Author: Graham Laight
Date: 10:19:43 11/19/98
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On November 19, 1998 at 08:27:57, Mike Saavedra wrote: >I read in rccc and confirmed it on ICC that Kasparov and Kramnik match (24 >games/blitz)can only be seen on ICC on Pay-per-view for 16 checkels (16 US$). >The money goes to the prize fund. I have a few questions for the group. > >1. Do you think these PPV events will encourage high profile GM to play more >games? I don't know - but clearly professional boxers (the most obvious example of successful PPV in sport) do not do more fights as a result of the higher fees. For example, Lennox Lewis would not consider it worth getting out of bed for less than $5,000,000 these days. >2. How much do you think they will earn in total via ICC at 16$ a pop? It's a worthy experiment, but I'm afraid this is not boxing. I think they'll get about 500 viewers, which will at least pay the cost of setting the PPV up. And the software will be there in place for the next time. >3. If you think the price is too high, what do you think is a fairer price? (I >personally would not pay more than 5 bucks, but then again, i'm po' ;) ) I would have paid UKP 10 to see GK v DB. I suspect the true fans for this match will be in Russia, where they do not have convertible money. Given that the results and moves will be immediately available to the world, I don't see how they can seriously consider charging anything for this. Better to treat their existing customers (who already pay) - show them a good time and make them feel like they belong to a good club. I think this shows what a good value service members of FCS get!
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