Ruhr Phoenix TV - IQA World Cup 2025 Livestream

Hey people,

I stared at my screen for like 30 minutes now because I don't know how to express myself here.

To those who don't know, I founded Ruhr Phoenix TV and we produced the livestreams for the World Cup 2025.

How does this actually work that RP TV got the deal to produce the livestream?

If I want to produce a livestream then I'll make an offer with a quote and send it to the committee of the tournament.

How does that quote come to pass?

Well, there are certain hard costs going into it like renting a truck, gasoline, food for the crew, accomodation etc.

Then there are equipment costs which are harder to evaluate because I can't just put everything I buy for the stream 1:1 on the offer. That would be way too expensive. So that means that some of the costs go on to the offer and I hope to have the costs for every item compensated over multiple tournaments.

There are also salary costs included which are just made-up-numbers.

Now all in all its pretty hard to calculate and I just did with a rough estimation over the years and it worked out that I didn't have to pay for a livestream. Sometimes I got a couple hundred Euros out of it. I do it because it's fun and I like it when people are happy with the livestream and can enjoy the matches in a nice quality at home. I don't charge what it would be worth because that price would be like 5-10 times as high as we spend hundreds of hours preparing the stream in advance.

I've always said that I don't want to pay extra when I produce a livestream.

Well...this time it sadly didn't work out. Due to multiple circumstances I spent more money than I charged the IQA for the livestream. The amount we are speaking of is around 300€. It is not the end of the world for me if I lose that money but it still feels really bad. Especially when I I look at the preparation we put into the stream and all the shit we had to deal with during the tournament. From multiple moves of the main stream, to the schedule being all over the place (and therefore our volunteer schedule), to internet outages etc.

I've got a pretty weird request and it feels really bad to even ask this. I thought that maybe the community can help out to cover the costs. I know that the community in the end already pays for everything when it comes to our tournament costs but yea...I don't know what else to say. Maybe some of you thought that having a livestream at the 3rd place game and the final was so cool, it is worth spending a Euro or two.

If you want to have a look at the final of the World Cup again then here you go: https://www.youtube.com/live/ZpF4RnpeIjU?si=f6I087YLNcpKSgEe&t=9127