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Originally Posted by XaulZan11
If the presidental inaguration, NBC's Sunday night football, NCAA tournament, and the Olympics (from China) be webcasted live with near tv quality, why can't FIRST? Maybe you could create a real nice player that includes team rankings, rules and links that explain FIRST.
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Get some sponsors for it and I'm sure something could be arranged. That is probably the #1 reason they are so professional-looking (besides being things that "everyone" is interested in).
That is also what we're trying to change. We want that type of exposure. But it comes at a price. Let's look at TV for a minute--just live TV, not webcasted. Webcasted gets the same sort of thing, but on another scale.
The first type of question TV stations would ask is, how long would we need? The second is, who's paying, and the third is, where do we put the commercials?
I can answer those questions, somewhat. In answer to the first one, all day, two straight days. Who would display us? Discovery? Yeah, right. FOX Sports? Doubt it. ESPN? They'll say, we tried already. The only stations that would show us for that kind of time are sports stations, and we aren't a sport (in some estimations), or there are other sports wanting the time.
I don't have an answer for the second. Hence the finding sponsors comment.
For the third: you have two options: compress the matches after the fact and split between matches, or put the commercials between the matches. Problem with the latter: commercial time = time of show. TV station likes it, viewers hate it, TV station loses viewers. Problem with the former: needs editing.
My solution might work for Discovery: Follow a team all season, maybe 3-4. This would need consent of the team(s) involved. Edit after the season, then show the next fall as teams start up. Format similar to "Deadliest Catch", say. Include the matches. Or you could just do the competitions that way.