Big Ten Network

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 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 »

Network to devote three shows to college football's most anticipated event

February 1, 2008, CHICAGO – Fueled by months, and sometimes years, of speculation and controversy, National Signing Day is the most anticipated day in college football. No single event has a greater effect upon the fates of football programs and the fortunes of coaching staffs.

The Big Ten Network will delve into the recruiting process, present expert analysis and unveil video highlights of the Big Ten's newest student-athletes with three editions of BIG TEN TONIGHT: SIGNING DAY SPECIAL:    » read more »

Network purchases 1,000 student tickets to Ohio State-Penn State men's basketball game

January 24, 2008, UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Big Ten Network is buying 1,000 student tickets to the Ohio State-Penn State men's basketball game to help support THON, the Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon.    » read more »

Vera Jones, Mary Murphy, Stephanie White to bring Big Ten ties to network telecasts

November 8, 2007, CHICAGO - Former Wisconsin coach Mary Murphy, former Indiana assistant coach Vera Jones and former Purdue All-American Stephanie White will serve as the Big Ten Network's lead women's basketball analysts. The announcement was made today by Big Ten Network President Mark Silverman and Executive Producer Leon Schweir.    » 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 »

Marquee match-up has national championship implications

CHICAGO – Ohio State's quest for a national championship continues this Saturday on the Big Ten Network as the Buckeyes host 19th-ranked Wisconsin for a noon ET kickoff.

The Big Ten Network's top broadcast team of Thom Brennaman, Charles Davis and Charissa Thompson will call the action from Ohio Stadium.    » read more »

Gene Keady, Jimmy Jackson, Tim Doyle Bring Impressive Big Ten Credentials

October 24, 2007, CHICAGO - Three Big Ten basketball figures who enjoyed tremendous success as a player or coach will serve as Big Ten Network men's basketball analysts this season. The roster includes legendary former Purdue coach Gene Keady; Jimmy Jackson, Ohio State's former two-time Big Ten Player of the Year and 14-year NBA veteran; and former Northwestern star Tim Doyle.    » 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 »

October 5, 2007, LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., and CHICAGO – Service Electric Cable TV & Communications, serving more than 100,000 customers in the Lehigh Valley, Pa., and Hunterdon County & Phillipsburg, N.J., areas announced that it has reached agreement to carry the Big Ten Network in time for this weekend's games. The Big Ten Network will appear to expanded basic customers on channel 32.

The announcement was made Friday by Service Electric General Manager Jack Capparell and Big Ten Network President Mark Silverman.    » 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 »

New standard set for women's basketball programming

October 3, 2007, CHICAGO –The Big Ten Network will nationally televise more regular season women's basketball games than any other network this season, conference and network officials announced Wednesday. The schedule includes 55 regular season games and nine Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament contests.
In all, the Big Ten will make approximately twice as many national television appearances than any other conference.    » read more »