Comments on: The aftermarket for live http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/12/28/the-aftermarket-for-live/ by Jeff Jarvis Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:56:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Paw http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/12/28/the-aftermarket-for-live/#comment-252301 Paw Thu, 28 Dec 2006 19:29:13 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/12/28/the-aftermarket-for-live/#comment-252301 So Fox Sports wants me to pay $2.99 to watch a game whose outcome I already know and the highlights of which will be available on at least a half dozen cable sports channels (like FSN for example) and myriad sports themed web sites well in advance of Fox's 24 hour release timetable? Uh..ok. While I agree there is some limited market potential for live TV downloads of some kind (music for example), I can't see sports fans, who are primarily focused on scores and highlights, embracing this in a major way. So Fox Sports wants me to pay $2.99 to watch a game whose outcome I already know and the highlights of which will be available on at least a half dozen cable sports channels (like FSN for example) and myriad sports themed web sites well in advance of Fox’s 24 hour release timetable?

Uh..ok.

While I agree there is some limited market potential for live TV downloads of some kind (music for example), I can’t see sports fans, who are primarily focused on scores and highlights, embracing this in a major way.

]]> By: Shawn Levasseur http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/12/28/the-aftermarket-for-live/#comment-252285 Shawn Levasseur Thu, 28 Dec 2006 19:26:15 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/12/28/the-aftermarket-for-live/#comment-252285 The NFL and Major League Baseball have been doing the same online for quite a while now (mostly with radio, but MLB has gradually ramped up the video offerings as well) The NFL and Major League Baseball have been doing the same online for quite a while now (mostly with radio, but MLB has gradually ramped up the video offerings as well)

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