Question for TV peeps in the know.

[wutamess]

Lets say I wanted to stream every away or home game of a small college sport to a public audience. Are there any laws I'd be breaking.

I'm talking about buying my own cameras paying my own reporters and the whole nine.

Would I be in trouble with the FCC or the college or anything?

[Phobia]

FCC? No. College - yes.

[wutamess]

This is a really small college.
How so if I have my own equipment etc?

How much would it take to buy the rights or whatever?

[SDChiefs]

You would have to get NCAA approval, if not, said schools approval as well.

[SDChiefs]

You would probably have to work out an agreement same as Fox and CBS do with the NFL. Not sure how much money would be involved.

[wutamess]

Even though I'd make nothing off broadcasting the game?

[wutamess]

Wouldn't be the same concept as this?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,209297,00.html

[ElGringo]

Yes it would be similar, but different in you are not a part of the conference or school. The other thing I did notice in the article was
"The financial setup is different from traditional television contracts, in which networks pay a flat fee for broadcast rights. In the Big Sky contract, the schools keep the rights and provide feeds to SportsCast, which processes the video for viewing online."
Basically, the school owns the broadcast, not you, and give the feeds to another company to broadcast.

EDIT: I have continued reading to learn some, if not all, also charge a fee to view this online, so the school is making money.