This is an excerpt I pulled from "The Post" - apologies if this is against our rules for posting...not sure, but thought the info was interesting and worth sharing...
"While Pac-12 teams are working to improve their national reputation, the conference office continues to fail them. Now it appears that for a fourth year, the Pac-12 Network will not be available on DirecTV and gain wider national distribution after hopeful talks with DirecTV's new owner AT&T collapsed without a deal.
The Pac-12 Network is available in only about 12 million homes, dwarfed by the 90 million each for the Big Ten Network (BTN) and SEC Network. As a result, the Big Ten distributed more than $7 million per school and the SEC $5 million per last year while the Pac-12 barely cleared $1 million. The revenue gap between the Pac-12 and those two other premier conferences has grown to be more than $10 million per school last year.
The inability of the Pac-12 Network to gain wider distribution only further cements the conference's national perception as an also-ran. Over the weekend, more Mountain West teams (nine) could be watched on widely distributed networks than the Pac-12 (seven). Many fans in the nation have not seen three of the Pac-12's three unbeaten teams this season -- USC, Cal and Arizona."
"While Pac-12 teams are working to improve their national reputation, the conference office continues to fail them. Now it appears that for a fourth year, the Pac-12 Network will not be available on DirecTV and gain wider national distribution after hopeful talks with DirecTV's new owner AT&T collapsed without a deal.
The Pac-12 Network is available in only about 12 million homes, dwarfed by the 90 million each for the Big Ten Network (BTN) and SEC Network. As a result, the Big Ten distributed more than $7 million per school and the SEC $5 million per last year while the Pac-12 barely cleared $1 million. The revenue gap between the Pac-12 and those two other premier conferences has grown to be more than $10 million per school last year.
The inability of the Pac-12 Network to gain wider distribution only further cements the conference's national perception as an also-ran. Over the weekend, more Mountain West teams (nine) could be watched on widely distributed networks than the Pac-12 (seven). Many fans in the nation have not seen three of the Pac-12's three unbeaten teams this season -- USC, Cal and Arizona."
