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World Snooker Live Streaming

Postby Roland

Well with no prior announcement the snooker world was greeted today with live streaming from the first day of the Shanghai Masters Qualifying event at the Sheffield EIS, and news that there is a new streaming service for live snooker to run through the World Snooker website with the promise that those in far flung reaches of the globe will now be able to watch all the live snooker they want without needing to tune into a tv station. And it's all for an annual fee of between £30 and £40 depending where you live.

http://www.liveworldsnooker.tv/

This is a pretty momentus day.

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Postby GJ

fromsport

:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

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Postby GJ

Sonny wrote:Idiot :santa:



its free :hatoff: <cool>

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Postby Roland

The case for streaming has been brought up many times on this forum so you should know that if you don't pay up, the service will die.

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Postby Wildey

Sonny wrote:The case for streaming has been brought up many times on this forum so you should know that if you don't pay up, the service will die.

<ok>

Pack of 20 cigs £6.00
Pint of Lager £2.50+
Bread Rolls 8 for £2.00
Box of Klenex Tissues £2.42

Month of Snooker £2.99

in August about 23p per day of snooker

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Postby GJ

darts is the same its on sky but also on free websites

thats life lads

I dont smoke mate

beer isnt handed out free and neither are other things

where as this is available free

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Postby Wildey

GJ wrote:darts is the same its on sky but also on free websites

thats life lads

I dont smoke mate

beer isnt handed out free and neither are other things

where as this is available free

different with sky is most people will be watching on sky and the revenue will be payed up but with streaming it really is quite simple no revenue theres no point and therefore no streaming and back to square 1.

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Postby Wildey

during the year there's 61 days of Qualifying + British PTC that will not be televised but will now be streamed.

at LiveWorldsnooker.TV its roughly 50p per day seriously its value guys and it keeps the service rolling on

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Postby snooky147

I never thought I would see myself type this but if its not supported by paying customers it will be stopped. Will be signing on in the morning. Still hope they will get to covering all tables though.

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Postby Wildey

snooky147 wrote:I never thought I would see myself type this but if its not supported by paying customers it will be stopped. Will be signing on in the morning. Still hope they will get to covering all tables though.

well more that pay for it more chance it has of spreading.....if they haven't got the cash 2 might become 1 very quickly.

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Postby Bourne

Fantastic news for the sport, I caught about 10 minutes earlier today and I have to say it went by without a hitch, didn't expect it to be multiple cameras, just expected one webcam in the 'main' position. I will be a regular viewer when I get the chance <ok>

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Postby Wildey

Bourne wrote:Fantastic news for the sport, I caught about 10 minutes earlier today and I have to say it went by without a hitch, didn't expect it to be multiple cameras, just expected one webcam in the 'main' position. I will be a regular viewer when I get the chance <ok>

where do they find room for multi cameras lol

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Postby Bourne

Wild wrote:
Bourne wrote:Fantastic news for the sport, I caught about 10 minutes earlier today and I have to say it went by without a hitch, didn't expect it to be multiple cameras, just expected one webcam in the 'main' position. I will be a regular viewer when I get the chance <ok>

where do they find room for multi cameras lol

In a corner of the cubicle ...

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Postby Wildey

You know what's gonna happen...only a handful of people will pay money to watch these qualifiers and then it will be scrapped again. 110sport went into it in a big way and look what happened to them.

The problem is they can't make it free as it costs to set up the equipment and stuff, but the harsh reality is very very few people are going to pay money to watch these qualifiers, and it won't be worth anyone's while.


that could be true.

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Postby Wildey

The Announcement is Here

http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsAr ... 56,00.html

New Streaming Service

World Snooker has signed a new five year agreement with digital sports media company PERFORM, to live stream all professional tournaments online, opening up the sport to a global audience on an unprecedented scale.

A new website, http://www.liveworldsnooker.tv has been launched and will be the online home of World Snooker events. All tournaments will be streamed, including ranking event qualifiers and Players Tour Championship events. Streaming will not be available in territories where live broadcast of the tournaments are accessible.

Fans will be able to sign up to the site on a subscription basis, for a fee of £2.99 per month or £29.99 per year (£3.99 and £39.99 outside Europe, Middle East, North Africa, China and Hong Kong). This will give them access to live matches, with high quality streaming, reliable content and match commentary.

