SBI Going Pay-Per-View With Online Streaming Race Coverage This Season
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Breaking news out of SBI for the 2016 season, http://speedonthewater.com/in-the-ne...ge-this-season
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IMHO - If they are going to go PPV, they have to do a whole lot better with the technical issues in Production - like down to 0 in a full broadcast!
I have no Problem Paying for a quality broadcast... but not keen to have $$$ out while someone tries to get their Production issues resolved.
I have no Problem Paying for a quality broadcast... but not keen to have $$$ out while someone tries to get their Production issues resolved.
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I watched about 10 minutes of last year's race feed.......not continuous minutes but rather a start or finish, maybe a crowded turn........It was awfully boring to watch and the commentary was dreadful. I don't pay per view much (Tyson fight from the 90's comes to mind) but if I struggled to watch it for free what chance do they have getting someone to pay for that lousy feed?
I am not a fan of a particular team but I like the boats, the sounds etc. So if SBI thinks they are going to get rich off PPV from Joe Public I suspect they are going to be real disappointed especially if a 14 yr old kid covers the race from a good vantage point and then dumps his videos on youtube!
I am not a fan of a particular team but I like the boats, the sounds etc. So if SBI thinks they are going to get rich off PPV from Joe Public I suspect they are going to be real disappointed especially if a 14 yr old kid covers the race from a good vantage point and then dumps his videos on youtube!
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they need to go the other way and pay people to view. at least then they could get the viewership up. In all seriousness, these are the kinds of thing I have been complaining about for years. everyone says that I should quit being negative, etc. but the sport keeps proving me right by slowly killing itself with bad moves.


