Fox Sports 1 Update

[FenwayFriar]

LIV Golf is nearing a deal to buy airtime on FS1 to broadcast their tournaments, rather than the typical arrangement of Fox Sports paying LIV Golf for their TV rights. Currently LIV only broadcasts their events on Youtube and their website. Personally speaking I would want nothing to do with LIV on FS1, but likely a good business decision by Fox Sports to get an always-coveted live sports window while being paid to do so.

https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/34680944/report-liv-golf-nearing-deal-buy-air-broadcast-events-fox-sports

[MUPanther]

2022-23 Big Ten FOX/FS1 TV Schedule

Friday, November 11, 2022 Wisconsin vs. Stanford Milwaukee, Wis. FS1 7:30 p.m.
Monday, November 14, 2022 Butler at Penn State University Park, Pa. FS1 8:30 p.m
Tuesday, November 15, 2022 Marquette at Purdue West Lafayette, Ind. FS1 8:30 p.m.
Friday, November 18, 2022 Villanova at Michigan State East Lansing, Mich. FS1 8 p.m
Thursday, December 8, 2022 Iowa State at Iowa Iowa City, Iowa FS1 8 p.m
Saturday, December 10, 2022 Indiana vs. Arizona Las Vegas, Nev. FOX 7:30 p.m
Sunday, December 11, 2022 Maryland vs. Tennessee College Park, Md. FS1 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, December 11, 2022 Seton Hall at Rutgers Piscataway, N.J. FS1 6:30 p.m
Wednesday, December 14, 2022 UCLA at Maryland College Park, Md. FS1 9 p.m
Thursday, December 29, 2022 Bethune Cookman at Illinois Champaign, Ill. FS1 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, January 1, 2023 Maryland at Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. FS1 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, January 5, 2023 Indiana at Iowa Iowa City, Iowa FS1 9 p.m.
Thursday, January 5, 2023 Purdue at Ohio State Columbus, Ohio FS1 7 p.m
Saturday, January 7, 2023 Michigan at Michigan State East Lansing, Mich. FOX 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, January 8, 2023 Northwestern at Indiana Bloomington, Ind. FS1 Noon
Thursday, January 12, 2023 Minnesota at Ohio State Columbus, Ohio FS1 6:30 p.m
Friday, January 13, 2023 Michigan State at Illinois Champaign, Ill. FS1 9 p.m.
Monday, January 16, 2023 Purdue at Michigan State East Lansing, Mich. FOX 2:30 p.m.
Thursday, January 19, 2023 Indiana at Illinois Champaign, Ill. FS1 8:30 p.m
Saturday, January 21, 2023 Iowa at Ohio State Columbus, Ohio FOX 2 p.m. or 8 p.m
Sunday, January 22, 2023 Maryland at Purdue West Lafayette, Ind. FS1 1 p.m. or 2 p.m
Thursday, January 26, 2023 Iowa at Michigan State East Lansing, Mich. FS1 7 p.m.
Thursday, January 26, 2023 Purdue at Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. FS1 9 p.m.
Saturday, January 28, 2023 Illinois at Wisconsin Madison, Wis. FOX 2 p.m
Saturday, January 28, 2023 Ohio State at Indiana Bloomington, Ind. FOX 8 p.m
Thursday, February 2, 2023 Wisconsin at Ohio State Columbus, Ohio FS1 7 p.m.
Saturday, February 4, 2023 Michigan State vs. Rutgers TBD FOX TBD
Saturday, February 4, 2023 Illinois at Iowa Iowa City, Iowa FOX 2:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 9, 2023 Northwestern at Ohio State Columbus, Ohio FS1 8 p.m
Saturday, February 11, 2023 Rutgers at Illinois Champaign, Ill. FS1 2 p.m.
Sunday, February 12, 2023 Iowa at Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. FS1 1 p.m
Saturday, February 18, 2023 Michigan State at Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. FOX 9 p.m.
Sunday, February 19, 2023 Maryland at Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. FS1 5 p.m.
Thursday, February 23, 2023 Michigan at Rutgers Piscataway, N.J. FS1 8:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 23, 2023 Penn State at Ohio State Columbus, Ohio FS1 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 25, 2023 Indiana at Purdue West Lafayette, Ind. FOX 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 2, 2023 Rutgers at Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. FS1 7 p.m
Thursday, March 2, 2023 Purdue at Wisconsin Madison, Wis. FS1 9 p.m
Sunday, March 5, 2023 Illinois at Purdue West Lafayette, Ind. FOX 12:30 p.m
Sunday, March 5, 2023 Wisconsin at Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. FS1 7:30 p.m.

