Question for you Party skins affiliates

SinCityGuy · #1 10-04-2005, 07:18 PM

The contract for the shared platform on the iglobalmedia skins (Empire, Multipoker, Eurobet and Intertops) will be expiring in the near future, and there is some speculation that Party will not be renewing the contracts, and the entities will go their separate ways.

In my opinion, this would be devastating to the skins, because the majority of their player base consists of semi-professional and professional players who feast on the huge fish pool at PartyPoker.com. Basically, the skins would be left with a preponderance of skilled players who play there primarily for rakeback. Of course, if these players are left to play against each other, they will be forced to look for greener pastures in order to survive.

Do some of you affiliates have some more insight and information on this?

rt1 · #2 10-04-2005, 07:27 PM

What makes you think that party will not renew the contracts?

What makes you think the contracts are ending in the future?

If party were to 'drop' a skin, they would lose all of the players from that skin. This would make the # of users at the site drop significantly... this is no way benifits party/igm... remember, they are a publically traded company now, so losing users will def hurt the value of the stock... not something they want.

dont worry, skins are here to stay.

rwesty · #3 10-04-2005, 07:53 PM

Party has much more bargaining power than the skins have. Do you really think this won't affect the skins much? It could easily benefit Party to force players to use Party instead of a skin.

Inthacup · #4 10-04-2005, 08:05 PM

The contract for the shared platform on the iglobalmedia skins (Empire, Multipoker, Eurobet and Intertops) will be expiring in the near future

I'm curious of your source for this information as well.

Cup

Ron-Mexico · #5 10-04-2005, 08:51 PM

Ive actually heard they are up in ~14 months

SinCityGuy · #6 10-04-2005, 09:26 PM

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I'm trying to dig up the information (I wish I had saved some of these links after I read them), but I believe it's a two year contract which has been in effect for over a year.

There has been a smattering of financial articles recently on Party's attempt to consolodate their player base, either by buying out the existing skins or by splitting from the skins and expanding by buying out some smaller sites.

Inthacup · #7 10-04-2005, 09:28 PM

Can you at least post a link where you read this?

stoxtrader · #8 10-05-2005, 09:53 AM

I think each skin has negotiated individually. I do not know the specific terms or lengths.

morgant · #9 10-05-2005, 12:35 PM

i just met with one of the skins and they have just recently renewed their contract for an undisclosed amount of time, but i was given assurance that the current landscape is sound and will be so for the forseeable future.

Greg J · #10 10-05-2005, 01:10 PM

Semi-hijack (sorry SCG):

If anything I would expect Party to start trying to get other other smaller sites to play on the Party network to get thier players too, as opposed to letting skins go. I am certainly not an industry insider though, but some of you cats are. Anyone in the know have any thoughts on rooms like, i dunno, maybe Doyle's Room, or some other smallish site out there joining the Party network?