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And where exactly does pay-per-view IceNetwork come in?
Their role is to show any skaters that get "chacked" by NBC or its website. As for the schedule, we don't know yet.
I guess you'd rather see nothing then. Fine. I'm simply trying to flip the situation.
I'm not saying people should be HAPPY. I'm saying they should be THANKFUL. Big difference. You really can't please everyone though, no matter how good or bad your broadcasts are. People will find something (or someone) they don't like about the coverage and harp on it, maybe even complain to the network if it's bad enough. And that's not a bad thing- in fact, it's pretty instinctive to do so.
You missed my point. Where does the feed to Ice NetWork come from? Why would Ice NetWork have to pick up the slack? They do not have the resources for such an undertaking, duh. obvious. Your NBC and ESPN sharing the Tennis is not quite correct. NBC shows actual Tennis all week and weekends. ESPN shows just a 'roundup' of Tennis as would any sports magazine including the top events. NBC is all LIVE most of the time. ESPN is just highlights later in the evening which can also be picked up by CBS. NBC is the big cheese here.Right, Ice network is part of the new USFS TV deal as WELL as NBC/nbcsports.com. What I said above was the claim made by USFS that ALL skaters at SA and Nats would get shown on one of those three platforms (NBC-TV, NBCsports.com, Icenetwork.com). They made that promise to the fans; now it's up to them to keep it. Nbc will only want a limited amount of skaters (the popular ones) so it will be up to icenetwork to pick up the slack. Sorta like the way NBC and ESPN share Wimbledon coverage; NBC airs weekend matches and the big finals and semifinals while ESPN2 picks up the slack by showing the rest of the event.
As for the 2008 GP (outside of SA) we'll see. I don't think they'll get shown (or if they do, we may get something like 1 hr per event).
I too have a feeling that there will be no coverage for the GP next year. Which will really stink. I think that in a few years all you will see is the National Championships and the Olympics.
A while ago weren't they trying to get a skating channel on television (kind of like how they have the golf channel and the tennis channel) but were unable to find enough support for it?
that's not a surprise since unlike tennis and golf skating has such a long off-season.
and the major events are compacted into 4 months..
and plus golf and tennis have 4 (or more for golf) grandslam tournaments and a lot of other tournaments in between.
Instead of a Grand Prix, why not have a Grand Slam series, and have them scattered throughout the year. It could be open to all qualified skaters to pick any 3 (or more) host countries of their choice. A tailored lavender jacket to the winners and a Grand Slam event.
It's a steal from tennis, golf, and superbowl but it could work.
Joe
Ah, that's true. I never thought about that. Very true...what would such a network show during the, what, 7 or 8 months of offseason?? I don't think reruns of 1992 Nats would get a whole lot of viewers...only diehards. The only time such a network would be able to capitalize on its audience is in October, November, December, January and March, assuming it can gather TV rights to televise GP events, the GP final, and portions of US Nats and Worlds.
nah. tennis and golf don't have world championships. the nature of competitive skating does not really make this plausible.
Maybe such a network would be seasonal - showing a lot of competitions in the winter for a variety of olympic sports (skating of all kinds, skiing, snowboarding, curling what have you), and a alot of competitions in the summer for a another whole variety of olmpic sports, and commentators could constantly be building up the quadrennial - who is moving up, who is moving down, how does it look building toward xx olympic year date. Then, in 'unfilled time' could show those, hopefully relatively few, events that didn't get coverage during the season. Just my 2 cents (from someone who knows zero about this topic).