After months of rumblings and speculation, the Big Ten Conference announced the full details of their seismic media rights agreement Thursday morning.
In a statement, the conference claimed the various deals would provide “unprecedented access” and “greater exposure than any other collegiate sports conference in history.”
“These landmark media rights agreements are the most comprehensive in all of college sports and further strengthen the tradition of the Big Ten Conference,” the statement said.
The agreements, which start July 1, 2023, have a seismic effect on the airing of Big Ten football. As previously reported, the Big Ten will have it’s football package now spread across five different networks: Fox, Big Ten Network, CBS and NBC on linear television, and NBC’s Peacock service for online streaming.