Comcast, BTN finally agree - The Postgame Pub

FSUViking · 06-16-2008, 12:43 PM

Sources: Comcast, Big Ten Netwrok ready to call a truce

Comcast and the Big Ten Network are prepared to put nearly two years of bitter negotiations aside to announce a long-term partnership, the Tribune has learned. "For all intents and purposes, it's done," one source close to the negotiations said Sunday. Technically, it's not done. But sources expect the deal will be completed and unveiled this week. The deal will nearly double the number of homes that can access the BTN, from 30 million to 55 million. In the eight-state Big Ten footprint, the number will surge from 6.5 million to about 13 million. That still leaves out about 5.5 million homes in the Midwest, but officials hope the Comcast deal will provide a framework for negotiations with prominent cable carriers Time Warner, Mediacom and Charter. The deal will be a boon to all parties, not to mention Chicago and its 1.8 million Comcast subscribers. -- Chicago Tribune

Only two years later. Thanks, a-holes!

**Chubz** · 06-16-2008, 01:03 PM

its about damn time

06-16-2008, 12:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
FSUViking Oderint Dum Metuant.... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 140 vCash: 2971 Donate Rep Power: 4	Comcast, BTN finally agree Sources: Comcast, Big Ten Netwrok ready to call a truce Comcast and the Big Ten Network are prepared to put nearly two years of bitter negotiations aside to announce a long-term partnership, the Tribune has learned. "For all intents and purposes, it's done," one source close to the negotiations said Sunday. Technically, it's not done. But sources expect the deal will be completed and unveiled this week. The deal will nearly double the number of homes that can access the BTN, from 30 million to 55 million. In the eight-state Big Ten footprint, the number will surge from 6.5 million to about 13 million. That still leaves out about 5.5 million homes in the Midwest, but officials hope the Comcast deal will provide a framework for negotiations with prominent cable carriers Time Warner, Mediacom and Charter. The deal will be a boon to all parties, not to mention Chicago and its 1.8 million Comcast subscribers. *-- Chicago Tribune* Only two years later. Thanks, a-holes! __________________

06-16-2008, 01:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
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