Interestingly, it's been some time since we had Studio Guests, many many months, & we've been carefully monitoring feedback to see if anyone complained or noticed. Nobody has, until now, which says something. The Sports" Stars" & Celebs cost a few bob, too, which adds up over time.
Everything is still being organised as to TSP, but I think it's pretty certain that at some stage, having some of them in the Studio from time to time will bring a new & fresh dimension, as several Posts have suggested, & it'll almost certainly happen.
But it wont be, I don't imagine, before the Studio Move, which is scheduled for late November or early December. The existing studio set up (where we are now) has been changed, & to bring in Guests right now is a bit difficult technically, requiring some lighting & camera modifications. There is no point spending cash on a Studio we are soon to vacate, so best wait for the Studio move, & as that is close to Xmas, we'll probably get the other side of December before it happens.
I'll ask Atilla to comment, tomorrow, if I remember. She's a bit grumpy today, so I'm scared to ask, to be honest.
I did like the studio guests and the '3D' analysed hands but I don't miss them terribly. If the budget can go to other improvements for the channel then I'd rather it be put into those instead. I can imagine people who play on Sky Poker though and possibly even TSP (as mentioned) may come on and play live in the studio. I don't think they would ask for any money either if they got the tourney entry for free!
Great to see feedback is being listened to though and improvements are coming.
tikay are u saying some of those guests were paid appearance fees? or do u mean the cost of registering them etc because on occasions the 'celebrity' guests came accross completely unarticulate it must have been awful trying to coax info out of them on live tv Posted by hotpotato
Morning Mr Potato, I'm glad you Posted, because it reminded me, I need to reply to an earlier Post of yours, which I'll do a little later today.
For now, I'll just deal with this one.
Appearance Fees for Guests - depends upon the Guest, but certainly they all get exs, travel & hotel, & in some cases, a fee.
The business model for that is not as simple as you may think, & a Celeb or Sporting Guest ticks several boxes. If the Guest is "right", it brings added entertainment value to the Show, & Viewers.
If we have, say, an Athlete on, the Sky Poker Relations Manager - a very fine young man - will go onto all the big Athletics Forums & spam their appearance, ditto with a boxer, et al. When Ron "Chopper Harris" appears, as he did several times, he goes onto the various Chelsea FC fora & puffs the Show, & with Frank Worthington, onto the Leicester City & Huddersfield Town fora. What this achieves is to attract fresh viewers to the Show, who are all potential new Clients. If we get, say, 500 extra Chelsea fans watching the Show, & "convert" 5% of them, who subsequently sign up & Deposit, it makes the business case. When Mr McCririck was on, he puffed all the Racing fora, & that brings several thousand new pairs of eyes, so despite his abrasiveness, indeed rudeness, he was, in many ways, a very good Guest.
You are right, of course, in alluding to their ability to come across well in front of TV Cameras, not everyone can, & footballers on the wholeare not exactly known for stratospheric IQ's, or correct use of the English language. One or two of them were, shall we say, "hard work". So yes, it's fair to say that some of them, as you say, "came accross completely unarticulate".
ahh, i hadnt seen that angle.. i guess it makes sense if they would drum up extra interest.. (how do i know which post you are replying to? ? or do i just traul the forum?)
ahh, i hadnt seen that angle.. i guess it makes sense if they would drum up extra interest.. (how do i know which post you are replying to? ? or do i just traul the forum?) cheers teeks, love you Posted by hotpotato
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Studio Guests.
Interestingly, it's been some time since we had Studio Guests, many many months, & we've been carefully monitoring feedback to see if anyone complained or noticed. Nobody has, until now, which says something. The Sports" Stars" & Celebs cost a few bob, too, which adds up over time.
Everything is still being organised as to TSP, but I think it's pretty certain that at some stage, having some of them in the Studio from time to time will bring a new & fresh dimension, as several Posts have suggested, & it'll almost certainly happen.
But it wont be, I don't imagine, before the Studio Move, which is scheduled for late November or early December. The existing studio set up (where we are now) has been changed, & to bring in Guests right now is a bit difficult technically, requiring some lighting & camera modifications. There is no point spending cash on a Studio we are soon to vacate, so best wait for the Studio move, & as that is close to Xmas, we'll probably get the other side of December before it happens.
I'll ask Atilla to comment, tomorrow, if I remember. She's a bit grumpy today, so I'm scared to ask, to be honest.
Great to see feedback is being listened to though and improvements are coming.
because on occasions the 'celebrity' guests came accross completely unarticulate it must have been awful trying to coax info out of them on live tv
For now, I'll just deal with this one.
Appearance Fees for Guests - depends upon the Guest, but certainly they all get exs, travel & hotel, & in some cases, a fee.
The business model for that is not as simple as you may think, & a Celeb or Sporting Guest ticks several boxes. If the Guest is "right", it brings added entertainment value to the Show, & Viewers.
If we have, say, an Athlete on, the Sky Poker Relations Manager - a very fine young man - will go onto all the big Athletics Forums & spam their appearance, ditto with a boxer, et al. When Ron "Chopper Harris" appears, as he did several times, he goes onto the various Chelsea FC fora & puffs the Show, & with Frank Worthington, onto the Leicester City & Huddersfield Town fora. What this achieves is to attract fresh viewers to the Show, who are all potential new Clients. If we get, say, 500 extra Chelsea fans watching the Show, & "convert" 5% of them, who subsequently sign up & Deposit, it makes the business case. When Mr McCririck was on, he puffed all the Racing fora, & that brings several thousand new pairs of eyes, so despite his abrasiveness, indeed rudeness, he was, in many ways, a very good Guest.
You are right, of course, in alluding to their ability to come across well in front of TV Cameras, not everyone can, & footballers on the wholeare not exactly known for stratospheric IQ's, or correct use of the English language. One or two of them were, shall we say, "hard work". So yes, it's fair to say that some of them, as you say, "came accross completely unarticulate".
(how do i know which post you are replying to? ? or do i just traul the forum?)
cheers teeks, love you
Could you chaps use it to make programmes more interactive and have viewer votes and polls to gauge the general view of moves etc??
Could cost very little as the technology is there and be a bit of fun?