On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 1:25 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > A) then the broadcast isn't truly "live", which actually is a thing if you > prefer to watch TV while listening to a different audio source on the radio > or internet >
I completely get the second half of this. > 2) because lots of times there is game-related > information/interviews/entertainment during the intermissions or halftimes > that the fans also want to see. Personally, I prefer the non-stop action > of hockey and soccer. > To be clear, I do as well. I'm just surprised that, given the cash involved in sports these days, this kind of thing hasn't happened, even if fans understood that they were watching at a (relatively brief) delay. For example, there were no media timeouts (in the NHL it's the first non-goal, non-icing, non-power play whistle after the 14, 10, and 6 minutes to go marks) Even if you were to throw three 90-second breaks in there using Extra Strength TiVo, you'd lose 4:30 during the intermission, which you could easily reduce the commercial load on without sacrificing content (and depending on whose doing the intermission may not be a bad thing). Of course, CBC was an old pro at throwing in 30-second spots throughout the period with a gentleman's agreement with the officials that they'd stall just a little bit when they went to break. It was when the NHL said they wanted to "quicken" the game by reducing stalling that the media said, "Well, then you have to give us media timeouts". I do wonder how viewers would respond if this ever came to pass. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
