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owned by the Pac-12 Conference. The network's studio and production facilities are headquartered in the

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district of

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. In addition to the national channel, it also operates a group of six regional sports channels focusing on different schools within the conference under the Pac-12 Networks brand:Pac-12 Announces deal for national, regional networks
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and Arizona State University * Pac-12 Bay Area, featuring events from the

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and Stanford University * Pac-12 Los Angeles, featuring events from

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and

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* Pac-12 Mountain, featuring events from the

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and

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* Pac-12 Oregon, featuring events from the

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and

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* Pac-12 Washington, featuring events from the

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and

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History

Announced on July 27, 2011 and launched on August 15, 2012, the national network was available to at least 48 million pay television households in the United States at the time of its debut, while the regional networks are available in all providers within their respective Pac-12 regional territory. It is the third sports network to be devoted to a specific collegiate athletic conference (after the Big Ten Network and the now-defunct

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) and the first to be owned by a conference outright without support from outside companies (

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owns 49% of Big Ten Network, while the defunct MountainWest Sports Network had

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and Comcast as partners, and

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and ACC Network are wholly owned by

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). The networks feature 24-hour coverage of Pac-12 sanctioned sporting events, including Olympic sports as well as broadcasts of archived sports telecasts. The contract ensures that every football and men's basketball game is televised nationally. Sports not featured on the national Pac-12 Network are instead carried through the regional networks as well as on the Pac-12 Digital Network, which was launched the same day. On June 10, 2012, the Pac-12 Conference announced a partnership with pay-per-view service

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and Comcast Media Center (CMC) that would provide the networks with technical support,

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services, and support for

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services. The infrastructure of the Pac-12 Networks, 12 member institutions and CMC's operations in

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are connected via fiber network.

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origination services, including compression and satellite front-haul services, satellite receiver authorizations, and disaster recovery are also run through the CMC in Denver. The following month on July 22, the Pac-12 Conference announced an additional partnership with In Demand that would provide mobile production facilities and below-the-line crews for all 12 schools in the conference. The Pac-12's next media rights for football and men's basketball will begin in 2024. In July 2022, amid a conference realignment that will see UCLA and USC move to the

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at that time,

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reported that there had been early discussions over the future of the Pac-12 Networks, including the possibility of moving its content to a rebranded ACC Network (which has wider carriage than Pac-12 Networks).

Programming

The Pac-12 Networks produce telecasts of roughly 850 collegiate events each year (350 events on Pac-12's national network, and 500 events carried on Pac-12 regional networks). The national network includes 35 football games, 100 men's basketball games and 40 women's basketball games on an annual basis. The Pac-12 national network also features all spring football games, coaches shows, and news conferences. The Pac-12 network has also shown rugby matches played by schools from the

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, even though

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is not a sport sanctioned by the

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. Original programs broadcast by the networks include: * ''Pac-12 Sports Report'' - A weekly studio show discussing and highlighting the Pac-12 events of the week * ''Inside Pac-12 Football'' - A weekly studio show breaking down the latest football news from around the Pac-12 * ''

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'' - A weekly docu-series that provides a behind-the-scenes look inside Pac-12 football and men's basketball programs with exclusive content and audio from players and staff * ''Pac-12 Classics'' - A replay of classic Pac-12 games and events which includes commentary from the players and coaches involved * ''Pac-12 Encore'' - A replay of recent Pac-12 games or events * ''Pac-12 Playbook'' - A weekly football coaches show (No longer airing as of 2013) * ''The 12 Best'' - A series that counts down the top 12 conference sports moments within various categories * ''Varsity Days'' - A program featuring rare or never-before-seen footage of Pac-12 athletes and coaches, recapping historic moments and unforgettable battles * ''Timelines'' - A 12-installment series chronicling the great sports moments from the previous year for each Pac-12 school * ''Conference of Champions'' - A non-sports program that profiles current students in various features exploring how the university and educational experience fuels personal aspirations and future career endeavors. Presidents, chancellors, and professors supply additional context, providing viewers a unique and poignant look at the rich history, culture, and traditions of each Pac-12 university.

