Suddenly, the pieces of Jim Delany's master-plan are sliding together. From NJ.com:
The Big Ten is one big step closer to putting its flag in the New York/New Jersey television market.
Mark Silverman, president of the Big Ten Network, confirmed Monday that the network had reached deals with Time Warner Cable and Cablevision to broadly distribute its channel to the millions of homes in the market. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Silverman also said he is optimistic that a deal will be reached with the third cable giant -- Comcast -- before the football season.
Speaks volumes about the growth of the BTN in regards to the speed in which it was picked up by companies on the eastern seaboard compared to BTN's efforts to get into markets like Columbus as recently as 2008.
The lesson, as always: Don't mess with Jim Delany.
