2023-24 Challenger Series

[Frau Muller]

Yeah, once again, your outrage is misplaced and your assumption is way off-base. The ISU is not doing much of anything with their planned channel, and the organizing committees/Federations are the ones setting the pricing for filming and streaming.

I'm still in favor of an ISU streaming channel all in one place to come about. I'd gladly pay as much as I did for IceNetwork and then Sports Gold, and I already pay year-round for Peacock as it is.

I wish that it all came on Peacock, if being sold. One place to pay.

 

[Andrea82]

I can understand paid live-streaming to raise some further money for the organization.
However, really, Challenger Senior events should have the live scoring page working. Nebelhorn Trophy had only the early groups of Pairs competition with the result page being updated.

 

[On My Own]

OK so is Grassl out or not.

 

[DORISPULASKI]

And is there an online schedule for Nepela? The thing linked as a schedule on the ISU page isn't one, and the streaming page only gives the time of the start of the streaming day.

 

[PRlady]

And is there an online schedule for Nepela? The thing linked as a schedule on the ISU page isn't one, and the streaming page only gives the time of the start of the streaming day.

This is all I’ve got. I had to use it to negotiate carving out time to at least watch dance next weekend, what a lineup. It IS inconvenient for me to rule out socializing every Friday and Saturday evening due to skating so I compromise on everything but dance.

https://isu.org/docman-documents-links/isu-files/event-documents/figure-skating-4/2023-24/challenger-series-22/announcements-144/31951-cs-nepela-memorial-2023-schedule/file

 

[Karen-W]

I wish that it all came on Peacock, if being sold. One place to pay.

Oh, hell no, not Peacock now with their lack of archived events. I'd be fine with the ISU making a deal with SolidSport though.

 

[Evgeniafan]

Oh, hell no, not Peacock now with their lack of archived events. I'd be fine with the ISU making a deal with SolidSport though.

A paid YouTube channel would be fine by me.

 

[Karen-W]

A paid YouTube channel would be fine by me.

Nope - not with YT blocking stuff due to "copyright" claims.

 

[On My Own]

A paid YouTube channel would be fine by me.

I genuinely feel this is the best solution, and if it's made global, then the currently region-blocked audience can enjoy the content without paying for an additional VPN. Money straight to the ISU. I've brought up the paid subscription on YT as a solution before.

 

[Evgeniafan]

Nope - not with YT blocking stuff due to "copyright" claims.

Would they block it if its a paid channel?

 

[On My Own]

Nope - not with YT blocking stuff due to "copyright" claims.

YT has retained most full-length Olympic videos from 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, and the worlds streams that were rebroadcast over the pandemic. I'm sure some solution can be reached.

 

[Frau Muller]

Nope - not with YT blocking stuff due to "copyright" claims.

Of my favorite CS skates, only Ilia’s LP music was muted, that I recall.

 

[Gris]

Any bets on how quickly Grassl is withdrawn from Budapest?

Grassl is replaced by Raffaele Francesco Zich at Budapest Trophy. He's still on the entry list of Nepela though.

 

[Karen-W]

Of note -

Sihyeong Lee is out of both Finlandia & Budapest - if he's injured that could open up a couple of GP spots (CoC & NHK) for the men.

 

[Sylvia]

Latest withdrawals from Nepela:

Women (as of Sept. 19)
17 Antonina DUBININA SRB 12
22 Amber GLENN USA 16 (listed as WD 9/20 on USFS' International Assignments page)

Ice Dance (as of Sept. 19)
11 Mariia NOSOVITSKAYA / Mikhail NOSOVITSKIY ISR 9

Competition info thread created in Kiss & Cry: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/2023-nepela-memorial-sept-28-30-bratislava-svk-cs-4.111027/

 

[On My Own]

Which drugs are enabling Grassl to cling onto Nepela with all his life!

 

[Sylvia]

I assume this (competing at Nepela) means Grassl has not been charged by NADO Italia for an Antidoping Rule Violation.

ETA link to the Italian news thread for background info/context: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...ting-news-updates.104247/page-17#post-6464838

 

[On My Own]

I assume this (competing at Nepela) means Grassl has not been charged by NADO Italia for an Antidoping Rule Violation.

But then one must wonder why he withdrew from every other CS apart from this one, I guess.

Not that last second withdrawals don't happen, and not that CS events matter more than the rest of the season's major events, but still.

