Because there is nothing to row about. Eurosport provide the coverage from WCF-TV ergo the games will feature either Germany or Sweden.
Nuff said and there's not a lot we can do about it.

Well, I think its' the RCCC's fault that I can't receive Eurosport.

who would you complain to.....   how many viewers will you guarantee if scotland games are shown?
complaints should be to the bbc scotland and maybe your governing body about why a highlight package cannot be purchased. That may also come into wcf territory BUT i for one would not critiscise eurosport.

rico annoni

ask the questions roger....    i assumed wcf tv got paid a production fee. I also thought a lot of wcf money comes from tv income?    albeit from canadian tv

Rather the opposite jj. WCF income comes from the Olympics. A huge slice of that income goes in running WCTV, a television production company that provides a feed of these major events to the likes of Eurosport. Does any money come back the way, I don't know.

It has always seemed to me to be something of a murky area. The WCF does not openly share its Accounts with the average punter like us.

Mike Thompson is the person at the WCF to whom questions should be addressed in the first instance.

Bob

I imagine if a moderator is paying attention, then these posts could get shifted to a separate thread. (Posts moved to new topic -- JM)Alternatively, as suggested above, I could just shave off what remains.

jjk. You are right in what you say. The IOC receives considerable income from television rights, particularly from NBC in the USA, for all the Olympic coverage of all the sports. This income gets distributed to all the (minor) sports governing bodies, the WCF being one. How does the WCF then spend what it gets from the IOC? It provides money to help countries construct facilities, it helps with buying stones, it runs clinics and courses, it supports curling development officers and implements the Development Assistance Program.

And I believe that the WCF spends some $1.75 million on the WCTV operation, and the priority at first was to cover the European Championships, hence the feed to Eurosport. It's all about developing the sport by increasing awareness via television. Recently there has been coverage of the Worlds, particularly in Korea and Japan. This has received huge audiences in Asia, and of course then there is opportunity for INFRONT to gain increased sponsorship and recoup some of the costs.

I don't pretend to understand all the ins and outs of this, but I think that's the gist.

Bob

I am no expert on the workings of the WCF, but it is my understanding that Richard did once deal with TV stuff, and no longer does. He is listed as Development Officer on the WCF site, though what exactly he develops I have no idea. No offense to Richard, he is a giant in many ways.