2022-23 FS1 PAC-12 TV Schedule
Thursday, 12/1 Arizona State at Colorado, FS1, 8:30pm
Sat, 12/10 Washington State vs UNLV, FS1, 4:30pm
Sat, 12/10 Indiana vs Arizona, 7:30pm, FOX
Sat, 12/31 Arizona at ASU, 2pm, FOX
Thur, 1/5 Washington at Arizona, 11pm, FS1
Thur, 1/12 Arizona State at Oregon, 9pm, FS1
Thur, 1/12 Stanford at Washington, 11pm, FS1
Sat, 1/14 Colorado at UCLA, TBD, FOX
Thur, 1/19 UCLA at Arizona State, 10:30, FS1
Sat, 1/21 Oregon at Stanford, 11pm, FS1
Thur, 1/26 Arizona at Washington State, 11pm, FS1
Sat, 1/28 Arizona at Washington, 5:30pm, FOX
Thur, 2/2 Washington at UCLA, 9pm, FS1
Thur, 2/2 Washington State at USC, 11pm, FS1
Sat, 2/4 Washington at USC, 9:30pm, FS1
Sun, 2/5 Stanford at Colorado, 7pm, FS1
Thur, 2/9 Arizona State at Stanford, 10pm, FS1
Sat, 2/11 Colorado at Utah, 10pm, FS1
Thur, 2/16 Cal at USC, TBD, FS1
Sun, 2/19 Oregon at Washington State, 7pm, FS1
Thur, 2/23 UCLA at Utah, 11pm, FS1
Sun, 2/26 Washington at Stanford, 7pm, FS1
Thur, 3/2 Cal at Oregon, 11pm, FS1
Sat, 3/4 Arizona State at USC, 11pm, FS1

[MUPanther]

