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New College Sports Channel May Be Coming

Gannett News Service via USA Today, Monday, June 11, 2007 10:30 AM

College sports' Southeastern Conference is weighing the idea of its own TV channel, talking to national networks and cable distribution companies about a possible launch in two to three years. And while the top sports would have star billing, there is plenty of others around to fill the airtime. "No question, there would be football and basketball on it," says SEC commissioner Mike Slive.

But with something like 8,700 hours of programming, he notes that school presidents and chancellors want to create an outlet for non-athletic content from universities. "There are a lot of events on our respective campuses that might find their way onto an SEC network." Already, the Big Ten plans to launch a channel in August, while the Mountain West Conference has had one for almost a year.

Slive expects to be in actual contract negotiation by early 2008.

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