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Longhorn Network Promo Video
ESPN has put together a 10 minute promo of the LHN, and it looks pretty damn sweet. Please, worried Longhorn fans and gleeful Aggies -- don't waste our bandwidth with either worrying/cheering over the lack of distributors signed up for the TLN / LHN right now. This is a case of some Big Dogs (ESPN,...
The BOMC
bigleadsports ran an interesting article yesterday. The premise is that LHN will impact how the media reports on Texas athletics. Read past the suggestion of media being credible, and there are several interesting points. Here’s the crux of the story: In making itself synonymous with Texas, ESPN...
ESPN's Top College Football Recruiters of the Year
Here is the list. Um, what? I thought we were working with ESPN. This past season the Texas Longhorns managed to defecate all over every bed in the house, lost their charismatic HCIW and basically pink slipped the entire staff. In the wake of this Grand Guignol they managed to land a Top 5 class...
Time Warner Cable Wants In On UT Channel
Time Warner Cable, already a corporate sponsor with UT Athletics, apparently is willing to give the new UT channel wide distribution in return for as much as a 20% ownership stake in the network. TWC is the major cable distributor in the state, with over 2 million customers. There are almost 8...
Reactions To ESPN's Bevo TV: I
I asked a few folks from around FanTake and the web to give us their thoughts on the news of the Texas ESPN TV deal. This is from Ojnab Bob at Better Off Red. - S.R. ___________ BEVO TV - Congratulations, UT, But You Might Have Gone Too Far Now that we're finished with the Big 12 (at least in...
Bevo TV
As we've all heard, Texas is pretty much totally awesome. The rich get richer. And people wonder why we're so arrogant. This even got Cooper Industrique's attention. The Sooners are also apparently interested in getting their network up and running this year. Will this be a cable access type...
UT, ESPN Reach 20-Year $300 Million Dollar Deal
The Longhorn Network is officially a reality. Texas and ESPN have entered into a 20-year, $300 million agreement for the 24-hour network. A few quick highlights from the deal: * IMG College is part of the agreement getting 17.5% of the guaranteed $300 million to help promote and sell the...
Mike Leach: Just Another F%@ing Lawyer
Mike Leach is in a suing mood again; this time he is taking ESPN and Craig James to court, alleging "willful and negligent defamation" in the coverage of his firing last year. Leach is accusing the WWL of failure to "retract false and damaging statements" it made from "misinformation" James...
Cowherd Goes Absurd
I will readily admit that sports radio hosts are, as a group, not exactly radiant beacons of deep analytical thought. Don't trouble yourself over my questionable use of the term "admit" in that sentence, as if I could admit to anything about a class of individuals of which I'm not a member. The...
Disney vs Time-Warner: Arguing Over Your Money
With yet another standoff looming over cable fee rights, Disney (ABC/ESPN) and Time Warner Cable have decided to go public with their argument over who is to blame for your rising cable bill. The agreement for Time Warner to air the Disney-owned properties (including all the ESPN channels as well...
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