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It is a proven fact that niche content has a place on the Internet. Cuesport TV is pretty much that niche content, insomuch that we focus on smaller, less publicized tournaments and pro-ams.I was thinking on my journey to Newport yesterday for the TCC Snooker Pro-am (as I often do whilst driving!) that perhaps Cuesport TV is not niche enough.Would we better serve our audience if we seperated our content further?What I essentially mean by this is that snooker is very different to English pool and likewise American pool. I do not just mean by the make up of the games, that much is obvious, but more down to the audiences that the content serves.English pool players and fans are not likely to follow snooker videos or the live snooker that we offer. By the same token snooker fans are unlikely to follow the pool video content that we make available.I am considering splitting our video content into two brand new, smaller channels in addition to the main one. Snooker TV and Pool TV.Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Am I right or wrong in my assumptions?

At the weekend myself and my wife travelled to Shepherd’s Bush in London for the latest GB Ball Tour event.We have been covering this tour since it’s inception in January 2008 and the tour has grown from strength to strength in terms of the organisation and the plyer depth.This event was held in a Rileys club with only 12 american pool tables, this caused a very late finish, that was not helped by allowing a long wait until the quarter finals started. There were a couple of matches in the challenge division that were being waited on. If I was running the tournament, as long as players and tables are available I would get matches on. This could have saved around 1 hour in the pro cup.I got a distinct feeling of tension at the tournament this weekend both from some of the players and some of the organisers. If the tour is to develop then these issues need to be solved asap.Cuesport TV support this tour for no financial reward so there is a possibility that in the future we will no longer offer the coverage.Well done to Mark Gray who lifted his first Pro Cup title with a 9-6 victory over Darren Appleton. He exorcised a few demons after the Nations Cup issues. You can watch all the matches from this tournament very soon on Cuesport TV.

In an ideal world Cuesport TV would be at every event throughout the UK to report on tournaments and the latest breaking news stories.Unfortunately that is impossible for a small company. We have to take time away from tournaments sometimes so that we can catch up with editing and the many other tasks related to running the channel.So, I have a plan!If you are at a pool or snooker tournament and just happe to shoot some video you can send it to us and we will host it and broadcast it to the world. If it is good enough quality then we can even add score graphics and titles – you will always be credited with the work so don’t worry.If you are interested in this then please drop me an email on enquiries @ cuesport.tv (remove spaces around @)