The Future of Our Livestreams

Do you value our livestreams? Do you want figure skating livestreams to remain available in the Netherlands?

Before anything else: thank you. Thank you to the KNSB, and especially to the Sectie Bestuur Kunstrijden (SBK), for the trust and the opportunity they have given Show Your Skill .Online over the past years to bring the action on the ice to your screens live, and open to anyone who wanted to watch. It has been an honour, and we do not take that lightly.

We have since come to understand that, with the union working within a restricted budget, other priorities now come first. We fully respect that decision. Budgets are limited and choices have to be made. It is simply the reality we, and the sport, now have to work within.

About Show Your Skill .Online

Most of you who have followed us over the years already know: our small team all has day jobs elsewhere. Show Your Skill .Online has always been more of a professional hobby than a business for us. We are not in it for the money, we are in it because of the social network we built, we are in it because we love the sport, and because we love being able to bring it to people who cannot be at the rink for the whole competition. But it should not cost us money either, and right now, without the union’s financial support, it would.

So we are asking ourselves — and you — a genuine question: is there enough value in what we do for the Dutch figure skating community to justify a different way of funding it?

To Our Sponsors

To SKN Fonds, and to T-shirt deal: thank you for standing behind us so far. Your support has meant a great deal to our small team, and we would love to keep working with you. We are asking you directly — Would you be you willing to stay on board with as we figure out if and how we can move into this new season?

To Figure Skating Clubs

To clubs across the Netherlands and beyond: many of your skaters, coaches, and families have watched competitions through our streams over the years. As we consider this change, we would really appreciate your help spreading the word among your members — and if any club would like to talk about a closer partnership, we would love to hear from you.

To You, The Viewers

And to you, the people who actually watch: we want to ask directly — do you feel our livestreams are valuable enough that you would be willing to pay something for them? We are, at the very least, willing to try.

What we are considering – the Pricing

We want to keep this simple. You will be able to choose between a season pass or paying per event — whichever suits you best.

• Season pass: covers every streaming day of a full Cup (A or B), at the best price per event.
• Combined pass: covers both Cup A and Cup B together, at a discount versus buying them separately.
• Finale add-on: the Cup A finale weekend can be added on top of your season pass. (The Cup B Finale is not being offered this season — see note below.)
• Single ticket: prefer to pay as you go? A per-event ticket to be available for any individual streaming day, at a slightly higher price than the season-pass equivalent.

Here is what we are proposing (all prices include VAT):

• Cup A season pass: €19,95 (+ €4,50 for the Cup A finale)
• Cup B season pass: €19,95 (full season; no Cup B finale this season — see note below)
• Cup A + Cup B combined season pass: €34,00 (+ €4,00 for the Cup A finale)
• Single-event day ticket: €4,50

Please note: KNSB-Cup B’s Finale weekend collides with the Coupe du Printemps in Luxembourg, which we committed to stream previously, so we will not be able to offer the KNSB-Cup B Finals option this season. All Cup B and combined passes cover the full season; where a Finale is included, it’s the Cup A Finale only.

If you would like to see these livestreams continue — as a viewer, a sponsor, or a club — the best way to tell us is to pledge your support below. It costs you nothing to pledge now, and it helps us understand whether this is worth building before we ask anyone to pay anything.

Thank you for reading this far, and for everything you have already given this small corner of Dutch figure skating.
— Team Show Your Skill .Online