iomttraces website finances

Summary

The requester asked for a financial breakdown of the costs to create and run the iomttraces.com website and associated Isle of Man TT social media outlets. The Department for Enterprise disclosed that the total cost for development and operation up to December 2019 was £137,144.18, detailing specific expenses for website creation, hosting, transcription services, and a live timing system.

Key Facts

• The total cost for the development and operation of the iomttraces.com website and related systems is £137,144.18.
• Website development incurred one-off costs of £54,906.60, including database integration and a press accreditation system.
• Website operation costs total £12,303.39, covering hosting and management contracts.
• An additional £8,750 was spent on transcribing race commentary during TT 2019.
• A separate live timing page linking the Race Management System to the website cost £59,551.50 in one-off development.

Data Disclosed

• £54,906.60
• £12,303.39
• £8,750
• £1,632.69
• £59,551.50
• £137,144.18
• 2019-11-19
• 2019-12-13
• November 2018
• TT 2019
• 1060362

Original Request

Could I request a financial breakdown of costs of the Department of enterprise creating and running the iomttraces.com website and social media outlets. i.e. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Youtube.

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Full Response Text

Freedom of Information Co-ordinator 1st Floor, St Georges Court Upper Church Street, Douglas Isle of Man IM1 1EX

Telephone: (01624 682381) Website: www.gov.im/ded Email: anthony.walker@gov.im

Our ref: 1060362 12 December 2019

Dear ####

We write further to your request which was received on 19 November 2019 and which states:

"Could I request a financial breakdown of costs of the Department of enterprise creating and running the iomttraces.com website and social media outlets. i.e. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Youtube."

We sought further clarification from you on the 20th November:

In order to identify and locate the information that you have asked for we need some further information from you. In particular, it would be helpful to know with regards to Social Media and costs, does this relate to the operation of Motorsport Social Media channels or Social Media cost across the Department as a whole.

You provided clarification to us on 20th November:

“My request specifically is in regard to The Isle of Man TT social media sites.
https://www.facebook.com/TTRacesOfficial/ https://twitter.com/ttracesofficial https://www.instagram.com/ttracesofficial/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMuZWi5NewtOTyJp4F2xl9Q https://www.iomttraces.com/” Our response to your request is as follows:

In response to the question posed, the cost for the creation and running of the iomttraces.com website and the associated social media outlets are as follows, these are costs incurred up to the website going live in November of 2018 to date:
Website Development Total: £54,906.60 of one off costs, including integration of the IMuseum database, a press accreditation system and a transcription service for the radio commentary;
Website Operation Total: £12,303.39, includes hosting cost (through Amazon Web Services) and the cost of the management contract. On top of this there was an additional £8,750 spent on the transcription of the race commentary during TT 2019.
Social Media Operation Total: £1,632.69, the cost of software to allow cross platform posting.
In addition to this, a live timing page has been developed that provides a link between the Department’s Race Management System and the iomttraces.com website, this system has cost an additional £59,551.50 in one-off development costs.
A total of £137,144.18 to date for the development and operation of the website as it stands today.
Please quote the reference number 1060362 in any future communications.

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