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<blockquote data-quote="RonJohn" data-source="post: 433493" data-attributes="member: 2426"><p>It is more complicated than that as to the tier. The SEC network is estimated to cost subscribers 74 cents per month on average. Subscribers in the SEC area pay an estimated $1.30 per month and those outside pay something less than 74 cents. The way ESPN works is that they have the contracts with different providers staggered such that no two providers contracts end at the same time. They then tell the providers that in order to get ESPN(the main channel) that most of the other channels <strong>must</strong> be included for <strong>all</strong> subscribers. If a provider balks, then they face the loss of ESPN and ESPN2 which would most likely cause the loss of an estimated 40% of that providers subscribers.(Funny how ESPN contracts usually expire around August. Almost like they planned that.) What actually happens is the providers crumble to ESPN's demands and now the ESPN suite of channels cost the average TV subscriber something between $9.50 and $15 per month.</p><p></p><p>ABC and ESPN usually get the top tier announcers and crews. The ABC prime time games usually have the top rated crew. ESPN2 and then ESPNU channels get the next tier. SEC Network gets the next tier. The online games get the bottom tier crews. I believe that is what [USER=1191]@Augusta_Jacket[/USER] is stating. He is ranking the importance of the channels based the announcers, the production crews, and the viewership. If you watch any of the games on SEC Network, the video production is definitely not on the same level as ABC/ESPN.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RonJohn, post: 433493, member: 2426"] It is more complicated than that as to the tier. The SEC network is estimated to cost subscribers 74 cents per month on average. Subscribers in the SEC area pay an estimated $1.30 per month and those outside pay something less than 74 cents. The way ESPN works is that they have the contracts with different providers staggered such that no two providers contracts end at the same time. They then tell the providers that in order to get ESPN(the main channel) that most of the other channels [B]must[/B] be included for [B]all[/B] subscribers. If a provider balks, then they face the loss of ESPN and ESPN2 which would most likely cause the loss of an estimated 40% of that providers subscribers.(Funny how ESPN contracts usually expire around August. Almost like they planned that.) What actually happens is the providers crumble to ESPN's demands and now the ESPN suite of channels cost the average TV subscriber something between $9.50 and $15 per month. ABC and ESPN usually get the top tier announcers and crews. The ABC prime time games usually have the top rated crew. ESPN2 and then ESPNU channels get the next tier. SEC Network gets the next tier. The online games get the bottom tier crews. I believe that is what [USER=1191]@Augusta_Jacket[/USER] is stating. He is ranking the importance of the channels based the announcers, the production crews, and the viewership. If you watch any of the games on SEC Network, the video production is definitely not on the same level as ABC/ESPN. [/QUOTE]
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