Re: [Swprograms] BBCWS and Olympics streaming -- only slightly affected in 2008

["Scott Royall" <royall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, I was speaking of Internet PPV in general.

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> Subject: Re: [Swprograms] BBCWS and Olympics streaming -- only slightly
affected in
> 2008
>
> Straying somewhat from "shortwave" (!) I have read that Major League
> Baseball is overall satisfied with their streaming revenue.  That's a
> subscription model more than a PPV model.
>
> However I agree, Scott, that overall the attempts to get money from
> premium access for the Olympics have not fared well, at least on TV.
>
> It appears AT&T won the 24/7 Olympics rights for mobile TV; Verizon
> won analogous rights for its FIOS service.
>
> NBC will be streaming much content online - but some of the more
> prestigious sports will only be available on a TV service.
>
> See
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-nbc-to-stream-2200-hours-of-olympics-
> coverage-live
> for an analysis & commentary.
>
> As for radio rights, the only thing I found was the BBC's Radio 5 Live
> Sports Extra service.  I doubt they'll be streaming...when the channel
> service airs something not blessed for streaming, you hear a
> continuous loop promoting the 5 Live Sports Extra channel.
>
> See
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/radio/wk32/feature_olympic.shtml
>
> Richard C
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Scott Royall <royall@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > My perspective is that you are correct on this. The rights holders have
> > visions of revenue from their events, and don't yet realize how poorly
the
> > pay-for-view model does on the Internet.
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