Kneel before Delaney and Brandon
After checking in at downtown Marriott, I decide to relax a little and turn the TV on. I am browsing through various flavors of TSN covering hockey left and right. So far, nothing unusual.
Then, lo and behold, what do I see????
Michigan versus Nebraska! B1G baseball!!? In HD???!!!
I know we have sold our soul to the devil, with a receding hairline, but like DANG!!! If anything this should be a PAC12 territory. But only regional sports TV station is B1G Network. How is this even happening? How are we collecting $.50 or whatever from bunch of Canadians who probably have little clue what B1G even means?
I am impressed...
the Stauskas effect.
Satellite is different though, Bell (I think they are the biggest when it comes to satellite tv) does not offer BTN, which is why I had to go with Dish Network.
Isn't the BTN also available on Shaw, which I believe is Canada's version of DirectTV, as well? Obviously there's a significant demand and a significant portion of Canada is adjacent to Big Ten territory, so that's most likely why this is so. The conference truly is an international entity now.
They do not offer BTN.
I'll drink to that!
Delaney's a Yankee's fan too?!??
because DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!
/s
It's required viewing in Ontario.
You would think there would be a huge Michigan contingent in Ontario since it is only 40 miles away from Ann Arbor.
The percentage might be high, I just remember a statistic in that ballpark from work..that we can reach ~75% of Canadian customers within 2 days using trucks.
Dontcha know about the Canadian exchange rate? Do the math, eh?
Yes, Brandon had so much to do with the formation of the Big Ten Network and its cable coverage...
Lots of M fanz in CA - Nik is a hero up here - GO BLUE !!!
Canada = America's hat
Have a great trip. Best city in the Northwest.
Could just be a cultural thing. Maybe they really love basketball there? Currently living in Spain and bars were packed for the NCAA tournament.
To state the obvious, the main reason for it is hockey, both within the B1G and out-of-conference games.
they could be giving the BTN channel away in particular markets...You could pick up an extra random 100-200K viewers from these markets, which is decent advertising dollars (guessing here)
Brandon ain't no Zod, yo.
prefer doggystyle? So they can both watch the hockey game.