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SEC TV Network Is Brilliant Move That Will Prove Lucrative in Short Order


The Southeastern Conference has completed the buy-back of its TV, digital and sponsorship rights from third parties, clearing the final hurdles to launch its TV channel with ESPN next year.

The conference and ESPN will make a formal announcement on the yet-to-be-named SEC channel, which will launch in August 2014, at an event Tuesday in Atlanta.

This new network will be much like the ones created by the Big Ten and Pacific 12 conferences. According to Matt Murschel of the Orlando Sentinel, "both leagues and its members have seen a big financial windfall from the network deals."

Within the current constructs of the SEC's television deals, the schools in this conference were already raking in the cash, according to Murschel:

The SEC's current television rights deal with ESPN and CBS pays the league $205 million annually, which breaks down to $14.6 million per school. While financial details of this new deal were not released, it's likely the payday will be much larger.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1606 ... hort-order

Meh. Who cares? They're not going to get any of MY money. The SEC whomps. I'd rather watch the CAA....

SuperHornet wrote:Meh. Who cares? They're not going to get any of MY money. The SEC whomps. I'd rather watch the CAA....

You're a turd.

SuperHornet wrote:Meh. Who cares? They're not going to get any of MY money. The SEC whomps. I'd rather watch the CAA....

Would it have made you any happier for me to say I'd rather watch the Big South? For Liberty and CCU, that would be true, but not for the Blue Hose. They ought to go back to D-II....

SuperHornet wrote:Would it have made you any happier for me to say I'd rather watch the Big South? For Liberty and CCU, that would be true, but not for the Blue Hose. They ought to go back to D-II....

NO, but you're such a homer. You can't appreciate football at the other level.

I'll cop to that, Mark. Though I DO like Annapolis....

SuperHornet wrote:Would it have made you any happier for me to say I'd rather watch the Big South? For Liberty and CCU, that would be true, but not for the Blue Hose. They ought to go back to D-II....

What?!? You can't be a real person.

ASUMountaineer wrote:

SuperHornet wrote:Would it have made you any happier for me to say I'd rather watch the Big South? For Liberty and CCU, that would be true, but not for the Blue Hose. They ought to go back to D-II....

What?!? You can't be a real person.

C'mon. Do you expect anything less?

SuperHornet wrote:Would it have made you any happier for me to say I'd rather watch the Big South? For Liberty and CCU, that would be true, but not for the Blue Hose. They ought to go back to D-II....

SEC TV Network Official Announcement


The network will televise approximately 45 SEC football games, more than 100 men's basketball games, 60 women's basketball games, 75 baseball games, and events from across the SEC's 21 sports annually. Programming will also include studio shows, original content such as SEC Storied, spring football games, signing day and pro days coverage. Hundreds of additional live events from various sports will be offered exclusively on the digital platform. The network and its digital extensions will connect with each SEC institution and create opportunities for each school to produce and develop content.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootbal ... ec-network

So SEC/ESPN Network? Is this going to work the same way as the Big Ten Network does? Are the games just going to be on ESPN? Is this season the end of SEC games on CBS?

The distribution fight over SEC Network is getting ugly
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SEC Network Game Times Released for First Four Weeks of 2014 Season
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SEC Network will feature all 14 teams in first four weeks
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