Big Ten Network

Big Ten Network
Big Ten Network Logo
Launched	August 30, 2007
Owned by	Big Ten Conference (51%) Fox Entertainment Group (News Corporation) (49%)
Picture format	480i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV)
Slogan	This is Big Ten Country, This is Where it Lives
Country	United States
Language	English
Broadcast area	United States Canada
Headquarters	Chicago, Illinois
Sister channel(s)	Fox Sports (broadcast operation) FSN Fox College Sports
Website	BigTenNetwork.com
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV (U.S.)	610 (SD/HD) Overflow SD: 609, 611, 612, 615 Overflow HD: 609-1, 611-1, 612-1, 615-1 1610 Video on demand
Dish Network (U.S.)	439 (SD/HD) 9500 (HD) Overflow SD: 5440-5443 Overflow HD: 9501-9504
Shaw Direct (Canada)	410 (SD) 265 (HD) Overflow : varies
Cable
Available on most U.S. and Canadian cable systems	Main: BTN Channel Finder Overflow: BTN Game Finder
Verizon FiOS	Channel 85 (SD) Channel 585 (HD)
IPTV
AT&T U-verse (U.S.)	650 (SD) 1650 (HD) Overflow : 1651-1654
Internet television
Big Ten Ticket (by subscription, outside of US and Canada)	www.BigTenTicket.com

The Big Ten Network (BTN) is an American sports television network dedicated to the Big Ten Conference, jointly operated by the conference itself and Fox Sports, and is the first internationally distributed network dedicated to covering a single college conference. The network's lineup includes telecasts of Big Ten events, archived events involving Big Ten schools, studio shows, coach's shows, documentaries, and other programming related to the conference.

The network currently reaches approximately 40 million households nationwide and is available up to an estimated 73 million households in the United States and Canada.^[1] It is headquartered in the former Montgomery Ward & Co. catalog building at 600 W. Chicago Avenue in Chicago, Illinois.^[2]

The network currently has agreements with more than 300 providers.^[3] It is carried nationally on DirecTV and Dish Network; and regionally on AT&T U-Verse, Verizon FiOS, Charter Communications, Comcast, Cox Communications, Insight Communications, Mediacom Communications, Time Warner Cable, Cable One, Cablevision and several others. In Canada, it is available on Shaw Direct, Shaw Cable, and Rogers Cable. The network is available on cable in 19 of the 20 largest U.S. media markets.^[4]

Contents 1 History 2 Executive personnel 3 On-air staff 3.1 Studio hosts 3.2 Play-by-play announcers 3.2.1 Football 3.2.2 Men's basketball 3.2.3 Women's basketball 3.2.4 Baseball 3.2.5 Sideline reporters 3.2.6 Ice hockey 3.2.7 Wrestling 4 Live sports coverage 4.1 Football 4.2 Men's basketball 4.3 Women's basketball 4.4 Baseball 4.5 Ice hockey 4.6 Olympic sports 4.7 Big Ten Championships 4.8 Online streams 5 Regular shows 5.1 New basketball shows in 2010 6 Program milestones 7 Notable games 8 Big Ten Network HD 9 Football overflow feeds 10 Big Ten Network On Demand 11 Carriage 11.1 Carriage deal agreements 11.1.1 2007 11.1.2 2008 11.1.3 2009 11.2 Canadian carriage 12 Similar channels 13 References 14 External links

History

BTN was first unveiled on June 21, 2006, as a 20-year joint project of the Big Ten Conference, and Fox Entertainment Group. 51% of the network is owned by the conference itself, while Fox owns a minority interest in the network, and also handles the operations for the network. The network was positioned to be the first ever cable channel dedicated to a single collegiate conference.^[5] The network also has a commitment to "event equality", stating that it would produce and distribute an equal number of men's and women's events across all platforms, within three years of being on the air.^[6]

BTN officially launched as the Big Ten Network on August 30, 2007. On September 1, 2007, the network aired its first live telecasts, which included an Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game which gained national attention for its upset victory, the first win between an unranked Division I FCS team and a Division I FBS team since the splitting of Division I into two divisions by the NCAA in 1978.^[7] However, the network launched to ^[8] However, the network suffered from limited carriage on its launch, only being carried by two major television providers. The network's staff however, aimed for, and was able to attain carriage on "extended basic" cable in Big Ten markets by 2008.^[9]

While no specifics were revealed, Fox acquired majority control of Big Ten Network in June 2010 using a provision in its contract with the conference, now holding a 51% stake. The change is not expected to alter the channel's operations^[10]

