Some Ohio State games, events will be on Big Ten Plus. What you need to know about the streaming service
The Big Ten Conference was one of the first college athletic conferences to have its own network, and the venture has been a fruitful one.
And while many of the conference's sporting events are on television, sometimes there's just too much going on to make the network.
And that's why there's Big Ten Plus.
Big Ten Plus is a streaming service for for the Big Ten Network, not unlike ESPN+ and Disney+. It's a streaming service that has monthly and annual subscription packages that livestreams many of the conference's sporting events, from men's and women's basketball games to track and field events to field hockey and also other programing.
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The second game of the Ohio State men's basketball 2021-2022 season against Niagara will be broadcast on the streaming service, but that is the only one for the men's team. The women's team has a handful of games on the service.
The streaming service also allows viewers to watch past games, Big Ten Network shows and more.
According to the service, a subscription allows you access to:
- Livestreaming of more than 1,400 non-televised games
- Next-day, on-demand archives of both non-televised and televised games
- On demand access to the Big Ten Network’s video library of past seasons and programming
Here's what you need to know about Big Ten Plus, or B1G+
How do I subscribe to B1G+?
The service has a website where you can subscribe. It also has an app that can be downloaded from various providers, such as Apple.
One would create an account with an email and then build a username and password, like other online subscriptions.
How much is a subscription to to Big Ten Plus?
There are three subscription options: Conference Pass, School Pass and Sports Pass. Here's how much they cost:
Conference pass:
- Annual: $199.95
- Monthly: 14.95
This allows you access to everything on the service.
School Pass:
- Annual: $79.95
- Monthly: $9.95
This allows you access to all the events of a chosen school, like Ohio State.
Sports Pass:
Prices vary, but this option allows you to select a certain sport and have access to that content. Football is an option and costs $39.99 for a year, but doesn't include livestreaming.
Here's the annual costs of a sports pass:
- Baseball: $39.99
- Basketball: $54.99
- Field hockey: $39.99
- WCHA women's hockey: $49.99
- Men's hockey: $59.99
- Lacrosse: $39.99
- Soccer: $49.99
- Softball: $39.99
- Tennis: $39.99
- Volleyball: $54.99
- Wrestling: $69.99
Is BTN and BTN+ the same?
Previously, BTN+ plus was known as "BTN2Go," which was advertised as Big Ten Network's "TV Everywhere service."
That moved to Fox Sports' streaming platform. Big Ten Network's "direct-to-consumer subscription service" is BTN+.
So there is a connection, but ...
BTN+ does not livestream football games
To livestream football games for cord-cutters, you need to have access to a streaming service such as Fox Sports app, Hulu Live, ESPN+ or whichever network is broadcasting the game. BTN+ does allow access to replay of the football games.