While exact figures haven't been released, it has been reported that the BTN is getting comparable rates in the newly expanded NYC-DC corridor as it currently receives in the rest of the B1G footprint. That would mean somewhere in the neighborhood of $1 per household, per month. If the exact amount is not revealed we can figure it out during next years BTN payout to schools. It will be somewhere around $1 per household per month, or $12 per household per year.
Advertising revenue will increase as well. BTN went from coverage in 52 million homes to coverage in over 60 million homes.
Of that revenue, operating costs must be deducted as well as the 51% cut that Fox gets for being a 51% owner of the network. What's left is then split between the 14 schools, though Nebraska, Maryland and Rutgers do not receive full equal shares until they buy in to the portion of the channel each school would own.
It took five years for BTN to turn a profit. In 12-13, that profit was one million per school, but that number will increase each year for the foreseeable future, as most operating cost investments have been paid off.
