World CC televised in US?

[DrJay]

Re: World CC televised in US?

>April 16th-1 hour-CBC.

Come, you've got to be shittin' us! Must have been in the Pope's will or something.

edit: Oops. I read CBS instead of CBC. So much for the Vatican's influence on US TV programming.

[wineturtle]

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><<Gary - ever thought of offering fee-based web-coverage of Euro
>meets via
>your site?>>

Yes. And we also thought about buying the Empire State Building
>and we didn't think either would fly.
Listen up you Ink Stained Wretches...........
Rockefeller Drug Laws are too harsh to free-base in NY and the ESB was built to stay in one place unlike the buildings on your coast that are built to drop into the ocean when St. Andreas foot faults(emotocon here)

[MJD]

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April 16th-1 hour-CBC.

[trackhead]

Re: World CC televised in US?

For World events, in most countries their boradcast on state subsidized networks (CBC, BBC, etc). I believe that in the US, Worlds 2003 was carried on ESPN only because of the dollars adidas spent in sponsoring the broadcast.

[David Andersen]

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The big problem is the IAAF takes 100% of the
>profits and owns 100% of the video rights to every single IAAF event and will
>not allow the host organization, LOC or Federation to make a single dime on
>broadcasting any IAAF Championship event. All broadcast advertising goes to
>the IAAF too and must be approved by them.

Then why does anyone broadcast the events if there is no money to be made? This cannot be true, or we would not see the World T&F meet in the US. The major networks would not broadcast it if there was no money to be made.

[David Andersen]

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Thanks for the clarity Gary. It's often hard to tell with email/message boards/etc..

[UKrules]

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if you've been to the World xc recently you'd realise that the IAAF has clearly no interest in marketing the meet or encouraging people to see it ..it's generally the best-kept secret in town

but i'm interested in how you fake out the BBC's UK 'subscribers" only..i seem to miss a lot of stuff that way in the US
i remember that there is a choice at some point in time in signing up for the service which asks whether one is UK-based or not.

[MJR]

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>Doesn't some of that have to do with US Networks being privately run, whereas
>most other countries have state-subsidized networks to pay for the cost of IAAF
>broadcasts?

The big problem is the IAAF takes 100% of the profits and owns 100% of the video rights to every single IAAF event and will not allow the host organization, LOC or Federation to make a single dime on broadcasting any IAAF Championship event. All broadcast advertising goes to the IAAF too and must be approved by them. They also have ridiculous rules on the number, size and placement of advertising signs anywhere in the venue.

Why would anyone in their right mind want to host an event from this organization if they cannot hope to make money from its media rights?

Earth to Monaco!!!

You are killing the sport to pad your own pockets!

[gh]

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<<Well sure, why bother
>when you have the market cornered on sarcasm?>>

While I certainly have no trouble being sarcastic, that wasn't meant to me. I thought the wildly exaggerated parallel I drew was so obvious as an attempt at humor that I dind't bother to put a smiley at the end. We are truly flattered that you could think that we could expand into such brave new realms, but T&FN is a small business with a small staff dedicated to print journalism. You'll not see us attempting to break into the brutal-brutal-brutal video business.

[trackhead]

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Doesn't some of that have to do with US Networks being privately run, whereas most other countries have state-subsidized networks to pay for the cost of IAAF broadcasts?

[MJR]

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>I've emailed Eurosport before about getting a line in the US and the respose
>has been that they don't have the rights to broadcast in N America -- I think
>that may cover internet broadcasts as well, but not radio.

The BBC, however,
>seems to be able to give live video/audio feed via the internet when it choses
>to do so, and only on certain occasions limits them to UK IPs only.

It's easy enough to spoof an IP address to view these things. If it was offered there would certainly be enough worldwide interest to justify the expense. One or two broadcasts would demonstrate the need to do worldwide feeds for every competition. People need to get out of the 1950s and realize this and open up the sport to the potential audiences. The IAAF does a great job of talking about reaching the American public, but does absolutely nothing of any value to actually accomplish this goal. They are their own worst enemies and cannot even get out of their own way in promoting the sport in the US.

[David Andersen]

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><<Gary - ever thought of offering fee-based web-coverage of Euro
>meets via
>your site?>>

Yes. And we also thought about buying the Empire State Building
>and we didn't think either would fly.



Well sure, why bother when you have the market cornered on sarcasm?

[kuha]

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American television is a lost cause. I've ceased to worry or agonize over what it doesn't do. The IAAF used to offer videos of each year's World X-C race. I have them for the mid-1990s and they're great. So, if you're not hung up on "real time" viewing, that's the way to go...

OR, option two: fly to France to watch it in person. Flights this time of year are cheap and as long as you don't eat, stay in hotels, or rent a car, the whole thing won't cost much at all. (Isn't the worthless dollar a joy?)

[cands1]

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You guys know Canadian Television covers the World XC's every year right? But I think it's always the weekend after the fact. So just move to Seattle.

[einnod23]

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><<Gary - ever thought of offering fee-based web-coverage of Euro
>meets via
>your site?>>

Yes. And we also thought about buying the Empire State Building
>and we didn't think either would fly.

From an east coast fan, I would not want the ownership of the ESB in the hands of the West Coast!!!!!

Y'all might wanna put beaches and oceans around it in Midtown!!!!!! (hahahaha!!!!!!!)