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- The Big Ten Network is an American regional sports network dedicated to the Big Ten Conference. Available to approximately 70 million households nationwide in the United States and Canada, it is the second nationally distributed network dedicated to covering a single college conference, (the first being MountainWest Sports Network a.k.a. the mtn. , which launched in 2006 and is available nationally on DirecTV). The network is a 20-year joint project of the Big Ten Conference, and Fox Cable Networks (a division of News Corporation). It is headquartered in the former Montgomery Ward & Co. catalog building at 600 W. Chicago Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. The Big Ten Network is majority-owned (51%) by the Big Ten Conference, with Fox Cable Networks holding a minority interest (49%). Fox handles the administration and affiliate sales operations of the channel. The conference officially announced the formation of the network on June 21, 2006. The network, which launched August 30, 2007, operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, showcasing a wide array of classic-to-current sports and televising more Olympic sporting events and women’s sports than has ever been aired on any other network. Original programming highlights activities and accomplishments of the Big Ten universities. Each year, the network offers approximately 35-40 football games, 105 regular season men’s basketball games; 55 women’s basketball games; dozens of Big Ten Championship events; nightly studio shows; coaches’ shows; and classic games. The network has a commitment to "event equality", meaning that it will produce and distribute an equal number of men's and women's events across all platforms, within three years of being on the air. The network currently has agreements with more than 250 providers, including AT&T U-Verse, Charter Communications, Comcast (Cox Communications, DirecTV, DISH Network, Insight Communications, Mediacom Communications, Time Warner Cable,Verizon FiOS and Cablevision. The network is available in 19 of the 20 largest U.S. media markets.
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