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Utopia Parkway · 13-02-2017 05:13PM

Eoghan_2 wrote: »

Not sure what you mean, it'll be a monthly payment but you won't have to do anything

Ah grand. Didn't know whether it was recurring or not.

Lucas Hood · 13-02-2017 05:13PM

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

So at the moment you'll have to resubscribe every month?

No they take the payment every month until you them to stop.

dulpit · 13-02-2017 05:21PM

Not sure if anyone has mentioned, but the new website looks to have some videos from their live show back before Christmas. The fair view and a video of Tadhg Furlong interview it would seem...

WhatsGoingOn2 · 13-02-2017 05:27PM

The latest episode is appearing for me in the old (free) podcast, but not in the paid for podcast.

Evil_g · 13-02-2017 05:33PM

WhatsGoingOn2 wrote: »

The latest episode is appearing for me in the old (free) podcast, but not in the paid for podcast.

Same for me. Using Pocketcasts for Android.

corwill · 13-02-2017 06:16PM

WhatsGoingOn2 wrote: »

The latest episode is appearing for me in the old (free) podcast, but not in the paid for podcast.

That's because it's one of the two free pods per week, no?

I have it in the free podcast, while a welcome message has popped up in the subscription feed. I'm not expecting to see an actual pod there until tomorrow.

dulpit · 13-02-2017 06:23PM

WhatsGoingOn2 wrote: »

The latest episode is appearing for me in the old (free) podcast, but not in the paid for podcast.

Was about to comment on this. I was hoping that all the podcasts would be in the one feed, I assume it will resolve itself over the next few days.

dulpit · 13-02-2017 06:30PM

Update: looking forward to them not playing the announcement jingle in every podcast too... It was great the first time, I think it's the fourth time I've heard it today now using the various feeds...

Cienciano · 13-02-2017 06:32PM

Arghus wrote: »

It all feels a bit like they were rushed into this move somewhat.

Seems so. When did they first mention the "big news"? Just over a week ago? And nothing before that.

bren2001 wrote: »

Pffft, should be well over that by 11. I expect a big enough surge when they release their first Podcast today. No idea what number they will finish on though.

Yeah, it'll be way over what I said. Plenty of people will wait till they get home to subscribe too.

jaykay74 · 13-02-2017 06:34PM

dulpit wrote:

Update: looking forward to them not playing the announcement jingle in every podcast too... It was great the first time, I think it's the fourth time I've heard it today now using the various feeds...

Yeah, guess it's part of sales pitch and will stop being used soon as it is quite long... What's the music behind it though?

dulpit · 13-02-2017 06:36PM

jaykay74 wrote: »

Yeah, guess it's part of sales pitch and will stop being used soon as it is quite long... What's the music behind it though?

Was mentioned earlier in thread:

Cienciano wrote: »

Jamie XX, Gosh.

Cazale · 13-02-2017 06:42PM

Just signed up there. Subscribers are up to 2020 now. Not bad for one day.

Arghus · 13-02-2017 06:43PM

dulpit wrote: »

Update: looking forward to them not playing the announcement jingle in every podcast too... It was great the first time, I think it's the fourth time I've heard it today now using the various feeds...

Completely agree. Totally over done and grandiose piece of audio. You'd swear they'd discovered life on Mars or fixed the health service - crazy impossible things like that.

Ivefoundgod · 13-02-2017 07:17PM

Todays launch has been a bit of a mess but always going to be teething problems starting out. I've tried two separate Podcast apps on iOS and had difficulty accessing any of todays pods. I'm getting emails from Patreon to say they are available but they didn't appear on either of my podcast apps for a long time after those emails. The football show is now showing in my old "free" feed but no sign of the other despite it being available to stream direct on patreon. Not sure if this is a problem with the way the RSS feed works but its pretty crap in comparison to how it worked before. Hopefully it all gets sorted and i'm happy to pat €6 or so month for their work, its my number one podcast.

Cazale · 13-02-2017 07:21PM

Ivefoundgod wrote:

Todays launch has been a bit of a mess but always going to be teething problems starting out. I've tried two separate Podcast apps on iOS and had difficulty accessing any of todays pods. I'm getting emails from Patreon to say they are available but they didn't appear on either of my podcast apps for a long time after those emails. The football show is now showing in my old "free" feed but no sign of the other despite it being available to stream direct on patreon. Not sure if this is a problem with the way the RSS feed works but its pretty crap in comparison to how it worked before. Hopefully it all gets sorted and i'm happy to pat â‚¬6 or so month for their work, its my number one podcast.

They said on Twitter that the patreon link was slow to update as it was the first day but it'll be fixed tomorrow.

Cienciano · 13-02-2017 08:45PM

Mine all worked flawlessly

OldMrBrennan83 · 13-02-2017 08:46PM

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buyer95 · 13-02-2017 09:32PM

Cienciano wrote: »

Mine all worked flawlessly

It must be great being one of those people who everything works out for

Cienciano · 13-02-2017 09:43PM

buyer95 wrote: »

It must be great being one of those people who everything works out for

Think it just works on Android.

Beersmith · 13-02-2017 10:10PM

Cienciano wrote: »

We should put bets on what it'll be at 11:00pm tonight.
I reckon 2465

Pretty close, its 2423 now

Running Balance · 13-02-2017 10:25PM

So joined i think. But bank details in via stripe and says standing order starts from 1 march but no confirmation e mail..

Confused

doc11 · 13-02-2017 10:30PM

How many subs will they need to survive?

13-02-2017 11:42PM

I am a big fan of the Podcast but I can't justify paying for podcasts.

If this is a precedent going forward for podcasts then it'll mean having to spend e20-30 to cover what I'm listening to now.

I find it hard to believe they can't survive of the current set up, they have one of the highest rated podcasts around, surely there's a decent living to be made.

Having said all of that, if they can make more money of this model and have the numbers... more power to them.

I just hope this doesn't back fire on them.

Brian201888 · 14-02-2017 12:38AM

They say +vat every time, it isn't a fixed 1.20 as it's dependant on where you live

duffman13 · 14-02-2017 12:41AM

2668 subscribers is decent going for day one, id say they are hoping to hit 5000 and then level off at around 3-4000 in the long term. It'll be interesting few months for the lads, i look forward to the "premium content" to see if it's worth it.

Loafing Oaf · 14-02-2017 12:57AM

gilberto_eire wrote: »

I just hope this doesn't back fire on them.

Looks like they've nothing to lose, it's either make a go of this or the dole/McDonalds/whatever

dulpit · 14-02-2017 01:59AM

2718 subscribers right now. So that's €13,500 per month or €163,000 per annum. When you consider this is just day 1, and the podcast revenue won't be their only revenue stream (I expect to see more merch and more paid for live shows), seems like a great start.

Arghus · 14-02-2017 02:55AM

A touchline audio feed, Ken would sign up; nice bit of sublimal advertising.

OldMrBrennan83 · 14-02-2017 07:23AM

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lawred2 · 14-02-2017 07:38AM

dulpit wrote: »

2718 subscribers right now. So that's €13,500 per month or €163,000 per annum. When you consider this is just day 1, and the podcast revenue won't be their only revenue stream (I expect to see more merch and more paid for live shows), seems like a great start.

There is 6 is them. After overheads that's not going to go too far.

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