SEC Network is the king of conference TV networks despite losing subscribers
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While cord-cutting, among other things, has hurt subscriber numbers, the SEC Network is worth four times as much as any of the other conference TV networks, according to research SNL Kagan provided to AL.com.
The SEC Network is valued at $4.692 billion -- a slight dip from its 2015 valuation of $4.77 billion -- while the Big Ten Network is at $1.142 billion and Pac-12 Networks lags behind at $305 million. In 2015, SNL Kagan valued the Big Ten Network at $1.59 billion. The ACC Network is slated to get its own linear network in 2019 while the Big 12 does not have its own network though Texas has the Longhorn Network.
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What helps SEC Network is high demand for the product, and one of the more expensive subscriber fees out of sports television networks. Ryan Smith, vice president of content for AT&T's U-Verse, told AL.com in 2015 that subscriber intensity for SEC sports was "off the charts for what we normally see for sports."