DGPT Live Coverage Will Be Paywalled

[GoobyPls]

Applies to the preliminary rounds only. Does not promise shot-by-shot coverage of the lead card.

https://discgolf.ultiworld.com/2020...subscription-service-revamping-live-coverage/

 

[DiscFifty]

If Nate & Val are the live commentators, that's gonna be a no from me dawg....

 

[KaBooM]

Will this available to subscribe via either Apple TV, Amazon Prime or Direct TV?

Thanks, those are the only outlets that I have access to at the moment.

 

[brutalbrutus]

Vimeo sucks. Every time I've tried to use it, it just lags like crazy. Now that might be on my end but I can't afford to upgrade my internet and sure as hell not also pay for a sub.

 

[GoobyPls]

Will this available to subscribe via either Apple TV, Amazon Prime or Direct TV?

Thanks, those are the only outlets that I have access to at the moment.

Sounds like it's using Vimeo.

$8.99 a month, or $64.99 a year. They're offering 50% off to PDGA members for the monthly subscription, which puts it at $4.49 a month.

 

[Future_Primitive]

Sounds like it's using Vimeo.

$8.99 a month, or $64.99 a year. They're offering 50% off to PDGA members for the monthly subscription, which puts it at $4.49 a month.

Noticed there was no discount for PDGA members buying the full year. This discourages PDGA members from buying the year package and forces them to go monthly in order to save any money. Better be good as this means monthly folks can cut ties quickly and not be stuck with a full year. :\

 

[elmexdela]

but final round will be free

isnt this another ass backwards approach

 

[Hampstead]

No thanks.

 

[xyman621]

"We'd love to feature Jomez content on the Disc Golf Network at some point," said Mahmoud Bahrani, the DGPT Media Manager. "The goal is for it to become a one stop shop for all your disc golf content."

So are we going back to trying for everything under the DGPT umbrella again.

Jamie Thomas will serve as the play-by-play lead commentator for the live broadcast with Nate and Valarie Jenkins Doss sharing color commentary duties. Terry Miller will be on site at tournaments to provide on-the-ground updates and interviews.

Can I get a no commentary option. Just attach a boom to Terry and let me hear the sounds/voices on the course.

 

[brutalbrutus]

but final round will be free

isnt this another ass backwards approach

I don't think so, if anything they would probably alienate less viewers this way. A lot of people whine about 1st round cards anyway.

 

[TheOtherBill]

Nice to see the FPO change:

"Rather than feature morning FPO rounds and afternoon MPO ones, as is typical at tournaments, FPO will tee off soon after the MPO lead card."

- will not only get more eyeballs on FPO but will stop forcing them to play in sometimes vastly different conditions than MPO

 

[elmexdela]

I don't think so, if anything they would probably alienate less viewers this way. A lot of people whine about 1st round cards anyway.

so why would people pay for the less desired rounds

 

[brutalbrutus]

Jamie Thomas on play by play with Nate and Val doing color commentary. FPO lead will be playing concurrent with MPO instead of morning/afternoon. They will tee off after MPO with a bit of a break in between.

 

[brutalbrutus]

so why would people pay for the less desired rounds

You're asking the wrong person, for I likely wont be.

But they aren't paying for just the early live rounds, it also sounds like the early Post pro rounds and other "exclusive content" whatever that means

 

[Dcinmd]

Nice to see the FPO change:

"Rather than feature morning FPO rounds and afternoon MPO ones, as is typical at tournaments, FPO will tee off soon after the MPO lead card."

- will not only get more eyeballs on FPO but will stop forcing them to play in sometimes vastly different conditions than MPO

So this means the lead card for FPO will not be competing under the same conditions as the rest of their field?

That does not sound fair to me.

 

[jvphobic]

So this means the lead card for FPO will not be competing under the same conditions as the rest of their field?

That does not sound fair to me.

The entire field goes after MPO. We just focus on covering the lead.

 

[notroman]

I don't think $4.49/mo is enough money to be complaining about. Don't like the live coverage? Don't watch it. If you do, this is a small price to pay. I really really hate how so many people expect things to be free in disc golf, but then complain if their free things are lacking any quality.

Cost to watch DGPT events live for 2020:
Feb 21-24 - $4.49 per event
Mar 14-16 - $4.49 per event
Apr 12-14 - $4.49 per event
May 10-12, May 25-27 - $2.25 per event
Jun 21-23 - $4.49 per event
Jul 5-7, Jul 26-28 - $2.25 per event
Aug 29-Sep 1 - $4.49 per event
Sep 12-15 - $4.49 per event
Oct 17-20 - $4.49 per event

The live coverage for the entire disc golf season ends up costing you, if you choose, about $40. This is not much considering all the dedication, time and work from so many people that it takes to deliver live coverage.

 

[KaBooM]

Sounds like it's using Vimeo.

$8.99 a month, or $64.99 a year. They're offering 50% off to PDGA members for the monthly subscription, which puts it at $4.49 a month.

So if you are not using Vimeo as a platform on your "smart TV" or I-Pad, does one also have to pay for a Vimeo subscription in addition to the $8.99 for DGPT content?

 

[perklc]

So if you are not using Vimeo as a platform on your "smart TV" or I-Pad, does one also have to pay for a Vimeo subscription in addition to the $8.99 for DGPT content?

There is no subscription cost to Vimeo.

 

[DiscFifty]

I wonder if the free for last round will last all season....