BBC Coverage - USUAL COMPLAINT

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Find it hard to believe people are complaining about ad-free TV. It might be a touch annoying to some having a 30 second homes under the hammer "bit" to some people, but it beats seeing the same idiot asking me to bet with a bloke called Victor every 15 minutes, for a solid 2 / 3 minutes.

I like seeing a little bit about St Andrews. Oh well. 1 more year after this week and we'll all be betting with Victor every 15 minutes. Every 7 minutes on a Sunday evening...
 
Personally I think that the coverage I've seen so far is pretty good. No advert breaks, which is top. I actually quite like the BBC broadcasts. They've no need for the the gizmo's of the shot centre when Ken can happily thrown balls (or ducks - although I missed that bit) around the course.

Plus this is The Open. It's not just a normal event. It has history. It's in St Andrews. The Home Of Golf!

Of course there should be bits about the surroundings and the people. It's more than just the 72 holes. Remember way back when the FA Cup Final used to be more than just the 90 mins. It was the build up, watching the teams arrive, seeing them warm up and stroll about the pitch. Watching and talking to the crowd. Well this is golfs older version of that. You can't have the prestige of such an event and then not expect the Beeb to at least have some bits showing the surroundings of it.

And Peter Alliss rocks.

**stabs hornets nest..... runs away**
 
Dan on the beach now, especially for those with the attention span of a goldfish.....


Am listening to Test Match Special. Wouldn't it be brilliant if we could just leave Wood's first over of the day and go out to Clare Balding in the Long Room where she is speaking to the the chef on duty today. He's going to tell Clare all about the players meals for the day and it will be absolutely fascinating.

Thankfully, the producers of TMS understand how to deliver sport so this won't be happening, much to the chagrin of the occasional fan.
 
Snelly said:
Dan on the beach now, especially for those with the attention span of a goldfish.....


Am listening to Test Match Special. Wouldn't it be brilliant if we could just leave Wood's first over of the day and go out to Clare Balding in the Long Room where she is speaking to the the chef on duty today. He's going to tell Clare all about the players meals for the day and it will be absolutely fascinating.

Thankfully, the producers of TMS understand how to deliver sport so this won't be happening, much to the chagrin of the occasional fan.
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But Cricket is boring...!!! :D;):thup:
 
Love the BBC's coverage. Am savouring every moment of Ken Brown and Peter Alliss in the sad knowledge that I will soon have to pay Rupert Murdoch if I want to continue watching The Open.

I don't mind the idea of paying for TV but I don't expect to have to pay to watch adverts. Either the advertisers fund the broadcasts, or the viewers do - Sky have it both ways. You're paying so that every 15 minutes someone can try to sell you sh*t you don't want.

They seem to tailor their coverage to the lowest common denominator. Sun-reading, Carling-drinking, X-Factor-watching, mouth breathers. I'm not calling anyone on this forum any of those names but that's just Sky's target audience. Absolutely no class, no redeeming features whatsoever.
 
It could be worse,at least Clare Balding isn't there. Well I'm hoping she isn't.

Personally I don't mind the 'added extras' But I'd say that The BBC over the years have Contributed to Golfs Stuffy and sometimes Dull Image.

I don't mind Alliss with his dry wit But.... James, Madhill, Cotter, Brown, Parkin, Grady are all mind numbingly boring.It blows my brains how on earth they got those positions.

Surely Just a bit of enthusiasm in the commentary isn't too much to ask.
 
Qwerty said:
It could be worse,at least Clare Balding isn't there. Well I'm hoping she isn't.

Personally I don't mind the 'added extras' But I'd say that The BBC over the years have Contributed to Golfs Stuffy and sometimes Dull Image.

I don't mind Alliss with his dry wit But.... James, Madhill, Cotter, Brown, Parkin, Grady are all mind numbingly boring.It blows my brains how on earth they got those positions.

Surely Just a bit of enthusiasm in the commentary isn't too much to ask.
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Stop yer bluddy whinging fella. It's wall to wall HD coverage, and we all know you love a bit of Balding .......
 
dufferman said:
Find it hard to believe people are complaining about ad-free TV. It might be a touch annoying to some having a 30 second homes under the hammer "bit" to some people, but it beats seeing the same idiot asking me to bet with a bloke called Victor every 15 minutes, for a solid 2 / 3 minutes.

