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Pac-12 Network
CountryUnited States
Broadcast areaArizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Nationwide (via satellite)
HeadquartersSan Ramon, California
Programming
Language(s)English
History
LaunchedAugust 15, 2012 (2012-08-15)
Links
Websitepac-12.com
Availability
Streaming media
Sling TVSports Extra package
FuboTVPremier package
Pac-12 Network live streamvideo.pac-12.com
requires login from pay television provider, or in some cases, an ISP to access live content
7plusStreaming (Australia only)

The Pac-12 Network (P12N), sometimes referred to as Pac-12 Networks, is an American

television network owned by the Pac-12 Conference. The network's studio and production facilities are headquartered in San Ramon, California
.

In addition to the national channel, it also operates a group of six regional sports channels focusing on different schools within the conference under the Pac-12 Networks brand:[1]

History

Announced on July 27, 2011 and launched on August 15, 2012, the national network was available to at least 48 million pay television households in the United States at the time of its debut,

ACC Network are wholly owned by ESPN). The network was headquartered at Pac-12 Conference offices in San Francisco, and shared the $8.35 million in rent for offices in the South of Market Area.[4]

The networks feature 24-hour coverage of Pac-12 sanctioned sporting events, including Olympic sports as well as broadcasts of archived sports telecasts. The contract ensures that every football and men's basketball game is televised nationally.[5] Sports not featured on the national Pac-12 Network are instead carried through the regional networks as well as on the Pac-12 Digital Network, which was launched the same day.

On June 10, 2012, the Pac-12 Conference announced a partnership with pay-per-view service In Demand and Comcast Media Center (CMC) that would provide the networks with technical support, video on demand services, and support for TV Everywhere services. The infrastructure of the Pac-12 Networks, 12 member institutions and CMC's operations in Denver, Colorado are connected via fiber network. Master control origination services, including compression and satellite front-haul services, satellite receiver authorizations, and disaster recovery are also run through the CMC in Denver.[6] The following month on July 22, the Pac-12 Conference announced an additional partnership with In-Demand, that would provide mobile production facilities and below-the-line crews for all 12 schools in the conference.[7]

The Pac-12's next media rights for football and men's basketball will begin in 2024. In July 2022, following the decision of UCLA and USC to move to the Big Ten from 2024, Pat Forde reported that there had been early discussions over the future of the Pac-12 Networks, including the possibility of moving its content to a rebranded ACC Network (which has wider carriage than Pac-12 Networks).[8] As part of a restructuring, the conference office was shuttered with employees working from home, and the production studios were moved to Bishop Ranch in San Ramon, a Bay Area suburb.[9]

During 2023 discussions were ongoing toward agreeing a new media rights agreement to start in 2024 but by August 2023 an agreement, expected to be with Apple TV, had not been concluded. Following further talks between the schools, and in a drastic conference realignment, the universities of Oregon and Washington announced a move to the Big Ten, while the universities of Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and Arizona State announced a move to the Big 12.

Jon Wilner of

The Mercury News reported that on June 30, 2024, the Pac-12 Network will cease operation with the expiration of its carriage contracts, while the San Ramon studios will be retained to produce programming for the remaining two members, Oregon State and Washington State, for at least one year.[10]

Programming

The Pac-12 Networks produce telecasts of roughly 850 collegiate events each year (350 events on Pac-12's national network, and 500 events carried on Pac-12 regional networks).

NCAA.[11]

Original programs broadcast by the networks include:

Carriage

The original announcement of the Pac-12 Networks' launch on July 27, 2011 included the announcement of carriage agreements with four major cable providers,

Verizon FiOS
.

On July 20, 2012, the Pac-12 Conference announced a long-term agreement with the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC), a cooperative of 900 mostly smaller and rural cable providers, allowing any member of the NCTC access to carry one or more of the Pac-12 Network as well as providing access to the Pac-12 Digital Network through the NCTC WTVE TV Everywhere platform.[15] In an August 10, 2012 conference, the conference announced that NCTC members Strata Networks and All West Communications in Utah, San Bruno Cable in the San Francisco Bay Area, GCI in Alaska, LocalTel Communications in Wenatchee, WA and Ashland Communications in Oregon had agreed to carry the Pac-12 Network.[16] On July 28, 2012, Frontier Communications announced on one of its official Facebook accounts that the company would carry the channel on Frontier FiOS TV.[17] The deal was officially announced on August 1, 2012.

