"For me the 1999 Henley was a wonderful experience despite early defeat by the British National Pair, Williams & Dennis" wrote Jurij Benn from Zurich.
The following year he returned to Henley to compete for Grasshopper Club, Zurich, in the Wyfold
Challenge Cup, reaching the semi finals ... to lose once more to the event
winners, in this case Worcester RC
Perfect sculling technique, warm-up and race preparations by Zac Purchase and
Mark Hunter, from a 38 minute Oarsport DVD of their unbeaten 2008 season
culminating in Olympic gold medal. Closing interviews with Terry O'Neill,
ex-World and Olympic rowing coach.
Since February 2006, RowTv clips have played on popular video servers Google,
YouTube, Vimeo, Ooyala and DailyMotion
over 1,138,000 times. This figure excludes low-band video stored on RowTv servers since 1999.
Google's popularity as a video site has waned since the company acquired and promoted
YouTube
in October 2006.
The audience for 2008 events peaked at 283,000. An
apparent drop for 2009 races (to 157,000) should be seen against
shorter availability. An increase is expected when rowers start checking last
season's events in preparation for 2010 races.
YouTube clips play from the Tube
button top. Also direct from
YouTube viewing figures for March 2009 from four separate RowTv
sites.
Henley Royal Regatta totals exclude a further 36,000 views
through Ooyala and DailyMotion clips embedded on RowTv.
Four other RowTv YouTube sites had 91,000 views.
The charts under-represent the two youngest age groups, with 5 and 7 year
splits, instead of the standard 9. And the oldest may seem
over-stated without an upper limit.
RowTvTown 3,342 views out of 116,300. 1,495 users, 72%
male. 308 clips
RowTvHRR 2,261 views out of 75,729.
990 users, 83% male. 183 clips
RowTvML 2,037 views out of 92,831. 1,084 users,
71% male. 107 clips
RowTvHead 9,336 views out of 66,611. 1,993 users,
77% male. 90 clips
Audience engagement in February 2010 with the annual Head of the River,
March 21 2009, 2: Crews 43 - 82. The YouTube Insight chart shows viewers
joining, leaving and re-winding. The next annual Thames Tideway event, from
Chiswick Bridge to Putney, is 27 March 2010.
