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[QUOTE="Alsacs, post: 1103929, member: 652"]
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BTN is owned 51% by the B1G schools and 49% by FOX/News Corp.
SEC Network is 100% owned by ESPN and profits are split 50-50 by the SEC and ESPN/Disney

The Big Ten's reign as the most financially dominant conference days are numbered. Those numbers ESPN is getting  [I]SportsBusiness Daily[/I] reports that a monthly rate of $1.30 per subscriber is likely for in-conference providers. The fee is $0.25 in the 39 non-SEC states. Comcast, which reached a long-term deal with the network last month, is paying a slightly higher cost of $1.40 per subscriber, the outlet adds.

That rate is about 40% more expensive than what the Big Ten and Pac-12 networks charge, indicating ESPN and the SEC appear to be leveraging the conference's popularity.

If the ACC can get its stuff together with basketball, and other Olympic sports it could make a lot of bank with ESPN flexing its muscles like they have the SEC. Its funny how BTN has had to work its a$$ to be as good as it has been, and SEC/ESPN have just blown it out of the water.
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