Three year deal, minimum of 3 football games a year and 33 basketball games, plus coverage of some other championships, such as volleyball.

http://mac-sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9400&ATCLID=204971543

Cleveland centric??? Explain please...
also ...will we see a football roster today?

Glad to hear that we might get more OHIO basketball games on TV rather than having to watch through the streaming app we had last year.  Though that was still better than having nothing. 

Maybe this is a glimmer of hope from the MAC office. I'd given up on the annual speech that MAC programming has to be on that channel when baseball ends. Which for the Indians, is last month.

**EDIT

Allow me to add this, because I work in a climate right now where nobody cares that you did right by them for the last year, you screwed them today and they're pissed. And even then, when you take a look at just how and why you screwed them, you discover they really have no legitmate reason to be pissed.

This is FANTASTIC! The positive spin on ESPN "contracts" has been a joke, just like the coverage we've been able to extract from a network with five platforms and an internet presence. Nationwide basketball broadcasting is increasing by 60% on the strength of a single channel! "But it's not national!" you naysayers will counter. To hell with that thinking! If somebody wants to watch an STO game anywhere in the world, they have a way.

The MAC office has done something that no previous Cleveland-based commissioner/used car salesman was able to do.

Now... if Mike Reghi isn't a part of this... I'm gonna go to the MAC Tournament... I'm gonna sit in the last row of the stands.... and with 18:04 remaining in the first half, I'm gonna stage a walkout...

This is good.  And ditto what brucecuth says.

STO and the MAC is a no brainer. I've been saying this since STO took to the air several years ago. STO needs programming, and the MAC should want exposure (although after decades of following the MAC, it would make you wonder), so it is oh so logical for them to get together.

I would think that during the Indians off-season, STO could almost be something like the MAC Channel, just like the big-time conferences are doing on their own. Again, STO need programming, so it couldn't be anything but a big plus for them to have significant coverage of the main D1 conference in their coverage area - unless the MAC is so lowly regarded in its own territory that there isn't enough advertising support for it to be profitable for STO to do so.

I say that the MAC Commissioner should do all he can to build a strong relationship with STO. Remember, STO is seen nationally, and recruits want to play for schools that can be seen on national TV. National exposure is a good thing for MAC schools.

Not STO related, but you may be interested to know that ESPN has announced that the U will be producing all of their Thursday night and Saturday games in HD, so our game at home vs. Buffalo should be produced in HD.

They've also done OHSAA Basketball tournaments in HD the past few years.

The Football Championships staged at Canton are usually in HD too (but not the Massillon ones).

The capability is there, we just have to hope they use it.

Excuse my ignorance.  Is STO cable or satellite?  Details please.

No, it is not broadcast in HD (at least I've never seen it broadcast in HD).

Thank youl.

Let's hope STO will show up on TWC's basic list.

Senior Fan is in Southwest Ohio, that's the reason for his questions I think. I live in SW Ohio but have DirecTV and get STO as part of the sports tier subscription. I wasn't sure how widespread STO was on the cable systems in the state or if it was offered in SW Ohio.