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How ads are sucking the fun out of cricket


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paowzcpwd
Match between ads
by paowzcpwd on Feb 14, 2011 11:02 PM  | Hide replies

Adds are shown even when the bowler is going back to his run-up. its so cheap of them. They just to wait a wicket to fall and the viewers miss the action replay. Even the runs scored by out-going batsman and the manner of his dismissal is known after the innings is over when they show the wickets fallen.

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Sachin Joshi
Re: Match between ads
by Sachin Joshi on Feb 15, 2011 12:23 AM
Yeah, recently ten cricket did it in India vs SA series. It was highly irritating and in fact I lost interest after sometime. Bad telecast coupled with match fixing definitely makes cricket less interesting than other sports like football.

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Kalyan Raman
This will not work
by Kalyan Raman on Feb 14, 2011 10:15 PM

I don't see how this will work. By making broadcasters compete, the BCCI gets higher and higher bids. There is no incentive for them to stop. Even if rights were awarded to all, the five will combine to bombard the viewers with still more ads. If the government stepped in and regulated the ads, the quality of telecast will drop as broadcasters attempt to cut costs due to reduced revenue. Remember how horrible Doordarshan telecast was? Remember the horrible commentary and situation where couldn't even see the ball? The only solution is to cut demand. This means that people should become fed up and switch to Radio or Internet (there are many free pirated streams of ad free foreign broadcasts). Alternatively they could refuse to buy products advertised during cricket. You could also support other sports or switch off TV and go outdoors. It is only drop in demand that will make BCCI and the broadcasters behave.

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Raj Thackeray
Indian Commentators
by Raj Thackeray on Feb 14, 2011 09:55 PM

At least Ravi Shastri speaks 'english'. Most of the other Indian Commentators have a vocabulary of 20 words. Gavaskar never goes beyond 'conserving his energy'. Siva always has a questioning tone like he can't make any sense of whats happening on the ground. Arun Lal is no good either. The only exception about Siddhu was that he could rant 200 phrases instead of 20 words. At least Shastri speaks 'propah' English. Manjerakar has good cricketing knowledge but he should restrict himself to 'expert comments' only.
Its time for Ganguly to be in the commentary box. Some caustic remarks here and there wont hurt. And Kumble should also give it a try after all he is the sanest person around.

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keshavmurthy k
Ads during telecast
by keshavmurthy k on Feb 14, 2011 09:29 PM

The current trend of superimposing advertisements on the screen when the over is still in progress is obnoxious, to put it mildly. Two methods adopted by the channels are cruel and stupid: reducing the telecast of the match and making way for advertisements in contrasting, horrendous colours on the left side and the bottom part of the screen thereby causing severe strain o viewing, particularly when one has a 14" or 19" television, and secondly, blasting the earth so to say between two balls. There are other methods too that are adopted which make television viewing a painful affair. I often marvel and the crass brainlessness of the idiot who is given the responsibility of pressing the ad. button even when the commentator has just begun to speak. The channels must understand that the public desire to switch on the television must be respected uppermost; if the channel buffoons do not realise this, then the Courts must intervene and din some grey matter in the heads of the channel masters.

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Saurabh Aggarwal
about time some one noticed
by Saurabh Aggarwal on Feb 14, 2011 09:23 PM

It feels like rape of my sensibilities watching cricket. Feels like being so helpless to let this happen to yourself. Thank you for bringing this out.

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Travel Mate
True True
by Travel Mate on Feb 14, 2011 09:20 PM  | Hide replies

I switched to watching the India-SA matches on DD, when I saw an exploding Nokia ad in the middle of the over, right when the bowler started his run up..I could actually see the replay of a dismissal before the ad. And the fockers at least let the commentator finish his score instead of cutting him abruptly to see sum fricking gurl coming out of the sea..If anything else, I just started detesting these products..

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vinay
Re: True True
by vinay on Feb 15, 2011 01:24 AM
i agree, dd has been much better than those pvt channels. i hv preferred watching matches on dd than on pvt channels.

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vinay
Re: Re: True True
by vinay on Feb 15, 2011 01:33 AM
redff sudhrooo yaar.

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vinay
Re: True True
by vinay on Feb 15, 2011 01:23 AM
i agree, dd has been much better than those pvt channels. i hv preferred watching matches on dd than on pvt channels.

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vinay
Re: True True
by vinay on Feb 15, 2011 01:25 AM
i agree, dd has been much better than those pvt channels. i hv preferred watching matches on dd than on pvt channels.

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vinay
Re: True True
by vinay on Feb 15, 2011 01:24 AM
i agree, dd has been much better than those pvt channels. i hv preferred watching matches on dd than on pvt channels.

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Travel Mate
True True
by Travel Mate on Feb 14, 2011 09:19 PM

I switched to watching the India-SA matches on DD, when I saw an exploding Nokia ad in the middle of the over, right when the bowler started his run up..I could actually see the replay of a dismissal before the ad. And the fockers at least let the commentator finish his score instead of cutting him abruptly to see sum fricking gurl coming out of the sea..If anything else, I just started detesting these products..

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Satya Pandey
Cricket is the game of slaves ban cricket
by Satya Pandey on Feb 14, 2011 09:01 PM

Cricket is the game of slaves ban cricket

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Siddaraju Boregowda
Insult to the viewer! Well said
by Siddaraju Boregowda on Feb 14, 2011 08:48 PM

However, who watches the ipl anyways? those who enjoy adds and white girl showing off than cricket..

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bonala rao
It's funny to comment like this!!!
by bonala rao on Feb 14, 2011 08:47 PM

the reason you are watching cricket or other on television is because of these ads and money out of ads...

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