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I still have no goddamned clue why 9 use their HD channel to broadcast 70 year old movies instead of sports.
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Feb 15, 2015 09:27
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Mister Chief posted:Would you like to know how England is going? I just read up on it and lol but also even bigger lol at the two 'best' umpires getting it so so so wrong at the end.
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Feb 15, 2015 09:29
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Wait what mythical place has Indian and Pakistani fans coexisting peacefully
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Feb 15, 2015 09:29
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Wrong stumps, cricket guy. Also that ^
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Feb 15, 2015 09:30
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puchu posted:Wait what mythical place has Indian and Pakistani fans coexisting peacefully Ironically, a bar called "The Australian." https://www.theaustraliannyc.com
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Feb 15, 2015 09:30
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Quasimango posted:I don't understand why they won't broadcast them on GEM, instead of what's on now, which is a 5 year old re-run of the Great British Bake Off. I love Bake Off on sunday nights because it's mindless television that takes my mind off having to go to work tomorrow. Having said that, i'd much much prefer to have cricket on. It must just be too expensive to pay for all the minnow games. It surprises me that they didn't at least pay for India's games? And maybe England too? They would surely draw ratings here.
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Feb 15, 2015 09:31
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gabensraum posted:"Channel Nine will only show Australia’s six pool matches, one quarter final, the two semis and final, making a total of 10 matches" This is so poo poo. Is it just because they want to try and encourage people to go to the non-Australia matches rather than watching at home or is it general Nine fuckery? There's something like 42 matches before the finals begin and they're showing a total of 10. Surely utilise Gem for some of the non-Australian matches.
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Feb 15, 2015 09:31
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serious gaylord posted:I just read up on it and lol but also even bigger lol at the two 'best' umpires getting it so so so wrong at the end. You'll be glad to know that Billy Bowden made the final call.
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Feb 15, 2015 09:31
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"Staying open until the end of the match so you don’t miss a moment." I think you need to go back now.
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Feb 15, 2015 09:31
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runoverbobby posted:"Staying open until the end of the match so you don’t miss a moment." I'm going to bed dude
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Feb 15, 2015 09:32
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adamantium|wang posted:I still have no goddamned clue why 9 use their HD channel to broadcast 70 year old movies instead of sports. Don't know about 9, but Channel 10 used to have a lot of sport on their digital channel, until James/Lachlan Murdoch took it over and got rid of all the sport, because it was competing with the Murdoch owned Fox Sports. Media cross-ownership, it's great!
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Feb 15, 2015 09:33
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thepokey posted:This is so poo poo. Is it just because they want to try and encourage people to go to the non-Australia matches rather than watching at home or is it general Nine fuckery? There's something like 42 matches before the finals begin and they're showing a total of 10. Surely utilise Gem for some of the non-Australian matches. They probably just didn't want to pay for the rights to all those matches.
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Feb 15, 2015 09:34
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zakharov posted:It's 3:30 AM and I just got back from watching the first innings of India/Pakistan at a bar here in NYC. I have never experienced anything like it in 28 years of being a sports fan. Nonstop chanting in Hindi for hours, screaming with every boundary, India and Pakistan fans being civil to one another in the midst of all of it. I wish the time zones weren't so awful so I could see the conclusion. It was seriously incredible. Hope you told the Indians that Sachin is from Pakistan.
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Feb 15, 2015 09:36
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thepokey posted:This is so poo poo. Is it just because they want to try and encourage people to go to the non-Australia matches rather than watching at home or is it general Nine fuckery? Rupert Murdoch.
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Feb 15, 2015 09:44
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zakharov posted:Ironically, a bar called "The Australian." I've been here and can say that this place rules. Hopefully Pakistan makes something of this to validate me staying up until probably 6AM (at this rate). Also, solid stand by Zimbabwe. They sure collapsed pretty terribly, but at least they made a show of it and look to have a team that could be something.
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Feb 15, 2015 09:46
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zakharov posted:Ironically, a bar called "The Australian." $12 for a pie? gently caress that mate.
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Feb 15, 2015 09:48
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Airstream Driver posted:$12 for a pie? gently caress that mate. It is NYC. That's actually reasonable. Someone please choke Warne to death. Preferably with some KFC.
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Feb 15, 2015 09:56
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Since they have been separated a bit I'm finding Warne and Slater the most unbearable. All of the channel 9 guys are horrid though.
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Feb 15, 2015 10:08
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-Spiffy- posted:Since they have been separated a bit I'm finding Warne and Slater the most unbearable. I think Warne is the worst, though. His constant bleating about Australia being great and the best combined with this garbage he keeps spewing about making the grounds bigger to show off the non-existent "bat technology". Just because you keep saying a thing is real does not make it real, you insipid, vacuous oval office.
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Feb 15, 2015 10:17
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There was a good stint earlier with Warne discussing the Pakistan leggie's technique, but for each one of those there are 4 moronic ideas he gets fixated on anddoesn't shut up about. I think he only commentates so he can listen to his stream of conciousness for what he sees as quality twitter nuggets.
