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Chad 22-11-2012 21:28

Re: BoxNation on Virgin Media?
 
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Originally Posted by mhatter67 (Post 35500620)
Interesting how the picture will look, I suppose it will be blown up SD feed?

That is an interesting question. Surely they wouldn't get away with that, the quality wouldn't be too good.

I would have loved to see this at the cinema but I have plans for Saturday night.

muppetman11 22-11-2012 21:33

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Freddie Flintoffs on Sky One :D

denphone 22-11-2012 21:35

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35500700)
Freddie Flintoffs on Sky One :D

Yes making a fool of himself again it seems.:td:

Chad 22-11-2012 21:47

Re: BoxNation on Virgin Media?
 
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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35500701)
Yes making a fool of himself again it seems.:td:

I'm prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt, and will reserve judgment until after he has had his fight. I'm recording the SKY One show just now.

I just hope he doesn't get bowled over in a round. It wouldn't be the upset of the century if it happened. Barry McGuigan and his son would be stumped as to why they got involved in the first place.

mhatter67 22-11-2012 22:49

Re: BoxNation on Virgin Media?
 
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Originally Posted by Chad (Post 35500691)
That is an interesting question. Surely they wouldn't get away with that, the quality wouldn't be too good.

I would have loved to see this at the cinema but I have plans for Saturday night.

Primetime it must be filmed in HD and down converted to SD for TV, I presume it is a HD feed I will be watching:confused:

Let you know on this thread sometime Sunday how good the picture quality was!

Chad 22-11-2012 23:20

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Originally Posted by mhatter67 (Post 35500774)
Primetime it must be filmed in HD and down converted to SD for TV, I presume it is a HD feed I will be watching:confused:

Let you know on this thread sometime Sunday how good the picture quality was!

That would be great. Also let us know how you enjoyed the experience of watching boxing on the big screen.

Chad 24-11-2012 13:00

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Mikkel Kessler Vs. Brian Magee is on SKY Sports. A little dissapointed as I thought this would have been part of the TV deal Boxnation have with Sauerland.

Still no news on Arthur Abraham Vs. Mehdi Bouadla on the 15th December. This of course clashes with Frank Warrens show on the same night featuring Ricky Burns and George Groves.

I've sent a Tweet to Boxnation and an e-mail to Sauerland to see if they still have a content deal in place, and will we continue to see Sauerland shows on boxnation.

mhatter67 24-11-2012 23:57

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Originally Posted by Chad (Post 35500796)
That would be great. Also let us know how you enjoyed the experience of watching boxing on the big screen.

I thoroughly enjoyed the experience but obvious not the result:(

The cinema screen was a medium sized one at Cineworld Luton, about 25 people watched the fight, the streaming started at 9:30pm with build up for the big fight. The picture quality was surprisingly good and it was great to hear Ian Darke commentate on a fight again!

The only thing that annoyed me was the stream switched off abruptly a few minutes after the fight, not allowing us to hear the post fight interviews and summing up:mad:

Chad I would recommend seeing a big fight on the big screen as a one off, but with no undercard to view it is not value for money overall!

Chad 25-11-2012 10:19

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Thanks for the review Mhatter. I'm going to try and catch the next big one in the cinema. Sorry to hear you missed the post fight interviews, those where actually the most dramatic part of the night! Ricky was crying, almost sobbing, saying he's not a failure etc... The man clearly has demons, and last night didn't exorcise them.

In a separate matter, the guys from Sauerland in Germany replied to my e-mail this morning:

"We have in general a deal for all shows with Boxnation. The Kessler show was an exception. Abraham will be on Boxnation again."

That's good news as I was starting to think Boxnation and Sauerland no longer had a deal in place.

Chad 30-11-2012 10:44

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/20525302

Pay per view TV channel Primetime has apologised after hundreds of customers were unable to watch Ricky Hatton's comeback fight after the channel suffered 'technical issues.'

thatllbeme 01-12-2012 10:18

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premier sport have got adamek v cunningham

Chad 01-12-2012 23:21

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Noticed on my TiVo EPG and the ESPN website that ESPN are showing "Live Boxing" on the 14th December.

Whilst they don't confirm what fight will be shown, Lee Haskins is fighting over in Belgium that night in a European title fight. Alternatively Brian Rose is fighting Sam Webb for the British title on the same night also.

Looks like ESPN really are taking boxing seriously.

thatllbeme 02-12-2012 17:46

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dave coldwell promotions are bringing out an app and will have a live stream on their site of their future shows and possibly any other shows from promotors who dont have a tv deal! hopefully steve wood uses this aswell!

---------- Post added at 17:46 ---------- Previous post was at 17:43 ----------

sauerland and michael sprott have both replyed to a tweet from me asking if the abraham show is on uk tv they both said boxnation so i dont know how they will fit that in alomgside the warren show already om 15/12/12

AZIMUTH 02-12-2012 18:01

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chad is it true freddies going to manage chelsea next?

---------- Post added at 18:01 ---------- Previous post was at 18:01 ----------

be a big loss to you boxing fans if it is.

Chad 02-12-2012 21:14

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Originally Posted by AZIMUTH (Post 35505830)
chad is it true freddies going to manage chelsea next?[COLOR="Silver"]

He'd do a much better job than Rafa is doing :D


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