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Should PACN drop the regional networks?

Should PACN drop the regional networks model & go to a single national station?

  • Yes

    Votes: 57 75.0%

  • No

    Votes: 19 25.0%
  • Total voters
    76
Big Ten has hockey and men's lacrosse to sell on the BTN. Think about that.

What does the B1G have that the Pac-12 doesn't have?
 
Jalapeno said:
Big Ten has hockey and men's lacrosse to sell on the BTN. Think about that.

What does the B1G have that the Pac-12 doesn't have?
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One thing is a baseball tournament in the spring. Pac-12 is talking about launching that in 2019. That would give a nice little bump to spring content.
 
Buffnik said:
One thing is a baseball tournament in the spring. Pac-12 is talking about launching that in 2019. That would give a nice little bump to spring content.
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I don't see baseball moving the needle since that isn't a good television sport.
 
Jalapeno said:
I don't see baseball moving the needle since that isn't a good television sport.
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ESPN broadcasts the NCAA tourney and some regular season games. It's not some huge paradigm shifter, but it is solid content for a time of year when there isn't a lot of great sports content. It's a positive, even if a small one. Nothing wrong with doing things that help in smaller ways.
 
onealcd said:
SEC ratings down 30% this year on CBS.
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Not a surprise. Alabama has gotten picked up for night games by ESPN every week, it seems. After that, the conference doesn't have as many big draws this season and the matchups aren't as compelling.
 
PPV if there is something that is not on one of the networks already. I only have 840 on xfinity, the Pac12N, I believe. PPV even if you don't have any of the channels. I would pay 5-10 per Buffs game.
 
onealcd said:
Seems like the AD's have been complaining a lot to the Presidents, which is a good thing. A move like this would go a long way towards a deal with DirecTV too.
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TSchekler said:
Technically, it'd be 13 weeks with the Bye week and pretty sure the P12N doesn't play football games during bowl season, nor do they have the CCG. The point was 12 weeks of Buff football at $120 for the season is worth it to buffsrock85 because that would mean $10/week to watch CU.
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That's a helluva business model thats sure to drive revenue for the Pac 12. They should adopt that today!

ps. How much is slingTV orange plus sports for football season? $40 + $40 + $40 = ???
 
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I'd pay like $12.99 for a P12N only stream. $1 to each school and .99 to the conference office (aka Larry Scott's swollen paycheck).
 
BerkeleyBuff said:
Other sites that like to chit chat realignment have been increasingly chattering over the possibility of a joint TV rights contract with the PAC and B1G and possibly Big XII. Will be interesting to see what happens in the next few years. In theory, that a win all the way around (obvious on our end, but with the current success of the B1GN would also benefit the B1G if they think taking all those universities' rights to market at once increases the payout for everybody). And does so without having to bother with the mess of "real" realignment.

Do I think it'll happen? Nah. But would be interesting. I'm just glad some PAC officials are starting to complain. The conference can't sustain itself while pulling in $20 million per year less than SEC or B1G teams in TV rights, especially when the real discrepancy in our budgets is even much more due to differences in ticket sales and donations.
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Along these same lines, with the B12 and ACC facing challenges getting their own networks off the ground, I felt it would be beneficial for the PacNet to rebrand itself and carry all three conferences. Run the ACC games in the morning, B12 games in the early afternoon, PAC games in the late afternoon, and run a postgame show that wraps up the entire day.
 
sackman said:
Along these same lines, with the B12 and ACC facing challenges getting their own networks off the ground, I felt it would be beneficial for the PacNet to rebrand itself and carry all three conferences. Run the ACC games in the morning, B12 games in the early afternoon, PAC games in the late afternoon, and run a postgame show that wraps up the entire day.
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Not actually a bad idea. No idea how realistic it is, but not bad.
 
MiamiBuffs said:
That's a helluva business model thats sure to drive revenue for the Pac 12. They should adopt that today!

ps. How much is slingTV orange plus sports for football season? $40 + $40 + $40 = ???
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Can’t tell if this is sarcasm haha but yeah it’s around $40 a month I think. I guess when you put it like that sling clearly would be the superior option as it includes other channels.

I was just thinking outside the box or trying to. Lots of sports have options like that ala MLB and NFL. Obviously they would have to price it to be reasonable and competitive. But if you could pick up a couple thousand directv subscribers by merely allowing people to tap into your streams? Why the hell not? That’s 300K @ $100 plus ad revenue.

Tier it if you want. $59 a season for 1 team/ 1 channel or $99 for full access. It’ll never happen but I can dream, I don’t use cable TV. I only watch CBS/Fox/NBC on sundays, stream ESPN (Verizon free) on Monday’s and pay for MLB and 2 months of HBO for GOT.
 
sackman said:
Along these same lines, with the B12 and ACC facing challenges getting their own networks off the ground, I felt it would be beneficial for the PacNet to rebrand itself and carry all three conferences. Run the ACC games in the morning, B12 games in the early afternoon, PAC games in the late afternoon, and run a postgame show that wraps up the entire day.
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That could also work, though I'd think it's more likely that some combo of B1G, PAC and Big XII work together since they're the conferences not nearly as completely owned by ESPN.
 
BerkeleyBuff said:
That could also work, though I'd think it's more likely that some combo of B1G, PAC and Big XII work together since they're the conferences not nearly as completely owned by ESPN.
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ESPN won’t own them for long, they’re hemorrhaging money right now and the SEC I’m sure isn’t their biggest money maker right now.
 
TSchekler said:
Technically, it'd be 13 weeks with the Bye week and pretty sure the P12N doesn't play football games during bowl season, nor do they have the CCG. The point was 12 weeks of Buff football at $120 for the season is worth it to buffsrock85 because that would mean $10/week to watch CU.
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Or maybe he ment $10 a month and mistyped week (because he likes basketball too) and some people read a post too literally and try and defend a random point. Just a guess though.
 
mdelpizzo_1 said:
Or maybe he ment $10 a month and mistyped week (because he likes basketball too) and some people read a post too literally and try and defend a random point. Just a guess though.
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Keep reading... And keep on going, you’re doing well, per usual when you come after me. (y)
 
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