Sky Sports PGA Coverage

[3putter]

Does anyone else think Sky's coverage of the PGA Championship is worse than usual. The leaderboard is shown, which now doesn't show what position anyone is in, followed by maybe a golf shot if we're lucky, than a graphic of a hole, than a shot of the clubhouse, another leaderboard, than 3 gold shots. Than a clip of "the big 5" doing a swing than an ad-break. Also how un-smooth is David Livingstone on the intro's? Does anyone else think the coverage is bad, or am I being a grumpy old man?

 

[tyke]

Chill out Grumps
Yup it's not very good but it's better than nowt.

 

[upsidedown]

There does appear to be a problem with it yes, been watching for over an hour and no mention of Tiger !!

 

[stevelev]

Half of it due to the company giving the signal to Sky, its up to them what we can view, Sky just need to fill the gaps with whatever they can.

Poor but better than chess

 

[Imurg]

Oh God help us

Monty's on...

 

[Pin-seeker]

Oh God help us

Monty's on...

Actually Glad I'm watching with volume muted on ipad whilst the mrs catches up on the soaps. Did he mention he was Ryder cup captain??

 

[GreiginFife]

Sky do mot provide the live feed. It is TNT/ESPN in this case. So while the coverage may be poor, which I disagree with as its better than nothing, it is not the UK servicd provider at fault.
Simple choice would be not to watch it if it irks you so much.

 

[3putter]

I am not saying I don't want to watch it, I am stating that I think it seems slightly worse than usual. The regular sky coverage I find ok. I have found it has improved, but the first hour I must have seen pictures of the leaderboard and club house every couples of minutes.

 

[Robobum]

Turn it off if you don't like it. Moan, bore off

 

[Val]

1st day of a major i always check a few things

beer in the fridge - yes
each way bets on - yes
i have the remote and have hidden the batteries - yes
check the GM forum to see if someone has complained about sky's coverage - and as usual it always happens

Sky have no control so stop moaning about Sky

 

[Deleted member 17920]

Oh and welcome to the forum

 

[KJT123]

Give me BBC's coverage over this any day.

 

[Yosser]

Half of it due to the company giving the signal to Sky, its up to them what we can view, Sky just need to fill the gaps with whatever they can.

Poor but better than chess

Sky do mot provide the live feed. It is TNT/ESPN in this case. So while the coverage may be poor, which I disagree with as its better than nothing, it is not the UK servicd provider at fault.
Simple choice would be not to watch it if it irks you so much.

Much of the poor coverage is directly attributable to Sky UK. I have an official European Satellite card and you will find that the European broadcasters show a much more comprehensive coverage of the actual golf rather than chatting, show shots in the actual order they are played in and do not show any adverts.

I watched every shot of the Ryder cup live from my European provider - which you should be to do with the number of playing groups involved and that was without adverts. Apparently the Sky coverage of the Ryder Cup was a complete joke, delayed coverage (Compared to the Radio commentaryat the time), excessive amount of adverts, shots shown out of order, not all shots shown.

I can't get my head around a subscription broadcaster showing so many adverts, they are none existent on many European subscriber channels - that's what you pay the money for isn't it?

 

[Robobum]

Why is there a weather delay? The BBC wouldn't have weather delays!!

 

[Garush34]

This topics brought up every other week it seems. It could be a lot worse than it is, and it'll never change untill sky can get their own rights to broadcast it. Which isn't likey to happen anytime soon. Just be glad there's any golf to watch.

 

[Val]

Much of the poor coverage is directly attributable to Sky UK. I have an official European Satellite card and you will find that the European broadcasters show a much more comprehensive coverage of the actual golf rather than chatting, show shots in the actual order they are played in and do not show any adverts.

Nonsense, Sky have no control over any coverage in the US.

 

[Dodger]

Count yourself very very lucky.

It could be wumans golf.

You would all be within your rights to be moaning then.

 

[GreiginFife]

Nonsense, Sky have no control over any coverage in the US.

Precisely. A complete nonsense of a post. The US broadcasters simply do not allow foreign broadcasters to set-up shop on the PGA tour, continental European or not.

 

[Yosser]

Nonsense, Sky have no control over any coverage in the US.

Nonsense yourself, you don't know what your talking about. I've been installing multi-satellite systems for over twenty years and it is only the British public that would put up with the Sky prices and adverts on a subscription service. The British just moan and don't do anything about it. Easy to get a European card and system nowadays, search for "Broadcasting without frontiers" which the EU are pushing.

 

[Pin-seeker]

Count yourself very very lucky.

It could be wumans golf.

You would all be within your rights to be moaning then.

Some one trying to be controversial???