Carriage

The original announcement of the Pac-12 Networks' launch on July 27, 2011 included the announcement of carriage agreements with four major cable providers, Comcast,

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, Cox Communications and

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to carry the Pac-12 Network and Pac-12 Digital Network at launch. The agreements did not guarantee that the Pac-12 Networks would be available in all areas within the territory of a Pac-12 university, and a minimum of 40 million homes nationally at launch date. The agreements complemented a 12-year deal that the Pac-12 Conference had struck with

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and

that began in 2012. In addition, the network entered into extended negotiations with satellite providers. Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott stated in a May 8, 2012 interview with sports radio station KJR in

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that he is "quietly optimistic" that deals with providers would be made in time for the channel's planned fall 2012 launch. As of September 7, 2013, the Pac-12 Network has not yet signed carriage deals with

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and Verizon FiOS. On July 20, 2012, the Pac-12 Conference announced a long-term agreement with the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC), a cooperative of 900 mostly smaller and rural cable providers, allowing any member of the NCTC access to carry one or more of the Pac-12 Network as well as providing access to the Pac-12 Digital Network through the NCTC WTVE TV Everywhere platform. In an August 10, 2012 conference, the conference announced that NCTC members Strata Networks and All West Communications in Utah, San Bruno Cable in the

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, GCI in Alaska, LocalTel Communications in Wenatchee, WA and Ashland Communications in Oregon had agreed to carry the Pac-12 Network. On July 28, 2012,

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announced on one of its official

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accounts that the company would carry the channel on Frontier FiOS TV. The deal was officially announced on August 1, 2012. Several smaller providers reached carriage agreements with the network during the month of August 2012. On August 1, Oregon-based cable providers

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announced an intention to carry the Pac-12 Network as well as the Pac-12 Digital Network on their "bendbroadband2go" TV Everywhere platform. Two days later on August 3, 2012, Arizona-based Western Broadband and Orbitel Communications announced their intent to carry the Pac-12 Arizona Network. On August 6, Astound Broadband announced an intention to carry the Pac-12 Bay Area Network. A day later on August 7,

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announced an intention to carry the Pac-12 Bay Area, Oregon, and Washington Networks. On August 8, 2012, CC Communications announced its intent to carry the Pac-12 National Network and one Pac-12 regional channel (on August 30, 2012, CC Communications began carrying the Pac-12 Mountain network, in addition to the national network).

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also revealed on their official Facebook page that it would carry the Pac-12 Network. On August 21, 2012, Canby Telecom announced an intention to carry the Pac-12 National Network as well as all Pac-12 regional networks. On September 8, 2012, Dish Network announced that it would carry the Pac-12 National Network starting on September 8. To date, it is the only satellite carrier to have struck a carriage agreement with the Pac-12 Networks, and was the largest pay television provider to reach a carriage deal during 2012, bringing the Pac-12 Networks' national coverage to approximately 60 million households. On February 1, 2016, however, Pac-12 restricted access to the regional channels for DISH subscribers. On October 10, 2012, the conference came to an agreement with Consolidated Communications for its SureWest Communications system in Northern California to carry the Pac-12 Networks Bay Area regional service. On September 6, 2013, Pac-12 Networks entered into a deal with AT&T U-verse to carry the main feed on channel 759 (as well as on channel 760 in the

, and on channel 761 in

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). As of 2015, the Pac-12 Networks were "available in" 90 million homes, but about 12 million actually subscribed to the network, according to

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. On February 10, 2016, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on behalf of Jessop & Proulx LLP, added Pac-12 Network to its list of foreign broadcasters that are allowed to be carried by Canadian pay television providers. By the end of 2016, Pac-12 Network had carriage deals with

in Los Angeles and Dallas, Frontier FiOS, and streaming service

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, but still had not come to terms with

. In August 2017, the Pac-12 Networks were added to

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. On November 28, 2018, it was reported that the Pac-12 Networks will no longer be available on AT&T U-verse as of December 2, 2018. Approximately 19 million homes were subscribed to the network in 2018, according to SNL Kagan. In March 2019, Pac-12 Network announced partnerships with the

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streaming service in Australia, and

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in Canada, to carry programming from the service. As of August 2019, an agreement with DirecTV still had not been reached. Pac-12 Networks president Mark Shuken stated “Our presidents, our athletic directors, when we talk, we talk about skating to where the puck’s going, not where it’s been" referring to the decline of satellite TV and the rise of streaming services.

