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Subject: Coming up next on the Chess Chanel...

Author: Ismenio Sousa

Date: 21:01:34 11/06/04


I know this won't happen but just as an exercise, imagine if we were to have a
chess channel – could you find enough stuff to fill in a TV channel with chess
related programming?  Would that ever be feasible? (after all, we do have the
golf channel!)

Here's what I thought of:

* News – with what's going on all over the world – latest championships with
complete coverage

* Biography – not just the legendary players but also key people involved in
chess – maybe some of the programmers, CEOs of big chess companies, etc.

* Greatest chess games – detailed analysis of famous games with behind the
“game” specials

* Live coverage of events (not just snippets but the real stuff as it happens!)
I can see how this would be boring for someone who doesn't like chess but can
you imagine watching a big game, uncut, with commentary by a GM?

* Movies? anyone has a list? I can't imagine seeing endless reruns of “Searching
for Bobby Fischer”

* Reviews, specials, documentaries (chess computers? :)

I can also think of the stumbling blocks: extremely low interest, almost no
sponsorship (if any)
Now that I think of it, we may not have enough content for a TV channel but I
figure I'd post this anyway :) Not that this group needs it! I'm away for a few
days and I see tons of messages to catch up with!

Ismenio



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