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SEC Network (also known as the SEC ESPN Network) is an upcoming cable college sports network dedicated to coverage of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), scheduled to launch on August 14, 2014. The network will be operated by ESPN as part of a 20-year partnership, and feature coverage of SEC sports, along with news/analysis programs and other content focusing on the SEC's member schools. The network's coverage will also succeed an identically-named syndication package (since re-named SEC TV) which was produced by ESPN's regional arm, ESPN Plus.[1][2]

History

On May 2, 2013, SEC commissioner Mike Slive and ESPN president John Skipper formally announced that as part of a long-term, 20-year agreement lasting through 2034, ESPN would launch SEC Network, a network devoted to the conference and an accompanying digital platform, in August 2014. The network will aim to provide "unparalleled content from one of the most competitive conferences in the country with the highest quality, most innovative production partner in the sports industry", and will join the Big Ten Network and Pac-12 Network as television networks devoted entirely to a single college athletics conference. SEC Network will be operated out of ESPNU's facilities in Charlotte, North Carolina—while Charlotte is not an SEC market itself, it is close in proximity to them.[3][4]

During the announcement of the SEC's football schedule for the 2014 season, Mike Slive officially announced that SEC Network would launch on August 14, 2014. Its first live regular season football games will air on August 28, 2014, between Texas A&M and South Carolina,[2] and Temple and Vanderbilt.[5] In all, SEC Network plans to broadcast football games featuring all fourteen of the conference's members within the first month of the season.[6]

Programmierung

SEC Network will air events across the 21 sports that the conference sponsors; within its first year, the network and its digital outlets plan to broadcast at least 1000 live events, with at least 450 on television. Yearly, the network will broadcast approximately 45 football games, 100 men’s basketball games, 60 women’s basketball games, and 75 baseball games. For football, SEC Network plans to air three Saturday games per week in early, afternoon, and evening windows. While CBS will maintain its first pick of games for its 3:30 p.m. ET telecast, it will no longer have an exclusive broadcast window for SEC football games—allowing ESPN's outlets and SEC Network to air games alongside CBS.[3]

Original content on SEC Network will include studio and analysis programs, programs produced by the SEC's member institutions, along with encore presentations of SEC events.[3] In May 2013, Paul Finebaum signed with ESPN to host a daily radio show based out of Charlotte, which will be simulcast by SEC Network.[7] On December 6, 2013, SEC Commissioner Mike Slive announced SEC Nation, a travelling pre-game show similar to ESPN's own College GameDay, which will be hosted by ESPN commentator Joe Tessitore, and will also feature analysis from Paul Finebaum.[8]

The channel is in negotiations with Conference USA to carry selected men's soccer games featuring Kentucky and South Carolina. Although the SEC does not sponsor the sport since four teams are needed for sponsorship (only two offer the sport), both schools play in Conference USA, allowing C-USA, which has an ESPN contract, and ESPN to negotiate allowing the two schools' matches, including the annual SEC Derby, to be televised on SEC. [9]

On-air talent

On December 30, 2013, ESPN announced that former Denver Broncos and New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow had signed a multi-year deal with ESPN to serve as a college football analyst. Tebow will also make appearances on SEC Nation.[10] On March 12, 2014, ESPN named Brent Musburger and Jesse Palmer as lead game announcers for SEC Network football. As a result, Musburger will no longer call Saturday Night Football or post-season bowl games, but will remain a commentator for Big 12 basketball on ESPN.[11][12] On March 24, 2014, it was announced that former University of Alabama and New York Jets quarterback Greg McElroy has been hired as a college football analyst for the SEC Network on a multi-year contract.[13]

Availability

AT&T U-verse was announced as the first television provider to agree to carry SEC Network. On January 2014, Sports Business Journal reported that ESPN was seeking a carriage rate of $1.30 per-subscriber per-month in SEC markets, and $0.25 in non-SEC markets; in comparison, Big Ten Network charges around $1.00 per subscriber in Big Ten markets. It was also noted that SEC Network's opening doubleheader may have been intended to put pressure on Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Charter Communications to pick up SEC Network, as they predominantly involve teams located within their service areas.[14]