In time for the 2011 college football season, the network unveiled a new logo now identifying the network as simply BTN, along with taking on the unified graphical look seen on all Fox Sports networks and operations. The network also introduced a beta version of "BTN2Go", an online service offering live streaming of BTN events and other programming online to Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications, DirecTV, and Dish Network subscribers. Plans have also been made for mobile applications for iOS and Android platforms.^[11]

Executive personnel

Mark Silverman is the first President of the network. He was formerly a General Manager and Senior Vice President of ABC Cable Networks Group.^[12]

On-air staff

Studio hosts

• Dave Revsine,^[13] who spent 11 years at ESPN
• Mike Hall, winner of the first season of ESPN's Dream Job
• Rick Pizzo
• Brent Stover
• Lisa Cornwell
• Brittany Payton
• Melanie Collins
• Kerry Sayers

Play-by-play announcers

• Ari Wolfe
• Gus Johnson, longtime NFL and NCAA basketball voice for CBS Sports, now NFL and Pac-12 voice for FOX Sports
• Thom Brennaman, who has called the BCS, NFL and MLB on FOX, lead TV voice of the Cincinnati Reds on FSOhio
• Eric Collins, current non-NL West road game TV play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers, was previously at ESPN
• Wayne Larrivee, long time Big Ten play-by-play announcer and former voice of the Chicago Bears, Cubs, Bulls, Kansas City Chiefs and current voice for the Green Bay Packers Radio Network
• Tom Hamilton, long time Big Ten play-by-play announcer and current radio voice of the Cleveland Indians
• Dave Revsine
• Matt Devlin, current TV play-by-play announcer for the Toronto Raptors
• Tom Hart
• Mike Crispino, also works for MSG and is the radio voice of the New York Knicks
• Brian Barnhart, voice of the Fighting Illini
• Leah Secondo
• Brent Stover
• Tracy Warren
• Tom Werme
• Brian Anderson, current announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers on FSN Wisconsin and baseball announcer for TBS

Football

Analysts

• Gerry DiNardo, former Indiana head coach
• Howard Griffith, former Illinois running back
• Chris Martin, former Northwestern defensive back
• Anthony Herron, former Iowa defensive lineman
• Derek Rackley, former Minnesota tight end
• Danan Hughes, former Iowa wide receiver
• Glen Mason, former Minnesota head coach and Ohio State linebacker
• Muhsin Muhammad, former Michigan State wide receiver
• Rod Woodson, former Purdue All-American defensive back and analyst for NFL Network; currently DB coach for Oakland Raiders
• Rosevelt Colvin, former Purdue defensive lineman

Men's basketball

Analysts

• Jimmy Jackson, former Ohio State player
• Gene Keady, former Purdue coach
• Dan Dakich, former Indiana player and interim coach
• Tim Doyle, former Northwestern player
• Gregory Kelser, former Michigan State player
• Shon Morris, former Northwestern player
• Steve Smith, former Michigan State player
• Kendall Gill, former Illinois player
• John Laskowski, former Indiana player
• Bill Hosket, Jr., former Ohio State player
• Jimmy King, former Michigan player
• Kenyon Murray, former Iowa player
• Gary Williams, former Maryland Coach

Women's basketball

Analysts

• Stephanie White, former Purdue player
• Mary Murphy, former Northwestern player and Wisconsin coach
• Vera Jones, former Indiana assistant coach
• Brenda VanLengen, former Nebraska coach

Baseball

Analysts

• Cal Eldred, former major leaguer and Iowa pitcher
• Danan Hughes, former Iowa outfielder and NFL wide receiver
• Scott Pose, Iowa native and former MLB outfielder

Sideline reporters

• Charissa Thompson
• Mike Hall
• Shireen Saski
• Anthony Herron
• Rebecca Haarlow
• Melanie Collins

Ice hockey

Play-By-Play

• Matt Rosen

Analyst

• Rob Andringa
• Darby Hendrickson
• Adam Burish

Wrestling

Announcers

• Tim Johnson
• Ken Chertow
• Jake Herbert
• Dan Gable

Live sports coverage

Football

• Through the creation of the Big Ten Network, every home Big Ten football game is nationally televised
• Each team is guaranteed to make a minimum of two appearances on the network per year and one of those must be a conference game
• The network televises approximately 35-40 football games each fall and all of them are available in high definition

