“SkyCam gets its shot” Vol8(25) By Heather Hileman

On November 5, ESPNU will air the entire Virginia Tech – Miami football game using SkyCam for all live play shots. SkyCam has actually been around since the 80s; however, it has become more popular among the broadcasters in recent years. SkyCam is usually used for replays; however, this will pick up the regular ESPN feed between plays and then cut back to SkyCam each time the ball is snapped. If people enjoy this type of telecast and they receive good feedback, ESPN will possibly try something similar with college basketball by having the camera suspended above the rim. Even though SkyCam will cover this college football game on November 5th, ESPNU will still send its own production truck team of technicians, which will cost about as much as the telecast would for an original production. And the most basic college football production costs at least $30,000.
I can see having this SkyCam for something different and I guess if they receive good feedback from the public then this view is better to watch football. They just want to get more people watching the games and by enticing a new view for the game allows more viewers to tune in to critique and evaluate the SkyCam.