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Originally Posted by bos

I dont think so at all. TV sets bring more money I would think. This is getting the fringe fan who doesnt have access to most games. Heck, I get quite a few clonezone games that I wouldnt normally be able to see. This pleases me greatly. This is helping to build our brand. Im all for it. Accessibility, thats what todays fans want and Pollard is bringing it.

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Plus non-conference games basketball games. If you're outside the state of Iowa this will be the only way to watch.

I would get it if it worked on my Roku in 720p.

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Originally Posted by cycloneG

Couldn't a sports bar have a subscription?

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Absolutely. It's so easy to hook a computer up to today's TV's and if you are a sports bar in the coverage area for a game that Mediacom picks up, you'd be a fool not to have a subscription to an ISU sports service.

Also, I'll bet there are more people that would pay to watch a game at home than there are that would go to a sports bar to watch random non-conference basketball games. The 1 football game a year is the one time the sports bar argument is even valid, imo.

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Originally Posted by 4429 mcc

Plus non-conference games basketball games. If you're outside the state of Iowa this will be the only way to watch.

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Yep, I just dont see a down side.

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Originally Posted by mred

What is a "real" fan?

The New York Times attempted to estimate fandom size last fall.

The Geography of College Football Fans (and Realignment Chaos) - NYTimes.com

They had ISU at around 535K fans (#52 in the nation). For comparison, Iowa was at 1.2M fans (#15). KSU and Baylor were the Big 12 teams below ISU.

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Real fan, someone who will seek out the games, pay for a subscription, etc. Casual fan, like say my gf, someone who has the gear, will go to a game if someone gives her a ticket, watch a game on tv but would never pay to watch a game online.

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Originally Posted by cybsball20

Well, those games would be on at most sports bars as well and have the possibility of reaching people who aren't seeking out a game. A subscription service like this will not.

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Any sports bar showing a MC22 production of an ISU game isn't doing us an favors. The production on those games is embarrassing and makes ISU look like we are stuck in the stone ages. Any decent Iowa sports bar that wants ISU fans will be able to set up an internet stream. It's really not that complicated for anyone with half a brain to stream from a computer (or a phone even) to an HD tv.

Cyclones.tv stream in HD >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mediacom 22

One Big question will be whether or not the continue to license the non-conf men's BB games to ESPN3. I would bet ESPN gives them more money to license those games on ESPN3 than ISU would generate extra revenue from extra subscriptions to cyclones.tv with exclusive rights to those non-conf BB games.

If you live in Central Iowa, you'll always have WOI, but for those people outside of WOI, ESPN3 is the only option other than clone zone.

This past season the non-conf games didn't show up on the ESPN3 schedule until sometime in mid-November, so I bet ISU and ESPN were in some sort of revenue discussions in anticipation of future years.

For 90% of fans who live outside the range of WOI, if you don't have the men's non-conf BB games with exclusive coverage on cyclones.tv, the only thing of value on cyclones.tv will be the 1 football game.

I suppose JW will have to change his twitter handle.

Chances are this will mean more ISU content on TV if it goes the route of KStateHD.TV, not less. The same stuff that was on TV will likely still be on TV.

JWoNation

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Originally Posted by Cy94

I would subscribe if available on Roku.

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This. Put this on Roku and I'll be all over it.

cyclones.tv sounds great. it will probably be completely awesome and there will be 37 threads complaining about it on CF.

all that content for $80/yr? steal.

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Originally Posted by KnappShack

This. Put this on Roku and I'll be all over it.

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Not to derail the thread but what is Roku? Can you get espn channels on it? How about espn3? I've been looking to replace our cable since we only watch it for sports but we end up paying for hundreds of channels we don't want.
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Back to the Cyclones.tv network, if the video stream is HD and reliable I will def buy it.

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Originally Posted by CrossCyed

Chances are this will mean more ISU content on TV if it goes the route of KStateHD.TV, not less. The same stuff that was on TV will likely still be on TV.

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Correct. Complaining about this is silly.

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Originally Posted by hiltonisheaven

Not to derail the thread but what is Roku? Can you get espn channels on it? How about espn3? I've been looking to replace our cable since we only watch it for sports but we end up paying for hundreds of channels we don't want.
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Back to the Cyclones.tv network, if the video stream is HD and reliable I will def buy it.

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I think it's a disease. Antibiotics will probably take care of it.
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