The SEC Network is worth three times more than the Big Ten Network.

How’s that for gargantuan rookie success?

Thanks in large part to former commissioner Mike Slive’s vision and the increased conference footprint with the addition of Mizzou and Texas A&M as members in 2011, conditions were ripe for a cable network dedicated to the most dominant league in college sports and viewers agreed.

John Talty’s recent piece for AL.com examines SEC Network’s success with staggering figures:

After the most successful network launch in cable television history, the SEC Network has a market value of $4.77 billion, according to research firm SNL Kagan. By comparison, the Big Ten Network, which launched in 2007, has a value of $1.59 billion.

SEC Network celebrated its first birthday on Aug. 14 after a record-setting year that left rival Power 5 channels applauding its efforts. ESPN and the SEC’s decision to share revenue near a 50/50 split, as it turns out, generated quite the financial windfall for both parties in terms of negotiating carriage agreements.

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“The SEC’s passion and devotion is clearly showing through here,” said Jeff Nelson, vice president of client strategy at Navigate Research, according to AL.com. “People wanted the network and were willing to pay for the network.”

At launch last August, SEC Network reached over 90 million homes. Earlier this year, AL.com estimated that the SEC Network contributed more than $100 million to the conference.

The SEC distributed a record $31 million in revenue to each school this season. It surpasses last year’s record revenue total of $455 million when taking into account total revenue based on the revenue-sharing plan for the 2014-15 fiscal year.