. Or better, get a wi-fi signal and bring my computer and hdmi it to a 24 inch monitor for that evening's festivities.

 

[UConn Dan]

I'll see if I can find an app tonight, but first things first...I want to see if I can either find a mobile hotspot to stream the Maryland basketball game before Louisville. Or better, get a wi-fi signal and bring my computer and hdmi it to a 24 inch monitor for that evening's festivities.

yes, trying to figure out how to watch/listen to that game -- sprint doesn't get great service in/around the rent... unless they added LTE recently since the spring game.

Maybe they'll have it on the video board?

 

[weyuo]

While you were busy trying to make too much sense....I think you got clouded by the fact that UConn is under a TV contract with ESPN which usually frowns on other networks profited from its product....

But whatever...don't let common sense get in the way

You know what the common sense approach would be...ESPN charging SNY a fee so that they both make money. Instead ESPN will cut it's own nose off to spite it's face by putting the game on a platform that many won't watch either because they don't know it's there, don't have the ability to view it there, or just won't because there is more convenient entertainment to watch somewhere else. So instead of ESPN maximizing it's potential to collect on product by renting content to SNY so that the locals can conveniently watch and... providing the game on ESPN3 for the folks that don't get SNY they'll forfeit some just to squeeze a little guy for no good reason.

 

[whaler11]

You know what the common sense approach would be...ESPN charging SNY a fee so that they both make money. Instead ESPN will cut it's own nose off to spite it's face by putting the game on a platform that many won't watch either because they don't know it's there, don't have the ability to view it there, or just won't because there is more convenient entertainment to watch somewhere else. So instead of ESPN maximizing it's potential to collect on product by renting content to SNY so that the locals can conveniently watch and... providing the game on ESPN3 for the folks that don't get SNY they'll forfeit some just to squeeze a little guy for no good reason.

They gross $6 billion before they sell an ad. They may have some idea what they are doing.