The furore this week over the broadcast by Channel Ten of the Tigers-Blues game has been mystifying.
If you're only interested in listening to the TV commentary[ :-( ], what difference does 30 minutes' delay make?
If you're keen to avoid Hudson, Lane, Quartermain, et al and listen to the radio commentary, with umpires now kitted out with microphones, on 'live' TV there's a delay so that "F**k!" can be bleeped by the techos in the OB van, so the pictures and the radio commentary are disturbingly out of synch.
If someone at the game is going to ring you to sing the winning team's song (I haven't forgotten, CJP!!) or gloat, don't answer the phone or look at text messages.
All the bleating about LIVE coverage is a waste of effort.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
When is 'Live' live?
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The furore this week over the broadcast by Channel Ten of the Tigers-Blues game has been mystifying.If you're only interested in listening to the TV commentary[ :-( ], what difference does 30 minutes' delay make?
If you're keen to avoid Hudson, Lane, Quartermain, et al and listen to the radio commentary, with umpires now kitted out with microphones, on 'live' TV there's a delay so that "F**k!" can be bleeped by the techos in the OB van, so the pictures and the radio commentary are disturbingly out of synch.
If someone at the game is going to ring you to sing the winning team's song (I haven't forgotten, CJP!!) or gloat, don't answer the phone or look at text messages.
All the bleating about LIVE coverage is a waste of effort.
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