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joshtothemaxx posted:That was a big selling point for early mini-dish services like Primestar and early DirectTV--a channel dedicated to live-updated scores and standings. I remember checking it during commercials of Braves games to see the scores of other games. Another one of early ESPN's selling points: they'd shrink the screen a bit and put a score crawler at the bottom of at :28 and :58 after the hour. Changing the subject: can we discuss how crazy sports intros used to be? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7Ou05Mi-Qo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVDIuuBO60Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KrppWERtYY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrKbVEJ8RoY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfYNkMH-R9k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RuD5Xf4BKo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-LtaIWfuow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXfBGpr1LO8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBDoaMoB5R4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1FTVwFH90A GRAPHICS! LASERS! NEON! DISCO MUSIC!
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Crazy Ted posted:They'd have statistical leaders too. I miss Espn 8: The Ocho
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Crazy Ted posted:Another one of early ESPN's selling points: they'd shrink the screen a bit and put a score crawler at the bottom of at :28 and :58 after the hour. When Fox started airing football, they did that with the time in real-time. I thought it was the most mind-blowing poo poo ever back then
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Vertical Lime posted:When Fox started airing football, they did that with the time in real-time. I thought it was the most mind-blowing poo poo ever back then
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This is my favorite over-the-top intro to a basketball game (RIP NBA on NBC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKOkNZ4Yzto
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CaptainYesterday posted:We are a poorer nation for Roundball Rock being unused.
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Crazy Ted posted:This needs to be in State of the Union address. Hell, make it the national anthem. On his way out of office Obama declares that God Bless America is now replaced with Roundball Rock. Republicans poo poo themselves in anger.
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But then the Republicans actually listen to it and are like oh poo poo, this is my jam and set it as a ringtone.
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C. Everett Koop posted:On his way out of office Obama declares that God Bless America is now replaced with Roundball Rock. Republicans poo poo themselves in anger. that would a) Be the Star Spangled Banner and b) would have every right to be pissed that the President exceeded his constitutional authority and struck a legal statute without going through the courts
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Glamorama26 posted:But then the Republicans actually listen to it and are like oh poo poo, this is my jam and set it as a ringtone.
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CaptainYesterday posted:We are a poorer nation for Roundball Rock being unused. It pops up every four years for the Olympics just remind everyone how awesome it is before going away again
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I can't hear that song without thinking about the weird violin dude in a waistcoat or the guitar guy with the lion's mane
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Crazy Ted posted:
Can't wait for kids in 20 years to make fun of Bocephus.
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People were talking about the difficulty of getting sports stories early in the internet, it's still actually pretty difficult, expensive and the technology hasn't really grown that much. There are resources now that everyone has had the same idea, but three years ago when I was thinking of building my own LED sports ticker, it was almost impossible. ElwoodCuse posted:The Nickelodeon book sucks, it's very poorly edited and organized Yeah it's too bad. Despite liking some of the stories there, I just gave up on reading it about half way through because it's a chore.
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Crazy Ted posted:They'd have statistical leaders too. They're still insane. Focus on all the bumpers/transitions on a broadcast. For example, I think ESPN's college football grpahic packages are obsessed with a weird Condo building aesthetic. Where each team has a huge flag hanging on a condo. And then transitions are like a highway overpass crossing thing. Its really funny once you pay attention to the weird laser etching and metal piping stuff.
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Sash! posted:I can't hear that song without thinking about the weird violin dude in a waistcoat or the guitar guy with the lion's mane Let all relive the magic.
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Sash! posted:I can't hear that song without thinking about the weird violin dude in a waistcoat or the guitar guy with the lion's mane
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Glamorama26 posted:But then the Republicans actually listen to it and are like oh poo poo, this is my jam and set it as a ringtone. So yes, they would even complain about Roundball Rock.
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NBA should just buy the rights to Roundball Rock outright and force anyone airing their product to use that song.
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sportsgenius86 posted:NBA should just buy the rights to Roundball Rock outright and force anyone airing their product to use that song. John Tesh literally offered it to ESPN for free because I guess he has the rights to it as composer (instead of NBC), and they immediately turned him down. What I am saying is gently caress ESPN.
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They have to protect their own basketball brand by using LOL do they even have a basketball song? I'll remember the baseball and hockey songs forever but I can't even think of a basketball song.
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Ribsauce posted:So yes, they would even complain about Roundball Rock. Counterpoint: pretty good chance John Tesh is a Republican himself
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The Toronto Maple Leafs will not send their radio crew to any road games, and instead have them call the games from a studio, watching them on a monitor E: Welp, scrub that @yyzsportsmedia Breaking news: smarter heads prevail- @BonsieTweets @Jim_Ralph are back in the road with the @MapleLeafs not on charter but at games. DJExile fucked around with this message at 13:00 on Sep 29, 2015 |
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Just chiming in to add that the Nickelodeon book sucks poo poo. Like the others posting here I was super interested in it, but holy poo poo is it put together in the worst way. It's a drat shame because with The Slime 90's programming block launching on Nick next week, I'm sure it's going to fuel a nostalgia wave where the book would make a nice companion piece. There are some interesting stories but I found it pretty unreadable and didn't finish.
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DJExile posted:The Toronto Maple Leafs will not send their radio crew to any road games, and instead have them call the games from a studio, watching them on a monitor drat, how cheap can you be that you can't afford tickets for like two people to the road games. Obviously they changed course quickly, but I don't know how you announce a hockey game from just watching the TV feed. Like all of the line changes are done off screen, I don't know how you would keep up.
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Bird in a Blender posted:drat, how cheap can you be that you can't afford tickets for like two people to the road games. Obviously they changed course quickly, but I don't know how you announce a hockey game from just watching the TV feed. Like all of the line changes are done off screen, I don't know how you would keep up. It wasn't really a cost savings measure. The media guys used to fly on the charter, but the new team president forbid that. So it's media vs team in a bit of a political struggle.
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ayn rand hand job posted:. this is particularly funny because the team is co-owned by two of top 3 largest media companies in the country
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Rand alPaul posted:Can't wait for kids in 20 years to make fun of Bocephus. Or this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irz9dk4Jhj8 Also I'm sad ESPN got rid of their old college football music, speaking of espn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXGWQmG5C9M Peanut President fucked around with this message at 21:21 on Sep 29, 2015 |
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Peanut President posted:Also I'm sad ESPN got rid of their old college football music, speaking of espn. ESPN's non basketball/football NCAA championship theme is always great too
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FS1 cancelled that America's Pregame show that nobody watched unless UFC had breaking news. In its place will be ... a Colin Cowherd clip show. It's hilarious how FS1 pushed themselves as the "ESPN alternative" when it first started. Now they're just building the network around ESPN rejects. Benne fucked around with this message at 04:15 on Sep 30, 2015 |
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ESPN had a great intro theme for hockey. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PReim0Axt4
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Benne posted:FS1 cancelled that America's Pregame show that nobody watched unless UFC had breaking news. In its place will be ... a Colin Cowherd clip show.
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skaboomizzy posted:It turns out that to have a decent sports network, you have to actually have some sports events to broadcast.
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zakharov posted:NBCSN has hockey and soccer. FS1 has...some baseball games? Khaki cam
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R.D. Mangles posted:Khaki cam With the Big Ten Conference the only big rights available in the near future, Fox did their damnedest to hype up Harbaugh's first game at Michigan. Getting the rights from ESPN would certainly help FS1 with casual viewers, and considering BTN is majority owned by Fox, you can't rule them out.
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