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and

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events from the

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. It was owned and operated by

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and shown in more than 50 percent of households in the United States, mostly

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markets. SEC TV's football games typically aired in the noon

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slot that was former home to the Jefferson-Pilot/Raycom Sports SEC game of the week. Games were shown locally on broadcast stations,

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s, as well as on

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, and

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. SEC TV was replaced with a 24-hour cable network devoted to the conference, also named

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, after the 2013–14 college sports season. The new SEC Network would assume the duty of broadcasting football games in the "early" window used by SEC TV.

History

In 2008, ESPN reached a 15-year deal to become the

's main media rightsholder, assuming the majority of football and basketball rights (besides portions that would still be held by

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), including the syndicated package produced by

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and its predecessors (which had broadcast SEC basketball games for 22 years, and football for 17). Besides games on its cable networks, ESPN chose to retain the syndicated package, moving it under its competing

(also previously known on-air as ESPN Plus) unit under the on-air brand ''SEC Network''. The first SEC Network game was the

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team's 63-7 blowout win over the

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on September 5, 2009.

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(an original Jefferson-Pilot/

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play-by-play football commentator) and

Andre Ware Andre Trevor Ware (born July 31, 1968) is an American sports analyst and commentator and a former American football player. He was the 1989 Heisman Trophy and Davey O'Brien Award winner as a quarterback for the University of Houston. He was th ...

were the play-by-play commentators, and Cara Capuano was the sideline reporter. Unlike Jefferson-Pilot/Raycom Sports, SEC TV also carried some regular season Women's basketball games in syndication on Sunday afternoons during basketball season. In 2013, with the announcement that ESPN would be launching an SEC cable network under the same name in 2014, SEC Network was re-branded as SEC TV on September 7, 2013. SEC TV folded following the 2013 football season and the 2013-2014 basketball season. The quarterfinals of the 2014 men's conference basketball tournament. The standalone SEC Network cable outlet launched August 14 of that year. SEC TV was available through 102 over-the-air television stations in the now-11-state SEC footprint, as well as other stations outside SEC markets,

s, and ESPN platforms such as

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and

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On-air personalities

Play-by-play commentator

*Dave Neal (football and men's basketball 2009-2014) *

Carter Blackburn Carter Blackburn (born March 30, 1979) is an American sportscaster. He currently works for CBS Sports after leaving ESPN in 2014. Early life and education Blackburn was born in Dallas, Texas, and grew up in Kerrville, in the Texas Hill Country ...

(men's basketball, 2010-2012) * Dave Baker (men's basketball, 2012-2014)

Color analysts

*Andre Ware (football, 2009-2013) *

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(men's basketball, 2010-2011) *

Dave LaMont Dave LaMont is an American sports commentator, working as a play-by-play man for ESPN since 2004. Early career LaMont served as a radio announcer for Miami Hurricanes basketball and baseball from 1998 until 2000, as well as serving as a host a ...

(men's basketball, 2012-2014) *

Clay Matvick Clay Matvick (born August 12, 1973 in Saint Cloud, Minnesota) is an American sportscaster, who works primarily as a play-by-play announcer for ABC and the ESPN networks. Background Matvick graduated from Princeton High School in 1991. He recei ...

(men's basketball, 2010-2013)

Sideline reporters

Cara Capuano Cara Capuano is an American sports anchor for ESPNU. Before joining ESPNU in 2008, she was a former sports reporter for FSN. She joined Fox Sports Northwest in August 2004, as a reporter and anchor for the ''Northwest Sports Report'' and the '' ...

(football, 2009-2013) *

Kara Lawson Kara Marie Lawson (born February 14, 1981) is the head coach of the Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team. She is a former American professional women's basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and a basketball t ...

(men's basketball, 2011-2013) *

Barry Booker Barry may refer to: People and fictional characters * Barry (name), including lists of people with the given name, nickname or surname, as well as fictional characters with the given name * Dancing Barry, stage name of Barry Richards (born c. 1950 ...

(men's basketball, 2012-2014) *

Kyle Macy Kyle Paul Macy (born April 9, 1957) is an American basketball commentator. He played college basketball at Purdue University and the University of Kentucky, and spent seven years in the NBA with the Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls and Indiana Pacers; ...

(men's basketball, 2012-2013) * Joe Dean, Jr. (men's basketball, 2012-2014)

Game schedules

2009 SEC Network football schedule

*September 5 –

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(TENN 63, WKU 7)''2015 Tennessee Football Media Guide'', page 297.''2014 Tennessee Football Media Guide'', page 159. *September 12 –

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at #1

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(FLA 56, Troy 6) *September 19 –

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at #4

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(ALA 53, UNT 7) *September 26 – #7

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(LSU 30, MSU 26) *October 3 – #3 Alabama at

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(ALA 38, UK 20) *October 10 –

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at Tennessee (TENN 45, UGA 19) *October 17 – Georgia at Vanderbilt (UGA 34, VAN 10) *October 24 –

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at Ole Miss (MISS 30, ARK 17) *October 31 – #25 Ole Miss at

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(AUB 33, MISS 20) *November 7 –

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at Arkansas (ARK 33, USC 16) *November 14 – Kentucky at Vanderbilt (UK 24, VAN 13) *November 21 – Tennessee-Chattanooga at #2 Alabama (ALA 45, UTC 0) OR Mississippi State at Arkansas (ARK 42, MSU 21) *November 28 – #20 Ole Miss at Mississippi State (MSU 41, MISS 27)

