11/05/24
April 22, 2010
NCAA signs $10.8 billion basketball tourney TV deal: And expands to 68 teams. The 14-year broadcast, Internet and wireless rights deal runs from 2011 to 2024, with games to be shown on CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV networks.
posted by billsaysthis to basketball at 03:36 PM - 5 comments
OK, 68 I can live with. I still prefer 64, but at least I can still do a bracket without going insane.
I hope this doesn't mean that we lose the live look-ins of other games during the early rounds. I like that over the idea of constantly flipping around.
posted by TheQatarian at 04:34 PM on April 22, 2010
Thankfully I can still say that my age is greater than the number of teams in the NCAA tournament.
posted by Howard_T at 04:48 PM on April 22, 2010
truTV, really?
posted by sgtcookzane at 05:52 PM on April 22, 2010
TruTV is owned by Warner Brothers and is part of the Turner family. It's a place to dump extra games they cannot show on the main channels. It's the same thing ESPNABC does with ABC Family.
posted by jmauro2000 at 06:45 PM on April 22, 2010
Beginning in 2011, first- and second-round tournament games will be shown nationally on CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV networks. CBS and Turner will split coverage of regional semifinal games, while CBS will cover the regional finals and the rest of the event, including the championship game through 2015.
Beginning in 2016, coverage of the regional finals will be split by CBS and TBS, with the Final Four and final game alternating every year between the two.