Cable Forum - General ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news

Two thoughts - firstly you say 'had at one time' - inferring it no longer exists, presumably because of complaints?

Secondly, would have been better if silence rather than chat??

I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds a shrieky voice grating - one in particular from the Southern Hemisphere comes to mind.

Some things just aren't good.

Itshim

17-06-2021 21:20

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Originally Posted by Raider999 (Post 36083625)

Bbc have lost the then called pro 14 games . The choice was on the red button basically it was chit chat about rugby .not a radio throwback which to my mind most commenty on tv is:D

jfman

18-06-2021 10:49

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Originally Posted by telegramsam (Post 36083595)

With technology as it is now broadcasters should offer the option of no commentary just crowd noise

Interestingly some European satellite channels offered this. Others the alternate soundtrack would be another language (e.g. English for a Premier League game before the league complained about it).

telegramsam

18-06-2021 12:25

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Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36083754)

Interestingly some European satellite channels offered this. Others the alternate soundtrack would be another language (e.g. English for a Premier League game before the league complained about it).

It would be interesting to see just how many viewers would opt to view without commentary. It would also let TV channels know how popular a commentator is,or not perhaps?

cheekyangus

18-06-2021 13:24

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Originally Posted by telegramsam (Post 36083762)

It would be interesting to see just how many viewers would opt to view without commentary. It would also let TV channels know how popular a commentator is,or not perhaps?

It would only tell the TV companies on streaming as that's a two-way technology, alternative audio delivered via broadcast methods only have the TV ratings system to extrapolate the audience. With the advent of Connected Red Button (as opposed to the one that's a broadcast channel) and Smart Televisions this should be increasing easy to measure though.

jfman

18-06-2021 14:57

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Yes at the time I used it I had a motorised sat setup. Maybe 2005 to 2010ish so the STBs were “dumb”.

That said on modern connected hardware it’d potentially be possible to track use of something like this. And of course streaming as it’d have to be “requested”.

telegramsam

18-06-2021 15:27

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Sorry guys you've all lost me now but will take your word for it!