[NU Sports] espn360

[Jonathan Hodges]

Well some of us attempted to go back on campus in order to watch (it was
announced on Friday that ESPN360 would be available on the NU campus), but
indeed it was not available.  From the sounds of it there was a goof on NU's
end (they gave ESPN the wrong range of IP addresses), so I can't say
anything regarding ESPN360's handling of the game except for the disgust at
their revenue strategy.

Also note that you can get GamePlan online, which I have personally never
done.  If anyone has seen GamePlan games online I would like to know how
that compares with the regular TV or ESPN360, especially since you can view
archived games for the week that you paid for, which is nice since you can't
record easily from the internet.

Since ESPN360 is obviously does not have any technological limitations
preventing it from reaching a wider audience I would prefer to see it go to
a purely PPV model if they insist on charging for live content.  I would
have been more than willing to pay $10 to view the game, as would many
others.  Hopefully they adjust their distribution strategy, especially if
more games will be included on this in coming seasons.  We'll have to see
what the Big Ten plans to do once they launch their own network - if they
will only televise games on TV or will also use the internet.

Jonathan


On 10/9/06, John A. DeGroat <johnadeg at bellatlantic.net> wrote:
>
> I watched the NU-Wisconsin game on ESPN360 and except for the horrible
> results, I thought that the concept of watching a game on the Internet
> was interesting.  The only advertising were the goofy ESPN ads that I
> think are great.  I came to the conclusion that ESPN360 is an experiment
> to see if they can gin up enough interest to convince other ISPs to
> carry ESPN360.   It seems to me that to succeed they will have to be
> able to create enough advertising to make it pay.  ESPN360 also carries
> reruns of some of their programs that you can see on ESPN. I would like
> to see it succeed because the ESPN Game Plan can't carry all of the
> games.  Did anyone else watch the  game on ESPN 360 an if so what were
> your reactions to it - not the game-the broadcast
>
> John DeGroat
>
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