[Viking_Guy]

On the streaming front:  found an interesting post on another forum today about the rights to stream the post-season.  Here's the relevant language:

2015-16 NCAA Championships Live Video Streaming Rights Policy In accordance with the NCAA's digital rights agreement with Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. (“Turner”), Turner owns the exclusive rights to stream all NCAA Championships live via the Internet, mobile applications, and related devices, except for those Championships which fall under a prior national television and/or digital rights agreement (i.e. ESPN, CBS). If Turner elects to exercise its right to distribute an NCAA Championship event via live video streaming, NO SECONDARY STREAMING RIGHTS WILL BE GRANTED to university athletic departments, university television networks, student-operated television networks, local/regional television networks or other media outlets (collectively, “Third-Parties”). If Turner elects NOT to exercise its video streaming rights, certain Third Parties MAY REQUEST PERMISSION TO VIDEO STREAM select NCAA Championship events (the “Event Coverage”) from Turner. All requests must be submitted to Turner online at

So Turner holds the rights to events not chosen, but teams can request permission to stream.  What's interesting is that there is a KZSU stream of audio (that of course didn't match up with the video at all due to lag issues), so there must be a rights issue involved somewhere.  I wonder if that's what prevents an audio stream.  Although I do think Stanford could do a better job with the production itself - witness the quality of the women's basketball stream vs. the soccer one.  The fixed cameras and positions in Maples sure do help.  One would think that some student employees could be sufficient for DAPER to get better quality - it felt like a single guy with a "two shot" camera - one wide, one telephoto - with no zooming capability, as I mentioned in the last thread on this.

So I guess again, I'll hope for a better viewing experience next week.

VG

[Viking_Guy]

On the streaming front:  found an interesting post on another forum today about the rights to stream the post-season.  Here's the relevant language:

2015-16 NCAA Championships Live Video Streaming Rights Policy In accordance with the NCAA's digital rights agreement with Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. (“Turner”), Turner owns the exclusive rights to stream all NCAA Championships live via the Internet, mobile applications, and related devices, except for those Championships which fall under a prior national television and/or digital rights agreement (i.e. ESPN, CBS). If Turner elects to exercise its right to distribute an NCAA Championship event via live video streaming, NO SECONDARY STREAMING RIGHTS WILL BE GRANTED to university athletic departments, university television networks, student-operated television networks, local/regional television networks or other media outlets (collectively, “Third-Parties”). If Turner elects NOT to exercise its video streaming rights, certain Third Parties MAY REQUEST PERMISSION TO VIDEO STREAM select NCAA Championship events (the “Event Coverage”) from Turner. All requests must be submitted to Turner online at

So Turner holds the rights to events not chosen, but teams can request permission to stream.  What's interesting is that there is a KZSU stream of audio (that of course didn't match up with the video at all due to lag issues), so there must be a rights issue involved somewhere.  I wonder if that's what prevents an audio stream.  Although I do think Stanford could do a better job with the production itself - witness the quality of the women's basketball stream vs. the soccer one.  The fixed cameras and positions in Maples sure do help.  One would think that some student employees could be sufficient for DAPER to get better quality - it felt like a single guy with a "two shot" camera - one wide, one telephoto - with no zooming capability, as I mentioned in the last thread on this.

So I guess again, I'll hope for a better viewing experience next week.

VG