Facebook partners with startup to stream 15 college football games
Facebook has partnered with multi-platform sports startup Stadium to stream 15 college football games this season, the social network announced on Wednesday.
The nine Conference USA games and six Mountain West games will be exclusive to Facebook and will be custom-produced, which will allow for a curated live chat, a dedicated social development team and real-time social elements.
The streaming schedule kicks off on Sept. 2 with two games: Miami (Ohio) at Marshall, and UC Davis at San Diego State.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Facebook hasn't been as aggressive as its competitors in securing major sports streaming deals and Wednesday's announcement --- while big for the mid-major conferences involved --- certainly doesn't change that. Twitter has deals with the NBA, NFL and MLB for streaming programming and had the NFL Thursday Night Football package before Amazon secured those rights earlier this year.
Full schedule of Facebook college football games (all times ET):
Sept. 2: Miami (Ohio) at Marshall, 6:30 p.m.
Sept. 2: UC Davis at San Diego State, 8:30 p.m.
Sept. 7: Idaho State at Utah State, 8:00 p.m.
Sept. 9: New Mexico State at New Mexico, 8:00 p.m
Sept. 23: Florida International at Rice, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 23: Utah State at San Jose State, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 30: Texas State at Wyoming, 4:00 p.m.
Oct. 7: Southern Miss at Texas-San Antonio, 7:00 p.m.
Oct. 14: Wyoming at Utah State, 4:30 p.m.
Oct. 21: Rice at Texas-San Antonio, 7:00 p.m.
Oct. 28: Florida International at Marshall, 2:30 p.m.
Nov. 4: North Texas at Louisiana Tech, 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 11: Southern Miss at Rice, 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 18: Marshall at Texas-San Antonio, 7:00 p.m.
Nov. 25: Florida Atlantic at Charlotte, 2:00 p.m.
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