The pool media today has video, print, and Internet presence. One thing that is missing, however, is audio.
Pat Fleming was the pioneer in recording pool matches of high-profile events with Accu-Stats. When I see the equipment at, say, the U.S. Open, it is mind-boggling. It is like a traveling TV show. Of course, in order to get a high-quality video, you need this kind of equipment.
The pool Internet websites are plentiful today, with AzBilliards being the main hub, but I am sure everybody has their favorites. :smiling-heart:
The print media is Billiards Digest, InsidePOOL, Pool and Billiards Magazine, Professor Q-Ball's National Pool and 3-Cushion News, and several others. :smile:
Livestreaming has taken off in recent times, and though I do not understand the technology, UStream seems to provide the means to do this. Most pool diehards enjoy the comraderie on livestreams as Internet railbirds, sweating the matches together in chat. Also, there is something to be said about immediate gratification, learning who won what now, as opposed to reading all about it the next morning. :grin-square:
I have enjoyed a few livestreams, but I don't have enough hours in the day to devote to watching some of the longer matches that go more than few hours. :boring2:
They say pool is not a spectator sport. I have watched pool for hours and hours in pool rooms, but on livestreams, spending multiple hours in front of my computer screen, it is just not the same for me. I don't get the same thrill as I do sitting in the bleachers of the U.S. Open.
Jon Miller is an American sportscaster, known primarily for his broadcasts of Major League Baseball. He is currently employed as a play-by-play announcer by the San Francisco Giants and ESPN. Radio sportscasters must be good communicators, like Jon Miller, in order to attract a listening audience. ESPN has a radio station.
Pool has its own great communicators a/k/a sportscasters by way of Grady Mathews, Danny DiLiberto, Billy Incardona, Buddy Hall, Jim Wech, Jerry Forsyth, Jay Helfert, JoeyA, just to name a few.
Would it be possible to have a real-time audio livestream of pool? One could sweat the pool matches driving in the car, mowing the lawn, doing housecleaning, shopping, whatever, and escape the confinement of being in front of the monitor all of those hours. :idea2:
So what do you think? Since pool media already consists of video, print, and Internet, would real-time audio work? Please share your thoughts. :indecisive:
Pat Fleming was the pioneer in recording pool matches of high-profile events with Accu-Stats. When I see the equipment at, say, the U.S. Open, it is mind-boggling. It is like a traveling TV show. Of course, in order to get a high-quality video, you need this kind of equipment.
The pool Internet websites are plentiful today, with AzBilliards being the main hub, but I am sure everybody has their favorites. :smiling-heart:
The print media is Billiards Digest, InsidePOOL, Pool and Billiards Magazine, Professor Q-Ball's National Pool and 3-Cushion News, and several others. :smile:
Livestreaming has taken off in recent times, and though I do not understand the technology, UStream seems to provide the means to do this. Most pool diehards enjoy the comraderie on livestreams as Internet railbirds, sweating the matches together in chat. Also, there is something to be said about immediate gratification, learning who won what now, as opposed to reading all about it the next morning. :grin-square:
I have enjoyed a few livestreams, but I don't have enough hours in the day to devote to watching some of the longer matches that go more than few hours. :boring2:
They say pool is not a spectator sport. I have watched pool for hours and hours in pool rooms, but on livestreams, spending multiple hours in front of my computer screen, it is just not the same for me. I don't get the same thrill as I do sitting in the bleachers of the U.S. Open.
Jon Miller is an American sportscaster, known primarily for his broadcasts of Major League Baseball. He is currently employed as a play-by-play announcer by the San Francisco Giants and ESPN. Radio sportscasters must be good communicators, like Jon Miller, in order to attract a listening audience. ESPN has a radio station.
Pool has its own great communicators a/k/a sportscasters by way of Grady Mathews, Danny DiLiberto, Billy Incardona, Buddy Hall, Jim Wech, Jerry Forsyth, Jay Helfert, JoeyA, just to name a few.
Would it be possible to have a real-time audio livestream of pool? One could sweat the pool matches driving in the car, mowing the lawn, doing housecleaning, shopping, whatever, and escape the confinement of being in front of the monitor all of those hours. :idea2:
So what do you think? Since pool media already consists of video, print, and Internet, would real-time audio work? Please share your thoughts. :indecisive:
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