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Re: Bloody football!

From John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com>
Newsgroups uk.tech.broadcast
Subject Re: Bloody football!
Date 2026-06-28 21:46 +0100
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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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