game video

[billhoward]

Cornell's partners really should be supporting handheld mobile devices.

It's easy to find fault with the audio, frozen video, and crappy instant [sic] replay, but we've come a long way in 5 years. Just not far enough.

[Rosey]

I dont know what the answer is.. I do know that the solution before we got this one supported all those platforms..

FWIW, I agree with you that I personally preferred the previous solution.  But Flash is the best overall solution because it causes the least problems for providers and users by integrating the controls with the streaming client: if you have working Flash, you will have access to all the content, and most users are watching on a computer and have Flash.

Flash is currently bad on the margins (e.g., cell phones), but given how much rich content is available only through Flash, bitching at your provider to get Macromedia to support Flash on your platform is going to solve more problems than, and be less futile than, trying in vain to get Cornell to bend over backwards to support your phone.

[upperdeck]

cornell could always just push the content out to justin.tv for free. Money seems to be the major issue. I wonder just how much cornell is losing in this deal?

[billhoward]

I watched about 20 minutes of the women's volleyball game. It must be a godsend if you're a parent or sibling of a player and can't make it to Ithaca. That has to be revenue negative - viewers relative to how many people buy a package because of, say, volleyball. I bet it's one of the things schools have to do to be competitive in recruiting.