Announcement of ESPN 3D on DirecTV. Interesting points:
- DirecTV poo poos the idea of one-off sporting events (like the Masters or the New York Rangers game). I don’t know if that’s sour grapes or a focused strategy.
- ESPN 3D will have 85 events per year (dark other times). Counting it up…
- 25 FIFA Soccer Games (basically worthless to most Americans)
- 1 X Games 16
- 1 2010 college football ACC Championship
- 1 2011 BCS National Championship game
So that’s about 30 events right there. The remaining 55 must come from:
- college basketball
- NBA
Bottom line – we can guess that ESPN 3D is good for about 30 NBA and 30 NCAA games.
http://www.multichannel.com/article/450791-DirecTV_Puts_On_ESPN_s_3D_Glasses.php
