I don’t like to dwell too much on the fact that I am the only person working in this business full-time, but one thing this does mean is that video-on-demand content is always slower to be released than I would like.
However, by changing the way we record things from the live broadcasts it has meant certain matches and tournaments have been quicker to make available, especially where commentary has been recorded on site.
I thought with this post I would use it as a bit of an update post, these are the files that have been added over the last few weeks, some are free and some are only available to subscribers.
Please watch the latest videos and rate and review them if you get chance:
Since we have been covering the TCC Snooker Pro-am from Newport each week we have seen a 5% growth in our viewers accessing our video on demand categories.
Some elements of the media suggest that snooker is dying and there is no doubt that it has undergone a decline since it’s heydey in the 1980’s, both in terms of playing numbers and TV audiences.
What these media types forget though is that for the decline in the UK there has been major growth in places like Germany, Belgium, Russia, The Middle East and China.
Although 60% of our website traffic still comes from the UK we are finding more and more of it is driven to access snooker related content. Viewers from all over the globe want to get a regular fix of high quality snooker videos. I would suggest (without any evidence I must add) that this could be due to the fragmentation of pool disciplines. It is easier to search and find snooker content as it is it’s own discipline, pool on the other hand comes in many forms and is a little trickier to find.
I have always said that the growth of Cuesport TV will come about by good quality snooker content and this is what we are finding.
I am hoping to announce another major tournament being added to our live offering over the next week so look out for that.
As of today you can purchase a Cuesport TV Subscription.
There are two types; a pass (one-off payment) and a subscription (recurring payment).
In order to purchase one you will need to do the following:
1. Login to Cuesport TV
2. Look at the package list and decide which is for you.
3. Purchase Credits (Find it at the bottom under Your Account)
4. Apply those credits to the subscription period you require.
In the future the credit system will be removed to allow more traditional purchasing and also allow purchase via SMS text message.
SPECIAL OFFERS Until the end of Sunday July 5th you will be able to by the following launch offers:
The new Cuesport TV subscriptions are now live, however, at this time they are not quite how I originally wanted them implemented. For this week only you, as a subscriber, will have to purchase ‘credits’ in advance of buying a subscription.
You don’t need to pay twice but you will need to make two transactions. The first to pay for the credits, the second to apply those credits to the subscription you require.
This will change over the next week and it will be a lot easier to purchase from Cuesport TV in due course. Once again I am frustrated but have to understand the work that Prostream are putting in to make this right. Eventually it will be a very slick interface that even allows payment via mobile telephone SMS services.
There are 23 videos that are currently part of the subscription and this equates to around 10 hours of viewing.
The first live event that will be subscription only will be this Thursday’s event from the TCC Snooker Pro-am, those of you that viewed last week know the quality of the live stream and will hopefully be back to support it.
We have been going through the process of editing the material shot in Belgium last September and have started adding the resulting snooker videos to the CueSport TV channel.
Below are is a small break compiled by Mark Williams in his group stage match against Belgian, Danny Lathouwers.
You had probably forgotten, we broadcast the Belgium Open snooker back in September and always had plans to spruce up the videos and release them on the channel.
We were massively busy through September, October and November so have just started on these tapes. The snooker is awesome and the quality of the video files is also great,
As a little taster we have just released this 104 break by Mark Selby. 13 reds followed by 13 blacks and we were starting to sweat thinking of the maximum 147 break. What made this extra special was that it was the very first match of the tournament and none of the players had been able to practice on the tables. Unfortunately it was not to be but a great effort none the less. Enjoy!
