Miami Herald: CUSA in discussions with spanish tv networks

[Harry]

“Recruits like to know they’re going to be on TV and their families can watch them,” FIU football coach Mario Cristobal said.

FIU’s football team was on one of the ESPNs — ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU — for seven games this past season plus the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl. The basketball team was on ESPN and ESPN3 during the preseason NIT.

“At the end of the day, you’re going to be put on TV if you’re winning,” Garcia said. “We’ve been winning in football and baseball. Hopefully, with Coach [Richard] Pitino, we can do so in basketball.”

Garcia said C-USA, which includes UTEP, also is discussing a spanish-language TV deal, a logical move for a league with strong soccer and baseball programs.

C-USA has six primary bowl tie-ins compared to the Sun Belt’s two.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/04/2783085/fiu-joins-conference-usa.html#storylink=cpy

Read more: Miami Herald: CUSA in discussions with spanish tv networks

[Mean Green 93-98]

Is The Fake Lonnie Finch behind this?

[oldguystudent]

Has Tasty gone to work for CUSA and traveled down to sell the TV rights to Mexia?

[MeanGreenGlory]

SMART move! A deal like this would help bring new fans to the Mean Green nation (as well as other schools in CUSA) and boost our attendance numbers! I'd love to see a deal like this go through!

[GreenGuy123]

Hell, Univision's headquarters are in downtown Dallas. Sounds like a genius idea to me.

[JulesFIU07]

Hell, Univision's headquarters are in downtown Dallas. Sounds like a genius idea to me.

And their main production facilities as well as the HQ for Telemundo are in Miami.

This is a brilliant idea. Several of the teams are in heavily Hispanic markets, and, as noted, C-USA is very strong in baseball and soccer. This could be a great way to bring in additional revenue and cultivate fans for baseball and soccer, and maybe they will decide to watch football and basketball while they are at it.

[LakeTravis]

¡Mi gatos en mì pantaloñes!

Edited May 8, 2012 by LakeTravis

[LakeTravis]

Goooooooooooooooallllllllllllllll

[UNTflyer]

¡Mi gatos en mì pantaloñes!

Your cats are in your pants?

[UNT90]

I saw a news blurb where FOX is starting a spanish language television network that will concentrate on US based programming?? (I know, sounds strrange to me also). I would think college football would be a natural programming choice on this type of network.

And FOX has deeeeeep pockets.

EDIT: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2012/01/fox-and-rcn-team-up-on-spanish-broadcast-network.html

Completely forgot about FOX deportes. I never watch it... probably because I can't understand it.

Edited May 8, 2012 by UNT90

[Mark Gommesen]

And their main production facilities as well as the HQ for Telemundo are in Miami.

This is a brilliant idea. Several of the teams are in heavily Hispanic markets, and, as noted, C-USA is very strong in baseball and soccer. This could be a great way to bring in additional revenue and cultivate fans for baseball and soccer, and maybe they will decide to watch football and basketball while they are at it.

If this does come to fruition,and I hope it does, the revenues would probably distributed on a tier system where those schools with baseball programs would benefit the most. Just another reason why UNT needs to make baseball a priority.