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Message: [QUOTE="kyleslamb, post: 412909, member: 895"] No one said the Big Ten Network isn't on in Virginia. But not everyone gets it in Virginia or Maryland. In Big Ten states, cable operators pay an average of 75 cents per subscriber to the Big Ten, and the network is on in every market on basic or expanded tier. Outside of Big Ten states, cable operators pay an average of 5 cents per subscriber to the Big ten, and in most markets (though not all), the channel is on a premium or sports tier. What the Big Ten is trying to do is simply getting the network on basic or expanded tier in those states and instead of getting 5-10 cents per month, they'd get 75 cents to a dollar per month. That's why Maryland is valuable despite not being 'king' of the market so to speak. [/QUOTE]