Will the Civil War Be Played in the Dark?

Will fans be able to watch  the "Civil War"  football game between Oregon and Oregon State on TV?

This from Fish Duck:

"There are only four Saturdays remaining between now and Oregon’s home opener against Nicholls State.  Yet as of today, the network that game is being carried on, the new Fox Sports 1, hasn’t reached terms with Time Warner Cable, Dish Network and DirecTV.  This means any Duck fans among their 46 million-plus subscribers will be unable to watch the season’s first game.
Some of the more casual fans might be dismissive of the necessity of watching the Ducks play an FCS team whose sole victory in 2012 came over a NAIA school, but they should be far more worried about the visibility of their last regular season game, the Civil War, which will be carried by that very same Fox Sports 1 network."

http://fishduck.com/2013/07/will-the-civil-war-be-played-in-the-dark/

Fox Sports 1's Strategy vs. ESPN: 'Jockularity'

Interesting news story on Fox Sports 1 from Businessweek:

A few quotes:

"Hill is trying to repeat what Roger Ailes pulled off at Fox News Channel: to create a 24-hour network of his own to vanquish an established cable competitor. (In Ailes’s case, it was CNN.) "

"The channel is on track to launch in 90 million homes"

"The real lure will be college football matchups from the Big 12 and Pac-12 every Thursday night and Saturday, and college basketball and MLB games starting next year. Add to that considerable helpings of top-tier soccer and the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, and the likelihood increases that even casual sports fans spend some time at FS1."

"According to SNL Kagan, FS1 in 2014 will earn about 80¢ per subscriber. But the investment is unlikely to be viewed as successful until it crosses the $1-per-subscriber threshold"

There is a lot more in the article so here is a link:

http://www.businessweek.com/printer/articles/135490-fox-sports-1s-strategy-vs-dot-espn-jockularity

Preliminary Schedule of College Football Games on Fox Sports 1

The schedule (all times Eastern):
Thursday, Aug. 29
8:00: Utah State at Utah, Fox Sports 1
Friday, Aug. 30
8:30: North Dakota State at Kansas State, Fox Sports 1
Saturday, Aug. 31
12:00: William & Mary at West Virginia, Fox Sports 1
4:00: Nicholls State at Oregon, Fox Sports 1
 10:00: Boise State at Washington, Fox Sports 1
Thursday, Sept. 5
7:30: Florida Atlantic at East Carolina, Fox Sports 1
Saturday, Sept. 7
12:00: Oklahoma State at Texas-San Antonio, Fox Sports 1
 6:30: Louisiana-Lafayette at Kansas State, Fox Sports 1
 10:30: Washington State at Southern Cal, Fox Sports 1
Thursday, Sept. 12
7:30: Tulane at Louisiana Tech, Fox Sports 1
Saturday, Sept. 14
12:00: Virginia Tech at East Carolina, Fox Sports 1
6:00: Iowa at Iowa State, Fox Sports 1
 10:00: Oregon State at Utah, Fox Sports 1
Saturday, Sept. 21
12:00: Teams to be determined, Fox Sports 1
 4:00: Teams to be determined, Fox Sports 1
 Thursday, Sept. 26
7:30: Iowa State at Tulsa, Fox Sports 1
Saturday, Sept. 28
12:00: Teams to be determined, Fox Sports 1
 4:00: Teams to be determined, Fox Sports 1
7Thursday, Oct. 3
10:00: UCLA at Utah, Fox Sports 1
Saturday, Oct. 5
12:00: Teams to be determined, Fox Sports 1
 6:30: Teams to be determined, Fox Sports 1
 10:30: Teams to be determined, Fox Sports 1
Thursday, Oct. 10
10:30: Arizona at Southern Cal, Fox Sports 1
Saturday, Oct. 12
12:00: Teams to be determined, Fox Sports 1
 4:00: Teams to be determined, Fox Sports 1
 8:00: Teams to be determined, Fox Sports 1
Saturday, Oct. 19
 12:00: Teams to be determined, Fox Sports 1
10:00: Teams to be determined, Fox Sports 1
Thursday, Oct. 24
7:30: Marshall at Middle Tennessee, Fox Sports 1
Saturday, Oct. 26
 4:00: Teams to be determined, Fox Sports 1
 7:30: Teams to be determined, Fox Sports 1
11:00: Teams to be determined, Fox Sports 1
Thursday, Oct. 31
7:30: Rice at North Texas, Fox Sports 1
Saturday, Nov. 2
12:00: Teams to be determined, Fox Sports 1
 8:00: Teams to be determined, Fox Sports 1
Thursday, Nov. 7
7:30: Oklahoma at Baylor, Fox Sports 1
Saturday, Nov. 9
12:00: Teams to be determined, Fox Sports 1
 4:00: Teams to be determined, Fox Sports 1
 8:00: Teams to be determined, Fox Sports 1
Thursday, Nov. 14
7:30: Marshall at Tulsa, Fox Sports 1
Saturday, Nov. 16
12:00: Teams to be determined, Fox Sports 1
 4:00: Teams to be determined, Fox Sports 1
 10:00: Teams to be determined, Fox Sports 1
Thursday, Nov. 21
7:30: Rice at Alabama-Birmingham, Fox Sports 1
Saturday, Nov. 23
12:00: Teams to be determined, Fox Sports 1
 4:00: Teams to be determined, Fox Sports 1
 8:00: Teams to be determined, Fox Sports 1
Thursday, Nov. 28
7:30: Texas Tech at Texas, Fox Sports 1
Friday, Nov. 29
 3:00: Florida International at Florida Atlantic, Fox Sports 1
7:00: Oregon State at Oregon, Fox Sports 1
Saturday, Nov. 30
12:00: Teams to be determined, Fox Sports 1
 4:00: Teams to be determined, Fox Sports 1

