Option to tie Event to particular broadcaster

[spiffyone]

Trying to mimic periodic broadcast events like Saturday Night's Main Event or Clash of the Champions has always been an issue in TEW. Part of the problem arises if the promotion has several different broadcast deals in place for events, which creates instances where the AI will inevitably air an event on all signed broadcasters rather than just one or a select few. And exclusivity really alleviate the issue.

 

Example:

WWF in the '80s had deals to show events, as far as TEW knows them, with several U.S. based "broadcasters": PPV companies, NBC, USA, and Closed Circuit. If you create a SNME event in the database and want it to air solely on NBC even by an AI controlled WWF, then SNME will air on every single one of those broadcasters not just NBC. This is because Event broadcasting deals are handled by creating a deal without a specific TV show tied to it, and without the option for a specific event to be tied to it.

 

Yes, one could create an SNME TV show, but even setting it so it only has a handful of shows to air during the contract is not a solution as the AI will tape and air all 6 back to back rather than with gaps of months in between. Not a solution.

 

So, how about an option to make an Event exclusive to a Broadcaster? This can either be handled under the Event section of the database, or the Broadcasting Deals section. Either one would be handled with a drop down menu. If under "Events", the drop down menu would show the different broadcasters one has a deal with that aren't tied to TV shows. If under "Broadcasting Deals" then the drop down menu options would be the promotion's events.

 

Of course, that leaves the scheduling issues such events face in the way TEW is set up as there's no way to schedule events to run bi-monthly (as in once every two months) or quarterly , but that's a problem for another day.