The sports television rivalry between ESPN and FOX network came to an end when both of the networks decided to join forces and go against Comcast for the bid on the PAC-10 college football broadcast rights. Comcast thought they had a lock on the rights with a $225 million bid until ESPN and FOX joined forces to outbid Comcast with a $250 million dollar bid that couldn’t be matched. I feel that this is important because it shows America that big companies are able to put aside egos and greed to get something bigger accomplished. According to the PAC-10 commissioner Larry Scott, "I think it became clear that they weren't going to be able to prevail separately, so they came up with the idea of going it together," Scott said. "Normally, if you're a content owner, you'd be opposed to reducing the field of competitive bidders. But knowing the strength of this opportunity, we embraced it. We thought it could be the best of all worlds."
ESPN and Fox used an excellent strategy to land this deal. By the two networks joining forces they will be able to alternate showing PAC-10 games, and share the revenue equally. This deal is also good for the PAC-10 conference since the conference only made $60 million in media rights this past season. With the new deal the conference is looking to more than double their profits from last season. According to the NY Times, “it is the richest conference deal. The Pac-10, which is expected to announce the agreements Wednesday, is following the media model of the Big Ten Conference, which in 2007 created its own network and negotiated a 10-year, $1 billion deal with ESPN.” I feel that in the future we will see more networks joining forces to land large broadcasting rights.
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