Out of curiousity, what kind of deal would you have preffered? I am always curious to see what kind of alternatives people have who are not supportive of progress made. BU had about a month and WEEK and WMBD as well as local netowrk other channels would not pick them up because they lost money showing because ESPN and other channels have the rights to the good games. What are your ideas so we can suggest them to BU Sports Marketing and KK?
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BU's New TV Deal
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Out of curiousity, what kind of deal would you have preffered? I am always curious to see what kind of alternatives people have who are not supportive of progress made. BU had about a month and WEEK and WMBD as well as local netowrk other channels would not pick them up because they lost money showing because ESPN and other channels have the rights to the good games. What are your ideas so we can suggest them to BU Sports Marketing and KK?
Old Coach,
I understand what you are saying, but it was WEEK that was unwilling to do the games, and the other local TV stations weren't pounding down Bradley's doors for the rights either.
So if not for the Insight deal, the local people like you wouldn't have any option but the ISU game on WMBD and the 1 game WTVP took.
I think BU did a great job arranging this deal, considering the lack of alternatives. Yet in the end, people will have the capability of seeing possibly 19-20 or more Bradley games on TV this year, far more than have ever been carried.
I understand what you are saying, but it was WEEK that was unwilling to do the games, and the other local TV stations weren't pounding down Bradley's doors for the rights either.
So if not for the Insight deal, the local people like you wouldn't have any option but the ISU game on WMBD and the 1 game WTVP took.
I think BU did a great job arranging this deal, considering the lack of alternatives. Yet in the end, people will have the capability of seeing possibly 19-20 or more Bradley games on TV this year, far more than have ever been carried.
I have Insight, so I'll get to see the games.
As for what I think, I believe this is the kind of deal that gets done when everybody else (network stations) calls your bluff.
Again, nobody bluffed anyone. WEEK and the others were not willing to televise the games. And the TV deals in the past have never been money makers for Bradley.
Perhaps KK wasn't so willing work things out (negotiate) with WEEK, or WMBD for that matter?
I can see why a skeptic could see it that way, but I don't believe that's the way it was. Bradley wants their games on TV, and wasn't looking to squeeze anyone. The facts as they are presented seem believeable to me.
I have a friend who works for WEEK and they are happy to be out of the deal. They lost money and made a lot of viewers angry when they preempted their network programming.
I have a friend who works for WEEK and they are happy to be out of the deal. They lost money and made a lot of viewers angry when they preempted their network programming.
Which brings up the bigger question... If WEEK couldn't make money airing Bradley basketball, how can a cable delivery system that only reaches 1/2 the market?
Technically, WEEK's signal is currently broadcast across the entire northern half of the US via DirecTv. (It is broadcast from an old CONUS or non-spot beam satellite that they sold to a Canadian company, that owned the 72.5 location in exchange for use of a few transponders to provide some locals) Legally you can only receive it if you live within the Peoria DMA.
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Isn't a strike looming for one of WEEK's unions.
WEEK is esentially broadcasting 3 OTA stations. Analog 25, Digital (sometimes HDTV) 25-1 and 25-2 Weather plus.
I would of preferred, at least, the bubraves.com simulcast on one of the local stations's digital subchannels. So at least I can pick up the game with my antenna.
Insight should at least allow that for their current Bradley package. (as no satellite company retransmits the digital sub channels, it would allow Insight to still claim an exclusive, plus be available to more OTA customers.)
Much of the losses for WEEK were related to their dumping the network programming to replace it with the Bradley broadcast. Except for a few high-profile games, the satings for Bradley games are not as high as they are for the network shows. So the station loses money because they have to preemp the regular programming. Insight doesn't have that problem. All they need is an open channel, which they have.
Perhaps there are other ways Insight saves money. Maybe they already own or lease the uplinks, downlinks, and satellite times which WEEK has to pay extra for? I don't know about that.
Had to look it up on week.com: Weatherplus (25-2) is on Insight digital 431 and Medicom Digital 190
The 25-1 would most likely be the NBC HDTV channel, only available to HDTV digital boxes. it is Insight Digital Cable channel 761 (no mention of Mediacom, I knew that for the first year, NBC HD was "only" available free OTA due to contract negotiations with cable companies..)
I actually have and HDTV(Thanks to good-paying internships...) and live in the Dorms here at BU and I get HDTV through DTV which is a way to send HDTV of cable. I have no antenna just free cable from BU and get all local HD channels.
I'll take 47-2
Earlier I posted my dream of WTVP setting up one fo their HDTV cameras at Carver. just pan back and forth with digital surround sound, no announcers needed.