ISU's Vision 2030: Will it succeed?

[CellarDweller]

Regarding the post skate interviews, the people that were sitting with me in Boston all felt they needed to go away.

Most said they felt that was a time for skaters and their coaches to discuss what happened on the ice, and for the coach to support the skaters if the skates went badly.

They all didn't like the "Leader chair" either. They felt it was awkward to watch a skater sitting there, potentially watching someone else defeat them.

 

[saine]

They did also show Lombardia and other events before. Sadly their archives seems to be only temporary, as Lomardia is already no longer available.

Not sure if 20 Euro per event is going to increase the viewership that is a bit expensive, especially if it´s limited to a few weeks of catch up, isn´t it? Sportdeutschland TV is also charging 20 Euro for Nebelhorn and Bavarian Open each.

Did many of you purchase these passes?

I didn't buy one of the passes. I was too annoyed at them for making it paid when none of the other championships were that I didn't want to buy it. Then they uploaded the individual programs after the stream had finished, which defeated the purpose of having a paid stream. I watched those instead.

I don't think how they implemented it was thought through. I'm not paying $30 an event with a 30 day expiry if it's to pay for LED boards. Most of the main ISU events are available on CBC Sports for free, so I have that option at least. If they are going to have a paid streaming service, I'd hope it would have a library of past events since that's what I would expect from it. I did pay for Nebelhorn this season, that one was worth it for me based on several of the competitors being ones I like.

 

[Magill]

Regarding the post skate interviews, the people that were sitting with me in Boston all felt they needed to go away.

Most said they felt that was a time for skaters and their coaches to discuss what happened on the ice, and for the coach to support the skaters if the skates went badly.

They all didn't like the "Leader chair" either. They felt it was awkward to watch a skater sitting there, potentially watching someone else defeat them.

My feeling watching on TV was the same so good to know the feeling was shared between the venue and stream audiences. None of it felt good, despite the Leader Chair having facilitated the lovely Alysa and Kaori interaction.

 

[moonvine]

“'Skaters are the reason why this sport exists,' explained ISU president Jae Youl Kim"



Anyway...i hope whatever "simplifying the rules" means has no negative impact on the skaters or scoring and doesn't step us back 25 years. that one makes me a bit nervous. i have said for a long time figure skating needs to take a good look at gymnastics if they want to grow the sport. i don't think collegiate skating would ever be a big thing, but i think USFSA needs to either bring back some sort of pro competition or even a different kind of ice show besides stars on ice and really push the advertising and appeal to younger generations on social media. watching it has become so inaccessible and almost impossible...how do they expect to grow the sport when youtube streams are geoblocked, replays are only available on peacock for 2 days, it's not shown live on NBC or ESPN in the US anymore, and videos are almost immediately taken down from youtube? there's no visibility anymore. i can go on the USAG youtube channel and watch full NBC broadcasts of nationals from 15 years ago whenever i want.

That and they don’t take down bootlegs.