I worry that one result here will be games on Peacock
better than btn+
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Between just BTN and FS1 there will be plenty of time slots available for all of the weeknight basketball games, especially when the tripleheaders begin with the USC/UCLA home games.
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Well it used to be we had FS1, ESPN, ESPN2, BTN plus U and News for overflow? And now itās FS1 and BTN andā¦? USA?
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There will definitely be inventory on Peacock if NBC wins part of the deal. I donāt think that a streaming service will feel much different than a 4th cable network sooner than later though.
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I guess thereās not a huge difference but for Peacock do you need like a username and password and a personal account? Or can you just authenticate with your cable provider like WatchESPN
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ACC/B1G challenge will be on what network now?
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it will be on Versus
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You need to subscribe to peacock via a monthly fee.
They effectively pay walled EPL this way.
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If I have to subscribe itāll be a big diff to me. If proof of cable sub is sufficient then, sure, I donāt really care.
The fact that NBC is going to win the deal by diminishing availability/ease of access is just absurd.
Iāve about had it with college sports and this stuff.
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Peacock is free to Comcast customers. At least it is for me.
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This is separate from basketball right? CBS had sec football but didnāt do anything for sec bball I donāt think?
I have Peacock thru Comcast so personally not a big deal to me if/when that happens
ESPN still has way more air time on weekday nights than the major networks do, hard to imagine B1G going totally away from ESPN for basketball. Or else FS1 and FS2 take up most of it, with NBC Sports(if that still exists) and Peacock taking up the other stuff? Def donāt love going away from ESPN cause they are still the main source of narratives in sports
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CBS aired SEC basketball games
They had some but they showed other conferences as well, while they only did sec football. So contracts differed somewhere
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I get mine thru Xfinity - no subscription, no extra charge (in Massachusetts). Probably depends on the cable company.
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ā¦ A lot of games are gonna be streaming only or B10 network. That really sucks
Yeah like @mgl says, idea of NBC winning a bid bc its plan is to pass costs back onto viewers is pretty gross. If thereās a huge increase in high quality non-revenue sport streaming + 0 commercial breaks for some games I legit care about, I can maybe see how I come out ahead as a consumer?
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