110 Sport . TV to stream WSA Qualifiers

[wildJONESEYE]

I wonder who the surprise commentators will be - if its JV and WT they will need to remember not to be so critical of everyone that doesnt play like Ronnie and Hendry at their best.

Hendry and Ronnie will be nowhere near Pontins lol

[wildJONESEYE]

I wonder who the surprise commentators will be - if its JV and WT they will need to remember not to be so critical of everyone that doesnt play like Ronnie and Hendry at their best.

Hendry and Ronnie will be nowhere near Pontins lol

sorry i thought you said Hendry or Ronnie comantating lol....no chance of that.

[In-off]

110sport is run by Lee Doyle, who is also a WPBSA board member.

Two years ago, the board rejected a six figure offer by the Perform Group - the world leaders in internet streaming who have deals with dozens of sports governing bodys and major football clubs - to stream the qualifiers FOR FREE on betting websites. Perform went on to produce the Championship League for Matchroom.

So now we have a website run by a WPBSA board member that has 'attained' the rights to the qualifiers and is charging to show them.

Well done everyone.

[wildJONESEYE]

110sport is run by Lee Doyle, who is also a WPBSA board member.

Two years ago, the board rejected a six figure offer by the Perform Group - the world leaders in internet streaming who have deals with dozens of sports governing bodys and major football clubs - to stream the qualifiers FOR FREE on betting websites. Perform went on to produce the Championship League for Matchroom.

So now we have a website run by a WPBSA board member that has 'attained' the rights to the qualifiers and is charging to show them.

Well done everyone.

are you sure that perform did put a bid forward ?

janie over to you at pontins ....if perform can do it for free whats the difference with 110 sport ?

[dannyd0g]

Griffiths and Walker going by Janie's post.

Yes, but that post also said there will be additional commentators as well as TG and RW.

And Wild, I know Ronnie and Hendry will neither be playing at or commenatating at Pontins. I just meant That Virgo and Thorne tend to be highly critical of anyone that doesnt play like those 2 at their best. IF JV and WT do do a bit at pontins I hope they make allowances that the level may be slightly lower than the heights of Ronnie and Hendry at their best....

[April madness]

if perform can do it for free whats the difference with 110 sport ?

I would think that's because the streaming is put on BETTING websites. Meaning that there still is mutual benefit for the Perform and for the betting websites in question. Somebody has to cover streaming costs. I guess it attracts quite a lot of money from people who gamble... and get more people who like snooker, to register on those websites and maybe decide to gamble too Of course, some part of spectators are left out - children (at least I would imagine they are not allowed on betting websites?).

[wildJONESEYE]

Yes, but that post also said there will be additional commentators as well as TG and RW.

And Wild, I know Ronnie and Hendry will neither be playing at or commenatating at Pontins. I just meant That Virgo and Thorne tend to be highly critical of anyone that doesnt play like those 2 at their best. IF JV and WT do do a bit at pontins I hope they make allowances that the level may be slightly lower than the heights of Ronnie and Hendry at their best....

lol

proberbly as a 110 sport player Doherty will be doing some comantating

[ferret]

I also know that Betfred were looking into streaming the qualifiers as I had talks with them about putting the streaming on to TSF

But as it has been said many times in the past The WSA is still a boys club and if you are in that club you can reap the rewards and if you do not know the secret handshake then you will get nothing even if your offerings are better than anything form within the club.

[wildJONESEYE]

I would think that's because the streaming is put on BETTING websites. Meaning that there still is mutual benefit for the Perform and for the betting websites in question. Somebody has to cover streaming costs. I guess it attracts quite a lot of money from people who gamble... and get more people who like snooker, to register on those websites and maybe decide to gamble too Of course, some part of spectators are left out - children (at least I would imagine they are not allowed on betting websites?).

ive watched the championship league for 2 seasons on bet365 and not bet a penny on anything ....

[wildhoney28]

I count on some links from monday

[April madness]

ive watched the championship league for 2 seasons on bet365 and not bet a penny on anything ....

me too, but we are just a small fraction of those who watched it... well, I am pretty sure betting companies don't do free lunch either, that's economics

[Forman]

you cant expect them to do it for free .......they are a buisness not a charity.

it costs money from somewhere to put this on who do you expect to pay then ????

I dont think the post was suggesting they should behave like a charity, most radio stations and tv channels survive solely on advertising revenue.

this paragraph in the original post explains exactly where they can make money if they offered the streams for free or a lower fee, the main point is high viewing figures are essential when it comes to selling advertising.

"When broadcasting events like this, it is important to recognise that the viewers are not the costumers. They are the products which are sold to advertisers. The more viewers there are, the easier it is to sells ads, both in the arena and in the broadcast itself. With a potential of viewers in the millions in the far east it is definitely a mistake to charge for the streaming. At £2.99 per session they should be happy with a few thousand viewers, which is too little to make any real money from advertisements."

[wildJONESEYE]

foreman i agree with you they have short sighted view of it and they dont take the long term view.

hopefully sense will prevail eventually.

[noel]

the viewers are not the costumers. They are the products which are sold to advertisers

Craig I agree with your very important point.

The problems with the 25 year slide in the fortunes of snooker have nothing to do with faster cloths,
bigger bags, too many reds, "cookie-cutter" potting machines, or lack of "characters".
New audiences were not seeded, nurtured and harvested, resulting, as you say mate, with no new "products".
Really, when you think what's happened to our beautiful, brilliant sport... it's crazy! *

Think back on the incredible effect colour TV had on snooker in the 80's... realize now the incredible new opportunities snooker can capitalize on. Thanks to new technologies, the internet, smaller, less expensive and better digital cams, cheap facilitating software and the fact that there are more computers than TVs,
a whole new fan (product) base awaits. Web streaming can reach 1000 X more people with 10 X more snooker events worldwide than restricted licence broadcast by Euro or BBC... programming NOT SOLD to other countries. And if snooker can take advantage of the new paradigm, the one in the music industry that says it is vastly more profitable to give away downloads to millions and then reap big ticket revenues on live touring events worldwide, it can create a new generation of supporters, viewers and players.
If that "product" growth can be demonstrated, sponsors will line up.
Meanwhile, in snooker terms, let's develop the proper form, look at what shot is on now, make it, then carry on to our quest to make the 147,000 pound prize!

Snooker Web Streaming... Give it up!




=o)

Noel




*
... crazy being defined as doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

[wildJONESEYE]

Just a thought how the hell do you Register for it and get youre £2.99 worth of viewing ???