the ads... the ads...

[Jimbooo]

I confess I watched some of the golf "free" on a website last night... I think it was NBC golf channel...

There must have been an ad break after every 2 or 3 shots... seriously.. and they were mostly the same ads...

Is this what Sky TV is like if I choose to subscribe?

It was driving me up the wall!

 

[HawkeyeMS]

Sky get the feed from the yanks but do cut to the studio instead of ad breaks sometimes. They have a shot centre where this weekend they have had Dennis Pugh and David Howell playing shots at Augusta which is quite entertaining. A bit more golf would be nice but there isn't much Sky can do about it.

 

[duncan mackie]

depends

towards the end of a tournament they take the opportunity to deliver more adverts rather than showing people walking...Sky is taking the same golf feeds but doesn't always switch to an advert - they give us 'shot centre' and comment etc to fill in the gap.

when the actions hectic there is more normal advert spacing.

 

[brendy]

Masters week is fantastic when it comes to unadulterated coverage.
Every day has amen corner live on the masters website so you can watch every golfer coming through then saturday and sunday on the beeb with no ads.

 

[Slab]

Sorry for a little hijack but does anyone know of a good website where I can watch this weekends golf for no money down & nothing a month?

 

[richart]

I freeze the golf on Sky Plus for about half an hour, and then fast forward through all the ads. Actually it is probably best to freeze for about an hour.

 

[SAPCOR1]

Different regulations over here thankfully as there is a limit to how many minutes of ads can be shown per hour.

Shot Centre is entertaining as mentioned above.

 

[dufferman]

+1 for pausing for an hour before watching. Makes it quick and easy to speed through the ads. Looking forward to the Beebs coverage this weekend still.

 

[garyinderry]

Sorry for a little hijack but does anyone know of a good website where I can watch this weekends golf for no money down & nothing a month?

nutjob.eu

vipbox.tv

 

[Slab]

nutjob.eu

vipbox.tv

thanks I'll check them out

 

[garyinderry]

nutjob always works but its an american stream. you might get the uk sky one on vipbox!

 

[BoadieBroadus]

i watched on a 45 min delay on the v+ last night and i seemed to be forwarding through ads every 3 shots or so...

i like the sky team they had on last night, but they were on frequently so golf coverage was kept to the absolute minimum. the leaders were 3 balls spread out over 3 groups so there should have been the possibility of reasonable coverage, but for an hour of tv I'd hate to estimate how much was spent actually seeing shots... 5% / 10% maybe...

 

[CMAC]

another vote for 45 mins 'Pause', you're not that far behind the 'live' coverage and after about 90 mins you're prob only 15 mins behind.

Agreed about BBC, will switch to their Sat/Sun coverage if their HD quality is at least as good as SKY's (it wasn't last year)

 

[Aztecs27]

Masters week is fantastic when it comes to unadulterated coverage.
Every day has amen corner live on the masters website so you can watch every golfer coming through then saturday and sunday on the beeb with no ads.

This. My Mrs is out ALL day on Saturday so I will have uniterrupted viewing of Saturday and most of Sunday. Working Friday night which sucks, but will record and fast forward when I get home.

 

[Neddy]

Some of the golf related adverts on Sky are pretty cringeworthy.

My current pet hate is the one for Golfing in Wales....now there are some actors destined to be extras forever!

 

[stevie_r]

Sorry for a little hijack but does anyone know of a good website where I can watch this weekends golf for no money down & nothing a month?

I tend to use this site:

http://cricfree.tv/live/index.php

 

[gdc]

+1 for pausing for an hour before watching.

+2
I just record it and start watching at least an hour after it starts. 2 hours is about right for my viewing style.

 

[Slab]

I tend to use this site:

http://cricfree.tv/live/index.php

Cheers

 

[Bucket92]

Firstrowsports.eu is awesome

 

[Coatsy79]

All American sports are like this, I watch a lot of ice hockey and they have breaks mid period, and also everything that can be sponsored is, penalties, power plays, replays etc etc etc

You do kinda get used to it