From: bogin <bogin <at> YAHOO <dot> CO <dot> JP>
Date: 17 apr 2003
Subject: Re: Meijin information

Reijer and Chiaki,

Thanks for filling in the gaps in my information about the Meijin Match.

As for the charging of fees to view the match on-line, it was probably
inevitable. Most "free" services such as on-line newspapers and magazines
are moving to a paid-subscription-type of Internet service. After, the
games are not on "free TV", so while we may not like it, I don't think it
was a blunder at all by Mainichi. It is actually quite a logical move on
their part. In fact, we may find out that if they end up getting a lot of
subscribers or at least enough to break even then most of the other
sponsors of the big tournaments will follow suit, and do something
similiar.

Bill Gaudry



 --- Chiaki Ito <shogi <at> MAIL <dot> COM>  $B$+$i$N%a%C%;!<%8!' (B
> Adding to that, fans have to pay "fees" to watch the games from the
> 3rd game
> on.  What a blunder move by Mainichi Shinbun!
>
> Best
>
> Chiaki
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Reijer Grimbergen" <grimbergen <at> FU <dot> IS <dot> SAGA-U <dot> AC <dot> JP>
> To: <SHOGI-L <at> TECHUNIX <dot> TECHNION <dot> AC <dot> IL>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 8:06 PM
> Subject: Re: Meijin information
>
>
> > The first game of the Meijin match is now under way. Moriuchi has
> the
> > black pieces and the game is a R8e-Yokofudori. It can be watched
> at:
> >
> > http://www.mainichi.co.jp/life/hobby/meijin03/1/playback/001.htm
> >
> > Reijer
> >
> > bogin wrote:
> >
> > >Game 1: Nara ken
> > >Game 2: Aichi ken
> > >Game 3: Nagasaki ken
> > >Game 4: Shizuoka ken
> > >Game 5: Tottori ken
> > >Game 6: Mie ken
> > >Game 7: Hokkaido
> > >
> > >The Mainichi Shinbun Shogi HP(Japanese) is at
> > >
> > >http://www.mainichi.co.jp/life/hobby/syougi/index.html
> > >
> > >
> > >Bill Gaudry
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Reijer Grimbergen
> > Department of Information Science
> > Saga University
> > 1 Honjo-machi, Saga-shi, 840-8502 Japan
> > E-mail: grimbergen <at> fu <dot> is <dot> saga-u <dot> ac <dot> jp
> > URL: http://www.fu.is.saga-u.ac.jp/~grimberg/
> > Tel: +81-(0)952-28-8821
> > Fax: +81-(0)952-28-8650
> >


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