I'd love to challenge someone to set up a video feed of upcoming nationals meets. I'd pay money to be able to see my races on video, and my friends and family would appreciate it as well. Real time would be great, but not necessary. Decent camera work would be a plus. I'd pay extra to focus on me and not the guy pulling away from me in the next lane...
You could start small, and just take pre-orders for specific lanes and/or full heats with a few cameras.
Someone might be able to make money doing this? Whaddaya think?
There is a group trying to make money doing this. We had them at the Speedo Champions Series at Harvard in March 2006. They brought two remote-control cameras that were mounted on very tall poles on either side of the pool. So they had two people sitting elsewhere with a joystick and monitor to tape races. They took pre-orders by heat and lane, and could then burn you a DVD I believe.
Not sure how popular it was at the meet. I'm going to see if I can find the name of the company.
-Rick
There is a group trying to make money doing this. We had them at the Speedo Champions Series at Harvard in March 2006. They brought two remote-control cameras that were mounted on very tall poles on either side of the pool. So they had two people sitting elsewhere with a joystick and monitor to tape races. They took pre-orders by heat and lane, and could then burn you a DVD I believe.
Not sure how popular it was at the meet. I'm going to see if I can find the name of the company.
-Rick
