DCTF acquires TexanLive.com

[rb585]

This seems to be very good news concerning the future of UIL football broadcasts.

[Matthew328]

Dont read too much into it as far as the Friday night ban being lifted etc

[Tejastrue]

Just means Dave Campbell will be charging for playoff games.

[Matthew328]

Just means Dave Campbell will be charging for playoff games.

That is correct.....rights fees for playoff games aren't free for us either

[rb585]

That is correct.....rights fees for playoff games aren't free for us either

Will this mean more televised games in the future?

Like, not from mainly Houston area?

[Tejastrue]

The thought of combining the magazine subscription with Texan live sounds intriguing if that is where they are going with this.

[Matthew328]

Will this mean more televised games in the future?

Like, not from mainly Houston area?

There's a lot of variables at play, but the HOPE is we can grow it

The first one is the UIL's Friday night rule for regular season games...if that goes back in play its likely most games will be in metro areas where there are Thursday and Saturday games. A lot also depends on revenue sponsorships, more subscription revenue and sponsorships we get, the more equipment we can buy and larger budget we have for broadcasters and tech guys to contract...

As for the playoffs we plan on competing for rights across the state, but it also depends on broadcaster/equipment availability etc...for example if I'm doing color on a game and the game is in Lubbock I have to ask my boss if I can leave work early etc....if I cant get that done then we cant do the game in Lubbock lol.....

[Matthew328]

The thought of combining the magazine subscription with Texan live sounds intriguing if that is where they are going with this.

We currently have a digital only option, a print only option and a bundle option...my guess is we add a Texan Live only option and then also a bundle w/digital and print....

[d0tc0m]

We currently have a digital only option, a print only option and a bundle option...my guess is we add a Texan Live only option and then also a bundle w/digital and print....

I’ve already got the print/digital bundle. I’ll probably be on the TL/print/digital bundle bandwagon when it becomes available.

[rb585]

How does the East Bernard-LRA game get capability for replay, and a running clock on the score bar graphics, while the El Campo-Lindale game gets the usual stone age score bar with no clock and no replay?

[Matthew328]

How does the East Bernard-LRA game get capability for replay, and a running clock on the score bar graphics, while the El Campo-Lindale game gets the usual stone age score bar with no clock and no replay?

Because we can hook directly into the scoreboard feed at Tomball

[Twirling Time]

Because we can hook directly into the scoreboard feed at Tomball

I always wondered how networks were able to do that. Is there an industry standard for scoreboards with all the different brands out there?

[Matthew328]

I always wondered how networks were able to do that. Is there an industry standard for scoreboards with all the different brands out there?

Not really it varies by stadium and which stadiums will allow us to tap into their internal feed