Editing Conference USA (section)

== Media ==
In 2016, CUSA began a long-term television contract with lead partners [[ESPN]] and [[CBS Sports Network]], with ESPN carrying 5 football games and the football championship game; and CBSSN carrying 6 football games, 5 basketball games, and both the men's and women's basketball championship games.<ref name="sbnation-cusa16">{{cite web|title=What Conference USA's new TV deal may tell us about conference expansion|url=http://www.vanquishthefoe.com/2016/5/29/11807796/byu-football-big-12-expansion-tv-deal-conference-usa-2016|website=Vanquish the Foe (SBNation)|date=May 29, 2016|access-date=June 5, 2016}}</ref> CUSA also renewed and expanded its partnership with [[American Sports Network]]; owned and operated by [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]], ASN will carry between 15 and 30 football games; between 13 and 55 men's basketball games; and between 2 and 5 women's basketball games. ASN will also carry 10 events in other C-USA sports.<ref>{{cite web|title=Comprehensive Television Packages Announced For Conference USA|url=http://www.conferenceusa.com/genrel/052516aad.html|publisher=Conference USA|access-date=June 5, 2016}}</ref>

The conference also entered into a contract with [[beIN Sports (USA)|beIN Sports]] for 10 football games (marking the first domestic American football rights the network has ever acquired, and the first broadcast rights deal it had ever entered into with a college conference), 10 men's and 10 women's basketball games, 12 baseball and 12 softball games, 10 men's and 10 women's soccer games (excluding conference men's soccer games at Kentucky and South Carolina, covered by their primary conference's contract), and 10 women's volleyball games.<ref name="dnj-beincusa">{{cite web|title=Getting to know new C-USA TV partner beIN Sports|url=http://www.dnj.com/story/sports/college/mtsu/2016/05/23/getting-know-new-c-usa-tv-partner-bein-sports/84800568/|website=The Daily News Journal|access-date=May 24, 2016}}</ref>

The total values of the 2016 contracts are notably lower than those of the previous contracts (which included [[Fox Sports (United States)|Fox Sports]]).<ref name="sbnation-cusa16"/>

Former men's soccer associate members [[Kentucky Wildcats men's soccer|Kentucky]] and [[South Carolina Gamecocks men's soccer|South Carolina]] have an agreement with their primary conference for other sports to carry all home matches online through the [[SEC Network]] service. This included all of those teams' matches against CUSA opponents before the two schools moved men's soccer to the Sun Belt Conference in 2022. ESPN and the SEC Network had first rights to all CUSA home men's soccer matches featuring both schools.

In 2017 American Sports Network and Campus Insiders merged creating [[Stadium (sports network)|Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.multichannel.com/news/sports/stadium-streams-web-twitter-and-pluto-tv/414813|title=Stadium Streams to the Web, Twitter and Pluto TV – Multichannel|website=www.multichannel.com|access-date=September 27, 2017|archive-date=August 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825060938/http://www.multichannel.com/news/sports/stadium-streams-web-twitter-and-pluto-tv/414813|url-status=dead}}</ref>  Stadium's C-USA content will be available to stream on [[Twitter]] and [[Pluto TV]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://awfulannouncing.com/streaming/least-15-conference-usa-football-games-will-broadcast-twitter-stadium.html|title=At least 15 Conference USA football games will be broadcast on Twitter through Stadium|date=May 25, 2017}}</ref>   In 2017 Stadium completed a deal with [[Facebook]] to exclusively stream some C-USA football games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/23/facebook-will-live-stream-over-a-dozen-college-football-games-this-year/|title=Facebook will live stream over a dozen college football games this year – TechCrunch|website=techcrunch.com|date=August 23, 2017 }}</ref>  In 2017 CUSA entered an agreement with the streaming subscription service FloSports to stream three football games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flosports.tv/flosports-expands-division-i-football-coverage-with-conference-usa-games-on-flofootball-com/|title=FloSports Expands Division I Football Coverage With Conference USA Games on FloFootball.com – FloSports|date=August 31, 2017}}</ref>

===CUSA.tv===

In 2016 CUSA partnered with SIDEARM Sports to create a subscription based streaming service named CUSA.tv.  In a statement CUSA Commissioner Judy MacLeod said, "Thanks to our partnership with SIDEARM Sports, this new site showcases a clean modern look with easy access to information and we are proud to offer live content and original feature stories through our CUSA.tv."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://conferenceusa.com/news/2016/7/22/cusa_sidearm_partnership.aspx|title=Conference USA – Conference USA Announces Partnership With SIDEARM Sports|website=conferenceusa.com|date=July 22, 2016 }}</ref> Various sports including football, basketball, and baseball will exclusively air on CUSA.tv when they are not picked up by other networks.

===Return to ESPN and CBS Sports Network===

In 2022, CUSA signed a new media rights agreement establishing CBS Sports Network and ESPN as primary rights holders beginning in 2023. As part of this agreement, CUSA agrees to schedule eight midweek football games per season during the month of October, to be aired on ESPN platforms including both linear ESPN channels and the ESPN+ streaming outlet. CBS Sports Network continues with tier 1 selection status for CUSA football and men's basketball <ref> {{cite web|url=https://conferenceusa.com/news/2022/11/10/general-conference-usa-announces-multimedia-rights-deal.aspx|title=Conference USA announces Multimedia Rights Deal}} </ref>