On Tue, Jul 4, 2017 at 1:44 PM, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Of note is the fact that this year ASO (the organisers) and France > Televisions (the host broadcaster) have chosen to televise every minute of > every stage live. While fans of other sports might be surprised that this > doesn't happen already, the complexities of covering a constantly moving > event over 200km with motorbikes, helicopters, planes circling and > satellites mean that this has rarely been done before - at least not for > every stage of the race. > > What this means is that commentators who might have done 2-3 hours shifts > are now needed for perhaps 5-6 hour stints. I'm guessing that there's no > way Paul and Phil - the NBC commentators - are doing that. > Yeah, as I said, in previous years they'd have relief commentators to handle when Paul & Phil were either on a break or unavailable, but once the primary announcing duo was available, people who paid money got NBC's coverage. This year we are just getting crap... college level broadcasting at best, drunken interns at worst. > > > A real shame that you're getting such a crappy service when you're happy > to pay for the full thing. > > On Tue, Jul 4, 2017 at 9:26 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Not being a sports fan, I hear stories about how broadcast and cable TV >> has worked hard to make coverage of sports unbearable for actual fans. This >> year, NBC Sports has gone out of its way to make the only sports event I >> enjoy painful to watch. >> >> > Oh but Kevin. You're paying for a sports app. You're definitely a sports > fan! > > That's the thing... I'm paying to watch the single event of a sport. Acknowledging I'm not a traditional sports enthusiast, I will pay a premium to watch the one thing I enjoy, but if I'm going to pay that premium -- and if the service comes with a premium sounding name like Gold -- I'd better get premium access. Just irritated. One of the most controversial decisions in the history of Le Tour happened today, and I'd like to hear experts weigh in. I'd like explanations of both the written and unwritten rules. Instead I get Heckle and Jeckle who offer no insight or perspective beyond, "Oh look, the guy on the bike fell down and went boom." -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- 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/d/optout.
