20-11-2022, 11:26 PM
Can't seem to find full coverage of the opening ceremony. Nothing on iPlayer, a handful of clips on Youtube and 60 seconds of highlights on the Fifa website.
(20-11-2022, 11:26 PM)gottago Wrote: Can't seem to find full coverage of the opening ceremony. Nothing on iPlayer, a handful of clips on Youtube and 60 seconds of highlights on the Fifa website.The BBC classified it as part of their "Extra" coverage, and therefore it's no longer available on iPlayer. Individual nations' broadcasters own the rights to these, so in effect the BBC choosing not to put it on iPlayer means it won't be available in the UK at all.
(20-11-2022, 06:27 PM)matthieu1221 Wrote:Interesting observation! Not a sports lover, I don't realise that arrangement is less seen in other countries, which I'll admit is a bit old-time 'eye candy' effect at works. There had been women commentators at the main desks in previous events - mostly former athletes, but still, a bit limited.(20-11-2022, 05:07 PM)W. Knight Wrote: Some local studio captures from Hong Kong. Your official broadcasters: ViuTV (FTA Ch.99) for 19 of the total matches, and cable network NowTV for the full coverage.
It's a real shame I can't find the Twitter thread from the Euro last year but it seems like nothing has changed in HK with all the men doing the 'serious' stuff and the women dressed in jerseys on the couch or elsewhere, whether it's Premiere League or FIFA/UEFA competitions (the Twitter thread was interesting with bemused people noting how sometimes the jerseys they wore had 0 relevance to the match they were commenting!).
So it turns out NowTV could afford the broadcasting rights. They were getting worried they were getting unaffordable for such a small population for it to be profitable. Last time (2018 I believe?), they were lucky enough to buy it back from a Mainland broadcaster that went belly up after having bid higher for the broadcasting rights).
Raises an interesting question, for countries with small populations (and perhaps even fewer people who watch football), how are broadcasters dealing with the skyrocketing price of broadcasting rights?