 

[Karen-W]

I assume this (competing at Nepela) means Grassl has not been charged by NADO Italia for an Antidoping Rule Violation.

ETA link to the Italian news thread for background info/context: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...ting-news-updates.104247/page-17#post-6464838

I won't believe it until he takes the ice.

 

[Andrea82]

I won't believe it until he takes the ice.

As per Sylvia's link on the Italian News thread, he is not mentioned on Italian Fed's press release about this week's competitions. For Nepela, they only mention Frangipani and Gutmann.

Figura, gli impegni degli azzurri tra Junior Grand Prix, Nepela Memorial e Campionato Italiano Elite

Prende il via da domani un lungo ed intenso fine settimana che vedrà impegnati su più fronti molti...

www.fisg.it

 

[Karen-W]

And Grassl is WD from Nepela -

31th Nepela Memorial - Men - Short Program

www.kraso.sk

Also - Gamez/Korovin are out of Finlandia.

 

[On My Own]

And Grassl is WD from Nepela -

31th Nepela Memorial - Men - Short Program

www.kraso.sk

Also - Gamez/Korovin are out of Finlandia.

I think that's goodbye to Grassl this season.

 

[Sylvia]

Live Stream - Finlandia Trophy

The competitions will be broadcasted on SkatingFinland and Ruutu+ -channels. Skating Finland LIVE stream will be archived and can be watched afterwards. Registration SolidSport / National and International Broadcast. To view streaming events, you must first create account to SolidSport. If you...

www.finlandiatrophy.com

Like last year, Finlandia Trophy's livestream & replays for people outside of Finland will be on SolidSport -- All Access Pass (3 days) is 24.9 EUR: https://solidsport.com/skatingfinland/all_access

By Day is 10.9 EUR (link to the liveestream for Friday, Oct. 6): https://solidsport.com/skatingfinland/watch/finlandia-trophy-espoo-8-10-2023

Entries: https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00117410.htm

 

[Karen-W]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1708756223955186158

For those who can't see that, Mai Mihara has withdrawn from Finlandia.

 

[Karen-W]

Live Stream - Finlandia Trophy

The competitions will be broadcasted on SkatingFinland and Ruutu+ -channels. Skating Finland LIVE stream will be archived and can be watched afterwards. Registration SolidSport / National and International Broadcast. To view streaming events, you must first create account to SolidSport. If you...

www.finlandiatrophy.com

Like last year, Finlandia Trophy's livestream & replays for people outside of Finland will be on SolidSport -- All Access Pass (3 days) is 24.9 EUR: https://solidsport.com/skatingfinland/all_access

By Day is 10.9 EUR (link to the liveestream for Friday, Oct. 6): https://solidsport.com/skatingfinland/watch/finlandia-trophy-espoo-8-10-2023

Entries: https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00117410.htm

I'm so pleased! I just looked at the schedule and they're doing a Fri-Sat-Sun competition schedule, which makes it much more worth my time/money to pay for the stream (okay, I've paid for all of them so far and Finlandia will be no different, lol). But, suffice it to say, I'll be up and at 'em for the pairs and most of the men's SPs on Friday!

 

[Wyliefan]

Entries: https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00117410.htm

Davis/Smolkin are out, looks like. (They had been added when Harris/Chan withdrew.) Too bad, we don't get Nepotism Lake two weeks in a row.

 

[airgelaal]

Davis/Smolkin are out, looks like. (They had been added when Harris/Chan withdrew.) Too bad, we don't get Nepotism Lake two weeks in a row.

I think their goal is to win Budapest and get GP spot

 

[Wyliefan]

Probably.

 

[Marta24]

Davis/Smolkin are out, looks like. (They had been added when Harris/Chan withdrew.) Too bad, we don't get Nepotism Lake two weeks in a row.

Not surprised there. In the past Budapest Trophy was more overscored than Finlandia. And I suppose Budapest is probably going to have a more favorable panel to them than Finlandia would have.

 

[Karen-W]

Davis/Smolkin are out, looks like. (They had been added when Harris/Chan withdrew.) Too bad, we don't get Nepotism Lake two weeks in a row.

They were added and WD almost immediately - within a week of being added, so I think they were sort of hedging their bets and figuring out where to compete. They probably will win Budapest, but that's more a matter of most of the teams with two GPs or one of the North American GPs are skipping Budapest (don't blame them, really).

I'm guessing DavSmo next show up at Warsaw Cup and then either Santa Claus Cup or Golden Spin.