Third-tier media rights that have been owned by Big 12 schools will now belong to ESPN, the conference and cable sports network announced on Wednesday.
Among the biggest changes: Kansas Jayhawks basketball fans will need a subscription to the ESPN+ streaming service to watch the two exhibition and four KU nonconference games that have previously aired on local cable and TV networks. Similar Kansas State basketball games, as well as one KU and one K-State football game per season are also going to live streaming instead of cable or over-the-air broadcasts, though they can still be streamed on a traditional TV.