Several smaller providers reached carriage agreements with the network during the month of August 2012. On August 1, Oregon-based cable providers BendBroadband announced an intention to carry the Pac-12 Network as well as the Pac-12 Digital Network on their "bendbroadband2go" TV Everywhere platform.[18] Two days later on August 3, 2012, Arizona-based Western Broadband and Orbitel Communications announced their intent to carry the Pac-12 Arizona Network.[19] On August 6, Astound Broadband announced an intention to carry the Pac-12 Bay Area Network.[20] A day later on August 7, Wave Broadband announced an intention to carry the Pac-12 Bay Area, Oregon, and Washington Networks.[21] On August 8, 2012, CC Communications announced its intent to carry the Pac-12 National Network and one Pac-12 regional channel (on August 30, 2012, CC Communications began carrying the Pac-12 Mountain network, in addition to the national network).[22] Click! Network also revealed on their official Facebook page that it would carry the Pac-12 Network.[23] On August 21, 2012, Canby Telecom announced an intention to carry the Pac-12 National Network as well as all Pac-12 regional networks.[24]

On September 8, 2012,

SureWest Communications system in Northern California to carry the Pac-12 Networks Bay Area regional service.[27] On September 6, 2013, Pac-12 Networks entered into a deal with AT&T U-verse to carry the main feed on channel 759 (as well as on channel 760 in the San Francisco Bay Area, and on channel 761 in Los Angeles).[28]

As of 2015, the Pac-12 Networks were "available in" 90 million homes, but about 12 million actually subscribed to the network, according to

Frontier FiOS,[32] and streaming service Sling TV,[33] but still had not come to terms with DirecTV.[34] In August 2017, the Pac-12 Networks were added to FuboTV.[35]

On November 28, 2018, it was reported that the Pac-12 Networks will no longer be available on AT&T U-verse as of December 2, 2018.[36] Approximately 19 million homes were subscribed to the network in 2018, according to SNL Kagan.[37]

In March 2019, Pac-12 Network announced partnerships with the Seven Network's 7plus streaming service in Australia, and DAZN in Canada, to carry programming from the service.[38][39]

As of August 2019, an agreement with DirecTV still had not been reached. Pac-12 Networks president Mark Shuken stated “Our presidents, our athletic directors, when we talk, we talk about skating to where the puck’s going, not where it’s been" referring to the decline of satellite TV and the rise of streaming services.[40]

On-air staff

Current on-air staff

Basketball and football
Other sports

Member institution contributions

  • The UCLA Music Department helps with the networks' on-air music production
  • Arizona State University and Washington State University provide access to their digital imaging libraries
  • USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California also provides contributions[7]

Online services

Pac-12 Now

On June 8, 2012, Pac-12 Enterprises announced a partnership with

iOS devices, with content accessible via a login through a pay television provider.[2] The Pac-12 Digital Network broadcasts 800 live sporting events, including Olympic sports, 30 football games and 130 men's basketball games annually. Video on demand content, including recent and classic events, are also available on the service.[42]

Pac-12 Plus

In June 2016, Pac-12 Enterprises announced that social network Twitter will broadcast least 150 live games in the 2016-2017 season under the brand Pac-12 Plus. The service will not feature college football or basketball, but less prominent sports like soccer, baseball, softball, ice hockey, gymnastics, swimming and track and field.[43]

Strike

On December 8, 2012, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) declared a strike against the network, citing the hiring of non-union television crews at lower wages at many of the twelve campus sites.[44][45] The strike ended 10 days later.[46]

