About Exposure …

Monique Eurosport, Media, opinion, Snooker, ,

No, this isn’t about photography… πŸ˜‰ … I wish it was though. This is about the exposure snooker is getting and why the latest developments got me very concerned.

True, we now have more good statistical sites, podcasts and youtube channels dealing with snooker than ever before but … BUT the next professional event, the Xi’an Grand Prix, is starting on Monday next week and, apparently, for us fans in Europe, the only way to watch it will be via matchroom.live. This means that we will get at most two tables but that’s not the worst of it. Unless Matchroom improves their streaming platform for the occasion, it also means that, if for any reason we can’t watch the action when it’s happening, we won’t see it at all1. This is a tournament held in China. Some matches, in the early rounds, will be played at ungodly hours – very early in the morning – and MOST matches will be played during what is for us, Europeans, working hours.

Eurosport branded themselves “the home of snooker”. The Eurosport player was fantastic.

Discovery+ , Eurosport alleged replacement, doesn’t seem to be too keen to offer the same service.

The BBC will only show the UK, the Masters and the World. The ITV tournaments will be on ITV … but those platforms are not supposed to be available to the fans in mainland Europe, or in general outside the UK/Ireland2.

If WST/WPBSA want their sport to be successful this is an issue that needs to be addressed properly and urgently. As we say in French “Loin des yeux … loin du coeur.”3 For any sport to grow and succeed, exposure is vital, and not just exposure, “quality” exposure. Quality is not just about content, it’s also about availability to all fans, no matter their location, their occupation and their time constraints. Eurosport player was offering that, at a price, but it didn’t cost a fortune. Now that option is gone … without actual alternative.

  1. Actually this is not entirely true, you might get some highlights later, but there is no guarantee whatsoever. β†©οΈŽ
  2. Yes, I know, VPNs exist BUT… that’s a workaround and not available to all. β†©οΈŽ
  3. “away from the eyes… away from the heart” β†©οΈŽ

26 thoughts on “About Exposure …”

  1. Chinese Exhibition event ( 2024ζ–―θ―Ίε…‹ζ˜Žζ˜ŸεŸŽεΈ‚ε·‘ε›žθ΅›δΈ΄ζΈ―η«™ in Chinese, 2024 Snooker Star City Tour Lingang Station in English with Google Translete )

    Day1 matches:
    Judd Trump v Jak Jones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWhq3AHcvEc
    Ronnie O’Sullivan v Si Jiahui frame 1-4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o562GUGGN1g
    Ronnie O’Sullivan v Si Jiahui from frame 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWWymhjBSLs .

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    Day2 (tomorrow) mathes:

    8:00 Trump v Si Jiahui + 13:30 Ronnie v Jak Jones (times are CEST)

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  5. i agree it is a disaster! I subscribed to europesport where they show most of the snooker competitions and I enjoy the commentators and we also get ronnie and jimmy white and alan, but last month got a notice saying it will stop broadcasting (am in mainland europe) and I am have matchroom subscription but it is live only and if you miss it you miss it. Now I am not sure where to watch. Then my TV subscription covers many eurosport channels but none of them focus on snooker!!

  6. Looks like matchroom.live are only showing table 1 each day. They do say in the FAQs that VOD will be available if you miss events so fingers crossed. I miss Eurosport Player too and am trying Discovery+ (UK based) with a ‘hope for the best’ attitude. I don’t know what commercial process decides broadcasters for new events but seeing them appear on a completely different platform is definitely unhelpful to fans. To be fair, this event is free so no subscription is required just an account and matchroom.live should be applauded for that.

    Thanks to Monique for her time and effort in running an excellent website.

  7. Good morning,

    Totally agree with you.

    In France, Eurosport offered snooker for €5 per month. Now nothing more.

    Discovery not available in France. Rest Youtubes. Not yet tested Matchroom.live

    Thank you for your site

  8. Good morning,

    Completely agree with you.

    In France to watch snooker, Eurosport cost €5 per month. Now nothing more!!! Discovery is not available in France. Stay Youtube. Not yet tested Matchroom.live.

    Thank you for your site.

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