I love the Colgate athletics dept

[KenP]

http://www.xmievents.com/events/cornell/index.html

Remember, FREE VIDEO!!!  No matter how intense the rivalry may get, or how rude some of the 'Gate fans may get, always remember to say "Thank You!"

[Pete Godenschwager]

not this year :-(

[KenP]

Well don't I feel like the idiot.  Never Mind.
:`(

[Pete Godenschwager]

The game is on Time Warner Sports, I think that's the reason for no internet broadcast.  Because everybody gets Time Warner Sports.  Wouldn't want those people in California choosing the watch the internet broadcast instead ::rolleyes::

[A-19]

i don't get time warner sports here in boston...do i?

[Pete Godenschwager]

You might, but the programming is regional.

(I was being sarcastic about everybody getting Time Warner Sports, in case that didn't come through.)

[puff]

yeah, down here in florida COX carries a nice lineup of time warner sports

[RichH]

[Q]A-19 Wrote:

 i don't get time warner sports here in boston...do i?[/q]
No.  This "Time Warner Sports" is from the Time Warner Syracuse Division, and serves from Ithaca/Cortland to the North Country.  Basically, if your local cable gets "News 10 Now," http://www.news10now.com  then you can get Time Warner Sports  http://web.twcny.com/twsports/ , and Friday's game.

From http://www.news10now.com/content/about_us/ :
[Q]It's a huge region, a 10,000 square mile chunk of Upstate New York spanning Tompkins County and the entire Greater Syracuse area, the Mohawk Valley, and the Watertown/St. Lawrence Seaway/Canadian border region. We operate in all or parts of four separate television markets: Syracuse, Utica, Watertown and Plattsburgh.[/Q]  
My Time Warner is in the Binghamton division, which services the row of counties along the NY-PA border.  So even though I'm less than an hour from Ithaca, I can't get it.

Note that the game will be rebroadcast 3 times: http://web.twcny.com/twsports/index.cfm?action=show&episodeID=635

[RichH]

So even though we won't have online video for the game, at least we'll have online audio from Colgate, right?  Wrong.  I just checked, and the only free broadcast out of Colgate tonight is Colgate vs. Lehigh squeakball.  Huzzah. :-(

[KeithK]

So please post updates on the game for those of us who are at work and probably shouldn't be listening to games anyway, even if it were free.

[atb9]

I'm not sure about Greg, but I'll be online posting updates.

[Jordan 04]

It's confusing sometimes to see discussion regarding audio/video coverage of the games.  It's not as if you're being taken to the cleaners in order to listen to -- [just started typing Adam Wodon and had to begin deleting] -- the Cornell feed.  Especially with what seems to be a large group that puts down the money for the internet video. (Yes, I realize getting both results in redundant purchases for all of the home games).

At the risk of sounding like an infomercial: If you purchase a month right now for $6.95, you get every hometown broadcast the rest of the way for about 87 cents a game.  I know I'll be ordering up the Cornell feed beginning tonight.  Heck, just including this weekend and the final weekend in North Country I feel it's worth it, even if I end up attending the other games.

Just a consideration, because there's not always a free lunch...

[KeithK]

Cornell provided free audio services for years before they decided to farm it out to the "professionals".  Not to mention the free video.  When you have been receiving a free lunch it's not surprising that  you might be upset when they start charging.  I don't think it's unreasonable to provide free internet broadcasts of the games as a service to alumni.  At least audio, which requires much less bandwidth (a scrace resource) than video.  If the service was significantly better now that there is a fee then there might be some good argument, but I don't get that impression, at least in terms of reliability.

Another point.  Some may not remember this, but the computer equipment that was used to stream the first audio broadcasts was provided as a gift to the University specifically for this purpose.  A pledge drive was started on the CHDF (predecessor to this forum) and after folks here had pledged some portion of the needed money the Boosters stepped up and donated the remainder.  I contributed to this gift (albeit a small amount - I was a grad student at the time).  I would greatly prefer this model - streaming audio provided as a service to alumni supported by donations.

(Yes I know this runs against some of my hyper-capitalist beliefs.  So what?)

[KenP]

Jordan,

If you want another reason why people are upset (myself included), just look at the long list of links to free net audio.  Cornell is one of the few schools in ECAC that consistently charge for audio feeds.

[Greg Berge]

Oh, I'll be online.  I get back from picking up my older daughter and dropping off my younger daughter at 6:30, then I leave to pick up my younger daughter at 9:30.  Does everybody parent *around* hockey? :-D