The Open 2016 - TV Coverage

[HomerJSimpson]

Plus buying a box ? Plus having internet good enough to make it worthwhile - a casual fan isn't going to pay

Many million households don't have Internet good enough

And people just won't pay unless they are a golf fan

Before they got it as part of their telly license

The viewing figures will tell the story

Get over it Phil. People will pay if they want to watch it and if they didn't I concur with Imurg's Pahahahahahahahahahaha..😂😂😂😂😂

This was as good an advert you'll get for golf and will reverberate around the world. Those that didn't see it will have their interest pricked and I can see many finding a way to watch the USPGA and RC and certainly finding a way to see this in a years time.

 

[Junior]

It was a tremendous spectacle. Probably the best final round of a major I've seen. I thought sky did a great job with the coverage.

 

[golfgod1ab]

Let me run out and sign up for sky now...... £100 a month don't think so!

 

[louise_a]

I agree with Phil, people with a casual interest in golf and no Sky will have been unlikely to pay to watch it, thus denying the non golfers seeing a great advert for the game.

 

[Beezerk]

Let me run out and sign up for sky now...... £100 a month don't think so!

I got it for 12.50 pal 😉

 

[ruff-driver]

Let me run out and sign up for sky now...... £100 a month don't think so!

Or £20 for a kodi box and watch it for nowt

 

[Hacker Khan]

Golf, as just about every other sport on TV, is no longer bothered about showing their wares to the masses. But it is all about getting the most money out of the committed fans who will subscribe to the pay channels the sport is on nowadays. That's the way the world is. There's no money to be made in the short to medium term in having as wide an audience see your sport as possible.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

And if it had been the worst Open in history the same people would have missed it as well, BBC chose not to spend TV Licence fees on it.
BBC's responsbility no one else.
Cheers Sky, loved it.

 

[Farneyman]

Great job Sky.

The bbc will be kicking themselves they couldn't be bothered with the final year.

They will talk about this Open for years. It had it all.

 

[Beezerk]

Great job Sky.

The bbc will be kicking themselves they couldn't be bothered with the final year.

They will talk about this Open for years. It had it all.

Echo that, they've brought golf coverage into the modern era.

 

[Andy]

Great job Sky.

The bbc will be kicking themselves they couldn't be bothered with the final year.

They will talk about this Open for years. It had it all.

Best in a long time Fabio, awesome viewing.

 

[Jimaroid]

Sky have been great, they've met their promises and the dedicated coverage has been much better than the BBC would ever be able to do as a shared audience channel.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Sky did a great job covering it - that wasn't ever the problem

There will be some parts that some people like and there will be some parts that people didn't like -

Some will prefer what BBC did and some will prefer the Sky coverage - there is no right and wrong answer in regards what people's opinions on how each broadcast the sport

The biggest issue for was always the loss of viewers as with all sports that have moved across to Sky - it was another of the great sporting occasions gone to subscription telly and that for me was a bad thing

Today was great to watch - not because of Sky or because it wasn't on the BBC or who was commentating but because of the golf itself from the players - being on Sky didn't make that difference - it would have been no different if it was on any channel but the biggest shame is instead of 4 to 5 million watching it you will get under a million - if people think that's nothing to worry about then fine , for me I think it is.

 

[Hickory_Hacker]

Sky Sports have just gave the BBC a good kick in the nuts ... Take that 💪🏼👊🏼

 

[Jimaroid]

These 4 or 5 million people have been watching The Open on the BBC for how many years now? In that same period golf participation has declined.

Viewing numbers are irrelevant to uptake.

Like all business you need to accept that the market has changed and move with times.

 

[Imurg]

Highlights are on BBC 2 at 8........
Plenty of access fot those who don't want to or can't go the Sky/Now etc route...

BBC could have shown this Open.
They chose not to for a variety of reasons.
Unless a few million quid are going to get pumped into the BBC specifically for The Open it isn't going to be any different.
Highlight shows are much better for non players who may want to be part of the game.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Golf, as just about every other sport on TV, is no longer bothered about showing their wares to the masses. But it is all about getting the most money out of the committed fans who will subscribe to the pay channels the sport is on nowadays. That's the way the world is. There's no money to be made in the short to medium term in having as wide an audience see your sport as possible.

Absolutely spot on. Which is why Sky saw the business opportunity and BBC quit a year early.

 

[Blue in Munich]

So Mark Roe has just talked this up as eclipsing the Duel In The Sun at Turnberry in 1977. You couldn't make it up.

 

[Deleted member 1740]

Great job Sky.

The bbc will be kicking themselves they couldn't be bothered with the final year.

They will talk about this Open for years. It had it all.

Complimentary wine and Stella was the highlight:whoo:

 

[Deleted member 1740]

Sky did a great job covering it - that wasn't ever the problem

There will be some parts that some people like and there will be some parts that people didn't like -

Some will prefer what BBC did and some will prefer the Sky coverage - there is no right and wrong answer in regards what people's opinions on how each broadcast the sport

The biggest issue for was always the loss of viewers as with all sports that have moved across to Sky - it was another of the great sporting occasions gone to subscription telly and that for me was a bad thing

Today was great to watch - not because of Sky or because it wasn't on the BBC or who was commentating but because of the golf itself from the players - being on Sky didn't make that difference - it would have been no different if it was on any channel but the biggest shame is instead of 4 to 5 million watching it you will get under a million - if people think that's nothing to worry about then fine , for me I think it is.

Did you watch it?