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azurelunatic) wrote2003-10-16 03:39 pm
azurelunatic) wrote2003-10-16 03:39 pm
A Solution
You know how they have bad weather/breaking news scrolling banners that go across the bottom of the screen?
That would be an acceptable solution for baseball & other games that are edging out actual content on TV. (Not that I really like TV anyway, but...)
Picture this: here's your favorite show, and it's suddenly replaced by a sport you could care less about. And reruns won't happen for a while. Grr.
Now, instead, imagine this. The game runs over, and there's your favorite show, with an inset box in the corner showing the game, silently, with a scrolling display of the current action going across the bottom of the screen.
Sports fans could mute the show and watch the tail of the game. Fans of the show could live with the sports intrusion, and catch the whole thing when it comes by on reruns.
It wouldn't have been possible, before. Now, it would be amazingly simple. Technology is our friend.
And if you want the whole uncut game, get bloody cable.
That would be an acceptable solution for baseball & other games that are edging out actual content on TV. (Not that I really like TV anyway, but...)
Picture this: here's your favorite show, and it's suddenly replaced by a sport you could care less about. And reruns won't happen for a while. Grr.
Now, instead, imagine this. The game runs over, and there's your favorite show, with an inset box in the corner showing the game, silently, with a scrolling display of the current action going across the bottom of the screen.
Sports fans could mute the show and watch the tail of the game. Fans of the show could live with the sports intrusion, and catch the whole thing when it comes by on reruns.
It wouldn't have been possible, before. Now, it would be amazingly simple. Technology is our friend.
And if you want the whole uncut game, get bloody cable.
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Anyway, it's a market thing. Broadcasters make significantly more money from advertisements during sportscasts than nearly anything else they show.
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