> My father - who lived in NY in the 60s - claims that the first time US TV > tried football (soccer), they had officials hold up throw ins and corners > to squeeze a thirty second spot in.
In 1967, CBS carried some games from the National Professional Soccer League. There was some controversy after one game where players claimed the referee had told them to stay down feigning injury while CBS showed a commercial. There was also a Steelers at Chiefs game a few years back where KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh got into trouble for compressing the game so they could fit in extra spots. (It was, of course, painfully obvious to people getting their audio from the radio.) -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
