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| From | John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> |
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| Newsgroups | uk.tech.broadcast |
| Subject | Re: Bloody football! |
| Date | 2026-06-28 21:46 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <nadfg9Finu8U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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On 28/06/2026 18:36, J. P. Gilliver wrote: > On 2026/6/28 15:59:24, John Williamson wrote: >> On 28/06/2026 14:20, J. P. Gilliver wrote: >>> Whatever happened to "look away now"? >> >> The broadcasters grew the ability to screen all sorts of stuff as it >> happened, rather than having to carry a videotape on a motorbike. > > They also have the ability to broadcast it _not_ when it happens. No > motorbike involved. The breaking point seems to have been when a member of the public used a video call to a news programme to broadcast a flood destroying a village in the South West as it happened. >> Not gonna happen unless you can persuade the organisers to hold their >> matches at a convenient time for you. > > Again, I question why it has to be live. Because that's what the Great Unwashed now demand and expect. >> >> But... WhenIwerealad, football used to happen on every ground in the >> country at the same time on a Saturday afternoon, all the results were >> in for the pools countdown on the news barring the occasional late kick >> off, and just about everybody was sitting in Front of the Telly, or >> listening to the radio, checking their coupons. There was the occasional > > And I remember when it actually showed a real teletype printhead! > I have used that gimmick when titling a video.... > >> need to be played at different times. There are also a lot more matches >> per week now than there were then. >> > Yup - so a dedicated sports channel would suit everybody, nonne? > Except that it would be commercially unviable. -- Tciao for Now! John.
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Bloody football! NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-06-17 22:42 +0100
Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-17 23:14 +0100
Re: Bloody football! Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-06-18 06:10 +0000
Re: Bloody football! liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2026-06-18 09:46 +0100
Re: Bloody football! Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-06-18 18:54 +0100
Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-18 20:36 +0100
Re: Bloody football! Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-06-19 09:18 +0100
Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-18 08:03 +0100
Re: Bloody football! jon <reading.mostly@crap.org> - 2026-06-25 01:24 +0000
Re: Bloody football! NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-06-25 14:12 +0100
Re: Bloody football! Old John <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2026-06-25 15:31 +0000
Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-25 20:45 +0100
Re: Bloody football! Roderick Stewart <rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-06-26 08:12 +0100
Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-26 12:11 +0100
Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-26 19:21 +0100
Re: Bloody football! Roderick Stewart <rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-06-27 09:49 +0100
Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-27 20:50 +0100
Re: Bloody football! Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-06-27 12:07 +0100
Re: Bloody football! John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> - 2026-06-27 15:34 +0100
Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-27 20:58 +0100
Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-27 23:37 +0100
Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-28 01:26 +0100
Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-28 11:20 +0100
Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-28 12:50 +0100
Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-28 13:41 +0100
Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-28 14:13 +0100
Re: Bloody football! Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-06-28 13:26 +0000
Re: Bloody football! NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-06-29 13:22 +0100
Re: Bloody football! Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-06-29 12:34 +0000
Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-29 14:41 +0100
Re: Bloody football! NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-06-29 18:48 +0100
Re: Bloody football! Paul Ratcliffe <abuse@orac12.clara34.co56.uk78> - 2026-06-28 10:55 +0000
Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-28 12:56 +0100
Re: Bloody football! John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> - 2026-06-28 14:00 +0100
Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-28 14:20 +0100
Re: Bloody football! John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> - 2026-06-28 15:59 +0100
Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-28 18:36 +0100
Re: Bloody football! John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> - 2026-06-28 21:46 +0100
Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-28 16:10 +0100
Re: Bloody football! John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> - 2026-06-28 16:17 +0100
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