TV Schedule Discrepancy...
by JackAvsFan on Aug 31, 2010 6:08 PM MDT
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PrintI was just flipping through the headlines on the Avs website and I saw that Altitude and Altitude 2 are broadcasting 76 games this year. Great, I thought, they're actually going to butt out and let us see the Versus coverage a few times. Then I realized that Versus is only broadcasting 5 Avs games. And math isn't my strong suit, but I'm pretty sure that only comes out to 81 games. Now, I hope to hell they meant 77 instead of 76 games on Altitude, but I don't have time to check right now... maybe later.
Yes, this seems to be as close to a nailbiter as Avs news has come in months.
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Altitude won’t be broadcasting any of the games that David Jones will be playing in.
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by BraxtanFILM on Aug 31, 2010 11:30 PM MDT reply actions 3 recs
Agree
that was funny
Intelligent opinion does not follow the transitive property
Jibblescribbits: C'mon over and waste some time
by Jibblescribbits on Sep 1, 2010 3:24 PM MDT up reply actions
Here is where I will put my annual bitch session regarding not broadcasting preseason games. I HATE it.
Are you ill? What have you done with the real Dario? Imposter!
I HATE it.
Yeah, we know you better than this.
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I’m starting to get kinda worried about Dario.
Such short posts, he’s starting to sound more like me;)
"That F******* sandwich had it coming!" -Mike@MHH
Don’t get me started!
Btw, the Wild show some preseason games. Oh, and the Dallas frickin Stars show preseason games. Neither of these are owned by the team.
I know ;( and we’re seriously not better than the Wild? We’ll be driving to Lake Havasu on the 22nd. Would enice if I could at least hear the game on my fancy Sirius radio.
"That F******* sandwich had it coming!" -Mike@MHH
I, for one, have never, ever been bothered by this approach to “building from within”.
Let’s take a look at the fine offerings that Los Altiboobies will be prioritizing over pre-season games, shall we?
9/21/10 Avs vs. Blues 6PM Mountain – ALT shows: 5:30 PM Altitude Sports Summit: Pro Football Edition and 6:30 PM In the Shadow of War – Southern Iraq Journalist Conference \ Southern Iraq Journalist Conference
9/22/10 Avs vs. Kings 7PM Mountain – ALT shows: 7:00 PM Altitude Classics: College Football – 2004 Colorado at Nebraska
9/24/10 Avs vs. Stars 6.30PM Mountain – ALT shows: 6:30 PM Football Colorado and 7:00 PM High School Football Game of the Week – Cherry Creek vs. Mullen
9/26/10 Avs vs. Blues 7PM Mountain – ALT shows: 6:00 PM Fight Sports: World Class Championship Boxing – Evander Holyfield vs. Sultan Ibragimov and 8:00 PM On Stage – Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers (Rock)
9/28/10 Avs vs. Stars 7PM Mountain – ALT shows: 7:00 PM College Football’s Great Coaches – Urban Meyer, Florida Head Coach and 7:30 PM RMAC Showcase – Fall Sports Highlights and 8:00 PM Golf at Altitude – Bear Dance and 8:30 PM Golf at Altitude – Saddleback
9/30/10 Avs vs. Stars 6.30PM Mountain – ALT shows: 6:30 PM Altitude Sports Summit: College Football Edition and 7:00 PM Golf at Altitude – Green Valley Ranch and 7:30 PM Golf at Altitude – Breckenridge and 8:00 PM Altitude Sports Summit: Pro Football Edition
10/2/10 Avs vs. Kings (Frozen Fury) 7PM – ALT shows: 7:00 PM Instant Replay – BYU at Utah State
Dear Enos & Enos Part Deux – Ever wonder why your team can’t seem to garner any media attention? Maybe because the media outlet(s) that you own can’t be bothered to cover your own damned team? Nah! That’s not it! Must be because the fans suck and won’t buy out the Pepsi Center at hugely inflated ticket prices! Yeah, that’s it!
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they talk about the expense of broadcasting the preseason when few people will watch, which is honestly fairly valid if they were doing a full broadcast.
but i don’t think they need to go for a full broadcast either — simulcast the radio broadcast, which they’re already doing afaik, and just put a camera on. you can’t tell me you wouldn’t pull more advertising revenue for that than those shows you listed, with virtually zero additional operating cost. this is exactly how you leverage your own channel into additional revenue…but the Avs just don’t seem interested.
Well, if the approach is to completely cheap out build from within at the tv network as well, why not go for the gusto and just run infomercials 24/7? That’s especially cheap (and lucrative) I’d think!
Hey, Tucker might actually bring some value to the organ-I-zation after all! “Introducing Shamwow!….”
Colorado Avalanche Offseason Strategy - Please wake us in October
But really
can’t they at least broadcast Frozen Fury? I mean, be honest, 9 out of 10 of us here want to go to that game some time but probably never will.
2010 Opening Night minus 46
MHH: Where Avs fans go when friends and relatives tell them to quit ranting about hockey 24/7.
The question is also, what are the broadcasting capabilities of the facility?
Most of the NHL arenas have their own equipment, or at least cameras and cabling in place. Broadcasting is actually done through a truck parked in the lot of the building. These trucks (and crew) are extremely expensive per event. Typically when you have a main event or regular season game, you have multiple networks carrying the feed, and thus splitting the cost of the truck and other broadcasting costs.
It just doesn’t make sense for pre season NHL games, unless all the teams start doing it. Nobody is gonna pony up that kind of cash by themselves.
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The frozen fury being at the MGM Grand should have broadcasting capabilities. That is where they frequently have boxing or MMA pay-per-view broadcasts. I think Ceasars Palace is the only other place that hosts those events.
Brannigan's Law is like Brannigan's love, hard and fast.
Go Mullen!
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Hockeytown was a marketing invention to draw fans to a team that had less gate than the atlanta thrashers.
Go anyone over Creek.
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by Bob in Boulder on Sep 1, 2010 2:57 PM MDT up reply actions
Can we cheer for a hole opening under the stadium that swallows both teams (temporarily, of course)?
Running-dog lackey counter-revolutionary malcontent, Not an expert.
No. I went to Mullen. Not that I really give a shit about football, but yeah, anyone against creek. Interesting (maybe) side story, as a sophomore Mullen ditched our Hockey team so I entered the at large pool and played HS hockey for Creek. Which sucked, except then I got to play lacrosse for Mullen and beat the crap out of the hockey players, because we all played both sports.
MHH- A drinking site with a hockey problem
Hockeytown was a marketing invention to draw fans to a team that had less gate than the atlanta thrashers.
Well I’m at HF, and there isn’t even a hockey ARENA on this side of town. At least you got to play.
2010 Opening Night minus 46
MHH: Where Avs fans go when friends and relatives tell them to quit ranting about hockey 24/7.
Thanks mostly to my folks. When I played the Denver area had about 5 rinks with 9 sheets of ice. But yeah, I’m pretty grateful I had the chance to learn.
MHH- A drinking site with a hockey problem
Hockeytown was a marketing invention to draw fans to a team that had less gate than the atlanta thrashers.
DAVE LOGAN
is not to be messed with. Altitude knows this and they bend to his will.
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by Stone Bradcroft on Sep 9, 2010 12:15 PM MDT up reply actions
That one broadcast may mean the difference between trading Melo for horseshit, or trading Melo for bullshit. Money’s tight these days.
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