XMI Webcast for the playoffs

[KP '06]

Not sure how many people noticed this yet:
http://www.xmievents.com/events/cornell/index.html

XMI is bumping the price up to $9.95 per game for the ECAC quarterfinals. :-(
Aren't these the games that Cornell broadcasted for free last year?

[KP '06]

Granted, I'll pay it, but I'm not too stoked to pay twice as much for the same marginal product.

[French Rage]

What about season passes, do they still apply?

[JDeafv]

What XMI is doing is crap.

They are not offering a better product and charging more!  

Use the link below for information on where to send a note.  I've already sent mine.  

http://www.xmievents.com/contact/index.html

[DeltaOne81]

Its fair to be pissed, but its not about the product being better - its about the demand being higher.

Not more people maybe, but more interest per person. Extortion? Maybe? Capitalism? Yup. Often they're one in the same. Feel free to complain, of course.

[upperdeck]

you do realize that Cornell is paying them several hundred a game to broadcast the games...  and dont kid yourself into thinking the demand went up.  2 people bought the season pass and a couple dozen on a per game basis..

[upperdeck]

funny thing is Cornell could produce the games free for people for less than they pay to have it done for them..

[Roy 82]

[Q]upperdeck Wrote:

 you do realize that Cornell is paying them several hundred a game to broadcast the games...  and dont kid yourself into thinking the demand went up.  2 people bought the season pass and a couple dozen on a per game basis.. [/q]

Where do you get your information from? I bought the season pass and I feel it was well worth it (even if the previous product was much more desirable becuase it included achived games). Are you saying that only one other person in the whole world bought the season pass? I find that hard to believe.

[marty]

It's fine to complain if you must, but realize that XMI isn't in the black on this whether Cornell underwrites it or not.  At least they aren't in the black in the way that it's taught in B School.

How many here on the forum hope to open a college sports webcasting business?

I agree that it would be better to do this with either volunteer talent or for the school to do it, but....my point in posting is that the people who bitch at XMI in a polite manner will likely get a polite response.

[icethepuck]

Hey, I'm the other subscriber:-)

[jtwcornell91]

[Q]icethepuck Wrote:

 Hey, I'm the other subscriber [/q]

So am I. :-D

[jtwcornell91]

[Q]French Rage Wrote:

 What about season passes, do they still apply?[/q]

I'm guessing not, since when I follow the link to look for a test video and log in with the username and password that has the subscription, I go to a page that says "You will be charged $9.95 to Stream Cornell One Game - Friday for 20 Hours"

:-(

[Al DeFlorio]

[Q]jtwcornell91 Wrote:

 [Q2]icethepuck Wrote:

 Hey, I'm the other subscriber [/Q]
So am I.[/q]
I, too.

But I'm planning to skip this weekend's webcast.  Don't care about the ten bucks per game.  Care about the continued shafting of the Faithful by the dopes in Athletics.
::pissed::

The Colgate game Friday is on Time Warner #26.

On a related note, just saw a banner floating across the TV screen saying Empire Sports is folding its tent at midnight tonight.

[Jim Hyla]

[Q]Al DeFlorio Wrote:On a related note, just saw a banner floating across the TV screen saying Empire Sports is folding its tent at midnight tonight.[/q]Yes, it's true. Once TW dropped them and the problems at Aldelphia, they were doomed.

[puff]

and me (well for the last 3 game deal )