08-17-2012, 08:11 PM
Brief me on this brave new world, Sorry if this seems ignorance-based. It is. Feel free to point out where I'm ludicrously off base or to politely embellish.
1. The game broadcasts still originate from the usual suspects: ESPN, Fox Sports Network, NBC...yes? Is there still a hierarchy of broadcasts: ESPN national, ESPN U or ESPN 2?Â
2. The function of the Pac-12 Network is to pick up these games and distribute them throughout Pac-12 territory and, we hope, beyond. But the Pac-12 network has to cut deals with separate carriers, cable systems, satellite.
3. So, some Pac-12 games will still appear on regular old ESPN/ ESPNU/ ESPN2 and Fox? on the usual cable packages like we had last year? If Stanford/ Oregon was on late night ESPN cable last year, it still would be? And additional P12 games would be on the Pac-12 Channel.
4. OR...now if Comcast doesn't carry the Pac-12 Channel as a discrete package (like the Big Ten Channel) then I am SOL??
(Note: For a world-devouring mega giant, Comcast does the world's worst job explaining what its offerings are. In the Sports Entertainment Package they list Fox Pacific ESPN/ESPNU/ESPN2 as part of my current digital digital package)
1. The game broadcasts still originate from the usual suspects: ESPN, Fox Sports Network, NBC...yes? Is there still a hierarchy of broadcasts: ESPN national, ESPN U or ESPN 2?Â
2. The function of the Pac-12 Network is to pick up these games and distribute them throughout Pac-12 territory and, we hope, beyond. But the Pac-12 network has to cut deals with separate carriers, cable systems, satellite.
3. So, some Pac-12 games will still appear on regular old ESPN/ ESPNU/ ESPN2 and Fox? on the usual cable packages like we had last year? If Stanford/ Oregon was on late night ESPN cable last year, it still would be? And additional P12 games would be on the Pac-12 Channel.
4. OR...now if Comcast doesn't carry the Pac-12 Channel as a discrete package (like the Big Ten Channel) then I am SOL??
(Note: For a world-devouring mega giant, Comcast does the world's worst job explaining what its offerings are. In the Sports Entertainment Package they list Fox Pacific ESPN/ESPNU/ESPN2 as part of my current digital digital package)