2022-23 FOX/FS1 MWC TV Schedule
Sunday, Dec. 18 Iona at New Mexico 4:30 p.m. MT FS1
Tuesday, Dec. 20 UC San Diego at San Diego State 7:30 p.m. PT FS1
Wednesday, Dec. 28 Air Force at San Diego State 8 p.m. PT FS1
Saturday, Dec. 31 New Mexico at Wyoming 2 p.m. MT FS1
Wednesday, Jan. 4 Colorado State at Nevada 7:30 p.m. PT FS1
Saturday, Jan. 7 Utah State at Boise State 4:30 p.m. MT FS1
Tuesday, Jan. 10 Wyoming at Utah State 8:30 p.m. MT FS1
Friday, Jan. 13 Utah State at Nevada 8 p.m. PT FS1
Saturday, Jan. 14 Boise State at Wyoming 9 p.m. MT FS1
Tuesday, Jan. 17 San José State at New Mexico 7 p.m. MT FS1
Wednesday, Jan. 18 San Diego State at Colorado State 8:30 p.m. MT FS1
Friday, Jan. 20 Boise State at New Mexico 9 p.m. MT FS1
Saturday, Jan. 21 Colorado State at Wyoming 2 p.m. MT FS1
Tuesday, Jan. 24 Fresno State at Boise State 7 p.m. MT FS1
Saturday, Jan. 28 San José State at San Diego State 6 p.m. PT FS1
Tuesday, Jan. 31 Fresno State at Wyoming 8 p.m. MT FS1
Wednesday, Feb. 1 New Mexico at Utah State 8:30 p.m. MT FS1
Friday, Feb. 3 Boise State at San Diego State 6 p.m. PT FS1
Friday, Feb. 3 Fresno State at UNLV 8 p.m. PT FS1
Tuesday, Feb. 7 Nevada at New Mexico 8:30 p.m. MT FS1
Wednesday, Feb. 8 UNLV at Wyoming 8:30 p.m. MT FS1
Friday, Feb. 10 New Mexico at Air Force 7 p.m. MT FS1
Friday, Feb. 10 Fresno State at Nevada 8 p.m. PT FS1
Saturday, Feb. 11 UNLV at San Diego State 1 p.m. PT FOX
Wednesday, Feb. 15 Boise State at Colorado State TBA FS1
Friday, Feb. 17 Air Force at Wyoming TBA FS1
Sunday, Feb. 19 UNLV at Boise State 7 p.m. MT FS1
Wednesday, Feb. 22 New Mexico at Boise State 8:30 p.m. MT FS1
Friday, Feb. 24 Wyoming at Colorado State 7 p.m. MT FS1
Friday, Feb. 24 Nevada at Fresno State 8 p.m. PT FS1
Tuesday, Feb. 28 Fresno State at New Mexico 8:30 p.m. MT FS1
Friday, March 3 New Mexico at Colorado State 9 p.m. MT FS1


FS1 will televise 31 games in 2022-23 to a national television audience and FOX will broadcast the UNLV at San Diego State contest on Saturday, Feb. 11.

[stever20]

in the Braves/Phillies game today, they just showed Jay Wright in the stands. Played the Fox College Basketball theme song. Nice there for sure.

[MUPanther]

Big 12 scores big win by renewing media rights deal with ESPN, Fox
BY MICHAEL SMITH AND JOHN OURAND
Sunday, October 30, 2022
The once-beleaguered Big 12 has stabilized its future by coming to terms with ESPN and Fox Sports on a six-year media rights agreement worth a total of $2.28B, an annual average of $380M, according to sources. The Big 12 has two years remaining on its current deal, which runs through the 2024-25 season at an annual average of $220M in its final years. The new six-year extension runs through 2030-31.

The agreement represents a big win for the Big 12 and new commissioner Brett Yormark, who since starting his job on Aug. 1 immediately began plotting to get a new deal done with the Big 12’s incumbents, ESPN and Fox. The problem was that the Big 12’s exclusive negotiating window with those networks did not begin until February 2024, so the conference convinced the networks to start negotiating an extension early by telling them that any talks would not trigger the exclusive window. But Yormark moved quickly to get deals done with both ESPN and Fox in fewer than three months.

The Big 12’s ability to not only strike a new contract with the two networks, but also to generate a substantial raise in the rights fee, was considered a serious longshot last year when conference bluebloods Texas and Oklahoma said they would leave the Big 12 for the SEC. At that stage, the Big 12’s future appeared bleak and the forecasts from industry insiders said the Big 12 could see its media rights revenue cut in half with the loss of its two highest-profile schools, even as the conference, then under the direction of former commissioner Bob Bowlsby, moved swiftly to expand its footprint by adding four schools.

When Yormark took the Big 12’s reins on Aug. 1, he hired media consultants at Endeavor and IMG Media to assist in negotiating extensions and the Big 12’s fortunes rebounded when they were able to reach an agreement in recent days that will see a 72.7% increase in the average annual value of its current deal, which started in 2012. The difference between the rights fee ESPN and Fox will pay from the last year of the old deal in 2024-25 and the first year of the new deal in 2025-26 is much more modest.

