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CARBONDALE, Ill. — Saluki Athletics announced its television schedule for the 2018 football season on Friday, unveiling a package in which all 11 games will be televised. 

The non-conference TV slate begins at Murray State on Aug. 30 (OVC Digital Network), followed by Mississippi on Sept. 8 (SEC Network), and finally, the home opener versus SEMO on Sept. 15 (ESPN+).

All eight of SIU’s Missouri Valley Football Conference games will appear on the ESPN family of networks. The Illinois State game on Oct. 13 and the Western Illinois game on Nov. 3 were selected as part of the league’s eight-game production schedule and will appear on ESPN3 and select carriers.

Southern’s remaining six conference games will air on ESPN+, the premium multi-sport, direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service from The Walt Disney Company’s Direct-to-Consumer and International Group and ESPN.

The league’s digital initiative is available through the redesigned ESPN App and features live-event programming on both ESPN3 and ESPN+.  The new ESPN App gives fans a premier, all-in-one digital access point for everything ESPN offers — 1) news, scores, highlights and audio, 2) “TV Everywhere” streaming video and 3) ESPN+.  The league’s digital endeavor is part of its 10-year agreement with ESPN which runs through the 2023-24 academic year.
 
“We are very satisfied with the coverage that we’ve gotten with our agreement with ESPN.  The exposure that’s given us and the national respect that it’s given us is really important,” said MVFC Commissioner Patty Viverito.

Most of the events will be produced and transmitted by production units on each of the league’s campuses or by regional sports networks, while the league’s 8-game package will be produced and distributed by Tupelo Raycom of Indianapolis, Ind. — the Conference’s digital production agency.

SIU TV Schedule
Aug. 30   at Murray State (OVC Digital Network)
Sept. 8    at Mississippi (SEC Network)
Sept. 15    SEMO (ESPN+)
Sept. 29    South Dakota ( ESPN+)
Oct. 6    at Youngstown State (ESPN+)
Oct. 13    at Illinois State (MVFC Network/ESPN3)
Oct. 20    Indiana State (ESPN+)
Oct. 27    at Missouri State (ESPN+)
Nov. 3    Western Illinois (MVFC Network/ESPN3)
Nov. 10    South Dakota State (ESPN+)
Nov. 17    at North Dakota State (ESPN+)