Dana
Double Eagle Member
I would love to argue with Jamie on some of his facts... but I can't. Most of what he says is correct. The only thing I will say is that I don't believe that it is a "fools bet". I am pretty foolish, but we at SmashBoxx hope to be in the black by next year. Granted, we have been pretty fortunate with a few decisions we have made, and being the only live disc golf broadcasting still out there helps out a lot.
People WILL watch after the fact if 2 things are in play. First, no condensed coverage. Second. Exciting round. But, we don't ever want to hold anyone "ransom" with no condensed coverage. But, we also rarely plan on doing condensed coverage from our footage because of the extra time and logistics it takes.
But I agree with Corin in that live has an advantage of built in sponsorship time as opposed to cut footage that people can fast forward through. We have an advantage of having the option to get multiple advertisers (depending on the event). The standard has already been set for cut coverage of quick videos with no commercials.
But, the cost of broadcasting is coming down year after year as the cost of data is lowering. We can only hope it continues to decline.
What about Terra Firma/DGPTV? They just did live with the DGWT for LaMirada...they cash their checks and call it quits?