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That decision proved extremely lucrative for the commissioner and the rest of the SEC. The conference later added Missouri and Texas A&M in 2011, increasing the SEC's cable television footprint by more than 10 million homes, according to Nielsen data, and giving Slive the ammo he needed to move forward with a network.
quote:In one year it's worth 3 times more than a network that has been around for 8 years. In hindsight if the B1G saw this future, think they would still won't expand?
The SEC Network, which celebrated its first birthday on Aug. 14, was more successful than anyone could have imagined. After the most successful network launch in cable television history, the SEC Network has a market value of $4.77 billion, according to research firm SNL Kagan. By comparison, the Big Ten Network, which launched in 2007, has a value of $1.59 billion.
quote:Never has an outside entity done so much for A&M. It simultaneously got us out of purgatory, hamstrung the sips, and taught us what not to do with regards to a network. The dividends just add up.
The network had already launched the Longhorn Network, focused all on the University of Texas, and learned through trial-and-error what the SEC Network would need to be successful. While the Longhorn Network hasn't met expectations, its failures taught ESPN a valuable lesson and helped power the unprecedented success of the SEC's television channel.
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If the network can continue to prove its worth, Nelson doesn't think it's outlandish for the SEC's in-market subscriber fee to jump from $1.30/$1.40 to $2.00 or $3.00. A jump of that magnitude could give the network more than a billion dollars annually on simply subscriber fees.
