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Post by cooperphil156 on Apr 8, 2017 21:03:57 GMT
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Post by Chris on Apr 9, 2017 9:16:44 GMT
Encouraging news. Will be watching it later for sure. They need to televise the sport more to raise awareness but the problem I feel here is that the only people that would actually hear about this match being on would be hockey fans. Preaching to the choir in my eyes.
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Post by iginla on Apr 9, 2017 9:42:33 GMT
Encouraging news. Will be watching it later for sure. They need to televise the sport more to raise awareness but the problem I feel here is that the only people that would actually hear about this match being on would be hockey fans. Preaching to the choir in my eyes. Exactly. That's why the EIHL shouldn't have kept it up their sleeve until the last possible minute....like they always do ! # Brewey/up/wee wee/couldn't |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2017 15:23:43 GMT
The quality thus far has been excellent.
Really hope the EIHL can build on this relationship with the BBC.
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Post by iginla on Apr 9, 2017 20:35:29 GMT
Do we know what kind of audience it drew today ?
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Post by OwenB on Apr 9, 2017 21:02:29 GMT
Encouraging news. Will be watching it later for sure. They need to televise the sport more to raise awareness but the problem I feel here is that the only people that would actually hear about this match being on would be hockey fans. Preaching to the choir in my eyes. Exactly. That's why the EIHL shouldn't have kept it up their sleeve until the last possible minute....like they always do ! # Brewey/up/wee wee/couldn't Iginla - the broadcast wasn't publicised any sooner than it was because we wanted to make sure it was fully tested, rather than promise something we couldn't deliver. |
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Post by iginla on Apr 9, 2017 21:11:32 GMT
Exactly. That's why the EIHL shouldn't have kept it up their sleeve until the last possible minute....like they always do ! # Brewey/up/wee wee/couldn't Iginla - the broadcast wasn't publicised any sooner than it was because we wanted to make sure it was fully tested, rather than promise something we couldn't deliver. Why didn't you test it a couple of weeks ago then,say at the last home league game against the Steelers ? Surely if you can broadcast a league game you can broadcast POFW. |
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Post by OwenB on Apr 9, 2017 21:15:18 GMT
Iginla - the broadcast wasn't publicised any sooner than it was because we wanted to make sure it was fully tested, rather than promise something we couldn't deliver. Why didn't you test it a couple of weeks ago then,say at the last home league game against the Steelers ? Surely if you can broadcast a league game you can broadcast POFW. For all sorts of reasons. Availability of the crew, availability of the kit, capacity & other commitments at the BBC's end, not to mention cost involved in it all. Can't we just appreciate the progress that was made? It's hopefully a big step forward. |
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Post by iginla on Apr 9, 2017 21:24:24 GMT
Why didn't you test it a couple of weeks ago then,say at the last home league game against the Steelers ? Surely if you can broadcast a league game you can broadcast POFW. For all sorts of reasons. Availability of the crew, availability of the kit, capacity & other commitments at the BBC's end, not to mention cost involved in it all. Can't we just appreciate the progress that was made? It's hopefully a big step forward. We do appreciate the progress Owen yes,you do a very good job. It's the clowns at EIHL towers with their ultra secretive ways who let the fans down. So can we assume it was a success and now we know it's possible it will happen again on the BBC next year ? I only ask,so that i know whether or not to buy a POFW ticket early again next year. Or will they have to test it again....once all the tickets have been sold ! |
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Post by pantherdman on Apr 9, 2017 21:31:44 GMT
Did I not watch the final on the BBC last year? On a last minute webcast?
It was quality this year tbf, I watched the end of unlimited over time on the bus home.
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Post by Yotes on Apr 9, 2017 21:37:24 GMT
The Challenge Cup Final was shown in the same way on the BBC last year, dunno about the PO final. Final worked brilliantly this year, in fact all of the coverage worked brilliantly for me (listened to the semi finals in the car yesterday, then watched today's final via the BBC Sport App). Many thanks to OwenB et al for all their work on it. As an aside, it's nice to see Iggy confirming Gary has been right all along and that webcasts will affect attendance. |
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Post by pantherdman on Apr 10, 2017 11:36:50 GMT
Yes, it was the challenge cup final. Well done yotes.
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Post by messier1851 on Apr 11, 2017 17:18:08 GMT
Hugely positive, I watched it via the app on TV, thought the coverage was very good. I got into watching ice hockey after seeing it on Grandstand all those years ago and while I appreciate there are financial decisions to be made in terms of who pays the production costs (these things aren't cheap, trust me) and the fact that I imagine the EIHL would like to see some money for the rights, you cannot put a price on this kind of exposure. The video highlights were on the BBC Sport website too, it's a great way of promoting the game in this country and in a positive manner too. Sadly you often only see hockey getting a mention when it's for the wrong reasons, the last 'big' clip I remember seeing was Joe Grimaldi's helmet-throw a couple of years back. The BBL have a hook-up with the BBC, one game live every Friday, something like that could work wonders for the EIHL. Plus that way it's shared around the clubs so one team won't feel they are missing out because they are always being televised/streamed and attendances are suffering. Well done all involved in the production  |
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