In striking these deals prior to the exclusive negotiating window with ESPN and Fox, the Big 12 managed to achieve several of its primary objectives, namely stability and security, the ability to go back to its 12 member schools to seek an extended grant of rights and a leg up on any future conference expansion. The conference also likes the idea that the shorter six-year deal that runs through 2031 means that the Big 12 will be back in the market ahead of both the SEC, whose deal with ESPN goes through 2034, and the ACC, whose ESPN deal expires in 2036.

For the “A” package, ESPN gets the top four football picks each season, six of the top eight picks, eight of the top 12 picks and 12 of the top 20 picks. As part of the deal, ESPN also gets the rights to the Big 12 football championship game and the basketball tournament championship game. The Big 12’s parity helped convince Fox, whose package includes 26 football games per season that will run on Fox broadcast network and FS1, to do the deal.

From Fox’s perspective, the silver lining to the loss of Oklahoma and Texas is that the Big 12 will be more balanced and potentially deeper. For example, TCU and Kansas State sit atop the Big 12’s standings this season. Last season, it was Oklahoma State and Baylor. And the year before that, it was Iowa State. Fox’s deal also provides a slate of Big 12 college basketball games on Fox and FS1 for the first time.

The Big 12, which will add BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF next year, used a different negotiating approach than the Pac-12, whose media rights expire in 2024. The Pac-12 allowed its exclusive negotiating windows with ESPN and Fox Sports to lapse, enabling the conference to take its rights to the broader market. Incumbents ESPN and Fox are expected to be at the table, as well as digital media companies like Amazon and Apple.

In a best-case scenario for the conference, that could create the prospect of a bidding war and produce a healthy revenue increase. The specter of the Big 12 leaping ahead of the Pac-12 also creates greater uncertainty for the Pac-12 now. But after a destabilizing summer of conference realignment, the Big 12 decided that it was most important to get the security and stability that comes with these media rights deals.

Yormark led the talks for the Big 12, but worked closely with Mark Shapiro and Karen Brodkin from Endeavor, and Hillary Mandel from IMG Media. ESPN President/Programming & Original Content Burke Magnus was on point for the network during the negotiations alongside VP/Programming & Acquisitions Nick Dawson. On the Fox side, the deal team included Jordan Bazant, who joined the company earlier this year, along with CEO & Exec Producer Eric Shanks, President & COO Mark Silverman and EVP Larry Jones. This marks Bazant’s first major deal since joining the company.

[stever20]

so Fox/FS1 getting some Big 12 basketball.

[MUPanther]

so Fox/FS1 getting some Big 12 basketball.

Wonder how many.

Also, some now worried about the future of Big East with FOX Sports. Personally it doesn't change. Both want each other. Thinking CBS will want more games than 20.

[stever20]

so Fox/FS1 getting some Big 12 basketball.

Wonder how many.

Also, some now worried about the future of Big East with FOX Sports. Personally it doesn't change. Both want each other. Thinking CBS will want more games than 20.

I think Big East will want to monetize 2nd package. I wouldn't be shocked if it's ESPN and Fox splitting it, much like they're doing with Big 12. I could easily see Big East wanting to get away from CBSSN totally.

[MUPanther]

so Fox/FS1 getting some Big 12 basketball.

Wonder how many.

Also, some now worried about the future of Big East with FOX Sports. Personally it doesn't change. Both want each other. Thinking CBS will want more games than 20.

I think Big East will want to monetize 2nd package. I wouldn't be shocked if it's ESPN and Fox splitting it, much like they're doing with Big 12. I could easily see Big East wanting to get away from CBSSN totally.

I don't think you will see a 50/50 split. FOX/FS1 wants and still needs the Big East. Your talking about 160 windows. Yet, I agree you can see a "package B" for an ESPN will 40 game package. Also, will the Big East grow in members? Maybe 14 schhols. More games to go around.

[stever20]

With the Big 12 now aboard, they now won't need as much volume from the Big East. Especially if they surprise and keep a package of Pac 12 around as well for the late night(and even 9pm) games.

I suspect the 2 packages will be fairly close to equal.