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ESPN Will Test NBA Game Stream Aimed Just at Teens 

Posted on 6/1/19 at 10:35 am
Posted by RLDSC FAN
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Member since Nov 2008
51606 posts
Posted on 6/1/19 at 10:35 am
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Nolan, analyst Jay Williams and Mike Korzemba, a YouTube influencer who specializes in basketball-related content, will hold forth on a special Game 2 broadcast available only on the ESPN App. They will be superimposed at the bottom of the screen while the game plays above them. – and free to let loose. Viewers will see various emoji-like symbols pop up during game play – like a ‘fire’ graphic if a shooter has a hot hand – or data nuggets about steals, assists, rebounds and more. ESPN executives see the whole thing as an experiment in the ongoing quest by TV networks to give viewers between 12 and 17 a feed of game action that best suits the


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Posted by _Hurricane_
Somewhere
Member since Feb 2016
4456 posts
Posted on 6/1/19 at 10:48 am to
Yeah no kid is gonna watch that. Most will see it as lame or not view it as worth the effort to watch the stream.
Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
53805 posts
Posted on 6/1/19 at 10:48 am to
Unless they can divide the game into five minute segments broken by bits of personal video gaming, they will never hold their int....

Oh, look. A butterfly.
Posted by Dumpster
Member since Jul 2011
1339 posts
Posted on 6/1/19 at 10:52 am to


I would think this idea is pretty fricking stupid even if I was still 12-17 but at least it’s a broadcast without Reggie Miller
Posted by MickeyLikesDags21
Member since Apr 2019
6640 posts
Posted on 6/1/19 at 10:54 am to
I sure as shite would watch it if these guys were at the bottom

Posted by tigre704
Member since Nov 2018
1704 posts
Posted on 6/1/19 at 11:09 am to
Lol they think Jay Williams is cool
Posted by Walking the Earth
Member since Feb 2013
17260 posts
Posted on 6/1/19 at 11:11 am to
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Viewers will see various emoji-like symbols pop up during game play – like a ‘fire’ graphic if a shooter has a hot hand


They should superimpose on the game just like NBA Jam.

Posted by PEPE
Member since Jun 2018
8198 posts
Posted on 6/1/19 at 11:34 am to
This idea reeks of what 60 year old men think teenagers want but what teenagers actually laugh at.
Posted by lsutigers1992
Member since Mar 2006
25317 posts
Posted on 6/1/19 at 11:48 am to
Cool.

Now I have a thread to link to when somebody tells me to shut up--TV executives know more than I do.
Posted by hiltacular
NYC
Member since Jan 2011
19677 posts
Posted on 6/1/19 at 11:51 am to
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This idea reeks of what 60 year old men think teenagers want but what teenagers actually laugh at.

Agreed but i do think there is an opportunity to have teen specific broadcasts that can be successful. It just has to be the right people leading it.
Posted by Walking the Earth
Member since Feb 2013
17260 posts
Posted on 6/1/19 at 11:54 am to
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Now I have a thread to link to when somebody tells me to shut up--TV executives know more than I do.



The fact that they greenlit a TV show based on the Geico Cavemen wasn't convincing enough for some people?
Posted by JabarkusRussell
Member since Jul 2009
15825 posts
Posted on 6/1/19 at 1:04 pm to
The Geico Cavemen show had potentional if it followed a model similar to the show Dinosaurs with political satire. They just went from cheap laughs.
Posted by GoldenGuy
Member since Oct 2015
10880 posts
Posted on 6/1/19 at 1:07 pm to
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NBA Jam


Honestly, they need to just let this game come back into being.
Posted by bbeck
Member since Dec 2011
14561 posts
Posted on 6/1/19 at 6:00 pm to
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Viewers will see various emoji-like symbols pop up during game play – like a ‘fire’ graphic if a shooter has a hot hand

Makes me want to cringe
Posted by castorinho
13623 posts
Member since Nov 2010
82031 posts
Posted on 6/1/19 at 6:05 pm to
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Yeah no kid is gonna watch that. Most will see it as lame or not view it as worth the effort to watch the stream.
Well, that's why it's called a test, Chris.
Posted by Bench McElroy
Member since Nov 2009
33941 posts
Posted on 6/1/19 at 6:06 pm to
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Lol they think Jay Williams is cool


The guy was done in the NBA before most of them were even born.
Posted by WinnPtiger
Fort Worth
Member since Mar 2011
23876 posts
Posted on 6/1/19 at 9:41 pm to
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Cool. Now I have a thread to link to when somebody tells me to shut up--TV executives know more than I do.


How bout them Cowboys, bitch
Posted by Jcorye1
Tom Brady = GoAT
Member since Dec 2007
71409 posts
Posted on 6/1/19 at 11:13 pm to
Find two fans for each team, supply free alcohol and/or pot, profit.
Posted by DownSouthCrawfish
Simcoe Strip - He/Him/Helicopter
Member since Oct 2011
36364 posts
Posted on 6/1/19 at 11:14 pm to
I'm 30 so this obviously isn't meant for me, but that sounds cringey af.
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