LIVEWORLDSNOOKER.TV is part of the LIVESPORT.TV network - the home of official high quality streaming of premium sports from around the world.

World Snooker Chairman Barry Hearn said: "This is a hugely significant deal in terms of getting snooker out to the furthest corners of the globe. For people who love snooker but live in territories like North America or South America where there isn't much of it on TV, they can go online and see every tournament.

"It doesn't matter if you live in the Arctic Circle or the darkest corner of Africa, all you need is a computer, an internet connection and a credit card and you can watch top class snooker with excellent, reliable quality and commentary. The pricing is very reasonable and I believe £29.99 a year to watch up to 30 events is phenomenal value.

"For fans who already watch a lot of snooker on TV it's also great news because they will be able to see the qualifiers and PTC events. There are so many top players taking part in these tournaments and we are delighted to now have the right deal in place to show them to the world.

"PERFORM are leading experts on streaming and I have worked with them on other sports including darts, with great success. They will also play a role in the production of content and we have no doubt about their capacity to deliver."

Oliver Slipper, Joint-CEO, PERFORM commented: "We're delighted to add the World Snooker tournaments to our portfolio of LIVESPORT events. This platform provides snooker with an opportunity to reach millions of fans globally and also provides an opportunity to commercialise content in regions that were not previously available."

The first tournament to be streamed live is the current Shanghai Masters qualifiers, finishing tomorrow, August 4. A full schedule of events and details of how to sign up for the service are available at http://www.liveworldsnooker.tv

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Postby Bourne

Have to agree with Barry there, even though I won't be paying for it since I can get it for free, £30 for nigh on 30 tournaments is quite stunning value ... still not sure what else they're offering though, they need to put up highlights packages and interviews and little extras to make it more attractive to buy I think.

BTW when they say all professional tournaments, does that literally mean all or just non-BBC ones ... will they even have World Championship ?

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Postby Wildey

Bourne wrote:Have to agree with Barry there, even though I won't be paying for it since I can get it for free, £30 for nigh on 30 tournaments is quite stunning value ... still not sure what else they're offering though, they need to put up highlights packages and interviews and little extras to make it more attractive to buy I think.

BTW when they say all professional tournaments, does that literally mean all or just non-BBC ones ... will they even have World Championship ?

my understanding every single event but not for BBC Events for british viewers we have BBC Website or red button...

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Postby Bourne

Wild wrote:
Bourne wrote:Have to agree with Barry there, even though I won't be paying for it since I can get it for free, £30 for nigh on 30 tournaments is quite stunning value ... still not sure what else they're offering though, they need to put up highlights packages and interviews and little extras to make it more attractive to buy I think.

BTW when they say all professional tournaments, does that literally mean all or just non-BBC ones ... will they even have World Championship ?

my understanding every single event but not for BBC Events for british viewers we have BBC Website or red button...

Hmm that's fair enough, as long as they have the world qualies that's fantastic.

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Postby snooky147

I am getting annoyed now. Finally got the correct option up on screen only to see that apparently I can only pay by Paypal. I DO NOT WANT TO USE PAYPAL.FRIGGIN PENNY ANTE COMPANY THAT DOES NOT ALLOW YOU TO USE A DAMN DEBIT CARD.

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Postby Alex0paul

Monique wrote:
Alex0paul wrote:Which betting sites is it streamed on?


bet365 at least


rubbish, I have to change my card details on bet365 :grrr:

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Postby Bourne

Witz78 wrote:everyone should fork out for it.

its 8 pence a day for gods sake

Or 0 pence a day ... as a shrood businessman I have to conclude it's a no-brainer :hatoff:

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Postby Witz78

Bourne wrote:
Witz78 wrote:everyone should fork out for it.

its 8 pence a day for gods sake

Or 0 pence a day ... as a shrood businessman I have to conclude it's a no-brainer :hatoff:


shrewd <doh>

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Postby Bourne

Witz78 wrote:
Bourne wrote:
Witz78 wrote:everyone should fork out for it.

its 8 pence a day for gods sake

Or 0 pence a day ... as a shrood businessman I have to conclude it's a no-brainer :hatoff:


shrewd <doh>

No I am a shrooooooodie :D


   

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