References

  1. ^ a b Pac-12 Announces deal for national, regional networks, ESPN, retrieved 2011-07-27
  2. ^ a b "Pac-12 Networks: News and notes from the Stevenson teleconference". 2011-08-10.
  3. ^ "Pac-12 creates its own network". Deseret News. 2011-07-28.
  4. ^ Bucholtz, Andrew (2022-03-30). "Pac-12 shift from San Francisco office to work-from-home projected to save each member university $7 million over the next decade". Awful Announcing. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  5. ^ "Commissioner announces Pac-12 Network". 2011-07-27.
  6. ^ "Pac-12 Networks Prep for Upcoming Launch". 2012-06-10.
  7. ^ a b "In Demand to Provide Production Services for 400 Pac-12 Networks Games". 2012-06-10.
  8. ^ Forde, Ross Dellenger and Pat. "Sources: ACC, Pac-12 Discussing ESPN TV Partnership". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  9. ^ Bupp, Phillip (2023-01-12). "Pac-12 conference reportedly moving out of San Francisco office". Awful Announcing. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  10. ^ "Mailbag: The ongoing issues with Pac-12 MBB, Kliavkoff's failures, future CFP access, ASU's AD job and more". The Mercury News. 2024-03-08. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  11. ^ Rugby Mag, Mainstream Broadcast for Cal v UCLA, Feb. 19, 2014
  12. ^ "For Cal football, at least 'The Drive' TV series is a winner". 2013-11-15.
  13. ^ "Pac-12 Networks release schedules". 2012-07-18.
  14. ^ "Breakdown of Pac-12 Network deal". 2011-07-27.
  15. ^ "PAC-12 Enterprises and NCTC Reach Long-Term Carriage Agreement for New PAC-12 Networks". 2012-07-20.
  16. ^ "Pac-12 Networks Adds More NCTC Affiliates, Continues Negotiations with Satellite, Telco Providers". 2012-08-10.
  17. ^ "FrontierWest Facebook post". Facebook. 2012-07-28.
  18. ^ "Pac-12 Network adds more cable carriers". 2012-08-01.
  19. ^ "Western Broadband and Orbitel Communications to Carry PAC-12 Network, Providing Subscribers in Arizona With Unprecedented Access to PAC-12 Teams". 2012-08-03.
  20. ^ "Astound to carry Pac-12 Networks in Bay Area". 2012-08-06.
  21. ^ "Wave Broadband to carry Pac-12 Networks". 2012-08-07.
  22. ^ "PAC-12 Networks Coming To CC Comm Digital TV Aug. 30". 2012-08-08.
  23. ^ "Click Cable Facebook Post". Facebook. 2012-08-08.
  24. ^ "Canby Telcom reches deal with Pac-12 network". 2012-08-21.
  25. ^ "DISH Network joins the Pac-12 family, in time for football". 2012-09-08.
  26. ^ "I am a DISH customer and used to be able to watch all seven networks on TV Everywhere, but now I can't. How do I fix this?".
  27. ^ "Pac-12 Networks Signs SureWest Deal in Northern California". 2012-10-10.
  28. ^ "Pac-12 Networks and AT&T U-verse reach distribution deal". 2013-09-07.
  29. ^ Travis, Clay (May 7, 2015). "The 15 Most Valuable Sports Networks". Outkick the Coverage.
  30. ^ "Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2016-52: Addition of Pac-12 Network to the List of non-Canadian programming services and stations authorized for distribution". CRTC. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  31. ^ "Is Pac-12 Networks available on Charter?". Pac-12.com.
  32. ^ Fang, Ken (June 17, 2016). "Pac-12 Network gets picked up by one more cable provider, but not DirecTV". Awful Announcing.
  33. ^ "Sling TV Becomes College Football Destination With Pac-12 Networks" (Press release). Sling TV. September 8, 2016.
  34. ^ "Pac-12 Network chief says talks with DirecTV are dead". Fierce Cable. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  35. ^ "Pac-12 Networks announces multi-year partnership with fuboTV" (Press release). Pac-12.com. August 31, 2017.
  36. ^ Wilner, John (November 28, 2018). "AT&T will no longer carry the Pac-12 Networks on its U-verse service". The Wenatchee World. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  37. ^ 1Tracy, Marc; Draper, Kevin (January 1, 2019). "As the Rose Bowl Arrives, the Pac-12 Struggles to Keep Up". The New York Times.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  38. ^ Knox, David (7 March 2019). "7plus adds two new US live streaming channels". TV Tonight.
  39. ^ "On-demand service DAZN announces partnerships to air MLS games, Pac-12 Network in Canada". Awful Announcing. 2018-03-02. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
  40. ^ Wilner, Jon. "Pac-12 media strategy: Moving on from DirecTV, passing on ESPN's offer and making a "different bet"". The Mercury News. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  41. ^ "BendBroadband to carry Pac-12 Networks". 2012-08-01.
  42. ^ "Pac-12 Enterprises and Ooyala Partner to Create 24/7 Digital Sports Network Built for Live, Integrated Broadcast and Broadband TV Entertainment". 2012-06-08.
  43. ^ Twitter signs another live sports deal: Pac-12 to live-stream 150 events next season - Todd Spangler, Variety, 14 July 2016
  44. ^ "Pac-12 Network workers walk off the job". 2012-12-08.
  45. ^ "IATSE declares strike against Pac-12 Network". 2012-12-08.
  46. ^ "IATSE ends strike against Pac-12 Network". Los Angeles Times. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2020.

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