Men's basketball

• Through the creation of the Big Ten Network, every home Big Ten basketball conference game is nationally televised, and every non-conference and exhibition game is either televised or streamed on www.bigtennetwork.com.
• Each Big Ten men's basketball team makes approximately 10-20 appearances a season on the Big Ten Network
• The network televises approximately 60-65 in-conference match-ups, plus selected Big Ten Tournament contests, and virtually all of those games are produced in high definition
• The network streams a select number of non-conference and exhibition games live on www.BigTenNetwork.com
• The network has a set on-site at the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament in Indianapolis, with anchors providing coverage and analysis of all the action

Women's basketball

• Each Big Ten women's basketball team makes approximately 8-10 appearances on the Big Ten Network
• In all, the network televises approximately 50-60 regular season games plus approximately nine Big Ten Basketball Tournament games and all of these games are produced in high definition
• The network streams dozens of games live on www.BigTenNetwork.com, giving Big Ten women’s basketball the most exposure of any conference in the country
• The network has a set on-site at the Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament in Indianapolis, with anchors providing coverage and analysis of all the action

Baseball

• The Big Ten Network televises approximately 25 baseball games each spring, all in HD
• Each Big Ten baseball team makes approximately 5-8 appearances on the Big Ten Network
• In 2009, the network televised the Big Ten Baseball Tournament from start to finish

Ice hockey

• The Big Ten Network televises approximately 10 hockey games, all in HD, and more than 20 live streamed games

Olympic sports

• The Big Ten Network televises more than 170 NCAA-sponsored events in both men's and women's sports such as hockey, baseball, softball, soccer, volleyball, track and field, swimming and diving, etc.

Big Ten Championships

• The Big Ten Network televises 19 Big Ten Championships and Tournaments, including baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, women’s field hockey, men’s and women’s golf, women’s rowing, men’s soccer, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track & field and men’s wrestling.^[14]

Online streams

In the 2009-10 school year, BTN began charging $2.99 per event for online feeds due to their significant financial investment in the latest streaming technology.^[15]

Regular shows

• Big Ten Tonight: A weekly thirty-minute show similar to ESPN's SportsCenter only offering highlights and discussion of Big Ten football, basketball and other sports. Dave Revsine, Rick Pizzo, Mike Hall and Lisa Cornwell anchor. Other reporters and analysts appear depending on the sport being discussed. Airs Sundays.
• Big Ten Football Saturday: On Saturdays during football season, the day's games are discussed and highlights are shown. There's the pre-game, halftime, and post-game editions for all games. Dave Revsine hosts and Gerry DiNardo (who they call "Coach") and Howard Griffith provide analysis.
• Big Ten Friday Tailgate: 90 minute light hearted and irreverent show airing on Friday nights that looks at campus life surrounding football weekends. The hosts are Mike Hall, Charissa Thompson, and Chicago area improv actors Jordan Klepper, Steve Waltien, and Tim Baltz. In 2010, the show was cut to 60 minutes and shortned its title to Big Ten Tailgate.
• Big Ten Tip-Off Show: A pre-game show in which the day's basketball games are discussed. Hosted by Dave Revsine. Gene Keady, Jimmy Jackson, Tim Doyle and Kendall Gill provide analysis.
• Coaches Q&A: Excerpts from the week's press conferences
• The Big Ten's Greatest Games: Classic football and basketball games, with editing of some non-essential game action out to fit time constraints.
• The Big Ten Women's Show: Covers women's sports throughout the conference. Airs at 10 PM ET on Mondays.
• The Big Ten Quad: a weekly sports discussion show with Big Ten legends.
• Big Ten Cookout: a half hour cooking/tailgate show that airs live on Saturdays at 10 AM ET. It is hosted by Melanie Collins from a different Big Ten campus every week. The chefs are Julius Russell and Ben Walanka.
• The Big Ten's Best: a weekly countdown show with lists of the top 10 Big Ten teams or players in a certain category, such as "best running backs of the 1990s" or "best quarterbacks of the 1980s". It is hosted by Charissa Thompson.
• Various coach's shows.
• University Showcase - a program block of non-sports campus produced programs. Each school has equal time.
• Student U - Game broadcasts produced by university broadcast departments involving students controlling production and play-by-play which are usually seen only on closed-circuit campus cable networks.
• Big Ten Football: Breakdown: Every week, Big Ten coaches and players review the previous week’s game film, looking for the positives and the negatives. Network analysts will give fans a look at the nuances of the game and what affected the teams’ success. Airs Tuesdays at 10 PM ET.
• Big Ten Football: Sites & Sounds: The show includes segments from press conferences, media interviews and the games, as well as other behind-the-scenes footage, hosted from the network's Chicago studios. Airs Wednesdays at 10 PM ET.
• Big Ten Football: Behind the Schemes: The network's resident head coaches go head-to-head each week, breaking down film and putting together game plans for the upcoming week’s games. Airs Thursdays at 10 PM ET.
• Big Ten Football… & Beyond: The show previews the weekend’s games with reports from each Big Ten stadium and takes a look at key national match-ups that could impact Big Ten postseason plans. Airs Fridays at 10 PM ET.
• Big Ten Film Vault: A vintage Big Ten film from the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Hosted by Dan Dierdorf.
• Big Ten Icons: Each show highlights a Big Ten athlete from a wide range of sports and history. Notable subjects include Jesse Owens, Jack Nicklaus and Steve Alford.

