Re: 2018 World Championship in London
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2018 8:06 pm
Agon move broadcasting rules clearly having learned from losing the previous court cases
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They reference the "FIDE Live Broadcasting Policy".Mick Norris wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 8:06 pmclearly having learned from losing the previous court cases
clubs around the country could organise a fun evening down their local, streaming live commentary on a large-screen TV or projector screen, and attracting newcomers with a (World Cup football-style) Fan Zone.
It was a draft where FIDE were inviting comments during a consultation period. It was rare for a consultation paper, in that I genuinely believe FIDE were hoping people would comment against it rather than in support of it.Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 8:27 pmThey reference the "FIDE Live Broadcasting Policy".Mick Norris wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 8:06 pmclearly having learned from losing the previous court cases
Does that have any more status than that of a draft?
https://www.fide.com/component/content/ ... olicy.html
Presumably this suggestion from
https://www.englishchess.org.uk/enewsle ... -issue-25/
might incur Agon's displeasureclubs around the country could organise a fun evening down their local, streaming live commentary on a large-screen TV or projector screen, and attracting newcomers with a (World Cup football-style) Fan Zone.
They seem to be punting this dubious statistic to commercial partners as well.
World Chess and Unibet will produce additional digital content for this year’s tournament in order to reach the 600 million chess enthusiasts around the world.
Fans will be able to make quick and easy bets on a range of categories – ranging from outright winner through to a player’s next move.
We believe that this year’s World Championship showdown between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana in London will establish chess as a permanent fixture in betting.”
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I like the way the very next paragraph says ten million people watched the last world championship match, which may cause the alert reader to wonder why the other 590 million of us didn't bother.Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 8:35 amThey seem to be punting this dubious statistic to commercial partners as well.
https://worldchess.com/news/71World Chess and Unibet will produce additional digital content for this year’s tournament in order to reach the 600 million chess enthusiasts around the world.
Indeed. Let’s see.Chris Rice wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 12:26 amIt will be interesting to see what Dvorkovich and Nigel Short do or say tomorrow about what Agon are trying to pull here.
I have a vague recollection of Dvorkovich saying, during his election campaign, something to the effect that next month's AGON-organised World Championship match was a given but there would be a review after that.JustinHorton wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 9:42 amMy guess is that something will be said, because it's easy as well as right and because nobody likes AGON. What will actually be done though, is a harder question.
JustinHorton wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 9:39 amI like the way the very next paragraph says ten million people watched the last world championship match, which may cause the alert reader to wonder why the other 590 million of us didn't bother.
Nigel Short has just tweeted his opinionAngus French wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 9:56 amI have a vague recollection of Dvorkovich saying, during his election campaign, something to the effect that next month's AGON-organised World Championship match was a given but there would be a review after that