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No longer on broadcast TV, moving to online only (April 2015)

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Interceptor
Tao posted:
Some people have suggested that Win Cash Live coming off air is in some way connected to The Craft Channel coming on air.


Highly doubt that's the case; you only need to look at the participation numbers (which you can make an educated guess at by looking at the number of winners vs. the odds of payout - 80% in most of their games). They weren't even covering the expense of a single presenter - it was pure loss - and after several months too.

When they convert to "web only" presenter streaming - it's a clear way to drastically reduce costs. It wouldn't surprise me if they lost the majority (or all of) the <Z list presenters, and ended up with a couple of completely "unknowns" -- anyone recall the travesty that was QuizChannel.com?

I don't remember that, but I do remember QuizMania attempting an online-only edition, which didn't last long.
BR
Brekkie
Which way do we think payment went in a deal like this - would Win Cash Live have been paying for their slots on the channels or vice versa, or would it have likely been some kind of revenue sharing agreement?
IN
Interceptor
Which way do we think payment went in a deal like this - would Win Cash Live have been paying for their slots on the channels or vice versa, or would it have likely been some kind of revenue sharing agreement?

I'm pretty sure they'd have been paying by the hour for their time on Showcase. I'm not sure how a revenue sharing exercise would work given the same content was going out through 6 different channels, all advertising the same phone number and web address. I guess they could allocate revenue geographically; but I doubt STV would agree to something like that, especially on the strength of the numbers from the early days (e.g. bugger all, rather than the 'pretty much nothing' they achieved with STV involved).
JB
JasonB
Win Cash Live will be live today on the website during the England v San Marino game however they made this cock up with the offer according to their Facebook page

"We've made an all mighty cock-up here at Win Cash Live. Even worse than Harry Kane's recent goal-scoring form. We were meant to offer 1/4 in favor of England winning but submitted 4/1 to the Compliance Team and as it's a Saturday and no one around, we can't change it. Yes. 4/1 for England to beat the mighty San Marino. It's like Manchester United playing Slough Town. The offer expires at 16:59"
WH
Whataday Founding member
"Cock-up".
:-(
A former member
More like clever ploy to get people in the door.
BA
bilky asko
A rather large cock-up for it to go unnoticed for days...
MI
Michael
Easy money boys. Put 500 on it and you get 2000 back.
TV
TV Monkey
Easy money boys. Put 500 on it and you get 2000 back.


Maximum bet was a fiver. Still, free 20 quid.
BA
bilky asko
Easy money boys. Put 500 on it and you get 2000 back.


Maximum bet was a fiver. Still, free 20 quid.


I preferred their actually guaranteed bets - guessing what was on BBC One at Ten O'Clock, the Newsnight tie game where you could bet on every option and still make a profit - that sort of thing.

29 days later

JB
JasonB
Looks like the studio is up for rent again with some recent pictures of the Win Cash Live studio:

http://www.unit11acton.co.uk/
DB
Dboy20013
so is this the end on WIN CASH LIVE

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