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That's something that is way beyond my knowledge & remit, so I can't really comment, in all the years I've been in poker, I've never got involved in that stuff.
They do have a very slick Acquisition Team though.
I've been with the TV side here since October 2006, so I know the backstory pretty well, & want to try & reply to all relevant questions, but acquisition is way outside my brief.
Respect for your opinions, but the suggestion that the Business is only looking at "immediate financial gain" is a little unfair, imo.
They have short, medium & long term targets & goals to continue to invest in, & build, the various SB&G platforms. All of them are currently on a strong growth trajectory, the results prove that, but that's not enough, they have to continue with growing & building.
We'll never all agree on the best way of achieving that, though. The Team up in Leeds have a far better view of the Business than you or I do, it has to be said.
that poetry doesn't rhyme, gelds.
So without sounding like a creep, I genuinely mean this, thank you to all those people who are and were associated with Channel 861.
For legal, Licensing & regulatory reasons, it cannot continue "as was".
Going forward, it's not so much "pre-recorded Shows", as a weekly Live Show, and a lot of pre-recorded material - Poker Strategy, Education, in depth Interviews (one is in the can already), more location shoots at Live Tournaments & Festivals, & so on. The Sky Poker Team will be "working" all that stuff hard, because it drives business.
Certainly we'll miss the 24/7 Live, as was, yes, but it is what it is, the decision wont be changed, & plans for the new adventure are gathering speed.
I'll be watching the Roller Final Table tonight, mind, any idea who finished 2nd?
This is terrible news - and one of those cases of perhaps not realising how much you enjoy and appreciate something until its gone (or going). I consider Sky to be my 'home' Poker site, its the one I will always look to play on first and foremost and only also play on other sites when there are not enough tournaments of the right structure available on Sky. This is where I love to play and I can say 100% that is down to the TV channel. The whole community aspect is down to the TV channel and from settling in to play something like the Sunday Night Roller knowing that yours and other peoples emails and posts will be read out and your hands may show up on the TV shortly after you have played them - its through this that not only the presenters and analysts but all the regular players who often feature and have their emails and posts read come to feel like people that you actually know. I really fear without the TV channel Sky Poker will now unfortunately become just another site populated by random names and anonymous opponents.
This is a real shame - most of all for all the presenters/analysts and crew. Thanks to the likes of Richard Orford and Joe Stapleton for all the hours of entertainment, and thanks to the like of Ryan Spittles for all the hours of education.
Big thanks to all the 861ers that made it entertaining and informative... Rich, Tikay, Anna, Ryan, Rutter et al
I'm sure a few of the above will still have a decent level of involvement in the pre recorded things to come.
Looking forward to seeing what's to come!
Sorry to hear Sky Poker TV won't be on our screens much longer. I will miss all the banter from all you presenters and players. I wish you all good luck and hope to see you all in Vegas in the summer and at the live Sky Poker events.
Sue
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PS A really sad day!!!!
Twitch certainly seems to be of interest to a lot of people - I've had 2 e-Mails already, in the 20 minutes since I first mentioned Twitch on this thread. (If those guys are reading this Thread, I'll be forwarding your e-Mails upstairs).
I am not aware of the exact format SkyPoker &/or SkyPoker TV intend to take with Twitch yet, but I know they are planning a bunch of Twitchy stuff.
I've spent the last few nights watching Jason Somerville & that PokerStapes bloke. Yikes.
Anyway, thanks for the offer, & let's see how it pans out.
In my little world, Twitching equates to bird watching, but the world of online changes things fast, now it's poker stuff so on.
I was already devasted to hear the SPTs and DTDs ending, the community themselves have organised one, showing just how much we enjoyed them.
We might still have the forum but that can pose risks sometimes because you will be getting some people posting negative things like bad promos, rake and the nonsense of rigged, so without having the TV channel itself explaining reasons better, people might start taking the nonsense more serious.
gutted live stream is to end, really love watching while playing.
Ch 861 only showed three MTT's per week. No idea how many MTT's run per day/week, but it must be hundreds?
TV coverage never helped the Roller last Sunday - it needed 200 & only got 182. As a result, that Guarantee has already been dropped to £15,000, but that's nothing to do with 861, it would have dropped anyway - it does every year at around this time.
This pattern repeats annually, every single year, nothing can stop it. In the Spring, MTT Guarantees are reduced on Northern Hemishpere facing sites, in the Autumn they go back up.
For context, the general industry wide split on proportions of poker traffic is something like this.....
Cash - 66%
SNG - 17%
MTT's - 17%
Different sites - maybe incluuding this one, I don't know - don't vary much from those numbers, maybe 1% or 2%, that's all.
So we are talking three MTT's per week from hundreds (admittedly, three Main Event jobbies) against that traffic split. It's not really going to make that much difference in the greater scheme of things. Yes, it'll maybe cost a few runners, but not a great deal. That's my opinion, fwiw.