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Hate to be the bearing of potentially bad news, but it is starting to look like Comcast/Xfinity will be dropping the Big Ten Network next month.
Comcast is dropping Big Ten Network.
— Saturday Tradition (@Tradition) April 12, 2018
In other news, Comcast is still the worst.
well this seems significant: Big Ten Network apparently won't be available on Comcast after May 10 https://t.co/LDI5BhKMaR
— Dr. Saturday (@YahooDrSaturday) April 12, 2018
At first it sounded like they were dropping it everywhere (link to Hammer & Rails sleuthing) which would have screwed over Gophers fans in the Twin Cities. But now it looks like they’ll just be dropping it outside the Big Ten footprint.
Update: Maybe Comcast didn't make a massive mistake after all. https://t.co/7fODFVf3rp
— Saturday Tradition (@Tradition) April 12, 2018
Reached out to Comcast media relations regarding this Big Ten Network scrap.
— Brendan F. Quinn (@BFQuinn) April 12, 2018
Here is official clarification from the corporate office.
"In-market feed of Big Ten Network is still available - and will continue to be available - to our customers in Big Ten states." pic.twitter.com/q2ncJrbc87
Maybe.
Possibly.
Probably?
I dunno. I was already hard at work on this when the “outside the B1G footprint” info started to trickle out don’t blame me for the confusion. As you can see from the link to Hammer & Rails above, the Comcast front line folks don’t seem to be on the same page as the PR folks (shocker) so expect some mixed messages on this for a while.
UPDATE 4/12 4:15PM CT
Reached out to Comcast media relations regarding this Big Ten Network scrap.
— Brendan F. Quinn (@BFQuinn) April 12, 2018
Here is official clarification from the corporate office.
"In-market feed of Big Ten Network is still available - and will continue to be available - to our customers in Big Ten states." pic.twitter.com/q2ncJrbc87
TL;DR
Comcast is still terrible. If you have them and don’t live in the Big Ten footprint you’re definitely going to hate them more. If you live in Minnesota and have them then you might only hate them the regular amount unless they change their minds and screw you over by taking away your BTN before football season.
SUPER TL;DR
Stay frosty and hate Comcast/Xfinity.