[NU Sports] TV and sports

[Clark Zahn]

Dennis W. Brandt wrote:
> Interesting stat on http://www.bigtennetwork.com/.  In football-mad 
> Columbus, Ohio, 39.4% of households watched Ohio State football games 
> during 2006.  Due to that popularity, Directv adds the Big Ten Network 
> to "basic" packages, and a an extended basic package is where, in all 
> likelihood, it will wind up once on cable.  Let's put it another way.  
> 61.6% of Columbus households don't give a hoot about Ohio State 
> football but still have to pay the increased cable or satellite bill.
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There are lots of channels in the basic package that far less than 39% 
of the subscribers view.  You'd have to be a TV addict to watch even a 
majority of the channels.  In Big Ten country I would expect the BTN to 
be one of the higher rated channels.

Clark Zahn