This explains why, when they showed a split-screen of ESPN and ESPN2, I saw the CBS graphic package.
The larger question has already been answer: sports leagues and organizations (with the notable exception of Augusta National Golf Club) have made the decision that they are nothing but programming producers of television networks, and will bend to their will and desire. The crack of the rights fee has them so addicted to it that no one dares even try to go to the methodone (see the NHL and Versus). And they wonder why Gen Xers and Millennials are abandoning them en masse. On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Adam Bowie <adam.bo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm still getting over the fact that CBS abandoned coverage of the > Men's Final of the US Open in place of its all-rerun schedule on > Monday evening leaving coverage to ESPN2. > > If any network in the UK did anything like this to just about any > sporting event ever, then they'd never be trusted for sports coverage > again. To put this in perspective, Ofcom, the UK regulator (think FCC) > recently investigated ITV when their HD feed failed to show an England > goal in the World Cup Finals in South Africa. That's how seriously we > take sports coverage. While open-ended sports like Wimbledon tennis do > get cut off at 9pm if they're not big games, a final would be > broadcast when it happened irrespective of timing. Scheduled > programmes would get bumped regardless. > > The obvious equivalent is the classic Federer v Nadal Wimbledon final > of 2008 which finished around 9pm local time, when it had been > scheduled for a 2pm start. BBC One simply postponed original > programming. It's unconscionable that they'd have done anything else. > > I think this says it all: > http://www.observer.com/2010/media/cbs-abandons-us-open-final-mid-match > > And could the transition between EPSN2's coverage of the tennis ending > and the NFL game starting been any more amateur? > > http://www.patspapers.com/blog/item/history_schmistory_on_espn2_after_nadal_win/ > > > > Adam (Who was able to watch the game in the UK uninterrupted until he > bailed at around 2am, on Sky Sports 2 where they just kept going). > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
