I keep hearing about XPC . What's the deal with them? They're in Cocoa, but what pool room? Thanks!
DCC stream contract.........................
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I keep hearing about XPC . What's the deal with them? They're in Cocoa, but what pool room? Thanks!
They have their own arena with at least one awesome Centennial - might be 10' not sure though
Sorry, I, misread your post. If you paid for those matches you have the right to convert them any way you want
That's why i mentioned open bidding in the first place. AS is NOT the only production company capable of doing a professional job at the DCC. Bidding/competition would raise-the-bar for all pool fans. Only one streamed/archived table and the same commentators every year is getting old.
XPC is out of Cocoa Beach, Gary Patrick, the owner, owns an exhibition room that he streams invitational matches. The room is one of a kind, a 10' table with a white railing around it, and comfortable cinema like chairs, that even comes with audio jacks so you can listen to the commentators while the matches are being streamed. He also travels to tournaments around Florida and does live streaming, where he not only streams multiple tables in hd, but also has several cameras and commentating on the feature table. His theory is, if you stream big tournaments and not charge a spectator fee, then the number of viewers will grow high enough that companies that want their ads will start contributing and the money will come from them, not the spectators. Can you imagine the number of viewers if the us open and the derby was a free stream. The companies paying for the ads just want a certain number of viewers, they dont care if its pool or ping pong. Thats how youtube makes its money. The problem is the venues want their money now. If you charge the spectators for a stream, the views are decreased by 85-90 percent. Pool is the only sport I can think of that keeps shooting itself in the foot. Not trying to bash any promotors or video people, but there are other ways.
I agree with the free model for most events and the viewer numbers are much higher on a free stream. PPV gets a few hundred and free gets ten's of thousands. I hit over 30,000 unique views for some events which isn't too bad. I like xpc and enjoy their stuff. I look at all the streamers to see what they do right and wrong, we all have our own style and setups. Most are great people who love the game who also make very little coin.
heres my 10 cents.
Chopped liver again?
Here's my Derby screen shots - the split screen is from this year, the Ko is from last year, the Josh Lewis is from this year but that's off someones TV as they were watching.
FYI I would of loved to have 14.1 finals on my stream tables because I do the whole event more or less.
No links to my videos on Youtube because I don't give away my content thats whole another topic all together. Which I'm not even going to get into.
I am my own streaming provider with the help of my IT team I have commercial free multiple bitrate adaptive compatibility and instantaneous archive videos. I could fairly easily setup a few tables with switchable commercial free content and even profit share with the event or other producers. I have been way ahead of the curve for nearly 5 years. Theres 52 weeks in a year and I produce events about 45 weeks out of the year but still some people don't know who I am. I guess I have to work harder thats kind of a joke considering I'm ready to drop dead half the time LOL. The space and setup time I need is very little. I have a few guys I could bring in to man everything. I'll keep knocking on doors that's all I can do.
I was very disappointed this year they would not allow me to stream any other matches. The past few years I did several bank pool games but not this year. Honestly I don't think if other people made quality tables available would it hurt AccuStats. Anyone who is going to buy Accustats for the production is going to buy it anyway regardless of whatever else is going on. I'm not just saying that because it's the politically correct thing to say, I say it because it's the truth, they obviously have a client base going back several decades.
Accustats has a tremendous overhead and crazy setup, it's a TV production with like 10 guys. You have to really see it to understand the monstrosity of it all. The matches they cut are also for TV in ASIA, they arent just for DVDS or live streaming. I would have zero clue how to run that equipment. People get upset because they only show a couple things, it takes an entire crew for them to do a show thats why you don't see 10 guys sitting there 16 hours a day, they just arent going to do it.
It's all relative really. Accustats probably has at least 100,000 in equipment maybe more there and several days setup time. They charge $90 to watch the Derby for 10 days. I have little less than $10,000 in equipment and takes me 30 minutes to setup. You can pay $90 for my service and watch ALL YEAR including all the archive matches. I throw my equipment in the Van in 5 minutes, Accustats needs to bring in semis. It's all relative.
It's good to have both.
Chopped liver again?
Here's my Derby screen shots - the split screen is from this year, the Ko is from last year, the Josh Lewis is from this year but that's off someones TV as they were watching.
FYI I would of loved to have 14.1 finals on my stream tables because I do the whole event more or less.
No links to my videos on Youtube because I don't give away my content thats whole another topic all together. Which I'm not even going to get into.
I am my own streaming provider with the help of my IT team I have commercial free multiple bitrate adaptive compatibility and instantaneous archive videos. I could fairly easily setup a few tables with switchable commercial free content and even profit share with the event or other producers. I have been way ahead of the curve for nearly 5 years. Theres 52 weeks in a year and I produce events about 45 weeks out of the year but still some people don't know who I am. I guess I have to work harder thats kind of a joke considering I'm ready to drop dead half the time LOL. The space and setup time I need is very little. I have a few guys I could bring in to man everything. I'll keep knocking on doors that's all I can do.
I was very disappointed this year they would not allow me to stream any other matches. The past few years I did several bank pool games but not this year. Honestly I don't think if other people made quality tables available would it hurt AccuStats. Anyone who is going to buy Accustats for the production is going to buy it anyway regardless of whatever else is going on. I'm not just saying that because it's the politically correct thing to say, I say it because it's the truth, they obviously have a client base going back several decades.
Accustats has a tremendous overhead and crazy setup, it's a TV production with like 10 guys. You have to really see it to understand the monstrosity of it all. The matches they cut are also for TV in ASIA, they arent just for DVDS or live streaming. I would have zero clue how to run that equipment. People get upset because they only show a couple things, it takes an entire crew for them to do a show thats why you don't see 10 guys sitting there 16 hours a day, they just arent going to do it.
It's all relative really. Accustats probably has at least 100,000 in equipment maybe more there and several days setup time. They charge $90 to watch the Derby for 10 days. I have little less than $10,000 in equipment and takes me 30 minutes to setup. You can pay $90 for my service and watch ALL YEAR including all the archive matches. I throw my equipment in the Van in 5 minutes, Accustats needs to bring in semis. It's all relative.
It's good to have both.
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All my vhs is ripped to mp4. Now for the DVDs.
My only comment or question on this entire subject is-
Why not stream some of the other matches going on outside the main tournament table? I haven't been to DCC in a few years, but every year I have been there I have watched hundreds of great matches out in the main tournament area.
I like all the streamers work they put out. They all bring something different to the viewers. I don't always buy all the PPV and I don't buy pay any monthly fees to any of they. I have on the other hand contributed have in some way shape or form contributed to all of them and will continue to do so.
I just think put a few cameras out in the tournament area and stream some of those other matches.
Why not stream some of the other matches going on outside the main tournament table? I haven't been to DCC in a few years, but every year I have been there I have watched hundreds of great matches out in the main tournament area.
I like all the streamers work they put out. They all bring something different to the viewers. I don't always buy all the PPV and I don't buy pay any monthly fees to any of they. I have on the other hand contributed have in some way shape or form contributed to all of them and will continue to do so.
I just think put a few cameras out in the tournament area and stream some of those other matches.