[NU Sports] Big 10 Network

[Jonathan Hodges]

Not good news, especially considering that the BTN officials have been
advertising that DirecTV would be carrying multiple feeds for some time -
and it seems odd that this is in direct contradiction to those statements.
It also doesn't make sense that multiple feeds would not be offered since
they will be produced and transmitted - and the only thing that DirecTV can
do is "regionalize" or only allow subscribers in certain zip codes access to
games - although with the satellite technology used all of the other games
would be transmitted but blocked (much like local channels now that are all
transmitted but only certain channels are allowed to be pickedu p depending
on the region).

Jonathan

On 8/26/07, Dennis W. Brandt <tbng at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I got a clarification from Directv today.  They actually called me on a
> Sunday in response to an e-mail question.  There will only be channel 220,
> no alternate channels, no multiple simultaneous broadcasts.  That means
> whatever one game the Big 10 Network decides to show is what you get,
> although there may be taped delays.  Directv, unlike my local cable, will
> not permit one weekend of ESPN+.  It's all season or nothing.  It's not
> looking good for NU football on TV this season.
>
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