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#25 Re: IFSC 2017
April 05, 2017, 03:14:53 pm
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#26 Re: IFSC 2017
April 05, 2017, 03:22:41 pm
From IFSC facebook:

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It's official, #IFSCwc this year will be streamed LIVE on FloClimbing! Tune-in for the first #bouldering event in Meiringen on April 8th, and also stay tuned for original athlete documentaries, technique breakdowns, news, highlights, interviews and more!

It only mentions streaming so maybe the full comps will be uploaded to youtube at a later date..

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#27 Re: IFSC 2017
April 05, 2017, 03:23:59 pm
Talk about throttling the golden goose

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#28 Re: IFSC 2017
April 05, 2017, 03:26:31 pm
So it looks like you can pay for one month for $20 and the first four comps are all within one month so $5/comp. I would hope for a much higher quality stream/camerawork etc than previous years if I was paying for it though.

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#29 Re: IFSC 2017
April 05, 2017, 03:58:59 pm
Am i the only one who finds this sadly inevitable? Get the viewing figures up for the olympic bid, then bleed your cash cow dry.

It sounds like the comp footage will not be free, but there may be interviews and summary vids for free..

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#30 Re: IFSC 2017
April 05, 2017, 04:33:49 pm
What I find odd - is the new 4-minute rule was introduced for TV, yet they've now just signed an exclusive (I think?) deal with an online streaming service, so the need to limit times is less important.

Edit: The deal doesn't cover TV

Also think it's :shit: to do this a) generally and b) 2 days before the event.
I like the IFSC's post of "It's Official!" like this is both a good thing, and a something we all kinda knew anyway.

Utterly rubbish.

Hard to decipher, but this does suggest that non-live streams will be free still?
IFSC suggest not:

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Archived Competition Footage
During the weekend, archived footage from the competition will be stored in a video library for FloPRO subscribers to watch for the duration of their subscription.

So, if I'm reading this right, you now have to pay to see any IFSC bouldering comps?
*slow clap*

There go the viewing figures.

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#31 Re: IFSC 2017
April 05, 2017, 04:37:33 pm

It only mentions streaming so maybe the full comps will be uploaded to youtube at a later date..

Would be nice, but I suspect unlikely. I predict viewing figures of 20% of previous.

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#32 Re: IFSC 2017
April 05, 2017, 04:39:32 pm
Also - seems crazy they've signed a 3 year contract?

Surely you'd trial a single season first?

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#33 Re: IFSC 2017
April 05, 2017, 04:41:58 pm
I think we should crowdsource Liam to go to each one and Periscope it for free (probably have to be covertly...)

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#34 Re: IFSC 2017
April 05, 2017, 04:53:01 pm
What a load of utter shit....

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#35 Re: IFSC 2017
April 05, 2017, 05:04:37 pm
The world surf league looked at this a few years back but deemed that they would loose so many people it wasnt the way forward. They also signed a deal for the streaming rights but i guess more for the platform it ran on. They then increased the quality massively and made it very professional but its still FREE.

Viewing figures jumped up and they sell loads more advertisements.

How many people watch the comps. Surfing always quotes massive figures (1.9 million individual views is the most) but i believe that these are based on the whole event which can be 10-12 days. I believe the peak is only 50000 simultaneously. 

I for one will not be paying $20 a month to watch. Netflix is only $10.

Just when you thought the IFSC was going in the right direction they do this.

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#36 Re: IFSC 2017
April 05, 2017, 05:13:09 pm
I just checked and you can get the whole Sky sports bundle for $60. Why the fuck would i pay $20 to watch 6-8 events in a year, 2 of which wont be on live anyway as there in China.


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#37 Re: IFSC 2017
April 05, 2017, 05:16:11 pm
Any idea on the viewing figures comparison to surfing and climbing?
I imagine surfing has a much larger audience, and if they couldn't pull off PPV, climbing won't be able to.

Did the IFSC do any market research on this? From my experience, people only watch bouldering OR lead OR speed, not all three, so $20 p/m is a lot to pay when you're only watching 1/3 of the content "of interest" (discounting the fact I likely won't watch wrestling or running...).

Also, I don't have a Roku or AppleTV, so can't watch on the TV anymore.
And I don't want to subscribe in $ and get hit with a transaction fee everytime.

How do I start a MONC in the IFSC? ;)

If they needed money, put more adverts into the stream?

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#38 Re: IFSC 2017
April 05, 2017, 05:17:08 pm
I just checked and you can get the whole Sky sports bundle for $60. Why the fuck would i pay $20 to watch 6-8 events in a year, 2 of which wont be on live anyway as there in China.

$150 for a year... $20 per month!

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#39 Re: IFSC 2017
April 05, 2017, 05:21:37 pm
I wouldn't be too happy if I were over-caffeinated sugary drink company right now

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#40 Re: IFSC 2017
April 05, 2017, 05:47:38 pm
I just checked and you can get the whole Sky sports bundle for $60. Why the fuck would i pay $20 to watch 6-8 events in a year, 2 of which wont be on live anyway as there in China.

$150 for a year... $20 per month!

Sky is $60 per month $720 per year. I guess my sentence structure wasn't very good.

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#41 Re: IFSC 2017
April 05, 2017, 06:05:31 pm
Based on the quality of their decision making recently, the IFSC have hired the freshly unemployed Bernie Ecclestone as a consultant...

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#42 Re: IFSC 2017
April 05, 2017, 06:13:34 pm
I wouldn't be too happy if I were over-caffeinated sugary drink company right now

You are the stasi and I claim my 5 marks.

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#43 Re: IFSC 2017
April 05, 2017, 09:09:44 pm
What a horrible, horrible mistake...

Guess I'm watching whatever highlights come my way.

Maybe the (incredibly deluded) aim is to convince more people to attend the live events?

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#44 Re: IFSC 2017
April 05, 2017, 09:46:10 pm
How do we start a vote of no confidence in the IFSC then?

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#45 Re: IFSC 2017
April 05, 2017, 10:18:21 pm
IFSC must be really broke to think this this is a good idea. Paying 20 bucks to see a chaotic comp in China.... eh... I'll pass

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#46 Re: IFSC 2017
April 05, 2017, 10:34:25 pm
How do we start a vote of no confidence in the IFSC then?

This seems like a good start... https://www.change.org/p/cancel-the-ifsc-live-streaming-subscription-fees

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#47 Re: IFSC 2017
April 05, 2017, 11:06:55 pm
The Austrian Climbing Federation already have: https://www.facebook.com/austriaclimbing/photos/a.216142691754567.56462.131164916919012/1323435881025237/?type=3

Looks like the national member organisations were just as ambushed as everybody else.

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#48 Re: IFSC 2017
April 06, 2017, 08:08:37 am

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#49 Re: IFSC 2017
April 06, 2017, 08:27:51 am
Where's Graeme?

 

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