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Hour-long Big Ten Awards Show to air Friday night at 10 PM ET

CHICAGO, June 18, 2008 – The Big Ten Network will honor the conference's top plays, games, performers and performances of 2007-08 during the Big Ten Awards Show. The hour-long program, hosted by Dave Revsine, Mike Hall and Rick Pizzo, debuts at 10 PM ET Friday. Fans can cast their ballots online at BigTenNetwork.com for the Play of the Year, the Big Ten Male Athletic Coach of the Year and the Big Ten Female Athletic Coach of the Year.    » read more »

Comcast customers to receive Big Ten Network HD, Big Ten Network high-speed Internet content through Comcast.net, and condensed game replays and other programs through Comcast On Demand

Philadelphia and Chicago, June 19, 2008 -- Comcast Corporation and the Big Ten Network announced today that they have reached a long-term multimedia agreement for Comcast to carry Big Ten Network programming across television, broadband and video-on-demand in time for the 2008 college football season.    » read more »

Special 3 ½ hour program will take viewers live to eight spring games on April 19

CHICAGO, April 8, 2008 – Football-starved fans will have a unique opportunity to get a first glimpse of future Big Ten stars at 1 PM ET Saturday, April 19, during the 3½ hour BIG TEN TONIGHT: SPRING FOOTBALL SHOWCASE presented by Jimmy John's. Dave Revsine, Gerry DiNardo and Howard Griffith will host the program from Chicago with live look-ins from that afternoon's eight spring games in the Big Ten.    » read more »

Big Ten Tournament coverage begins Wednesday night from Indianapolis

March 3, 2008, CHICAGO – Beginning this week, the Big Ten Network brings the drama and excitement of postseason basketball to a national audience. The network will televise at least 41 hours of live coverage from Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis during the Big Ten Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments.

"For college basketball fans, it doesn't get any better than this," Big Ten Network President Mark Silverman said. "The Big Ten Network is the place to find wall-to-wall postseason basketball coverage."    » read more »

Annual conference awards to be announced live during special programming

February 28, 2007, CHICAGO – The Big Ten Network will present the live, exclusive announcements of the annual Big Ten men's and women's basketball awards during two special programs in March, including segments during THE BIG TEN WOMEN'S SHOW on Monday and a special edition of BIG TEN TONIGHT on Monday, March 10. Dave Revsine will host BIG TEN TONIGHT alongside analysts Gene Keady, Jimmy Jackson and Tim Doyle, with selected award winners joining them during the 30-minute program.    » read more »

Big Ten Network to nationally televise a combined 50 regular season games

February 14, 2008, CHICAGO – The Network will nationally televise 25 regular season baseball games, 25 regular season softball games and both sports' Big Ten Tournament championship games, all in high-definition.

"The Big Ten Network is thrilled to bring an unprecedented amount of Big Ten baseball and softball to a national audience," network president Mark Silverman said. "Fans should really enjoy that all these games will be in stunning HD."    » read more »

Winners in gymnastics, swimming and diving, track and field and wrestling to be crowned on network

February 13, 2008, CHICAGO – The Big Ten Network will televise the 2008 Big Ten Championships in the sports of men's and women's gymnastics, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's indoor track and field and wrestling during a six-week span from February 29 through April 5. All of these events will be produced in stunning high definition.    » read more »

Fans can re-live some of the 'Greatest Games' in college basketball history

November 6, 2007, CHICAGO - Intense rivalries, improbable buzzer-beaters and impossible comebacks. These are the ingredients of some of the most exciting moments in Big Ten history.

Throughout the winter, basketball fans will have the opportunity to re-live 36 epic match-ups on the Big Ten Network series, "THE BIG TEN'S GREATEST GAMES." The series will highlight some of the best moments in the rich histories of all 11 Big Ten basketball programs.    » read more »

Five conference teams to appear on network next Saturday

October 15, 2007, CHICAGO – The Big Ten Network will carry three college football games involving Big Ten teams on Saturday, October 27. The games kick off at noon ET: Purdue (5-2) vs. Northwestern (4-3); Wisconsin (5-2) vs. Indiana (5-2); and Illinois (5-2) vs. Ball State (4-3).

All five of those Big Ten teams could be bowl-eligible or could need a victory that day to be become bowl-eligible. The Wisconsin Badgers, Purdue Boilermakers and the Illinois Fighting Illini received votes in this week's top 25.    » read more »

Early Season Telecasts Rank Tops in Local Cities, Indicating Wide Appeal

October 9, 2007, CHICAGO – Halfway through its inaugural college football season, Big Ten Network -- the only network in TV history to surpass 30 million subscribers within 30 days of launch – has seen virtually all of its Saturday afternoon games post major audiences within key Midwest cities. In fact, several early conference match-ups have dominated local ratings in metropolitan areas like Detroit, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Columbus and Dayton where Big Ten sports enjoy amazing popularity.    » read more »

Big Ten Tonight To Air 90-Minute Basketball Tip-Off Edition

October 4, 2007, CHICAGO – After waiting six months to hear the echo of a leather ball bouncing on hardwood, Big Ten basketball fans can take heart. Midnight Madness is here.

The Big Ten Network will be live on the campuses of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan State, Minnesota and Wisconsin for their versions of Midnight Madness. The network show, BIG TEN TONIGHT: BASKETBALL TIP-OFF EDITION, airs at 9:30 PM ET Friday, Oct. 12.    » read more »

Seven conference teams to appear on network next Saturday

October 1, 2007, CHICAGO – The Big Ten Network will televise four games involving Big Ten teams on Saturday, October 13. Three games kick off at noon ET: 20th-ranked Purdue at Michigan, Minnesota at Northwestern and Kent State at 4th-ranked Ohio State. At 7 PM ET, Michigan State hosts Indiana.    » read more »

Sept. 20, 2007 -- Playboy is on the hunt for the sexiest Wolverines, Wildcats, Badgers and Hawkeyes from one of the most elite and talented conferences out there. This fall, Playboy photographers will visit all 11 schools of the Big 10 in search of the hottest coeds to appear in the magazine's annual college girls pictorial. The "Girls of the Big 10" feature will run in Playboy's May 2008 issue (on newsstands and at PlayboyDigital.com Friday, April 4.)    » read more »

First-year network to televise 13 games this winter

September 21, 2007, CHICAGO – The Big Ten Network will televise 13 men's ice hockey games this winter, featuring Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State and Wisconsin.

"There is a deep passion for college hockey in Big Ten country and a long-standing tradition of success," network president Mark Silverman said. "We look forward to capturing that passion and bringing the very best of college hockey to a national audience."    » read more »

This Week on the Big Ten Network

September 5, 2007, CHICAGO – The Big Ten Network will televise seven of the conference's 11 football games this weekend, including the home openers for Purdue, Illinois and Iowa.

The Big Ten Network gives fans their football fix all week long with THE BIG TEN'S GREATEST GAMES, COACHES' Q&A, an encore presentation of the Appalachian State-Michigan game and of course, BIG TEN TONIGHT.    » read more »