On-air staff

Current on-air staff

; Basketball and football *

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– football and basketball game announcer * Lisa Byington – football and basketball game announcer *

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– football and basketball game announcer *

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– football and basketball game announcer * Aaron Goldsmith - football and basketball game announcer * Guy Haberman - football and basketball game announcer * Greg Heister - football and basketball game announcer *

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- track and field, football and basketball game announcer * J. B. Long - basketball and football game announcer *

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– lead football and basketball game announcer *

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– soccer and basketball game announcer *

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– basketball game announcer * Jim Watson – basketball game announcer *

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– football game announcer * Glenn Parker – lead football game analyst * Curtis Conway – studio football analyst *

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– studio football analyst *

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– football game/studio analyst *

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– football game analyst *

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– studio football analyst *

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– football game/studio analyst *

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- men's basketball analyst * P.J. Carlesimo - men's basketball analyst *

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– men's basketball analyst *

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– men's basketball analyst *

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- men's basketball analyst *

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- men's basketball analyst * Lamar Hurd - men's basketball analyst *

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– men's basketball analyst *

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- former men's basketball analyst * Matt Muehlebach - men's basketball analyst *

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– lead men's basketball analyst * Mary Murphy – women's basketball analyst * Kevin O'Neill - men's basketball analyst *

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– men's basketball analyst ; Other sports * Mike Yam – former studio host/news anchor *

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– women's sports game announcer *

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– volleyball game announcer * Krista Blunk – women's sports game announcer * Jason Knapp – water polo and lacrosse announcer * Ato Boldon – track and field analyst *

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– baseball game analyst *

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– tennis analyst * Cobi Jones – soccer analyst * Holly McPeak – sand volleyball analyst *

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– men's volleyball analyst * J. T. Snow – baseball game analyst *

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– baseball game analyst * Kevin Wong – men's volleyball analyst

Executive personnel

* Larry Scott - Pac-12 Commissioner, Executive Chairman of Pac-12 Enterprises * Mark Shuken - President, Pac-12 Networks

Member institution contributions

* The UCLA Music Department helps with the networks' on-air music production * Arizona State University and Washington State University provide access to their highly acclaimed digital imaging libraries *

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at the University of Southern California also provides contributions

Online services

Pac-12 Now

On June 8, 2012, Pac-12 Enterprises announced a partnership with

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to develop the Pac-12 Digital Network, branded as ''Pac-12 Now'', which serves as the TV Everywhere platform for the Pac-12 Network. ''Pac-12 Now'' is available through web browsers, mobile and

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devices, with content accessible via a login through a pay television provider. The Pac-12 Digital Network broadcasts 800 live sporting events, including Olympic sports, 30 football games and 130 men's basketball games annually. Video on demand content, including recent and classic events, are also available on the service.

Pac-12 Plus

In June 2016, Pac-12 Enterprises announced that social network

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will broadcast least 150 live games in the 2016-2017 season under the brand Pac-12 Plus. The service will not feature college football or basketball, but less prominent sports like soccer, baseball, softball, ice hockey, gymnastics, swimming and track and field.

Strike

On December 8, 2012, the

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(IATSE) declared a strike against the network, citing the hiring of non-union television crews at lower wages at many of the twelve campus sites. The strike ended 10 days later.

References

External links

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History

Programming

Carriage

On-air staff

Current on-air staff

Executive personnel

Member institution contributions

Online services

Pac-12 Now

Pac-12 Plus

Strike

See also

References

External links