2010 SEC Network football schedule

*September 4 –

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at #23

(UGA 55, ULL 7) *September 11 –

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at #8

(FLA 38, USF 14) *September 18 – Vanderbilt at Ole Miss (VAN 28, MISS 14) *September 25 –

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(TENN 32, UAB 29 (2OT)) *October 2 –

at Ole Miss (MISS 42, UK 35) *October 9 – Tennessee at Georgia (UGA 41, TENN 14) *October 16 – Vanderbilt at Georgia (UGA 43, VAN 0) *October 23 – Ole Miss at #21

(ARK 38, MISS 24) *October 30 – Tennessee at #17

(USC 38, TENN 24) *November 6 – Florida at Vanderbilt (FLA 55, VAN 14) *November 13 – Vanderbilt at Kentucky (UK 38, VAN 20) *November 20 –

at #17 South Carolina (USC 69, Troy 24) *November 27 – Kentucky at Tennessee (TENN 24, UK 14)

2011 SEC Network football schedule

*September 3 –

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at #2

(ALA 48, KSU 7) *September 10 – #16

(AUB 41, MSU 34) *September 17 – Ole Miss at Vanderbilt (VAN 30, MISS 7) *September 24 –

at Ole Miss (UGA 27, MISS 13) *October 1 –

at #1

(LSU 35, UK 7) *October 8 – Kentucky at #18

(USC 54, UK 3) *October 15 – #15 South Carolina at Mississippi State (USC 14, MSU 12) *October 22 – #10

at Ole Miss (ARK 29, MISS 24) *October 29 – #8 Arkansas at Vanderbilt (ARK 31, VAN 28) *November 5 – Vanderbilt at

(FLA 26, VAN 21) *November 12 – Kentucky at Vanderbilt (VAN 38, UK 8) *November 19 – Kentucky at #13 Georgia (UGA 19, UK 10) *November 26 –

at Kentucky (UK 10, TENN 7)

2012 SEC Network football schedule

All times listed are ET *September 1 – Noon – Buffalo at #6

(UGA 45, BUFF 23) *September 8 – Noon –

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at #9

(USC 48, ECU 10) *September 8 – 3:30pm –

at #1

(ALA 35, WKU 0) *September 15 – Noon –

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(AUB 31, ULM 28) *September 22 – Noon –

at #14

(FLA 38, UK 0) *September 29 – Noon –

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(TAMU 58, ARK 10) *October 6 – Noon – #20

(MSU 27, UK 14) *October 13 – Noon –

at Ole Miss (MISS 41, AUB 20) *October 20 – Noon –

at Vanderbilt (VAN 17, AUB 13) *October 27 – Noon – Ole Miss at

(MISS 30, ARK 27) *November 3 – Noon –

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(ARK 19, TUL 15) *November 10 – Noon –

at #6

(FLA 27, ULL 20) OR

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(MIZZ 51, TENN 48 (4OT)) *November 17 – Noon –

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at #4

(ALA 49, WCU 0) OR

(MSU 45, ARK 10) *November 24 – Noon –

(TENN 37, UK 17)

2013 SEC TV football schedule

All times listed are ET *August 31 – 12:21pm – Toledo at #10

(FLA 24, TOL 6) *September 7 – 12:21pm –

(TEN 52, WKU 20) *September 14 – 12:21pm –

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(ARK 24, USM 3) *September 21 – 12:21pm –

at #9

(UGA 45, UNT 21) *September 28 – 12:21pm –

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(TEN 31, USA 24) *October 5 – 12:21pm –

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at #1

(ALA 45, GST 3) *October 12 – 12:21pm –

(USC 52, ARK 7) *October 19 – 12:21pm – #22

at #14

(MIZZ 36, FLA 17) *October 26 – 12:21pm – Vanderbilt at #14

(TEXAS A&M 56, VANDY 24) *November 2– 12:21pm –

at #14

(USC 34, MSU 16) *November 9 – 12:21pm –

at Ole Miss (OLE MISS 34, ARK 24) *November 16 – 12:21pm –

at Vanderbilt (VANDY 22, UK 6) *November 23 – 12:21pm –

(MSU 24, ARK 17 (OT)) *November 30 – 12:21pm – Wake Forest at Vanderbilt (VANDY 23, WAKE 21)

Affiliates

Most affiliates alternated each season, depending on the sport. Many stations outside of the SEC's geographical footprint only carried SEC TV's football games, but most others, especially within the SEC footprint, also aired men's and women's basketball games offered in the sports package. Markets without an SEC TV broadcast partner accessed the broadcasts via

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s. In terms of market size, the only media market without an SEC TV partner was the

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area. The following channels carried SEC TV:

Broadcast stations

SEC Network Basketball Affiliates

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UTSports.com
.

Alabama

Alaska

Arkansas

Arizona

California

Washington D.C.

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Illinois

Iowa

Indiana

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Minnesota

Missouri

Mississippi

North Carolina

Nevada

Ohio

Oklahoma

Pennsylvania

Puerto Rico

South Carolina

Tennessee

Texas

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Regional cable channels

References

External links

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History

On-air personalities

Play-by-play commentator

Color analysts

Sideline reporters

Game schedules

2009 SEC Network football schedule

2010 SEC Network football schedule

2011 SEC Network football schedule

2012 SEC Network football schedule

2013 SEC TV football schedule

Affiliates

Broadcast stations

Alabama

Alaska

Arkansas

Arizona

California

Washington D.C.

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Illinois

Iowa

Indiana

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Minnesota

Missouri

Mississippi

North Carolina

Nevada

Ohio

Oklahoma

Pennsylvania

Puerto Rico

South Carolina

Tennessee

Texas

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Regional cable channels

See also

References

External links