What happens once the Longhorn Network goes off the air? Texas has a plan.
When Texas heads to the Southeastern Conference, what will happen to the Longhorn Network and all of the content that the television station has produced over the years?
At Tuesday's Texas Athletics Town Hall, UT athletics director Chris Del Conte answered that question. Del Conte noted that LHN will be folded into the SEC Network once Texas switches conferences this summer.
As for what LHN has produced since it first went on the air in 2011, Del Conte said that Texas owns "our catalog for the last 13, 14 years of everything that's ever been on the Longhorn Network." Del Conte shared that Texas will create a channel on a platform like YouTube to store all of that content.
"We're gonna have shoulder programming around games, we're gonna still do a lot of things that we're going to do," Del Conte said. "We're also going to have all our great moments that were on Longhorn Network be a part of that. So that'll be rolling out in early June," said Del Conte, who said this new venture will retain the Longhorn Network name.
Even though the SEC Network and other ESPN platforms will air most of the UT athletic department's home games moving forward, Del Conte said that Texas will be tasked with producing those games. Texas has plans to partner with the Moody College of Communication to recruit students to help with that. A new studio has been created for those production efforts.
"They're going to be an integral part of putting all the games on those platforms. How cool is that? And that project is almost complete, and it'll be phenomenal this fall and I can't wait to see that," Del Conte said. "Now sometimes you'll be watching the game and you'll see if there was a home run or not and the camera missed it. It's OK, it's our kids doing it. ... Don't email me or blast them. This is one of those really cool moments in time where we get to partner with our own students and Moody College. This is gonna be something really special moving forward."
This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Chris Del Conte outlines the future for LHN content, Texas broadcasts
