[Mister Man]

cartman, on 13 February 2010 - 10:21 AM, said:

What a shame they don't broadcast a black screen 24/7 because it'd probably be better than half the shit they put to air. And don't even get me started about the solid watermark they're using on the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony to cover up the dotty Nine watermark. Bloody disgraceful. There are dotty Nine logos on the set, microphones, jackets etc... The watermark cover up is just ugly and pointless.

WIN and their cover ups are an embarrassment. Looks sooo shit!

[Spiral Media]

and the best thing for today... is that the olympics have a cover up, but the cricket wont!!

[cartman]

Spiral Media, on 14 February 2010 - 12:11 PM, said:

and the best thing for today... is that the olympics have a cover up, but the cricket wont!!

None of which is live! What's with the turn-around?

[cartman]

Spiral Media, on 14 February 2010 - 12:11 PM, said:

and the best thing for today... is that the olympics have a cover up, but the cricket wont!!

What's the deal with that anyway? Why do the Olympics viewers have to suffer, while the cricket viewers don't.

[button pusher]

Spiral Media, on 14 February 2010 - 12:11 PM, said:

and the best thing for today... is that the olympics have a cover up, but the cricket wont!!

cartman, on 14 February 2010 - 05:22 PM, said:

What's the deal with that anyway? Why do the Olympics viewers have to suffer, while the cricket viewers don't.

Yes. That has me completely bamboozled.
I can't see the logic. Hang on, this is WIN we're dealing with. Logic has nothing to do with it.

[Spiral Media]

cartman, on 14 February 2010 - 12:52 PM, said:

None of which is live! What's with the turn-around?

AFAIK the program deal with WIN for STW is that Today and newses have to be played as close to the Eastern time (live, 1, 2 or 3 hour delay) ... but it would be primarily be better for programming to not have extra programs going to air to get back on the 3hr delay.

cartman, on 14 February 2010 - 05:22 PM, said:

What's the deal with that anyway? Why do the Olympics viewers have to suffer, while the cricket viewers don't.

It'd be more of a bitch to have it live - you'd miss so much if you woke up at 8am.

But I was thinking ... Today does a second opener at 7am ... so in theory, STW could drop the first 1.5 hours, the early news and GMA --- go to Today @ 4am live, then into the olympics for live telecast.... geez, I could be in programming.

button pusher, on 15 February 2010 - 09:35 AM, said:

Yes. That has me completely bamboozled.
I can't see the logic. Hang on, this is WIN we're dealing with. Logic has nothing to do with it.

WIN is a great company - their just misunderstood....

[button pusher]

Spiral Media, on 16 February 2010 - 09:34 AM, said:

WIN is a great company - theY'RE just misunderstood....

Oh dear, help me hold my sides in while I laugh.

[Mister Man]

button pusher, on 16 February 2010 - 01:19 PM, said:

Oh dear, help me hold my sides in while I laugh.

Very true!

It's a joke that STW don't show cricket live on the weekends anymore.