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Feb 15, 2015 10:22
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Smorgasbord posted:There was a good stint earlier with Warne discussing the Pakistan leggie's technique, but for each one of those there are 4 moronic ideas he gets fixated on anddoesn't shut up about. I think he only commentates so he can listen to his stream of conciousness for what he sees as quality twitter nuggets. Yeah, that was a good bit of talk but the utter quantity of poo poo you have to be subjected to to get to those nuggets is just heinous. I would rather just sit through a loop of the audio of those terrible loving Vitality transition ads, and those things are the worst. Goddamnit Pakistan, stop trying to gently caress this up. I want India to lose every single one of their matches. edit: Pakistan's running is going to be their downfall. It has been atrocious so far. Or it'll be a questionable review. I think they're done. Tail of the order is pretty lackluster. Misbah is good, but I don't think he can carry the whole team for 200 runs. Pvt. Public fucked around with this message at 10:51 on Feb 15, 2015 |
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Feb 15, 2015 10:26
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I can see opposition to DRS melting away now that it gets India wickets against Pakistan.
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Feb 15, 2015 10:53
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you reckon those mrf tyres are any good?
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Feb 15, 2015 11:11
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i legit want some
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Feb 15, 2015 11:17
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adamantium|wang posted:I still have no goddamned clue why 9 use their HD channel to broadcast 70 year old movies instead of sports. The cost of broadcasting sports in HD on their secondary digital networks are greater than the money their advertisers would be willing to pay for slots on a secondary channel once they realise the Australian TV audience wouldn't watch games not involving Australia. Compared with the cost of $0 for pulling a lovely old re-run out of the library of crap with lovely advertisers that pay them too much for the slot, it's probably financially not entirely stupid compared to the possible risk of making more money broadcasting Zimbabwe vs. Bermuda to an audience of 5,000 and pissing off their advertisers who get no return on investment, if they can even convince any advertisers to pay premium for sports because if they can't then they run the risk of devaluing the advertising on their telecasts entirely because they'd have to drop the costs which could set a dangerous precedent for the rest of their coverage. Casual Australian cricket fans won't watch other teams play unless there is nothing else on. During the weekdays the viewing figures would suuuuck and during the night they have to compete with the latest episode of My Kitchen Rules and poo poo. They are still co-facilitating the broadcasts for international markets so then again you're probably right. Of course all that aside, it's probably wrong and Nine are probably just run by monkeys pushing buttons.
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Feb 15, 2015 11:20
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Thats game with Afridi gone. Yadav got 3 wickets with absolute trash, what a shame.
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Feb 15, 2015 11:33
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-Spiffy- posted:Thats game with Afridi gone. Well, that certainly was some collapse. I'm going to bed.
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Feb 15, 2015 11:34
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Nice to see Misbah padding his stats for my fantasy team though
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Feb 15, 2015 11:44
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Almost certainly out of reach at this point, but Pakistan showing some fight here down the stretch.
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Feb 15, 2015 11:48
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So far the South Africa Zimbabwe game has been the most competitive match of the tournament
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Feb 15, 2015 12:22
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Feb 15, 2015 12:32
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lmao gently caress that owns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCjiRDnSJUg
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Feb 15, 2015 12:36
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When India get knocked out I hope it's an absolute embarrassment.
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Feb 15, 2015 12:38
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zakharov posted:Ironically, a bar called "The Australian." ive been there. i think i had a chicken parmi, my friend got a pie. he eats like a toddler and gave it two thumbs up
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Feb 15, 2015 13:02
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On the topic of India/Pakistan relations: they tend to get on really well in expat communities. I will be watching all the world cup with a load of Indians and Pakistanis and it will be great.
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Feb 15, 2015 13:35
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I was in the pool listening to ABC Grandstand for the first time ever (glare from the sun made Foxtel on ipad impossible to see) and holy poo poo is it so much better than the crap on TV. Even Boycott sounds better. Maybe its because he wasn't commentating on an England game, but he was way less grumpy and actually giggled a few times? I think I've got to try and get off my arse and work out how to get the ABC and TV synced up like every one else does
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Feb 15, 2015 14:00
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Boycott was legit miserable during that England game, he often is when they're being shithouses. Sometimes hilariously curmudgeonly about it all though.
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Feb 15, 2015 14:26
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MacDougall posted:The cost of broadcasting sports in HD on their secondary digital networks are greater than the money their advertisers would be willing to pay for slots on a secondary channel once they realise the Australian TV audience wouldn't watch games not involving Australia. Compared with the cost of $0 for pulling a lovely old re-run out of the library of crap with lovely advertisers that pay them too much for the slot, it's probably financially not entirely stupid compared to the possible risk of making more money broadcasting Zimbabwe vs. Bermuda to an audience of 5,000 and pissing off their advertisers who get no return on investment, if they can even convince any advertisers to pay premium for sports because if they can't then they run the risk of devaluing the advertising on their telecasts entirely because they'd have to drop the costs which could set a dangerous precedent for the rest of their coverage. Casual Australian cricket fans won't watch other teams play unless there is nothing else on. During the weekdays the viewing figures would suuuuck and during the night they have to compete with the latest episode of My Kitchen Rules and poo poo. They are still co-facilitating the broadcasts for international markets so then again you're probably right. This is pretty much spot on. They don't want to put cricket on in prime time every night because it's not worth the money to them.
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Feb 15, 2015 15:01
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Fox aren't doing a streaming package for non subscribers do they ? They do one for the EPL which is pretty sweet value if you don't have fox.
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Feb 15, 2015 15:21
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You can get Foxtel play for $50 a month (no lock-in contract). First 2 weeks are free.
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Feb 15, 2015 15:51
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