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#101 |
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Any thoughts on BT's EPG programme names?
At the moment there is "Live Romania v Spain" - it's only when you look at the description that you find it is beach football. On Saturday there is "Live Liverpool v Arsenal" - look at the description and (of course) it's the FA Women's Super League. Can see why they are doing it but should they be a bit more "honest" in the programme names? Doing it this way is more likely to attract attention (at least initially) but could end up irritating people when they start to realise that the programme name doesn't actually tell you what you need to know. It's OK to do this when it really is (say) an actual PL game as that's what people are expecting and people will generally know when it is an actual PL game. But when it is something much, much lower profile then people need the actual information. My preference for EPG programme names for live/repeated sport for BT would be like how ESPN had it up until a couple of years ago and the way Premier Sports still have it now with the league/brand name prefixing the teams. eg "Live MLB: St Louis at Cincinnati" or "MLB: St Louis at Cincinnati" "Live NRL: Raiders v Storm" and "NRL: Raiders v Storm" Not only does It helps group the games on an EPG search but overall I think it is a neater method. In my view it works best especially for when a channel covers a lot of games from the same league/brand (potentially Serie A/MLB for example). Not as you say "Live Romania v Spain" or "Live St Louis at Cincinnati" for example which doesn't necessarily at a glance identify the brand or league. |
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#102 |
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No different from Sky coverage in my experience then. Personally I will pay attention for 15/30 minutes pre-match to put myself in the picture, use half-time to attend to calls of nature and refresh drinks then turn off at full time.
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#103 |
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Did they use the in-studio pitch yesterday ? I'm not really understanding how it will be used.
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#104 |
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The app is going to have an ondemand facility soon as will the website once you log in with your BTID and password. Just bear with them.
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#105 |
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Some quick thoughts to add:
My preference for EPG programme names for live/repeated sport for BT would be like how ESPN had it up until a couple of years ago and the way Premier Sports still have it now with the league/brand name prefixing the teams. eg "Live MLB: St Louis at Cincinnati" or "MLB: St Louis at Cincinnati" "Live NRL: Raiders v Storm" and "NRL: Raiders v Storm" Not only does It helps group the games on an EPG search but overall I think it is a neater method. In my view it works best especially for when a channel covers a lot of games from the same league/brand (potentially Serie A/MLB for example). Not as you say "Live Romania v Spain" or "Live St Louis at Cincinnati" for example which doesn't necessarily at a glance identify the brand or league. |
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Their marketing and advertising of the Paralympics (meet the superhumans) was miles ahead of their actual product.
The reverse was true of the BBC coverage when compared to the IOC feeds- the stuff you'd expect to be live was (especially if there was major British medal interest), and if it wasn't it was usually because they'd be showing something else live, or catching up (with say, the earlier rounds of a competition) before going live. That was even more of a feat given the amount of events than C4 had with the Paralympics, albeit with having to fit commercials in too. |
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#107 |
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BT Vision/BT Sport got a rough ride on R4's You and Yours at lunchtime today.
It's on iPlayer from 36m 07s. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...riting_a_will/ The huge number of complaints for BT vision are mostly driven by the horrendous linux update. I had bt vision a few years ago and never had a problem with it, although the content was never that good. BT sport hasn't had time to generate any complaints and so far I am very happy with it. The HD picture on my amstrad sky box is better that the SSHD picture. I can't believe people are already moaning about the app etc. They haven't even been going for 24 hours yet. |
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#108 |
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That's just a rehash of the ofcom figures that have been discussed for months.
The BBC is the most trusted and widely heard news source in this country. People take notice of it and publicity like that is damaging. The other thing is that 90% of people aren't interested in the technical details of what the problem may be - all they care about is does it work. If it doesn't and they lose confidence they will give up and go elsewhere. And even more damaging they will tell their friends. |
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Did they use the in-studio pitch yesterday ? I'm not really understanding how it will be used.
I guess it's there to showcase contentious decisions. So for a football match, offsides (especially with the rule about players being active and not) being one. Very much touchy-feely approach. |
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200k peak audience, what do we think?
BT Sport peaked with 207,500 (1.21%) viewers on its opening night as sports fans tuned in to see Bayern Munich versus Manchester City. The peak was reached during the five minutes from 7:35pm, just after the friendly kicked off on BT Sport 1. This came as the sports broadcaster launched for free via Freeview and other platforms for its launch date. The channel started at 6pm with a special live show, which averaged 91,900 (0.64%) viewers, followed by the game, which averaged 136,100 (0.79%) between 7pm and 10pm. Jake Humphrey hosted the football from BT Sport’s new East London-based studio. Additionally, BT Sport 2 averaged 18,000 (0.28%) for its coverage of the JP Morgan Asset Management rugby 7s, hosted by Craig Doyle. |
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Will be interesting to see what, say, the rugby gets tonight.
Last night was free to air. BT announced 550,000 orders last week. Let's say that's now risen to say 750,000 - that would be about 3% of homes. So pro rata the rugby would get 540 viewers. Of course it should do much better than that as homes that get it will be much more likely to watch than the average UK home last night. But even so there are going to be some very low figures. |
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I know it is not the same, but Sky Sports F1's launch last year attracted ~200,000 average from 20:00 to 22:00 on Friday 9th March 2012.
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Those figures actually a little higher than I thought they would be, with the exception of the rugby of course which is as low as was expected.
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Will be interesting to see what, say, the rugby gets tonight.
Last night was free to air. Last year's Rugby 7s figures on ESPN: Round 1: Friday 13th July: 16,000 Round 2: Friday 20th July: 28,000 Round 3: Thursday 26th July: Less than 24k Final: Friday 3rd August: Less than 10k source: consolidated viewing figures (includes recordings) via barb.co.uk Of course back then ESPN was the main product, whereas BT Sport is offering its viewers a choice, so that needs to be factored in also. |
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Apologies if this is a stupid question - just based on a comment someone said about if they don't have the rights they'll just be sat talking...
Do BTS have the rights to show highlights from all PL games (e.g. like MOTD), or just from their own live games? I'd assumed they'd have it all, for weekly roundups etc? |
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#116 |
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200k peak audience, what do we think?
The launch programme rated very well indeed. |
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BTS said last night that it would show goals from all EPL games. I assume that Sky Sports will do likewise.
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It might be but that doesn't mean it's not important.
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The BBC is the most trusted and widely heard news source in this country. The BBC is a rival broadcaster with it's own sport output. I think people will take it with a large pinch of salt. The proof of any pudding is in the eating. And these sports channels are very good and excellent value for money for most.People take notice of it and publicity like that is damaging. Quote:
The other thing is that 90% of people aren't interested in the technical details of what the problem may be - all they care about is does it work.
I agree with you there. But I think BT has ironed out most of the problems now. Their TV service now with the premium entertainment channels and these new sports channels is very good. That is why I can't understand why the BBC are dredging up an ofcom report that covers complaints from months ago.
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Neil Warnock a pundit for the Scottish Premiership?!
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That is why I can't understand why the BBC are dredging up an ofcom report that covers complaints from months ago.
Fairly topical I would have thought. |
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Neil Warnock a pundit for the Scottish Premiership?!
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Is anyone having ant issues streaming BT Sport via their Apple TV? It was working with no issues last night via my iPad but I'm now getting an error message saying that there is an issue loading the content.
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Neil Warnock a pundit for the Scottish Premiership?!
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Rugby wasn't FTA on Freeview.
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I've just gone up a channel and it's "Classic Premier League", Spurs v Chelsea from 07/08 - with Sky commentary (Martin Tyler and Alan Smith).
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