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cyclonestate

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My apologies in advance if this has already been discussed (if so, maybe mods can delete this thread ).

I learned today that the television announcers who worked the KSU game last night weren't in Hilton. They did the game from a studio in Chicago. Apparently, it's a cost saving thing for ESPN.

I guess it doesn't matter that much, but I thought it was kind of crummy. Makes me wonder if this will be a trend for the networks.
 
As ESPN loses subs massively, you can rest assured that eventually this will be done for most games.

The biggest games at the biggest venues will probably still go live, but more and more they will go remotely to save on travel expenses.

I can't blame them. Ultimately production costs are passed onto the consumer.

I didn't see too much of a downside.
 
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cyclonestate said:
My apologies in advance if this has already been discussed (if so, maybe mods can delete this thread ).

I learned today that the television announcers who worked the KSU game last night weren't in Hilton. They did the game from a studio in Chicago. Apparently, it's a cost saving thing for ESPN.

I guess it doesn't matter that much, but I thought it was kind of crummy. Makes me wonder if this will be a trend for the networks.
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It already happens a decent amount in soccer broadcasting. That's not exactly apples and oranges, since travel costs are drastically different when you are talking about Fox flying a broadcast crew to Eastern Europe for a Europa League match vs. sending a team to Ames for a hoops game.

But sports broadcasters are going to have to tighten the belt as they find their massive revenue streams get eroded by cord cutters. It might just mean non-marquee matchups might get remote broadcast commentators.
 
Honestly, I'm surprised it has taken this long for networks to start moving in this direction.
 
If they pipe in the two joes which are basically the same as listening to generic Madden announcers, they should just plug in local announcers like John Walters.

Knowing nothing about broadcasting rights and how that matches up with Learfield, this sounds like a good idea.
 
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Lahey said:
If they pipe in the two joes which are basically the same as listening to generic Madden announcers, they should just plug in local announcers like John Walters.

Knowing nothing about broadcasting rights and how that matches up with Learfield, this sounds like a good idea.
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Did you watch the roadie at TCU? Be careful what you wish for.
 
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Lahey said:
If they pipe in the two joes which are basically the same as listening to generic Madden announcers, they should just plug in local announcers like John Walters.

Knowing nothing about broadcasting rights and how that matches up with Learfield, this sounds like a good idea.
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It would be really nice if they created "pick your own" audio channels (home team, away team, or impartial announces).
 
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The weird thing is they did the game from Charlotte. Not sure if either guy lives there, but it seems weird they can get them to Charlotte much cheaper than they can get them to Ames. You could tell they were not at the game because of the lack of background noise. They do need to be honest about it and don't act like they are at the game. It could make it better for the announcers because in a studio they would have more technology than at the game courtside.
 
They've been doing this for years with smaller games, I understand the reasoning ($$$) but it takes away from the experience for me. Oh well, it ain't gonna change.
 
if im not mistaken, and I very well may be, the majority of any broadcast in ames by espn is using freelance talent from dsm area or the surrounding area (I had a friend who produced the broadcasts from mediacom trucks for ESPN if im not mistaken) the fact that the talent is watching from an office somewhere doesnt bother me, however, it cheapens it as a fan of the home team because we want them to talk about how great our crowd/arena is.
 
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kingcy said:
The weird thing is they did the game from Charlotte. Not sure if either guy lives there, but it seems weird they can get them to Charlotte much cheaper than they can get them to Ames. You could tell they were not at the game because of the lack of background noise. They do need to be honest about it and don't act like they are at the game. It could make it better for the announcers because in a studio they would have more technology than at the game courtside.
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This. I'm pretty sure Reid Gettys lives in Texas, so it doesn't seem like a big cost savings to fly him somewhere other than Ames to do a game. Also, when you still have at least 5 camera men and a production crew on site, seems odd that you're worried about saving money on two extra guys who call the game.
 
chuckd4735 said:
This. I'm pretty sure Reid Gettys lives in Texas, so it doesn't seem like a big cost savings to fly him somewhere other than Ames to do a game. Also, when you still have at least 5 camera men and a production crew on site, seems odd that you're worried about saving money on two extra guys who call the game.
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I'm pretty sure Iowa State provides camera people.
 
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