On March 2014, Dish Network reached an agreement to carry SEC Network as part of a wider carriage deal with Disney for its television networks.[15][16] On April 30, 2014, Google Fiber was added as a carrier. [17] In June 2014, network head Justin Connolly expressed concern for the lack of carriage deals for SEC Network beyond those with AT&T and Dish Network, and considered the situation to be "alarming". However, he also noted that the network may successfully negotiate more carriage deals closer to its launch.[18]

On July 9, 2014, Cox Cable—whose subscriber base includes 5 SEC markets—reached an agreement to carry SEC Network. Exact terms were not disclosed.[19] Nine days later, ESPN also reached a deal with Comcast and Xfinity to carry SEC Network; in SEC markets, the provider will pay a carriage rate of $1.40 per-subscriber per month.[20]

On July 24, 2014, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks worked out a deal to bring the SEC Network to its customers. Bright House Networks is the sixth largest owner and operator of cable systems in the U.S. and the second largest in Florida, with technologically advanced systems located in five states including Florida, Alabama, Indiana, Michigan and California.

References

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See also

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  1. ↑ SEC And ESPN Announce New TV Network. SEC, 5. Februar 2013, abgerufen am 1. September 2013.
  2. ↑ a b SEC Releases 2014 Conference Football Schedule. SEC, 21. August 2013, abgerufen am 1. September 2013.
  3. ↑ a b c SEC Network announced: Launching in 2014, AT&T already on board. In: SBNation. Vox Media, 2. Mai 2013, abgerufen am 31. August 2013.
  4. ↑ SEC Will Start TV Network in 2014 In: The New York Times. Abgerufen im 31 August 2013 
  5. ↑ SEC Network Unveils Brand Campaign. In: Multichannel News. Abgerufen am 17. Januar 2014.
  6. ↑ All 14 teams to play on SEC Network in early season. In: Birmingham Business Journal. Abgerufen am 25. Juni 2014.
  7. ↑ Greg Bishop: Radio Host Paul Finebaum joins ESPN In: The New York Times, May 21, 2013 
  8. ↑ SEC Football: Tessitore to host SEC Nation pre-game show on SEC Network. In: Montgomery Advertiser. Gannett, abgerufen am 22. Dezember 2013.
  9. ↑ (University of Kentucky) shoulders heavy load for promise of SEC Network riches. In: Lexington Herald-Leader. McClatchy, abgerufen am 13. Juli 2014.
  10. ↑ Tim Tebow joins ESPN as analyst for SEC Network. In: ESPN.com. Abgerufen am 31. Dezember 2013.
  11. ↑ Brent Musburger, Jesse Palmer lead SEC team. In: ESPN.com. 12. März 2014, abgerufen am 12. März 2014.
  12. ↑ Brent Musburger, Jesse Palmer named SEC Network's lead team. In: Sports Illustrated. Time Inc., abgerufen am 12. März 2014.
  13. ↑ Aaron Wilson: Greg McElroy hired by SEC Network. National Football Post, 24. März 2014, abgerufen am 24. März 2014.
  14. ↑ SEC Network’s cost will top that of other college nets. In: Sports Business Journal. Abgerufen am 16. Januar 2014.
  15. ↑ David Liebermann: Dish And Disney Finalize Output Deal That Ends Their Ad-Hopper Dispute In: Deadline.com, 3 March 2014. Abgerufen im 4 March 2014 
  16. ↑ Disney, Dish Network reach truce on ad-skipping AutoHop. In: Los Angeles Times. Tribune Publishing Company, abgerufen am 24. Mai 2014.
  17. ↑ Google Fiber to Carry SEC Network for August 14, 2014 Debut. In: SECDigitalNetwork.com. SEC, 30. April 2014, abgerufen am 18. Juni 2014.
  18. ↑ SEC Network leader 'alarmed' more carriers haven't signed up to carry channel. In: Birmingham Business Journal. Abgerufen am 25. Juni 2014.
  19. ↑ SEC Network lands deal with another cable provider. In: Birmingham Business Journal. 9. Juli 2014, abgerufen am 20. Juli 2014.
  20. ↑ Kyle Tucker: Comcast Xfinity signs on to carry SEC Network. In: USA Today. Gannett Company, 18. Juli 2014, abgerufen am 18. Juli 2014.
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