Pac 12 Contract with Fox

When the Pac-12 entered their TV deal with Fox most of the games were going to be on Fox a broadcast network.  Now that they are putting some of the games on Fox Sports 1 a cable/satellite channel does that violate the contract?  The Pac 12 needs to put pressure on Fox to get carriage agreements done with Dish and other providers so that more Pac 12 fans can watch.  The Pac-12 doesn't need anymore carriage issues considering that Direct TV and Charter are not carrying the Pac-12 Networks. Still time to get it done before the first football games.

Oregon Duck Games on Fox Sports 1

The "Civil War" game between Oregon and Oregon State  on November 29 is scheduled for Fox Sports 1 and of more pressing concern Nicholls State on August 31 with more games to be scheduled. Dish get it done

TV negotiations hampering Fox Sports 1, broadcaster of Utah vs. Utah State football game

Report from the Deseret News:

Because Speed and Fuel TV are already widely distributed at an inexpensive price — 23 cents per customer per month — it was anticipated that the revamped, sports-oriented version of the networks would be instantly available on Aug. 17, 2013, in 90 million homes for much less than self-proclaimed Worldwide Leader in Sports ESPN charges per customer per month. Now reports have surfaced that say Fox is shopping the network to distributors for 80 cents per customer per month.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865583166/TV-negotiations-hampering-Fox-Sports-1-broadcaster-of-Utah-vs-Utah-State-football-game.html

FS1 carriage talks sticky a month out

According to a report in Sports Business Journal:

A month before launching its much publicized all-sports network, Fox has yet to cut carriage deals with three of the country’s four biggest distributors, raising the possibility that its August launch of Fox Sports 1 will fall short of the 90 million homes the channel is expected to have.

DirecTV, Dish Network and Time Warner Cable — representing more than 46 million subscribers — still are negotiating to carry FS1 on Aug. 17, which is when Fox will turn its motorsports channel, Speed, into a multisport network.

(To read the rest here is a link)
http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/07/15/Media/FS1.aspx