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SEC Network (SECN) is an American multinational sports network owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which operates the network, through its 80% controlling ownership interest) and Hearst Communications (which holds the remaining 20% interest).
ESPN currently charges the highest retransmission consent fee of any major cable television network in the United States. In 2011, the main channel alone carried a monthly rate of $4.69 per subscriber (nearly five times the price of the next-costliest channel, TNT), with ESPN's other English language channels costing an additional $1.13 per subscriber; these prices rise on a nearly constant basis.
SEC TV (formerly SEC Network) was a syndicated package featuring live broadcasts of college football and basketball events from the Southeastern Conference. It was owned and operated by ESPN Regional Television and shown in more than 50 percent of households in the United States, mostly Southeastern United States markets. [ 1 ]
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The move to ESPN — and ABC — will give the SEC more televised games to upward of 130 million households; more control in start times; and multiple windows on network television.
Throughout the calendar year, SEC Network will televise over 40 football games, 19 SEC Championship events, over 14,000 hours of original programming and over 11,000 digital events on SEC Network+.
The SEC had won seven straight college football national championships when the SEC Network was announced in May 2013. On March 12, 2014, the SEC Network named Brent Musburger as the lead play-by-play announcer and Jesse Palmer as the lead analyst.
Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin slammed ESPN analyst Paul Finebaum at SEC Media Days over past criticisms of Kiffin from his time at USC ... USA TODAY NETWORK. July 18, 2024 at 3:33 PM.