The
Colorado High School Activities Association has joined with several other states
to experiment with consumer subscriptions, commonly referred to as Pay Per View,
to its state playoff broadcasts. Costs for the events will range in price
depending on the length of the playoff offerings.
“Play On! Sports has asked us to participate in an
experiment with subscription service. For comprehensive, quality coverage of
high school sports to become a viable product, we need to research reasonable
dual revenue models like other sports properties,” CHSAA Commissioner Paul
Angelico said. “Live events have limited shelf life, are expensive to produce
and advertising revenue alone cannot support the expense involved in that
production. We need to experiment with this now to determine its
viability.”
Play On! Sports, which is the parent company of
CHSAA.tv, has developed a simple pricing structure for Colorado and will begin
with the CHSAA’s first state championship event – Girls State Swimming &
Diving Championships. That will be followed up by all other winter and spring
playoff broadcasts, including the State Wrestling Tournament and State
Basketball Championships.
“We
expect some of our constituents to be concerned, but at the same time we know
that in order to develop a sustainable product, we have to find a way to make
these broadcasts affordable for those producing them as well as for the
consumer,” CHSAA Assistant Commissioner Bert Borgmann
noted.
The
pricing structure for the Winter State Championships is:
Day
Pass - $3.95
Weekly Pass - $6.95
Monthly Pass - $9.95
While this is an experiment for the next two sports
seasons, Play On! Sports will determine its success and how future broadcasts on
CHSAA.tv will be delivered. Games aired on the CHSAA.tv linear partner s, such
as ROOT Sports, are not included in the PPV sampling. The attached is a question
& answer document from Play On! Sports for your
information.
CHSAA Winter Playoff Events
February 8-9 – 4A Girls’ Swimming Championships – VMAC
(Thornton)
February 8-9 – 5A Girls’ Swimming Championships – EPIC
(Fort Collins)
February 14-15 – State Skiing Championships – Winter
Park Ski Area (NO CHSAA.tv)
February 21-23 – State Wrestling Championships – Pepsi
Center, Denver
February 28 – Ice Hockey Semifinals, DU Magness Arena,
Denver (2 games)
March 1 – Ice Hockey State Championships – DU Magness
Arena, Denver (1 game)
March 7 – 5A Girls Elite 8 Basketball – Denver Coliseum,
Denver (4 games)
March 8 – 5A Boys Elite 8 Basketball – Denver Coliseum,
Denver (4 games)
March 9 – 4A Boys & Girls Elite 8 Basketball –
Denver Coliseum (8 games)
March 14-16 – 1A Boys & Girls State Basketball
Championships – Budweiser Events Center, Loveland (22
games)
March 14-16 – 2A Boys & Girls State Basketball
Championships – Massari Arena, CSU-Pueblo (22 games)
March 14-16 – 3A Boys & Girls State Basketball
Championships – Moby Arena, CSU-Fort Collins (22 games)
March 14 – 4A/5A Girls Basketball Semifinals – CU Events
Center, Boulder (4 games)
March 15 – 4A/5A Boys Basketball Semifinals – CU Events
Center, Boulder (4game)
March 16 – 4A/5A Boys & Girls State Championship
Games – CU Events Center, Boulder – ROOT SPORTS (4 games)
March 16 – Inaugural Unified Exhibition Game – CU Events
Center, Boulder (1 game)
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