US EditionPac-12 signs another TV deal, this time with USA Sports
- On Thursday, the Pac-12 Conference announced USA Sports will televise 22 football games, 50 men’s basketball games, and up to 10 women’s basketball games beginning next year.
- After losing most programs, the Pac-12 Conference was reduced to only Washington State and Oregon State and rebuilt by adding Texas State, Fresno State, San Diego State, Boise State, Colorado State and Utah State, with the TV deal providing stability.
- The deal runs through the 2030-31 season and Pac-12 Enterprises will produce the telecasts for USA Sports while some football games will also air on The CW, CBS Sports Network and CBS.
- The deal is the first media-rights partnership for USA Sports, which Nov. 11 joined Versant, a company spun from Comcast/NBCUniversal that includes USA Network, The Golf Channel and CNBC.
- The conference will be back to nine teams for 2026-27 as it rebuilds, adding Gonzaga , Dallas Baptist , Northern Illinois and Southern Utah , while Teresa Gould, Pac-12 commissioner, called the relaunch `where tradition meets transformation`.
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The Seattle TimesVersant's USA Sports Snags Pac-12 for College Athletics in New Rights Deal
In a major move for college sports, the new Pac-12 and USA Sports have agreed to a five-year media partnership that will put the conference’s regular-season football and basketball inventory on USA Network. The deal comes with the launch of the new Pac-12, beginning with the 2026-27 season, and pairs the re-formed conference with the […] The post Versant’s USA Sports Snags Pac-12 for College Athletics in New Rights Deal appeared first on Cord Cu…
San Diego Union Tribune
The Mercury newsPac-12 signs deal with USA Network, rounding out media rights package
The third and final piece of the new Pac-12’s media rights package became official early Thursday with USA Network joining previously announced partners CBS and The CW to broadcast football and basketball games beginning next summer. As with the other partners, USA Network signed a five-year deal that runs through the 2030-31 season. However, its piece is the largest of the three with 22 football games, 50 men’s basketball games and five to 10 w…
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Pac-12 signs another TV deal, this time with USA Sports
The Pac-12 has found another media partner in USA Sports, which announced it will televise 22 football games, 50 men’s basketball games and up to 10 women’s basketball games beginning next year.
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