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Wow, this is horrendous. I already had enough trouble watching the peacock game last year and now I have to come up with a way to do that 8 times? Ridiculous.

I realize they don't care about people like me who don't live in the US, but it's crazy that it's only getting harder to follow from abroad.
 
WrenchFan69 said:
Home game vs St John's being relegated to a Wednesday night PBA game only available on Peacock is so gross. I don't have a single nice thing to say about Val Ackerman.
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Not sure this is a Val Ackerman problem, though she is terrible. It seems to be an increasing trend that the best teams and games are being put on streaming services across all the conferences
 
Here are some peacock discounts if you happen to fall into these categories:

Teacher 3.99 month
Military 3.99 month
Medical & First Responder 3.99 month
Student 2.99 month
Young adult (18-24) 2.99 month

It's also free if you have a walmart+ or instacart + membership. You can get an instacart+ membership free for 3 months if you have certain chase credit cards. You have to remember to cancel or you'll be charged 99.99. Seems like a hassle.
I will probably pay for it through one of my kids to get the student discount.
 
NBCU paid a bunch of money to get some of the Big East inventory to drive subscriptions to Peacock.

They get second pick.

If you were trying to get people to sign up, would you use DePaul-Xavier or UConn-St. John’s?
 
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Is it against the rules to share the streaming site I will be using for most of those peacock games? I'll be happy to post in this thread but don't want to risk a ban. Not familiar with the rules on (pirate) streaming sites.
 
drayenob said:
Here are some peacock discounts if you happen to fall into these categories:

Teacher 3.99 month
Military 3.99 month
Medical & First Responder 3.99 month
Student 2.99 month
Young adult (18-24) 2.99 month

It's also free if you have a walmart+ or instacart + membership. You can get an instacart+ membership free for 3 months if you have certain chase credit cards. You have to remember to cancel or you'll be charged 99.99. Seems like a hassle.
I will probably pay for it through one of my kids to get the student discount.
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Walmart+ allows you to select either Peacock Premium OR Paramount+ Essential, and you can switch every 90 days.
 
MrJoe said:
That was my first reaction . I get that streaming is the future ( or present) but putting a marquee game on a network without max exposure hurts the product
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Then the league can return the NBC money.
 
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zls44 said:
NBCU paid a bunch of money to get some of the Big East inventory to drive subscriptions to Peacock.

They get second pick.

If you were trying to get people to sign up, would you use DePaul-Xavier or UConn-St. John’s?
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I’m sure you’re right but did the conference ever disclose how much? The last media deal was barely a raise from the previous one. Then they threw in a bunch of stations like NBC/TNT (some espn+). Just kind of sounds like Val is getting played by the networks.
 
DSquiz said:
It went from $42 to 80 million a year. That’s nearly double.
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The math works out to be 7.2 million per school but I’m pretty certain the schools did not double their earnings. IIRC it was like 6.5 million to 7.2?
 
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UConnTrumbull said:
The math works out to be 7.2 million per school but I’m pretty certain the schools did not double their earnings. IIRC it was like 6.5 million to 7.2?
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The previous contract was back loaded. So schools made less in the beginning and more in the end. But in total it was still a 12 year $500 million deal vs a 6 year $480 million deal.

There are also other revenue streams like tournament credits but those are the apples to apples numbers.
 
MrJoe said:
I understand the economic need but doubt regular season games move the needle that much
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They don’t. That’s why they’re more streaming than linear.
 
DSquiz said:
The previous contract was back loaded. So schools made less in the beginning and more in the end. But in total it was still a 12 year $500 million deal vs a 6 year $480 million deal.

There are also other revenue streams like tournament credits but those are the apples to apples numbers.
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That's right and I will caveat that pretty much all conference / TV agreements (P4, G6, etc.) are backloaded so for the time being there is marginal increase but over the course of the deal it will materialize.
 


-> If you’re a UConn men’s or women’s basketball fan, you’re going to need to have your remote– and possibly your credit card info– handy this season.

In order to watch all of the games, you’re going to need access to no less than eight different TV channels or streaming platforms, and likely three different subscriptions.

To catch all the action, you will need an ESPN+ subscription, a cable or streaming service package that includes FOX, ESPN, NBC, TNT, truTV, and FS1. Oh, and you’re going to need Peacock’s premium service, which costs $10.99 per month.</
 
huskymedic said:


-> If you’re a UConn men’s or women’s basketball fan, you’re going to need to have your remote– and possibly your credit card info– handy this season.

In order to watch all of the games, you’re going to need access to no less than eight different TV channels or streaming platforms, and likely three different subscriptions.

To catch all the action, you will need an ESPN+ subscription, a cable or streaming service package that includes FOX, ESPN, NBC, TNT, truTV, and FS1. Oh, and you’re going to need Peacock’s premium service, which costs $10.99 per month.</
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Are you crazy? ESPN+? There’s one game against NewHaven so we all should rush out and buy a subscription?
YouTube tv and Peacock for 6 months covers it right?
 
Thanks in advance for all those who quickly and consistently post the game videos. From those of us living in time zones that aren't compatible with watching live games.
 
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huskymedic said:
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I tried to warn people on the football board without success “next steps” were coming with an incoherent TV hodgepodge approach. Now you see what I was warning about. The Big East ( former WNBA Commissioner, who failed at just about everything in that role) is trying to take in every last dollar but fails to see the big picture of brand awareness and aligning appropriately with customers. Streaming today is part of the footprint, I have had Peacock for 2-3 years. However, her incoherent assortment of TV is hard to follow and the conference loses its identity that it had with Fox Sports being the base.
 
UCMB88 said:
Chief00 is going to have a hard time with this!
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Some of you guys will never get me. I warned of next steps and here we are. I have had Peacock for about 3 years but maybe not Premium? My job includes AI content projects. So I can personally handle the technology but at home at nights I prefer to relax without any challenges even simple ones. This is not a coherent media delivery of games. It is a hodgepath of deals stitch together by a Commissioner who was a total failure in the WNBA. We now have no TV conference identity or probably studio show on game days that helps built brand awareness nationally.
What do you tell a recruit’s family regarding how they can watch his games?
 
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DSquiz said:
It went from $42 to 80 million a year. That’s nearly double.
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What's the annual per school distribution?
 
zls44 said:
NBCU paid a bunch of money to get some of the Big East inventory to drive subscriptions to Peacock.

They get second pick.

If you were trying to get people to sign up, would you use DePaul-Xavier or UConn-St. John’s?
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Another point from a business perspective is they did not pay enought of money! Val Ackerman is a disaster and has been her whole career. If you are going to ignore your Brand, customers and long term - at least get the short term big dollar. And she failed at that too.
 
huskymedic said:


-> If you’re a UConn men’s or women’s basketball fan, you’re going to need to have your remote– and possibly your credit card info– handy this season.

In order to watch all of the games, you’re going to need access to no less than eight different TV channels or streaming platforms, and likely three different subscriptions.

To catch all the action, you will need an ESPN+ subscription, a cable or streaming service package that includes FOX, ESPN, NBC, TNT, truTV, and FS1. Oh, and you’re going to need Peacock’s premium service, which costs $10.99 per month.</
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Why the premium peacock service? Won't the regular one work?
 
CL82 said:
Why the premium peacock service? Won't the regular one work?
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Good point, maybe I am not allset after all with Peacock. The “next steps” game deliveries I alluded to on the football board keeps getting even worse than I thought.
Val Ackerman should be terminated before the season starts. Where are the Big East Presidents?
 
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