Could they also work on distribution even if the make no changes, and they need to make changes! I have YouTube T.V. As a result I have SEC and BTN channels but no PAC 12. My choices are pay a boat load for FUBO T.V. to literally get one channel I care about, or don't watch the PAC12. I would be willing to pay a reasonable amount of money to watch PAC12 on YouTube T.V., and am not afforded that choice.
What a colossal boner these morons pulled. And the President’s make the call, so put the blame there instead of the canned Larry Scott. It should’ve been obvious that Olympic sports are ideal for streaming, NOT a cable channel looking to reach all of the USA. Water polo doesn’t flying Alabama, BTW. University communications offices have create in-house/hi quality broadcast operations. Stream it. And add SDSU ASAP, Kliankoff!
Sometimes they had Cal baseball games on one of the reginal networks, but not Pac-12 Bay Area. They showed reruns instead. The only way to see was through the computer. Made no sense. Have one network. Put extra games on ESPN plus. Sell to ESPN.
Larry Scott made 2 critical errors in setting up the Pac-12 network. 1) going with 6 regional feeds and a "national" feed, instead of just one; and 2) not having a partner like the Big Ten (Fox) or SEC (ESPN) had to give the new conference network some leverage in dealing with distributors. Both the "reduce the number of feeds" and "find a network partner" fixes suggested by Thompson have been widely known and discussed for the last 5-10 years by the media, industry experts, TV networks and officials of Pac-12 member schools. It's way past time to get real.
Why is there such a hesitancy to invite those g5 schools at a reduced payout? Say, 10mm. Way more than they are getting now, and gives in conference “easy” wins for a decade while the brand gets polished and becomes sell-out city in DFW, and Las-Vegas
Please STOP the crawler on bottom of screen on Pac 12 network. It just repeats the same tiring minor news over and over and over. Very irritating and distracting when watching a game. Or at least only run it for two or three cycles every 30 minutes.
45 famously said 'elections have consequences' and boy was he right. Could say the same about the appointment of L. Scott at the Pac12. The damage is staggering.
I'm all for having Olympic sports get covered and shown as widely as possible, but I'm unclear how much actual audience size (and thus monetary value) there really is for them.
It definitely seems like a fit for a paid over the top add-on.
I'm hopeful that content could all land on ESPN+ at some point.
I’m pretty sure it was Gary Stevenson who was the first Pac-12 Network president. He left real fast after about a year from startup. Wonder what he would have to say?
Could they also work on distribution even if the make no changes, and they need to make changes! I have YouTube T.V. As a result I have SEC and BTN channels but no PAC 12. My choices are pay a boat load for FUBO T.V. to literally get one channel I care about, or don't watch the PAC12. I would be willing to pay a reasonable amount of money to watch PAC12 on YouTube T.V., and am not afforded that choice.
What a colossal boner these morons pulled. And the President’s make the call, so put the blame there instead of the canned Larry Scott. It should’ve been obvious that Olympic sports are ideal for streaming, NOT a cable channel looking to reach all of the USA. Water polo doesn’t flying Alabama, BTW. University communications offices have create in-house/hi quality broadcast operations. Stream it. And add SDSU ASAP, Kliankoff!
Sometimes they had Cal baseball games on one of the reginal networks, but not Pac-12 Bay Area. They showed reruns instead. The only way to see was through the computer. Made no sense. Have one network. Put extra games on ESPN plus. Sell to ESPN.
.......then-commissioner Larry Scott in the summer of 2012 "was less about generating revenue and more about keeping his bosses happy."
You know you are doomed with this type of operating philosophy.
Larry Scott made 2 critical errors in setting up the Pac-12 network. 1) going with 6 regional feeds and a "national" feed, instead of just one; and 2) not having a partner like the Big Ten (Fox) or SEC (ESPN) had to give the new conference network some leverage in dealing with distributors. Both the "reduce the number of feeds" and "find a network partner" fixes suggested by Thompson have been widely known and discussed for the last 5-10 years by the media, industry experts, TV networks and officials of Pac-12 member schools. It's way past time to get real.
Thanks, John for your articles. There is always something interesting for me to read.
Great article, thanks John.
Why is there such a hesitancy to invite those g5 schools at a reduced payout? Say, 10mm. Way more than they are getting now, and gives in conference “easy” wins for a decade while the brand gets polished and becomes sell-out city in DFW, and Las-Vegas
Message to Larry Scott-You're a loser !!!!!!!!!!
Having all the conference presidents and AD's buy into Larry's scheme
doesn't say much for their collective critical thinking abilities...
Please STOP the crawler on bottom of screen on Pac 12 network. It just repeats the same tiring minor news over and over and over. Very irritating and distracting when watching a game. Or at least only run it for two or three cycles every 30 minutes.
45 famously said 'elections have consequences' and boy was he right. Could say the same about the appointment of L. Scott at the Pac12. The damage is staggering.
All too much information for me. I’ll stay away from Vegas and watch the games from home. Thanks for your in-depth information gathering.
I'm all for having Olympic sports get covered and shown as widely as possible, but I'm unclear how much actual audience size (and thus monetary value) there really is for them.
It definitely seems like a fit for a paid over the top add-on.
I'm hopeful that content could all land on ESPN+ at some point.
I’m pretty sure it was Gary Stevenson who was the first Pac-12 Network president. He left real fast after about a year from startup. Wonder what he would have to say?
There was nothing wrong with any of this initially. The problem was the LENGTH of the contract
If this was 5 years it would be over and onto the next thing.
At the time this was done it was the largest package in college sports. It was just too long