New basketball shows in 2010

The network launched three new basketball shows, beginning in January 2010, dedicated specifically to Big Ten basketball.^[16]

The Journey: Big Ten Basketball 2010: Episodes will follow multiple teams each week throughout the season letting fans experience the conference's 10-week schedule in a documentary-style format. Airs Sundays at 9 PM ET.

Big Ten Hoops: On Campus: Mike Hall, Jim Jackson, Tiffany Simons and Natalie Kane will visit a different campus each week to showcase the loyalty, passion and tradition that defines Big Ten basketball and their fans. Hour-long show airs Fridays at 10 PM ET>

This Week in Big Ten Basketball: Dave Revsine hosts the show alongside Jim Jackson and Dan Dakich. The show will provide a comprehensive breakdown of all of the Big Ten hoops action of the week. Airs Sundays at 9:30 PM ET.

Program milestones

• First program: Big Ten Tonight, August 30, 2007 at 8 p.m. ET
• First live football games: Four regional college football telecasts on September 1 at noon ET, including Appalachian State's historic upset win over Michigan
• First women's sports event: Syracuse at Michigan State, soccer, September 2
• First men's non-revenue sports event: UCLA at Indiana, soccer, September 2

Notable games

• September 1, 2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game. In the first football game ever broadcast by the network, Football Championship Subdivision team Appalachian State pulls off a 34-32 upset over the then-number-five Michigan, blocking a field goal on the game's final play.
• November 17, 2007: Indiana vs. Purdue (Football). A last-second field goal propels Indiana to its first bowl game in 13 years for their late coach Terry Hoeppner.
• February 24, 2008: Indiana vs. Northwestern (Men's Basketball). The Hoosiers edge the Wildcats in the first game under interim head coach Dan Dakich, after a scandal involving unauthorized telephone calls to recruits forced Kelvin Sampson to resign. Tom Crean later became the permanent successor and Dakich later became an analyst for the Big Ten Network.
• March 14, 2008: Minnesota vs. Indiana (Men's Basketball). Trailing by 1 with 1.5 seconds left, Minnesota's Blake Hoffarber hauls in a 75-foot inbounds pass, spins away from two defenders and nails an off-balance desperation heave to beat the Hoosiers.
• October 3, 2009: Michigan vs. Michigan State and Northwestern vs. Purdue (Football). The network's most-viewed football Saturday featured Michigan State defeating the Wolverines in overtime 26-20 and Northwestern's come-from-behind-win at Purdue 27-21.
• February 10, 2010: Ohio State vs. Purdue (Men's Basketball: both teams were ranked in the Associated Press top 10.
• March 12, 2010: Minnesota vs. Michigan State (Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal). The highest-rated basketball game in network history, drawing a 2.2 household rating and an estimated audience of more than a half-million viewers.

Big Ten Network HD

Big Ten Network HD is a 720p high definition simulcast of Big Ten Network which launched simultaneously to the regular channel. It is available nationally on DirecTV and Dish Network; and regionally on Verizon FiOs, AT&T U-verse, Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications, Cox Communications, Mediacom, and several other cable television systems. In Canada, it is available nationally on Shaw Direct and regionally on Shaw Communications. All of its original programs and studio shows are in HD, as well as nearly all of its sporting events and some of its school-produced coaches and campus shows. Big Ten Network HD utilizes stylized pillarboxes for programs not available in HD. The channel has produced all of its football games in HD since 2009.^[4]

Football overflow feeds

Many times on football Saturdays, the Big Ten Network produces multiple games that air at the same time. The network designates one game as its national game, which is shown on the main channel on satellite systems. The remaining games air on the main channel in the local markets and on the extra football game channels in the remaining markets. Most cable systems inside the Big Ten's eight states offer these Big Ten Network extra football game channels or "out-of-market" feeds. All the extra football game channel feeds are available nationally on DirecTV and Dish Network; and regionally on AT&T U-verse, many Comcast systems, and several other cable systems.