I like seeing a little bit about St Andrews. Oh well. 1 more year after this week and we'll all be betting with Victor every 15 minutes. Every 7 minutes on a Sunday evening...
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To be fair, although the adverts might be repetitive, there aren't very many breaks and those breaks are short.
 
LincolnShep said:
Love the BBC's coverage. Am savouring every moment of Ken Brown and Peter Alliss in the sad knowledge that I will soon have to pay Rupert Murdoch if I want to continue watching The Open.

I don't mind the idea of paying for TV but I don't expect to have to pay to watch adverts. Either the advertisers fund the broadcasts, or the viewers do - Sky have it both ways. You're paying so that every 15 minutes someone can try to sell you sh*t you don't want.

They seem to tailor their coverage to the lowest common denominator. Sun-reading, Carling-drinking, X-Factor-watching, mouth breathers. I'm not calling anyone on this forum any of those names but that's just Sky's target audience. Absolutely no class, no redeeming features whatsoever.
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I don't agree with your final paragraph, I don't see the BBC's coverage of the golf as being on an intellectually higher level in any way shape of form.

Personally, I like the Sky coverage, and the best thing about it is that it's infinitely better than the BBC's coverage of every PGA Tour event.
 
bluewolf said:
Stop yer bluddy whinging fella. It's wall to wall HD coverage, and we all know you love a bit of Balding .......
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Balding is just annoying. I'm surprised they haven't got Fearne Cotton & Zoe Ball there. They know as much about golf as some of the other commentators.



They've just shown some action slow mo's backed by some Dramatic Stars wars style music :o

With Mr Excitement Mark James Commenting over it. :rofl:


Its like Mr Bean commentating on the Olympics 100 mtrs Final.
 
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I'm watching on the website. There is a feed of the program that's on tellybox, or another one that is just golf without the interludes.

Don't know for sure but thought that might be on the red button?
 
Qwerty said:
Balding is just annoying. I'm surprised they haven't got Fearne Cotton & Zoe Ball there. They know as much about golf as some of the other commentators.



They've just shown some action slow mo's backed by some Dramatic Stars wars style music :o

With Mr Excitement Mark James Commenting over it. :rofl:


Its like Mr Bean commentating on the Olympics 100 mtrs Final.
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Yup, Mark James is a particularly bland commentator, and certainly not a favourite of mine. However, every commentary team has someone like this. Sky have Colin Montgomerie!!!!
 
I can't really comment, as although I am only in north London, 3G coverage is non existent, 4g is worse, the company wifi and broad band is worse than dial up, so I can't see any of it until I get home later tonight.

So I can watch the high lights.

Oh yeah, I remember now, there aren't any.

Once it is on sky, they can show the golf all day, and then the bbc can show me highlights when I get home.
Perfect.
 
murphthemog said:
I can't really comment, as although I am only in north London, 3G coverage is non existent, 4g is worse, the company wifi and broad band is worse than dial up, so I can't see any of it until I get home later tonight.

So I can watch the high lights.

Oh yeah, I remember now, there aren't any.

Once it is on sky, they can show the golf all day, and then the bbc can show me highlights when I get home.
Perfect.
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iplayer? [For the highlights]...
 
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The BBC really should learn a lesson from itself and its classic cricket commentary. The beauty of that was that the commentators could talk about what they wanted, build atmosphere, discuss the surroundings, talk about history or do full interviews but all the time the camera was on the action. The BBC should apply that to The Open. You can have as many filler pieces as you like but make them audio pieces and keep the camera on the golf as that is what people want to see. Lets be realistic, it is very much in the main die hard golf fans who are watching it all live today so at least cater to the audience.
 
GB72 said:
The BBC really should learn a lesson from itself and its classic cricket commentary. The beauty of that was that the commentators could talk about what they wanted, build atmosphere, discuss the surroundings, talk about history or do full interviews but all the time the camera was on the action. The BBC should apply that to The Open. You can have as many filler pieces as you like but make them audio pieces and keep the camera on the golf as that is what people want to see. Lets be realistic, it is very much in the main die hard golf fans who are watching it all live today so at least cater to the audience.
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