ITV sport......SHIT!!!

[eastlondonseagull]

Goal.com - FA Cup - ITV Fail To Air Everton Winner Against Liverpool During Live Coverage


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[seagullsovergrimsby]

this is micky mouse tv

As it was Everton v Liverpool shouldn't it be mickey mouser tv ?

 

[beorhthelm]

Would not of happened on Sky .

nor BBC

Personally, I give up. ITV will take the rap, whether they deserve it or not.

who else could be responsible? even if we dont understand the machinery and processes in the back end of ITV delivery, at the end of the day they are the owner and responsible for the service.

 

[countrygull]

I blame ITV 100%. And Michael Grade did the right thing. Obviously the inquiry he's set up will come back with recommendations, which will show that the set up was not right in the first place - ITV should have checked for those faults in the first place when the system was set up.
And who can forgive anyone who employs Andy Townsend........

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

The inquiry will find out that outsourcing to save money was the primary cause.

 

[trueblue]

nor BBC

Ah yes. The flawless BBC - who marked the much-hyped return of Match of the Day by cutting to the post-match interviews midway through the second half of one of the main games giving away the result, and then went to black for several seconds, before finally returning to the action. And that wasn't a transmission problem..

These things happen. Sometimes they're just more high profile than others, particularly on the terrestrial channels who, for a big occasion, will have audiences of a size Sky can only dream about.

 

[Pavilionaire]

All this goes to show that adverts and live sport do NOT go together.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

All this goes to show that adverts and live sport do NOT go together.

The Yanks show oodles of live sport and that is splattered with ad breaks. Superbowl is lucrative because of the opportunity to squeeze in so many 30 second breaks.

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

The Yanks show oodles of live sport and that is splattered with ad breaks. Superbowl is lucrative because of the opportunity to squeeze in so many 30 second breaks.

But vitally, not in the middle of play.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

But vitally, not in the middle of play.

They only missed the winning goal between two Premiershite teams playing in the FA Cup , its not the end of the world.

 

[beorhthelm]

Ah yes. The flawless BBC -

wasn't really saying that, rather my point was...

All this goes to show that adverts and live sport do NOT go together.

 

[strings]

Did anyone else notice that they changed the format of the picture after the final whistle. I watched 120 minutes of football on 4:3 ratio, for them to suddenly turn it to widescreen AFTER the ruddy game had finished

 

[trueblue]

wasn't really saying that, rather my point was...

True - TV's much better without adverts. But then a lot of the people who complain about ITV also moan about the licence fee. They can't have it both ways.

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

But vitally, not in the middle of play.

But the players/umpires in American Football do actually have to wait for the advert breaks to have finished before they restart. Very frustrating when you are at the game.

I hope we never, ever get to that state of affairs.

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

Anyway, back to the topic.

ITV + SPORT = CRAP

 

[clapham_gull]

I blame ITV 100%. And Michael Grade did the right thing. Obviously the inquiry he's set up will come back with recommendations, which will show that the set up was not right in the first place - ITV should have checked for those faults in the first place when the system was set up.
And who can forgive anyone who employs Andy Townsend........

um.. not sure there are any faults in the system, as it has been proved to work 99.99% of the time and with other channels as well.

The "system" was probably doing exactly what it was told...

 

[Mendoza]

Anyway, back to the topic.

ITV + SPORT = CRAP

Agreed, and to delay the kick off for 10mins so Corination Street can finish is just WRONG

 

[clapham_gull]

Agreed, and to delay the kick off for 10mins so Corination Street can finish is just WRONG

Unlike SKY of course who have the power to move a game by 24 hours to fit in with their schedules.....

 

[e77]

To reiterate the above, not only do many staff work on a freelance basis or for a separate company (working for the broadcaster) the companies are also selling services to each other.

The Royale Family is produced by Granada and the BBC shows Channel Four's Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares on their international channels.

Good point about the affect of advertising above. Anyone watched the BBC produced shows on UKTV and Dave wondered why the programmes go to breaks at odd points ? Well the programmes were never produced with advertising in mind and it's very difficult to find natural points to come out.

Funnily enough I was watching an early Doctor Who episode on DVD last night and even in 1963 the BBC tried to put a fade to black in the middle of each episode to allow channels they sold it to be able to have a commercial break.

 

[clapham_gull]

Funnily enough I was watching an early Doctor Who episode on DVD last night and even in 1963 the BBC tried to put a fade to black in the middle of each episode to allow channels they sold it to be able to have a commercial break.

Yeah - probably the exception though and nowadays I would think that programme makers are more aware.

Some programmes are made to such a formula you could time your heart by them.

I'd put Masterchef in that bracket.