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re: Alleva says Geaux Zone is done
Posted on 5/3/13 at 10:55 am to Keltic Tiger
Posted on 5/3/13 at 10:55 am to Keltic Tiger
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No SEC games in any sport will be able to be seen by fans unless ESPN is covering it direct.
Horrible! I watched maybe 20-25 baseball games on GeauxZone this year. Saw the rest in person or on CST/Fox, etc.
Do you think ESPN will pick up the early Feb and Mar preseason games? Midweek games vs. Tulame and ULLLLL? No way.
So instead of an LSU baseball fan being able to see 40-45 games a year, we will be able to see 10-15 at most.
75 total games broadcasted/14 league teams X 2 = 11.
Oh, and I will get to pay MORE to Cox, DirectTV for the privilege.
"But it will help recruiting cause a gymnast in Alaska will see LSU on TV and want to be a Tiger!"
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Posted on 5/3/13 at 2:19 pm to 81Tiger
I stand corrected in that the rights to games not shown by ESPN can be seen on other broadcasts, as long as that network pays the huge fees ESPN will demand for that right. And even if Cox did agree to those high fees, their new costs would simply be passed on to their customers: LSU fans in this case. Lots of details still to be worked out, but the details are where the fans usually get fricked.
Posted on 5/3/13 at 2:34 pm to TigerCub
Yes, that's exactly what it means. LSU no longer will have rights to any of their athletic events. The following is from the story on LSU's sports page. LINK
14. Will each school have a block of time to program as they see fit?
This is a conference-wide network. The goal is to provide equitable exposure for each of the SEC member institutions. The Network will achieve this goal without each school having its own block of time to program.
17. What access and programming is each school obligated to provide to the SEC Network?
Outside of the rights in the existing CBS and ESPN agreements, each school provides the rights and access to all other live events for the SEC Network.
Did you catch that? ALL OTHER LIVE EVENTS! No exceptions. Either ESPN, CBS or the SEC network have to be the only ones to broadcast any event either on tv or through the internet.
14. Will each school have a block of time to program as they see fit?
This is a conference-wide network. The goal is to provide equitable exposure for each of the SEC member institutions. The Network will achieve this goal without each school having its own block of time to program.
17. What access and programming is each school obligated to provide to the SEC Network?
Outside of the rights in the existing CBS and ESPN agreements, each school provides the rights and access to all other live events for the SEC Network.
Did you catch that? ALL OTHER LIVE EVENTS! No exceptions. Either ESPN, CBS or the SEC network have to be the only ones to broadcast any event either on tv or through the internet.
Posted on 5/3/13 at 2:53 pm to WavinWilly
quote:Not going to happen. It's not clear if the occasional game will still be on ESPN3 but there will be a separate digital service in conjunction to the SEC network that will only be available if your cable company joins up and you pay whatever fee they will charge you for the SEC network. From the LSU Sports page story.
I'm hoping they either do regional coverage or they put all baseball games on Espn3... So it's basically geauxzone for free and works with an Xbox
32. Can I pay to subscribe to the network online, Pay-Per-View or via ESPN3 if I can’t get it on TV?
No. The games will be exclusive to the Network and its digital extensions. However, once a subscriber has access to the Network via an affiliated provider, that subscriber will have access to the content on computers, tablets, mobile phones and other consumer devices like Xbox. The aim is to make this content available to fans anytime, anywhere.
Posted on 5/3/13 at 3:33 pm to Tom Bronco
A lot of the preliminary information seems contradictory. No telling what the final outcome really turns out to be. Here is some seemingly contradictory, if not confusing stuff from the LSU website:
14. Will each school have a block of time to program as they see fit?
This is a conference-wide network. The goal is to provide equitable exposure for each of the SEC member institutions. The Network will achieve this goal without each school having its own block of time to program.
22. Will there be fewer games available to me now that there is a Network?
The Network will provide more than 1,000 live events per year for SEC fans and sports fans across the country. These games will also be available online on a range of devices to allow for widespread access that is not currently available.
36. Right now, I see all my favorite team’s games online at the [SEC school athletics] site. Will I still be able to see all those games?
The Network is for media rights to all sports across our 14 member institutions. Any games produced by the schools will have an outlet, either the SEC Network or its digital extensions, where fans can watch.
So each school can't program a block of time but they can produce any game they want to and the SEC network or digital extension has to carry it? What does that mean? LSU bears the expense of cameras, announcers, etc. but ESPN gets the benefit of additional programming? Anyone seeing LSU willing to produce a game without making any additional revenue from it? Hahahahaha!
And let's see, 1000 live events per year. Sounds impressive ehh? But that's for 14 schools and what is it, 8 sports with all except football having both men and women's. Just take football. We have 12 regular season games scheduled. Let's say 5 or 6 of those will be on national tv, CBS or ESPN. What happens to the other 6 or 7?
Most all of the 14 SEC schools will be playing on the same Saturday except for open dates. Depending on start times the SEC Network might be able to show 3 games. Bound to be 5 to 10 games that don't make it on tv in any given Saturday. More than that if it is before the SEC schedule kicks in. Do all of those that don't make tv get put on the digital network? Probably not. Remember they are in the business of making money and every game they produce costs them. Who knows how any of this plays out until a year from now. But I just can't see them carrying as many LSU games as Geaux Zone does.
14. Will each school have a block of time to program as they see fit?
This is a conference-wide network. The goal is to provide equitable exposure for each of the SEC member institutions. The Network will achieve this goal without each school having its own block of time to program.
22. Will there be fewer games available to me now that there is a Network?
The Network will provide more than 1,000 live events per year for SEC fans and sports fans across the country. These games will also be available online on a range of devices to allow for widespread access that is not currently available.
36. Right now, I see all my favorite team’s games online at the [SEC school athletics] site. Will I still be able to see all those games?
The Network is for media rights to all sports across our 14 member institutions. Any games produced by the schools will have an outlet, either the SEC Network or its digital extensions, where fans can watch.
So each school can't program a block of time but they can produce any game they want to and the SEC network or digital extension has to carry it? What does that mean? LSU bears the expense of cameras, announcers, etc. but ESPN gets the benefit of additional programming? Anyone seeing LSU willing to produce a game without making any additional revenue from it? Hahahahaha!
And let's see, 1000 live events per year. Sounds impressive ehh? But that's for 14 schools and what is it, 8 sports with all except football having both men and women's. Just take football. We have 12 regular season games scheduled. Let's say 5 or 6 of those will be on national tv, CBS or ESPN. What happens to the other 6 or 7?
Most all of the 14 SEC schools will be playing on the same Saturday except for open dates. Depending on start times the SEC Network might be able to show 3 games. Bound to be 5 to 10 games that don't make it on tv in any given Saturday. More than that if it is before the SEC schedule kicks in. Do all of those that don't make tv get put on the digital network? Probably not. Remember they are in the business of making money and every game they produce costs them. Who knows how any of this plays out until a year from now. But I just can't see them carrying as many LSU games as Geaux Zone does.
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