I for one didn't see this coming:

Through a partnership with FOXTEL's MAINEVENT, BlizzCon 2008 will be televised live for the first time ever in Australia, letting gamers watch BlizzCon who are unable to attend the convention. The pay per view event will deliver a minimum of eight hours of coverage from the show floor on each day of BlizzCon, including the opening ceremony, main stage presentations, exclusive interviews, demos, tournament coverage, and more.

MAINEVENT Package Includes:

* Over 16 hours of coverage

* Exclusive interviews and commentary

* Main stage presentations including opening ceremony

* Select panels featuring Blizzard Entertainment developers

* Tournament coverage and team highlights

* BlizzCon 2008 World of Warcraft in-game polar bear mount with mounted, flag-waving murloc

Cost is listed as $14.95, but they don't mention if it's per day or for both days.

Main Event pages for each day are here :Day 1 and Day 2.

It's somewhat scary that Blizzard actually has enough influence for this sort of thing to be shown on Main Event/PPV, although it's great to see a gaming related event like Blizzcon being shown live for those of us who can't afford/justify to fly to America for it.

I'd do it for the mount

wtf? They've taken reference to the mount off the Main Event page :(

That sucks!