After nearly a year of negotiations, Comcast, the state’s biggest cable provider, has agreed to offer the Big Ten Network to its customers on expanded basic service. The addition comes with no charge — at this point — to customers with the understanding that the channel can be moved to a digital level of service in the spring at a yet-to-be-determined fee. I give Comcast credit. It services 80 percent of Pennsylvania, including Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and recognizes that the BTN is important to its customers. How important and at what price? It will find that out after this football and basketball seasons, but at least it’s willing to acknowledge the Penn State fans around the state. Which is something Atlantic Broadband, which services Blair County, is not. When our cable (and phone and Internet) provider drew a line in the sand on the BTN last year, the position was more understandable because Comcast, the state heavyweight, was doing the same.