This afternoon, the Big 10 TV partners that are ESPN and BTN released their schedule of televised games for the first three weeks of September, noticeably absent from the respective cable channels was TV information for Nebraska's first two games as a member of the Big 10 against Tennessee-Chattanooga and Fresno St. The only TV information provided by Nebraska was that Nebraska's first two games were to be televised, however, TV information was to be announced.
Within the last hour, the Omaha World-Hearld is reporting that as of right now, there are no deals in place with several Nebraska cable providers that include Time Warner, Cox Cable, and Charter Cable as well as satellite provider Dish Network that would move the BTN from ala-carte packages to the more popular basic cable and/or widely distributed satellite packages.
You can get the full story in the link provided above to the World-Herald, but this is sounding all too familiar to the battle that existed between Mediacom and the BTN that prevented Iowa fans from watching their Hawkeyes for nearly the first year that the BTN was on the air.
It's still early June, so there is plenty of time to get a deal done, but it's been almost a year to the day that Nebraska joined the Big 10, my question is why has it taken so long to get a deal done?
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