I just looked it up. ESPN3 mainly. So yes, it is.
I'm not doing a very good job here...
I'm not doing a very good job here...
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Every try to watch a major college football game in a PUBLICLY owned stadium, without tickets?
Or, for that matter, a Winthrop basketball game in the arena they play the USDGC around?
Considering DGN subscriptions run:
$10/month
$75 for an entire year
I agree the $25 for a single event seems a bit out of line.
I just have a hard time believing they felt that $25 was the price point that would generate the most income. (am I wrong to assume that their goal is to make as much money as they could?)
It seems that they would get 3 or 4 times the viewers at $10. More viewers = more people talking about the tournament, buying products, seeing ads, etc.
I might get in at $10, but at $25..."Fuhgeddaboudit!"
I thought about a lower price point might increase viewership to the point of increased profits. But given the streaming problems they had, wouldn't more subscribers only make that situation worse?
I just have a hard time believing they felt that $25 was the price point that would generate the most income. (am I wrong to assume that their goal is to make as much money as they could?)
It seems that they would get 3 or 4 times the viewers at $10. More viewers = more people talking about the tournament, buying products, seeing ads, etc.
I might get in at $10, but at $25..."Fuhgeddaboudit!"
Is there post-production videos anywhere?
Yeah, I would never, ever try to guess what Innova was actually trying to do with this event. They have lost oodles and gobs of money on it over the years trying to prop up the illusion that disc golf could be big time. They have had the long game view of this from the start. Pay per view is probably a big part of that long game view and this was probably more of a test than a money grab.IMO Innova is probably not just straight up trying to maximize income from the one event but trying to feel out where the market is today without losing money on it. USDGC has historically had a large component of experimentation attached to it and this seems like more of it to me.
I thought about a lower price point might increase viewership to the point of increased profits. But given the streaming problems they had, wouldn't more subscribers only make that situation worse?
I watch my college's hockey teams (both men & women) on ESPN+ for $6/mo. 8 or so games a month for $6. It is pretty good coverage. Of course, there is tons and tons of other content that ESPN+ makes available to me (that I could watch for the same fee if I wanted to).
$25 for one event does not seem to match industry price points for a niche interest (like college hockey).