Tanaka Reina graduated from MM & H!P, 5/21 @ Nippon Budokan

[Sohee]

So Budoukan is sold out and there are just a few tickets left for the Live Viewing in theaters.

They really need to fix the streaming thing.

[Daisuki Daiiyo]

If we post enough about them putting the streaming live on to Youtube, maybe they will make it happen. I truly believe someone at UF reads this board

If AKB can do it, I believe they can do it too. Granted, AKB is affiliated with Google via Google+, so perhaps Youtube was always more feasible for them.

[Sohee]

I believe so too by now lol.

I see no reason to why they wouldn't be able to stream it on Youtube tbh. C-ute has streamed two? concerts on Youtube with very much success. And seeing how fast the tickets are selling and surely had been sold at Ameba too, they should be able to figure out that they would get A LOT of views if they would put it on Youtube. ): Probably even more so, since it'd be free and more available for overseas fans.

[Daisuki Daiiyo]

Maybe it being free is their hang-up. They seem to be interested in making as much money as possible off of this live, though they won't be making any now that the Ameba stream is down. So err...

put it up on YouTube please.

[TANR]

Unless there's a way to earn money thru youtube streaming, if not i doubt they will stream it on youtube. Cause it will be unfair for those who had bought those cinema viewing tickets.

And why cant they get a bigger hall in the first place when the 2 previous graduation concert sold out within minutes too. I still remember when ufa advertise AiBelieve graduation concert on newspaper, it put sold out(30sept)and tix selling fast(29 sept). It look quite stupid when you as causal fans or audience first saw this advertisement and know its out for sales yet it's already sold out.
If they can open their eyes bigger, sayu graduation concert will end up in bigger hall.

[Sohee]

Why would it be unfair? I'd definitely prefer to watch it in the cinema if I could rather than watch it on Youtube. Besides, it wasn't as though it was the first option anyway. It'd be more unfair not to stream it at all because of this - be it through paid service or not, imo.

I agree with the venue though. While Budoukan is cool and all, traditional and everything, Reina could easily have sold out Yokohama Arena as well. I really don't get why they didn't go for that instead.

[TANR]

Cos it seem they want to earn more money thru reina graduation, streaming it free on youtube, mean people will record it down and this might affect the sales of the DVD later on.

I quite surprise that reina graduation concert is still at budoukan. Takahashi could easily sold out Yokohama too imo but they just give her budoukan. And when AiBelieve tix sold out within 3 mins, they should totally learn the lesson and give reina a bigger hall.

[Sohee]

But that's the "risk" they take by upping anything to Youtube though? Besides, the DVDs usually hold at least a bonus feature or something. Streaming it on youtube I would think actually would be a great way to make casual fans interested enough to actually buy the DVD later on. The thing they see on Youtube won't be in the same good quality (picture, sound, editing) as the actual DVD will be.

I could see the reason for why Aichan's was at Budoukan - they had just lost Eri, Junjun and Linlin and that could bring some insecurities in terms of popularity and all considering they still sold just about 50k or so. But after the recent rise in popularity MM has gotten, and with Reina easily being as popular as Ai (or more now, I don't know?) and her leaving being a huge deal to the group, I don't see how they couldn't figure out that she would sell out immediately. I want to think that they couldn't go with YokoAri/SSA because it was already booked or something.

[Starra]

Yeah, YT quality for streaming usually isn't the best.

I think streaming it on YT would be a good thing. Like, they could use it as an indicator of popularity worldwide and stuff.

[riversong]

That's what I'm thinking, too.

Free youtube stream in shitty quality at 460p resolution vs paying for a ticket to watch it in a movie theater in cinema quality/HD.

I think it evens out.