Mmmm. Right thing to do, but the wrong place to do it.
You know the way I didn't watch the first 2 Senior GP's at the time. Well, the past couple of weeks I have been trying to catch up on them.
Last week, I watched Skate America in the days leading up to the Trophée de France. And I was annoyed that as you were scrolling through the videos to find the archived stream, you couldn't avoid seeing who finished in the Top 3 of each of the segments, because they were only cutting individual videos for the Top 3 finishers.
This week, I was trying to get watch Skate Canada watched in the days leading up to the Cup Of China (I didn't succeed, due to other things getting in the way). And despite it being only 2 weeks ago, it was a nightmare trying to find the archived streams. As well as the results giveaway videos, I was having to deal with speed skating videos as well. And then this morning when I went to watch the Pairs SP before the LIVE stuff from Chongqing came on, there were old videos to scroll past as well!
Apart from anything else, the way these old videos are being uploaded means that they are out of sequence, mixed up in between modern stuff. So, if you are going to be looking for something specific, it's going to be a nightmare to find it.
No, the ISU should be building an archive library on their own website rather than on YouTube. That way, it could be structured and everything properly organised. And it would have the benefit of not being under constant threat from the copyright police.
Hey, if they did everything in-house on their own website, they might even be able to keep better controls on the geo-blocking. (I feel so sorry for our Aussie friends, and all the confusion they are having to deal with).
What the ISU are doing at the moment on YouTube is a total and utter mess. In fact, I would go as far as to say that it is a shambles. And it does not reflect well on an organisation that is supposed to be running a number of sports.
CaroLiza_fan
The ISU posts the streams on their youtube channel a few hours before each event. So you can try putting them on Watch Later (yes that thing people don't really use but should), so the next time you pull up youtube, you can go straight to your Watch Later playlist and click the now-archived stream without having to go through spoilers or speed skating. :thumbsup: