UH may get 5 national TV games, great exposure but a big loss in PPV money

About how each national TV game UH is on results in less PPV money, Oceanic Time Warner VP for operations Norman Santos said:
"While more games may appear on 'free' TV due to UH being the big dog in the conference in 2011, the number of games available for PPV might be lessened, which would, naturally, mean less revenue for UH." (HSA)


HSA Note: "UH is to receive $2.45 million in fees for its 2010 pay-per-view package, which included 11 of the Warriors' 13 regular season games."

Note: ESPN may show home games with Colorado, BYU, and Fresno State and the road game with Nevada, and the road game at Washington may be on Fox Sports Northwest.


Expecting ESPN to pick a bunch of UH games after their 10-4 season (and conveniently forgetting that ESPN picked only 1 UH game, the one against USC, before last season began), WAC commissioner Karl Benson said:
"I would expect Hawaii to be of interest to ESPN, they always have been." (HSA)


HSA Note: "The WAC has received approximately $4 million a season and been guaranteed a minimum of 10 games on the combination of ESPN and ESPN2, plus six more on ESPNU. UH's share will be about $400,000 when checks go out in June."


Expecting ESPN to reduce the number of WAC games they show and the money they give the WAC next season, WAC associate commissioner Jeff Hurd said:
"There's going to be reduced games, although to what extent I don't know yet." (HSA)


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