AO TV Coverage Part 2
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I think people kind of forget that AM won the US Open, even though it was barely a year ago. Him winning Wimbledon seemed like a far bigger deal.
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Emily's my favourite character.
Even though I've never watched the show before.
Jeepers another long boring intro by Jo Griggs as the players walk down the tunnel
Griggs has been on another planet this year - more mistakes than correct info......
Jo Griggs Berdych count
Berdic - 4
Berdych - 3
She is undecided how to pronounce it
Craig Willis Berdych count -
Berdict - 1
Berdic - 4
Berdych - 3
She is undecided how to pronounce it
Craig Willis Berdych count -
Berdict - 1
lethal li vs dominika the dominator
FFS Channel 7 can you promote a match without adding annoying subtext to it ?
FFS Channel 7 can you promote a match without adding annoying subtext to it ?
Last year advertising Azarenka v Li, they had "The red flag of China versus Redfoo". Pretty much the worst thing ever.
We get to watch them butcher the US MASTERS gold in April... yay
Or our shitty TV shows.
Hoping that now the Open is over that 7 have a good look at their coverage and realise that there's plenty that needs fixing :
- Johanna Griggs - knows about as much about tennis as my dog - find someone who does to host.
- Bruce is just a pain - his habit (which he surely cannot break by now) of always asking inane questions makes it almost impossibly hard to listen to him......doesn't it?
- The women's commentators they have just offer nothing - who the hell is Sam Smith anyway? And what credibility does Stubbs offer in terms of grand slam tennis? Not to mention her interview skills are worse that those of year 11 media studies student (who's your dream date? Really......)
- The antics of Leconte are well past their use by.
On the positive side Jim and Fitzy are still good to listen to and Lleyton has a job whenever he wants.
- Johanna Griggs - knows about as much about tennis as my dog - find someone who does to host.
- Bruce is just a pain - his habit (which he surely cannot break by now) of always asking inane questions makes it almost impossibly hard to listen to him......doesn't it?
- The women's commentators they have just offer nothing - who the hell is Sam Smith anyway? And what credibility does Stubbs offer in terms of grand slam tennis? Not to mention her interview skills are worse that those of year 11 media studies student (who's your dream date? Really......)
- The antics of Leconte are well past their use by.
On the positive side Jim and Fitzy are still good to listen to and Lleyton has a job whenever he wants.
where did you hear that
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She's a six time grand slam champion.
Channel 7 announced it on their coverage yesterday or the day before.
A positive I will give 7 is that they do show tennis basically from 11am to Midnight every day for 2 weeks.
They have also added many cameras on court in RLA and there have been some great images shown throughout.
Not many promos like Kia hot shots that used to be replayed non-stop. More actual match coverage was a positive.
Lleyton Hewitt, Woodbridge, Smith, Matt White, Rachael Finch are other positives.
If they can somehow move to HD next year I will be very happy. 7 will also start multiple court coverage online next year so looking forward to that as well.
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That can be said for nearly everybody who's watching.
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They have to replace Griggs; I still don't know how she managed to land the gig in the first place. She can't pronounce half the names correctly and in her ''interview'' last night, she stole half her questions from Courier.
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Griggs needed a sedative.
Should have added the word "singles" in there.She's a six time grand slam champion.
Let's face it - the singles champions are the ones we remember. Just shows how badly off we are when we have Smith (highest ranking in singles #55) and Stubbs (highest ranking in singles #64) as our brilliant insights into the women's mindest in the finals....
I hope for the sake of next year's tournament channel seven executives and producers are currently conducting a full review of their Australian Open Coverage.
Overall the CH7's effort was not up to scratch and would barely achieve a pass mark. Sure there we were some positives but a major overhaul- especially in regards to commentators and multi court/channel coverage is required for next year.
Happy to provide constructive feedback from a viewers point of view...
* High Definition is a definite requirement
* A Multi channel "red button" type setup is required so viewers can choose games.
* Let viewers choose between TV commentary or Crowd Audio to listen to
* Harsh but Bruce's time is up needs to be moved on. I believe someone like a Matt White should be groomed into the role. Get him brushed up on his tennis knowledge and he can fill the role. I think tennis fans could get use to him and he already has the generic today/tonight "I only follow tennis for two weeks of the year" type viewer base warmed to him.
* Present an open cheque book to Lleyton Hewitt and pay him whatever is required to be an expert commentator upon retirement.
* Scrap the lame, social media based stupid questions asked of players in the on court interviews. Keep these for filler and pre-recorded interviews with the players. Get likes of Rachael Finch, Sherri Lee Biggs to conduct these.
* Team up current players like say a Tsonga or Cornet with say a Geoff Masters or Basil- (as long as he calms down) to be a guest commentator for lesser-like day matches (like what they did with Hantuchova).
* Introduce more Analysts in depth discussion like Wally Masur does on fox sports. Roger Rasheed perfect for this role.
* Last but not least get rid of and no more mentioning of RedFoo. No more. Zada. Zilch. Nada. JUST NO.
Overall the CH7's effort was not up to scratch and would barely achieve a pass mark. Sure there we were some positives but a major overhaul- especially in regards to commentators and multi court/channel coverage is required for next year.
Happy to provide constructive feedback from a viewers point of view...
* High Definition is a definite requirement
* A Multi channel "red button" type setup is required so viewers can choose games.
* Let viewers choose between TV commentary or Crowd Audio to listen to
* Harsh but Bruce's time is up needs to be moved on. I believe someone like a Matt White should be groomed into the role. Get him brushed up on his tennis knowledge and he can fill the role. I think tennis fans could get use to him and he already has the generic today/tonight "I only follow tennis for two weeks of the year" type viewer base warmed to him.
* Present an open cheque book to Lleyton Hewitt and pay him whatever is required to be an expert commentator upon retirement.
* Scrap the lame, social media based stupid questions asked of players in the on court interviews. Keep these for filler and pre-recorded interviews with the players. Get likes of Rachael Finch, Sherri Lee Biggs to conduct these.
* Team up current players like say a Tsonga or Cornet with say a Geoff Masters or Basil- (as long as he calms down) to be a guest commentator for lesser-like day matches (like what they did with Hantuchova).
* Introduce more Analysts in depth discussion like Wally Masur does on fox sports. Roger Rasheed perfect for this role.
* Last but not least get rid of and no more mentioning of RedFoo. No more. Zada. Zilch. Nada. JUST NO.
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Or decaf.
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Bruce is a pro.
No idea where this criticism is coming from.
No idea where this criticism is coming from.
Lol.
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