17-06-2023, 09:59 AM
(17-06-2023, 08:16 AM)Transmission Wrote: The Telegraph is reporting some major news in the world of football commentary:Really feels like a whole changing of the guard for Sky’s football coverage, Tyler’s been there since day one - possibly the only on air voice on the football side left from that era?
www.telegraph.co.uk
Martin Tyler leaving Sky on good terms ahead of the new season with his contract not being renewed, although he is not retiring from commentary yet.
The Nations League / Channel 4 - it’s nice in a way that they go to the trouble of that animation, other broadcasters would give you the dreaded 04 screen (EPG message “This programme is not available in your region”) and not much else to explain why a show is being blocked. Of course this allows them to ensure the geoblocking occurs on all platforms taking the ROI feed and doesn’t rely on the various platforms to enforce it. It’s not 100% either because Sky viewers if they really want to watch can tune in one of the other regions and those watching on free to air satellite won’t be affected either. Those England games are on Virgin Media TV in any case, while both VMTV and Premier Sports have the Nations League.