Ron you're such a cynic
, and of course you are correct in that this originated from a commercial source (SLOOH) to promote a video-cast. I don't personally object to this as Astro news is better than the standard drivel in the press!
I was fortunate enough to have sufficiently clear sky to record both 2014 DX110 and 2014 EC:
https://www.youtube.com/user/astroju...iew=46&sort=dd
But both were very faint events and not really newsworthy - at least 2014 EC was very close...