Under the current model it is not based on actual

viewership, but on the number of cable subscribers. When that changes, as the trends seem to indicate, the conference networks will be dependent on folks who actually watch the games. That will be interesting and will probably result in more aggressive scheduling.

In response to this post by Tercules

Posted: 06/08/2017 at 8:18PM

This makes me wonder how conference TV networks add so much money -- Tercules 06/08/2017 7:56PM

Bigger question is, how many can the market support -- Vienna_Hokie 06/10/2017 09:40AM

Huge, rabid fan bases who cannot miss a game -- Colonel Jessup 06/08/2017 9:15PM

Under the current model it is not based on actual -- RJHokie 06/08/2017 8:18PM

I've heard $1+ per subscriber -- Wolfman 06/09/2017 08:27AM

Your wrong -- nebraskafaninwi 06/08/2017 10:08PM

It's evolve or die for cable companies. -- Wolfman 06/11/2017 11:09PM

The sub revenue under current model profits greatly from people -- Colonel Jessup 06/09/2017 09:51AM

If it gets shared with more companies, then the -- RJHokie 06/08/2017 10:19PM

Netflix is big, nobody else yet -- nebraskafaninwi 06/08/2017 10:28PM

A long time in the technology world has proven to be very short. -- Stech 06/09/2017 06:56AM

Viewership is still going strong -- nebraskafaninwi 06/09/2017 07:24AM

Advertisers pay big dough for sports too. Only commercials get watched. ** -- chuckd4vt 06/09/2017 12:55PM

I agree with what you are saying about viewership, but we seemed to be -- Stech 06/09/2017 08:14AM

Under the current model it is not based on actual

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