they could try a two or three night tourny with slower structures, bigger buy in and larger starting stacks to run alongside the open, and then just dip into it like velocity. Just a thought, might get better poker. they would have three lanes then, and be able to contrast the play.
I will forward your suggestion to the powers-that-be, but running Online Comps which last over three nights is fraught with software complications. Still, you never know.
Im not overly technical but if you can have a ten minute break can't you have a twenty four hour break, i think 8 seaters would be better if they did do it, and say a £50 or a £100 buy in, (on a hundred runners 1st would be around £3k), once a week, you could start on mondays and do it for as many nights as it took. You might get more action on the site if what is percieved as a more "serious" comp is on, and more viewers - bigger action - bigger interest.
On the whole I think sky poker is a great concept, but it might become a bit "samey" this idea could mix it up a bit, you could also run entry sats (more rake). You could run a monster every year as well. (more rake)
PS You could also have special tables without the hot- o -meter LOL (you can turn it off chaps)
PPS if they do it how about first buy in as consultantcy fee