Author: ShaktiFire
Date: 12:19:44 07/15/00
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On July 15, 2000 at 14:56:52, James Robertson wrote: >On July 15, 2000 at 13:24:38, ShaktiFire wrote: > >>On July 15, 2000 at 09:49:52, James Robertson wrote: >> >>>They are doing us all a disservice! Before their meddling in the live coverage >>>business, we didn't have to deal with jamming and ungainly applets. We didn't >>>have to close the stupid things down every time we wanted to look at a different >>>game. We didn't have to download huge advertisements. Instead we could simply >>>log onto an easy to use chess server, and chat with other people in a clean, >>>friendly environment. >>> >>>Why oh why must kasparovchess do this??? >>> >>>James >> >>Look. If they put up the prize money for an event, then they should >>have exclusive coverage if they want it. That way they can recoup their >>expenses ( and even make a profit) with the net advertising. Did you >>think they should let icc ( a commercial enterprise) broadcast the games >>within putting some money into the kitty. KC put up the money, they >>organized it, they should profit for their efforts. Otherwise the >>event does not happen, unless someone else puts in the effort to make >>it happen. Its like the Olympics. NBC puts up hundreds of millions, >>should we let ABC do simulcast of NBC coverage for free. Where u from? > >Dortmund has been a staple tournament for years. I am sure kasparovchess was >funding it before kasparovchess existed. In other words, if kasparovchess did >not dump money into the tournament, it would have come from somewhere else. > >If they set up a tournament, like that internet thing Piket won, I have no >problems with them having exclusive coverage. But I do not like them buying up >coverage rights, as they bring us the most awful coverage imaginable. > >James Well I do agree that the coverage is bad. It would be more comfortable to watch on icc. And of course , you are right, Dortmund has been around for quite a while. Not to get off topic here, but I do wonder what the financial arrangement is here. It seems that KC bought some broadcast rights. Probably they worked the politics and money to get Deep Junior involved too. Probably to make up for the problems Deep Junior had in the earlier tourney (Adams affair) and the problems with the match against WGM. I guess I am curious about the details. The players must be getting paid quite a bit more than in a usual Dortmund tourney.
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