I found myself telling someone the other that Freeview is actually quite good nowadays, which is a far cry from my (justified) initial view that it was shite. It had only about 15 different TV channels, and about half of them were news, or sports. Now there is a wide variety of stations, helped no end by the Channel 4 stable of channels.
I still have a bug to bear - Sky Sports News. Now, for me, the idea of a rolling news channel dedicated to sports would be quite enjoyable to switch over to for a half an hour or so at a time. Except that's not what it is - it is simply a rolling infomercial for Sky Sports - the chief breadwinner for Rupert Murdoch. If a sport isn't broadcast on SS, it barely warrants a mention (except, of course, football - The Champions League being the only competition they don't have a stranghold over, although that's no doubt changing). Take as a prime example, the Six Nations, which the Beeb has exclusive rights for, only the England results were spoken about in any significant detail, and that France won the competition outright. They have hardly even acknowledged that the World Snooker Championships has been on for the last two weeks.
Now considering that a 24 hour advert for a format that Freeview don't show, attracting custom to the direct competition, couldn't their bosses tell the SS broadcasters to shape up, and provied details on the full range of the sporting spectrum?
Technorati Tags: SkySports, BBC Freeview, RupertMurdoch, Rugby, Football, SixNations, ChampionsLeague, Snooker
I still have a bug to bear - Sky Sports News. Now, for me, the idea of a rolling news channel dedicated to sports would be quite enjoyable to switch over to for a half an hour or so at a time. Except that's not what it is - it is simply a rolling infomercial for Sky Sports - the chief breadwinner for Rupert Murdoch. If a sport isn't broadcast on SS, it barely warrants a mention (except, of course, football - The Champions League being the only competition they don't have a stranghold over, although that's no doubt changing). Take as a prime example, the Six Nations, which the Beeb has exclusive rights for, only the England results were spoken about in any significant detail, and that France won the competition outright. They have hardly even acknowledged that the World Snooker Championships has been on for the last two weeks.
Now considering that a 24 hour advert for a format that Freeview don't show, attracting custom to the direct competition, couldn't their bosses tell the SS broadcasters to shape up, and provied details on the full range of the sporting spectrum?
Technorati Tags: SkySports, BBC Freeview, RupertMurdoch, Rugby, Football, SixNations, ChampionsLeague, Snooker
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yeah,actually, you'd be the person to ask about freeview now that i think of it. I am now the proud owner of a 23 inch samsung LCD flat screen!!Can't afford it but anythin beats fighting with my ass-munch of a brother over the remote so went ahead and bought it!It's supposed to have freeview built in (a big part of why i opted for the purchase)but i can't find it!got a wee aerial n only gets Ch1-4, and only ever half of the channels are tuned right to give pic i would epect of the good tv that it is. The DAC guys have supposed to be comin round these last 2 days to deliver the other tv's for the house and still no sign grr so any words of wisdom to bestow to an ignorant pleb?...you're prob a bit miffed now that i've rambled on without so much as a mention of your blog so...mad props yo!AisBash x
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