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Jim Burns's avatar

Keep in mind the CW is owned by Fox. They won't be allowed to ascend too far. They will always be 3rd string below Fox and Fox Sports. Still better than what we had, but certainly not a secret gold mine OSU, WSU and a rebuilt Pacc12 could excavate. There is a definite firm ceiling on how much Fox will pay for third tier programming. The big key is if OSU and WSU can prove their worth on the CW, it "could" lead to Fox forcing the Big 12 into adding them.

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Daniel P.'s avatar

CW Network is not owned by Fox at all. It’s 75% Nexstar Media Group, 12.5% Paramount, 12.5% Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Daniel P.'s avatar

CW is going to keep adding to their sports broadcast portfolio, because it is bringing eye balls to their network.

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SCBeav's avatar

Exactly. CW has an affiliate agreement with FOX, which means it is shown on many FOX channels, but that's far from ownership. All this negativity about the CW is short-sighted. People were negative about FOX getting into the NFL, about TBS, TNT, ESPN 2 and any number of networks that have become sports broadcasting behemoths. Why not the CW?

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