VEX Worlds on ESPN2 20 July 9 PM

[Greg Needel]

Originally Posted by lynca

I hope the VEX Worlds Special hits it out of the park !



Just to be clear, Battlebots is the best TV event in a long time for Robotics (possibly since original BattleBots).
Educational Robotics needs to ride the BattleBots wave and start securing TV deals for Robotics shows.
Culture and entertainment money is changing fast!

FIRST needs to be calling the big networks and lining up Live TV specials of Einstein matches.

In light of this thought I was wondering how the ESPN deal came to be. ESPN & ABC are both Disney companies so it might be actually one network drafting on the other based on Battlebots (which vex is actively involved in).

Did ESPN come to vex/RECF? or they did VEX/RECF go to ESPN?, if it is the latter who paid for the expenses of making the show and putting it on the air? Is it a paid program slot like the Will.i.am special a few years ago? or is ESPN betting on ad revenue to cover the production costs?

I think if we want to see FIRST to start making these same type of TV impact it is important to see what models have worked before to get things on the air.

I'm really excited to see this tonight, I haven't been to VEX worlds in years and look forward to seeing how it has grown.