tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137059844561398433.post875477062358492837..comments2024-03-12T11:22:30.939-04:00Comments on Matt's College Sports Media Blog: Pac-12 Networks Distribution & brief item on ASNMatt Sarzyniakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07967516926073948559noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137059844561398433.post-33272976839367702292016-01-22T08:06:21.930-05:002016-01-22T08:06:21.930-05:00I agree with a lot of that. I think what I was tr...I agree with a lot of that. I think what I was trying to convey is that in-market (or in the six state P12 footprint), they're requiring streaming if you don't want to pay for a TV feed that may or may not be in HD.<br /><br />I believe you've seen this, but apparently in Arizona and in some sections of LA, the Cox systems don't even bother with the national feed at all, which does seem to run contradictory to the statements the Pac-12 Network rep told Austin Meek:<br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/wilnerhotline/status/690323909967609856" rel="nofollow">From Jon Wilner</a>Matt Sarzyniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07967516926073948559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137059844561398433.post-50453693860987693362016-01-21T13:16:59.544-05:002016-01-21T13:16:59.544-05:00I'm not sure the Pac-12 themselves were all th...I'm not sure the Pac-12 themselves were all that sure what they wanted the seven-network model to be. What seemed logical to me at the time was that they would distribute each regional network within each region on basic tiers and the national network on sports tiers across the country (including within the network footprint). The way they programmed them until late last year was consistent with the regional networks serving as deviations from the national feed, making it effectively one network with seven feeds providing regionalized coverage. But I also know that the Pac-12 seemed to want the national feed to be widely distributed within the footprint as well, which didn't make sense to me, and that several providers also include regional networks outside each region, especially the California networks.<br /><br />I question the relevance of the regional feeds at all if they're just going to serve as networks dedicated to two schools rather than the whole conference; I'm not sure they would have gotten off the ground anywhere outside LA if this was what they were from the start. You say the notion of requiring streaming to watch out-of-market games is a bit too far ahead of its time; I say it reflects decidedly outdated thinking. In a streaming, on-demand world, live events are the only sort of thing that warrants a place on a linear television schedule at all; if I want to see an old Territorial Cup, I should be able to pull it up on some sort of on-demand service, and not wait for the Pac-12 to tell me when to tune in. In retrospect, if it never wanted the regional networks to be deviations from the national schedule, the Pac-12 should have gone for something closer to what the BTN does: one feed delivering one schedule with regionalized coverage in certain windows and on "alternate" feeds.Morgan Wickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816659818434590943noreply@blogger.com