Hey guys some information on this thread is not 100% accurate so I wanted to weigh in on it. I hope you don't mind.
The KHSAA only prohibits live video streaming of the state championship tournaments only. You can still broadcast in video the regular season, the district tournament, and the regional tournaments. The district and region do have a rights fees. The regular season does not.
About the crowd - If you hear that live video streaming reduces the crowd whoever told you that has no idea what they are talking about. We have exclusive contracts with LCA and Lexington Catholic and neither school is down on attendance. We also had a case study done several years ago at Woodford County and again it showed no loss in crowd. We have found that our online LIVE audience consists of grandparents, alumni, and folks who could not make the game anyway. Then our on-demand audience are all those folks who went to the game and wanted to see it again online.
Education on quality of the broadcast - PrepSpin streams our games in 1080P HD at 6mbps. The KHSAA TV Network that we produce games for on behalf of the KHSAA streams games at 720P HD at 4mbps. We use YouTube and KHSAA TV uses the NFHS Network. ESPN streams games at 720P, CBS Sports Network streams games at 1080P HD, and so on as a comparison. There is also some secret sauce in the algorithms that many won't understand. We won't go there but we have failed our way to the perfect sauce for the current technology available.
Is PrepSpin a KHSAA partner? YES - Since 2013 and we produced the states first 720P HD broadcast and the states first 1080i and 1080P HD broadcast in high school sports. I should mention out of respect that 1st String Media runs the cameras at KHSAA State Events. We drop all the wires to them and use our equipment to produce the games. PrepSpin does all this on our own for everything else that is on our own network.
Who did KHSAA State Events before PrepSpin started producing in 2013? IHigh did that in low quality.
What is the difference between PrepSpin, KHSAA TV, and NFHS Network? PrepSpin professionally produces our own content for our own network. KHSAA TV contracts PrepSpin and 1st String Media (camera workers) for all state tournaments. NFHS Network offers schools the platform to stream their games and events behind a PPV wall that generates revenue for the school. The schools has to produce their own content. Often this is done by students.
PrepSpin has helped a countless number of student athletes get into college thru our coverage. We provide in game highlights and turn over lots of game film to college coaches seeking it. We are not a recruiting service but rather a community based service that highlights schools, coaches, student athletes, and programs.
PrepSpin (The King of Stream) has worked with several students that are interested in learning about video production. In the last two years at Lexington Catholic 3 of 5 students who participated in our beta elective program has went on to get hired working in the same field. One student even got a full scholarship at Woodford County.
The future of TV! Yes, streaming is all around us. The OTT market is taking off big time. OTT stands for Over the Top. This includes Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, etc. PrepSpin is developing our own apps. Stay tuned!
More to come... hope this helps some of you. We will be glad to answer any questions. Not gonna give away the secret sauce though... haha