OOAK Table Tennis Forum

Thank you Adham for your explanation. It does sound kinda confusing though. Basically, ITTF sells the rights to any one. And that 'anyone' can in turn sell the "rights" to everybody else. On top of that ITTF themselves will be broadcasting LIVE the table tennis tournaments. And there are no business conflict of any sort. Am I right?

I am not a good business person, so I don't quite understand this system and how ITTF does business.

Whatever, right now (in spite of what ITTV does), I am viewing much less LIVE broadcast of table tennis tourneys compared to previous years. Apart from sporadically being able to view LIVE broadcasts from ITTV ( and I certainly hope the service can be improved e.g. some matches do not com on when clicked), there is no other broadcast except from BWIN for which the intending viewer need to deposit some euros into an account first.

MyP2P.eu publishes on the net, daily schedules of LIVE sports broadcast on the internet and all the broadcasting station/s .
Previously for table tennis, other broadcasters are shown. Nowadays, only BWIN is the sole broadcaster. Since BWIN does not enjoy 'exclusive' rights, I wonder why the Chinese broadcasters have suddenly stop broadcasting whenever BWIN broadcasts.
I don't understand this, and I don't think you understand it also.

However, I am overjoyed to read you say that ITTF "will stream ALL our events live as of 1 September 2009 on itTV free of charge". I cannot think of any table tennis player/fan not overjoyed. I only wish it could be sooner!

Arrigato gozaimasu !

As I said before in June alone we had more than 800,000 different IP numbers (distinct viewers) access itTV. So it must be OK.

Do you play Adham?
If so, what equipment do you use?

I do not play actively anymore. I used to play a lot. When I played competitively I used Sriver 2mm on each side and I used first an old Alser-Stiga blade, then changed later to a special Butterfly blade, but I do not remember the name of the blade, it was made specially for me, the handle looked like n old Stiga-2000 blade. But you are probably too young to know any of these brands.

When I play now I take whatever equipment I am given. Now, I am lucky. I am often asked to play with the top players like Deng Yaping, Wang Liqin, Timo Boll, etc. A few weeks ago I was at the Double Happiness company in Shangahi and they asked me to play with the best player in their company. It was a lot of fun.

Do you take people up on these offers to verse people like Timo Boll? That would be a lot of fun!
The equipment that would get given to you I imagine would be pretty good. So, what standard were you at playing when you were at your peak?

Yes, I play with anyone I'm asked to play with, even in my suit and tie. They usually pass me any racket around. I don't mind, I am very adaptable. I was a member of the Canadian National Team. I did not have any international results to brag about, but I did play Internationally in Japan, Wales, USA, England, France and even Australia (1975). Actually since you are from Australia you may be able to look up my results. I played in Melbourne in the Commonwealth Championships, I believe I lost to Trevor Taylor (England) in the round of 16. I remember beating a Kiwi who was seeded, Richard Lee was his name, a left handed player. Check it out.

Anytime you're in Northern NSW, I'll give you a hit?
Wow, you're very good then, by your description?

So, what came about for you to be inducted into the ITTF? What did you have to do for that?

You reckon you could come to Lismore Workers Table Tennis Club when you're in NSW? I'd LOVE to meet you, and discuss Table Tennis.

It'd be great if you could!

Not even a mention of the US Open on the ITTF web page? Seems like some other lesser profile non-ITTF events got coverage. Is there a rift between the ITTF and USATT?

ItTV is a very good thing, it's quality has improved this year.

Sorry, I am note quite sure, whether "distinct" viewers means different viewers, but if so, I'd like to share my experience.

Every time I connect to internet I get a different IP number. I have no special connection, just a usual one for non business customers. It is very unlikely, that in June I got the same IP number 2 times or more. That means, that if I visited itTV 10 times in June, it was 10 different IP numbers of me.

I do not know, of course, how many visitors get a different IP number every time.