Re: B-Ball TV Question

[Brian Johnson]

Thanks for the breakdowns, everyone, especially yours,
Brian.  At least now I understand the situation.  In
the back of my mind, I always figured ESPN had
something to do with it ;-)

Anyway, let's all hope for a national championship, so
ESPN starts showing us more often...

--- Brian McCann <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Unless things have changed, I used to pay the $10
> for all the Fox Sports
> > channels on Directv and almost all of the bball
> games worth watching were
> > blacked out because they were part of the ESPN-Plus
> package.  FS Midwest and
> > Chicago used to have some DePaul games and SLU
> games, but that was about it.
> > I'd figure the UC games would be blacked out also.
> >
> > I thought that ESPN had alot more of UC's games on
> ESPN Plus now.
>
>
>
> Part of the standard contract that ESPN has with
> most conferences
> (including C-USA) is a clause that limits how far a
> game can be shown
> "locally".  UC can have a local outlet, but that
> outlet can't syndicate the
> telecast (sell it to other stations around the
> state).  If the local outlet
> is a state-wide broadcats, like FSO, the game can
> only be shown on the
> original part of the network (FSO, southern Ohio)
> and can't be shown
> outside of the state.  This prevents schools from
> basically setting up a
> second national TV package outside of ESPN.
>
> To explain this a little easier, if UC used FSO
> instead of WXIX, the FSO
> could only show it in Southern Ohio (Cleveland, etc.
> couldn't get the game
> because there are actually two versions of FSO). 
> They would also have to
> black it out to any part of Kentucky or Indiana that
> gets the southern Ohio
> version of FSO.
>
> The games also would be blacked out on any Direct TV
> package (that is why
> so many games are blacked out on the package you
> mentioned).
>
> The A-10 has a national package with Fox so there is
> no problem with Xavier
> putting the local games on FSO and making them
> available nationally.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Brian McCann
> Associate Sports Information Director
> University of Cincinnati
> One Edwards Center, Suite 1110-G
> Cincinnati, OH  45221-0021
> (O):  (513) 556-0617
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