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“The goal is to keep as much consistency with Fox at noon and CBS at 3:30 and NBC in prime time,” Kenny said. With USC and UCLA aboard in 2024 and CBS clear of its SEC contract, the television process will develop a routine. “Nothing is confirmed until it’s released by the conference during that part of the season and all of our networks.” 2024 “But in terms of where things stand for those weeks, whether or not games have been confirmed, from a time standpoint, from a network perspective, that’s all subject to that in-season selection process. “We definitely understand the excitement from some of our partners, especially our new partners to be involved in Big Ten football,” Kenny said. Some of the other weekly potential matchups were leaked to Action Network, but Kenny said those games are subject to the six- and 12-day window. Michigan State in Detroit on Black Friday. Outside of the first three weekends, NBC’s prime-time slate includes Michigan State at Ohio State on Nov. “We’ve only announced, I believe, five of our matchups so far. “This year is what they call it stub year because CBS is still involved with their SEC package,” Miller said. As to how often NBC and CBS will get the top pick for a weekend, Miller said, “Probably about a third.” Or in other weeks, the top network can pick its game using a six- or 12-day selection period and the other networks choose in some order afterward. The networks with the top pick in those weeks can designate their game right away, which Fox has done with Ohio State at Michigan on Nov. We may want, in NBC’s case, Peacock games in these weeks.’” “For Fox and NBC, it was a little bit more of that traditional, ‘Hey, we may want to broadcast games in these weeks. “For this first year, it’s very similar to what our process has typically been in the past with multiple networks and rotating picks, where you have the networks selecting picks in weeks they’re not selecting actual games,” Kenny said. From there, the selection order gets blurry as to which networks choose in what spots.

1 pick and Ohio State-Michigan always earns the top spot. (Jordon Kelly / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) The draftĮach year, the Big Ten’s primary media partners engage in a draft used for game selection. USC and UCLA will play one more season in the Pac-12 before joining the Big Ten in 2024. The combination of showing games on both platforms was critical, said Jon Miller, the president of partnerships and acquisitions for NBC Sports.

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In the first three weeks, Peacock secured major brands with Michigan (against East Carolina) and Penn State (against Delaware) plus Washington at Michigan State in Week 3. In addition to NBC’s package, which consists of 15 games mostly in prime time, the network’s Peacock streaming-only service will show nine games this fall. NBC debuts its “Big Ten Saturday Night” with prime-time games starting at 7:30 p.m. In 2024, CBS will replace its midday SEC package with a Big Ten game at 3:30 p.m. Fox regularly will kick off the action with its Big Noon broadcast.

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In picking up CBS and NBC, the conference opted for maximum and recognizable exposure over continuing a long-standing relationship with ABC/ESPN or perhaps more revenue to partner with Amazon Prime.īig Ten football will stretch across three time windows on three major networks. With conferences eyeing partnerships with nontraditional networks or streaming options, the Big Ten leaned into linear. Let’s take a look 10 big topics involving Big Ten television in 2023 and beyond. “This first year is kind of an element unto itself,” said Kerry Kenny, the Big Ten’s chief operating officer who handles television and football scheduling. That year also coincides with USC and UCLA joining a division-less Big Ten. CBS and NBC will have a few experimental windows this fall before they settle into their consistent time frames in 2024. CBS is in the final year of its contract with the SEC and will air seven Big Ten games this fall before jumping to 15 beginning in 2024.

There are the old standbys like Fox, FS1 and BTN, and the 2023 season is transitional.

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