(From Sports Business Daily)
THE BIG TEN today announced new 10 year broadcasting deals with ESPN/ABC SPORTS for football, men's and women's basketball, and volleyball, while also unveiling a
20 year deal with FOX CABLE NETWORKS to launch a BIG TEN CABLE CHANNEL, which will be offered on expanded basic tiers.
FOX will be a minority owner in the new network.
Big Ten Commissioner JIM DELANY said of the new channel,
"I think we have a chance of distributing this channel beyond the confines of the eight Big Ten footprint states. I have some confidence that the content has appeal outside the eight states."
Delany, on agreeing to a ten-year rights deal with ESPN/ABC, "I'm a pretty conservative guy. If I could start the right deal with the right partner for a long period of time -- I like that."
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