Little blurb from his column in tomorrow's Daily News, which is online now. Basically, provides a background on what this is:
As far as television goes, St. John’s athletics, and the St. John’s TV Network, are establishing a trend.
We’ll make this simple. SJU has embarked on a project where SJTVN will produce HD telecasts — baseball, basketball, fencing, volleyball — over the Internet (no satellite or fiber necessary) for networks like SportsNet New York, ESPN3 and CBS Sports Network.
Major reason: Moo-la-dee. Working with the satellite hookup and production truck would cost SJU $45,000 per game. Last week SJU produced a three-game (baseball) series with Seton Hall for CBS Sports Network for the “minimal” cost of a few thousand dollars per game.
SJTVN uses a combination of students and professional technicians to work the telecasts. Mark Fratto, SJU’s senior associate athletics director, is looking at SJTVN producing at least 100 HD games over the Internet.
“We used 2011 to test the entire operation,” Fratto said. “Now that we’ve worked the bugs out, my hope is to get wider distribution this year.”
Read more:http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/h...l-tv-audience-article-1.1085086#ixzz1w0fHHjjU
As far as television goes, St. John’s athletics, and the St. John’s TV Network, are establishing a trend.
We’ll make this simple. SJU has embarked on a project where SJTVN will produce HD telecasts — baseball, basketball, fencing, volleyball — over the Internet (no satellite or fiber necessary) for networks like SportsNet New York, ESPN3 and CBS Sports Network.
Major reason: Moo-la-dee. Working with the satellite hookup and production truck would cost SJU $45,000 per game. Last week SJU produced a three-game (baseball) series with Seton Hall for CBS Sports Network for the “minimal” cost of a few thousand dollars per game.
SJTVN uses a combination of students and professional technicians to work the telecasts. Mark Fratto, SJU’s senior associate athletics director, is looking at SJTVN producing at least 100 HD games over the Internet.
“We used 2011 to test the entire operation,” Fratto said. “Now that we’ve worked the bugs out, my hope is to get wider distribution this year.”
Read more:http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/h...l-tv-audience-article-1.1085086#ixzz1w0fHHjjU