Some providers only carry the overflow feeds in standard definition, and providers outside of the U.S. provide them in out-of-market subscription packages.

Big Ten Network On Demand

Big Ten Network On Demand, offers viewers BTN's programming such as Big Ten Tonight, The Journey, Big Ten Quad and Big Ten Short Stories, original specials, press conferences and highlights specific to each school, as well as magazine and coaches' shows. DirecTV and Dish Network subscribers get content for all 11 schools, while cable customers only receive content for the school(s) in their state. Most content is also offered in HD. The channel's website, www.BigTenNetwork.com, also has a large amount of video on demand content for all 11 schools which is free to all internet users.

Carriage

Carriage negotiations with several major cable companies were stalled for several months because the cable providers wanted to put the channel on a sports tier and charge only customers who wanted it, and Big Ten Network wanted to put it on extended basic so that cable customers would not have to pay extra for it. However, when the nation's largest cable provider Comcast reached a deal on June 19, 2008,^[17] (and began adding the channel on August 15, 2008), the other major providers in the Big Ten Region (Charter Communications, Time Warner Cable, etc.) followed suit. Big Ten is additionally an associate member of the Caribbean Cable Cooperative.^[18]

Carriage deal agreements

2007

DirecTV and AT&T U-Verse were the only major television providers to carry the channel at launch.^[19] Dish Network added it a week later.^[20] 250 small cable systems carried it at launch as well.

2008

In late summer and early autumn 2008, several large cable companies in The Big Ten Region reached carriage agreements with The Big Ten Network. With these announcements, The Big Ten Network now reaches every major cable TV provider in the Big Ten Region.

• On August 23, 2008, Cedar Rapids, Iowa newspaper The Gazette reported that sources close to negotiations between the network and Mediacom said the two sides have reached an agreement in principle. On August 28 the official announcement was made.^[21][22] Mediacom provides service to most of Iowa, including Iowa City, where the Big Ten's University of Iowa is located.

• On August 25, 2008, it was announced in a joint statement that Time Warner Cable and The Big Ten Network reached a carriage deal. Time Warner now carries the channel on its expanded basic service in the eight states where Big Ten schools operate.^[23][24]

• On August 26, 2008, an agreement between The Big Ten Network and Charter Communications was announced.^[25]

• On August 26, 2008, The Indianapolis Star reported that Brighthouse Networks and The Big Ten Network are "very close to a deal".^[26]

• On August 28, 2008, The Plain Dealer reported that Cox Communications had reached a deal to carry the Big Ten Network.^[27]

• On September 30, 2008, Broadstripe added the channel to its systems in Michigan.^[28]

2009

• On June 23, 2009, Cablevision added the channel in both standard and high definition.^[29]

• On August 25, 2009, Atlantic Broadband and BTN reached a carriage agreement. The channel was added in standard definition and high definition on September 1, 2009 to customers in central and northern Pennsylvania.^[30]

• On December 28, 2009, Charter Communications and BTN reached an agreement to provide the network to Charter customers in St. Louis and Southern Illinois. Charter launched the BTN on its Expanded Basic-Digital level of service.^[31]

Canadian carriage

In September 2008, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission officially approved a request by Shaw Communications to allow carriage of BTN in Canada on its specialty television services. While CTVglobemedia filed a concern that it would illegally compete with its mainstream sports channel TSN, the CRTC determined that BTN would not harm TSN because of its "very niche" scope^[32] BTN became available to Shaw customers on December 3, 2008. The channel became available on Rogers Cable in Ontario and New Brunswick on October 22, 2009.^[33]

Similar channels

Other channels that show only college sports include:

• Pac-12 Network, to be launched 2012, to show sports involving the Pac-12 conference.
• MountainWest Sports Network, shows sports involving the Mountain West Conference.
• Longhorn Network, shows sports and programming involving the University of Texas at Austin.
• BYUtvsports.com
• ESPNU
• CBS Sports Network, formerly known as CSTV and the CBS College Sports Network, but still primarily shows college events.
• Fox College Sports

References

External links

• ESPN's 'lowball' offer triggered Big Ten expansion

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