JKT90 Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 It's been since 2001 that finals were broadcast live...why did it take so long to do that? Were they worried about the potential effect on ticket sales? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos001 Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 I wonder if pre-sales for Finals were down this year? Coming to the same place year after year can get a bit old (especially in a city that only has so much to offer outside of drum corps). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 (edited) I remember some people here, late last year or early this year, mentioning that they were asked to respond to a survey whose questions suggested that DCI was then contemplating a live Finals broadcast for this year. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Link to discussion threads for all 2013 World Class corps Edited August 2, 2013 by N.E. Brigand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 It's been since 2001 that finals were broadcast live...why did it take so long to do that? Were they worried about the potential effect on ticket sales? in a word...yes. Drum corps is best seen live, we all know that. ......but if you showit online, it may tempt people not to go. Now for 40 years, people havent been able to go for a variety of reasons that would love to see it. With the Fan network being still a new option, I can see their hesitatation, but between the popularity issues with Indy, the economy etc....it was time. DCI will be getting money from people they never got from them before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook'emCavies Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 While I am all for this... doesn't anyone feel like $49-$69 for a webcast is a bit too much? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleveland1 Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 When its the most important show of the season? No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook'emCavies Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 When its the most important show of the season? No. I guess I might be too cheap then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta05 Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 in a word...yes. Drum corps is best seen live, we all know that. ......but if you showit online, it may tempt people not to go. Now for 40 years, people havent been able to go for a variety of reasons that would love to see it. With the Fan network being still a new option, I can see their hesitatation, but between the popularity issues with Indy, the economy etc....it was time. DCI will be getting money from people they never got from them before. Do you think the effect is greater in this activity versus, say, college football (or other similar sporting events)? Other than blackouts, those games are pretty regularly broadcast live nationwide. Obviously drum corps is a much more niche activity than college football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drilltech1 Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 While I am all for this... doesn't anyone feel like $49-$69 for a webcast is a bit too much? there are several ways of approaching an answer to this question. If the starting point is what is the cost to produce such a product and how is that cost subsidized by the viewers, that is one answer. if one remembers that the FN coordinator is on record here on DCP that the total viewership for the season's FN is only 5000 viewers (only as compared to the total number of seats at UMN, Stanford, Georgiadome, Allentown, or Lucas) the cost may not seem so high. If the starting point is how do we expand the viewing audience of drum corps and use the live broadcast of the championship as a tool, there is another answer. perhaps yes to entice more fan viewing. If the starting point is how should this be priced as compared to the actual ticket price for actually sitting in the stadium where tickets go as high as $150, the answer may be no. If the starting point is how should this be priced as compared to other broadcasts of similar entertainments to the same market, then perhaps the answer is a qualified no If the starting point is an empty wallet in a down economy or a empty wallet of someone unemployed who would love to be there but, or a sparsely filled wallet of a young fan without much savings, then the answer is yes. The solution is to host a viewing by several fans who contribute to the total cost. Yes or no, we don't know how the prices are determined. How broad is the committee of persons and how broad the representations of the committee who makes those decisions??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamarag Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 While I am all for this... doesn't anyone feel like $49-$69 for a webcast is a bit too much? You can't do dinner for two for cheaper than that at a decent restaurant. It's a great price. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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