Australian Open 2009 television coverage bitch thread

[Cleavy]

This picture on the Seven HD channel looks very much to be SD to me...

They're not broadcasting it in HD.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Todd Woodbridge is crap, actually the entire 7 commentary team is hopeless.

 

[Skeeta Olly]

Todd Woodbridge is crap, actually the entire 7 commentary team is hopeless.

Too bias tbh. (most)

 

[Spudregus_87]

Todd Woodbridge is crap, actually the entire 7 commentary team is hopeless.

Agree. Only good ones are Courier and Sandy;
JA has the voice for it, but just says some stupid stuff;
Rog Rasheed needs a couple of classes on correct grammar;
Molik's inclusion is a backward move IMO, just a bit sloppy.

 

[OzBomber]

Agree. Only good ones are Courier and Sandy;
JA has the voice for it, but just says some stupid stuff;
Rog Rasheed needs a couple of classes on correct grammar;
Molik's inclusion is a backward move IMO, just a bit sloppy.

Sandy Roberts is a great caller. 7 need him back for the footy. The commentary was very enjoyable when he was with Bruce.

 

[MaccaKnowsBest]

Sandy Roberts is a great caller. 7 need him back for the footy. The commentary was very enjoyable when he was with Bruce.

Oh please no! His style is boring and outdated. He's been left in the 80s. Stick to golf Sandy

 

[Hot Spenny]

Oh please no! His style is boring and outdated. He's been left in the 80s. Stick to golf Sandy

He can't even do golf.

 

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

Sandy Roberts is useless. All he does is point out the obvious and read information off notes (statistics, past matches etc). He isn't able to add any insight because he knows nothing about tennis.

 

[PHX]

No major disrespect to Tomic or Dokic but it's two dud quality night games to have tomorrow night and I'm sure 7 made sure they're it just because they're "ratings winners."

 

[OzBomber]

No major disrespect to Tomic or Dokic but it's two dud quality night games to have tomorrow night and I'm sure 7 made sure they're it just because they're "ratings winners."

I reckon Federer, Djokovic, Roddick or any of the other big names would rate better than those two. A lot of people who put on ch7 while channel surfing will go "Who the hell are they" and then they'll change channel.

 

[damochandler]

Oh please no! His style is boring and outdated. He's been left in the 80s. Stick to golf Sandy

so is bruce

 

[Xtreme]

It's funny, as the quality of tennis improves - would say this year the quality of players is just likethe early through to late 90's period where we saw consistent guns always firing (Courier, Sampras, Agassi etc). But the coverage has just got worse over the years.

Have already rattled off a list of things prior to the Open starting (and these carry over from the '08 thread but anyway).

* Presenters, commentators having differing opinions on how to pronounce a player's first/last name. Some (cough Griggs) pronounce it differently each time they utter it...... sometimes even in the same sentence .

I'm dreading Griggsy having the responsibility to interview the winner(s) at the conclusion of the final matches on the last saturday & sunday night. Bruce should be the night time anchor.

* Padding out the matches with commercial breaks. Fair enough that they have to wait for the next match to begin, but they rarely get it right - whenever they say 'the next match is not too far away'. They'll play some commercials, do the Hot Shots segment, play some more commercials.... then when they come back, the match is already a few games into the first set. Better timing is needed, sacrafice one lot of commercials to begin coverage of the match on time!

* Selecting the matches to be televised, whomever decides it should think more carefully. Some people would like the Rod Laver, Hisense Arena big star matches as opposed to the lower ranked players appearing on the showcourts.

* Commentating, in recent years they've taken it upon themselves to alternate commentators while a match is in progress. I fail to see the point in that, i remember many moons ago they used to have 3 / 4 commentators in the booth (ala the footy). It annoys me that they downsize, and even moreso that they switch positions. Particularly last night in the women's match.... Tracey Austin should have been the main anchor (being the overseas commentator ala Jim Courier), yet Sandy Roberts was more prominant.

If they want variety, they should have dragged Dennis Cometti in, could have introduced a different slant (or got in a few pro wrestling / mma references ).


* Media hype of some players, there is no escaping it.... still drives me nuts.

 

[Heisenberg_]

No major disrespect to Tomic or Dokic but it's two dud quality night games to have tomorrow night and I'm sure 7 made sure they're it just because they're "ratings winners."

You have got to be kidding, what a stupid decision to give him the night match.
Way to not put to much pressure on the kid

 

[XFactor1979]

the sooner all the aussies get kicked out of the tournament the sooner we can have unbiased media coverage!

in england the bbc coverage of wimbledon is unbiased because they know their tennis players arent any bloody good

 

[Heisenberg_]

Foxtel using Derr-wayne Russell as a comentator

 

[Brad Goodman]

I assume a majority of the TV audience is made up of not just tennis fans but everyone so its in their best interests from a ratings perspective to show Aussies in action. Robs us of coverage of some quality matches but its just the way it is.

 

[SunKing]

Gotta hate channel 7 flogging all of their crappy shows during the coverage

YES! I can tolerate matches not being live or lame commentators but this really annoys me. Especially when as someone said JA will add something hurl inducing like "I can't wait for it"..F*** off is this tennis coverage or one long promo for your sh** tv shows!

 

[Ricketts]

Sandy Roberts is useless. All he does is point out the obvious and read information off notes (statistics, past matches etc). He isn't able to add any insight because he knows nothing about tennis.

Exactly right. Absolutely hopeless.

 

[Paddy_Mac]

Why has seven on several occasions had the wrong scores and it's taking them 2 minutes to realise the mistake and fix it? It's just not good enough! personally I don't really care And today they had a sound glitch which you could hear the same sound twice.

 

[Bombers_Forever]

Jim Courier is the only reason to watch 7.

 

[chickens_law]

What about that Chris Dittmar guy? Please do not let him interview the players..

 

[Kaan]

What does 7/FoxSports have against Monfils? I want to watch a damn game of his for once.

100 bucks on 7/Foxsports not showing Tsonga as well.

 

[wce_all_da_way]

What does 7/FoxSports have against Monfils? I want to watch a damn game of his for once.

100 bucks on 7/Foxsports not showing Tsonga as well.

I've been searching for the TV schedule hoping for some Monfils action. Is he not going to be shown at all today?

 

[CHBench]

'Tis an outrage

*scroll down*

 

[Kaan]

I've been searching for the TV schedule hoping for some Monfils action. Is he not going to be shown at all today?

Nope unfortunantly.

Gotta watch it on stream I guess.