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Running The Open thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Rockbottom, Jul 15, 2009.

  1. AgatePage

    AgatePage Active Member

    It hasn't co-opted the word "Open," it's just never used the word "British" or "Scottish" or "English" or any sort of adjective to describe it. It's always been "The Open Championship."

    And the tournament actually started in 1860.
     
  2. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    A Golf thread with no Rules?
    Blasphemy....
     
  3. Mark2010

    Mark2010 Active Member

    The first groups will tee off before I go to bed.
     
  4. GB-Hack

    GB-Hack Active Member

    Which begs the question...

    Would airing the early starters overnight make any kind of sense for TNT, or is it more trouble than it's worth due to the cost in comparison to airing L&O and Cold Case re-runs?

    While I got pissed at NBC for not showing a lot of their Wimbledon coverage live, I'm not sure I can criticize TNT here.
     
  5. Mark2010

    Mark2010 Active Member

    Yeah, I think they are on for something like 10 hours a day. I suppose they could show every single group from first tee to 18th green, but, man, what an undertaking that would be technically and man-power wise.

    As it is, they tape stuff and show anything important that we miss. There's more than enough coverage. As much as some night owl like me might sit here and watch till the crack of dawn (like with the Olympics), I can't expect them to do that.
     
  6. Mark2010

    Mark2010 Active Member

    As for Wimbledon, ESPN2 does show most of its stuff live in the early morning. And that's the difference between cable and OTA. NBC has a three-hour window. If they go live, they can't control if they come in during the middle of a match, get stuck between matches and, until this year, get a rain delay. And tennis has a very small mass audience compared to NBC's regular daytime stuff.

    I suspect NBC will ditch the weekday daytime coverage within a couple of years and let ESPN2 handle all of that.
     
  7. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    What stinks is that ABC/TNT get the BBC feed which is NOT HD! How in 2009 can that be? BBC not HD?
     
  8. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    As I now own Tiger Woods PGA Tour '09, I will be paying attention. Damn that game is addictive.
     
  9. GB-Hack

    GB-Hack Active Member

    Huh? BBC America switches to HD this month. I'd be surprised if the mothership wasn't running it already.
     
  10. KP

    KP Active Member

    Sadly this weekend will be an up-conversion.

    http://www.hdsportsguide.com/news/2009/abctnt-not-delivering-british-open-in-hd-again/
     
  11. GB-Hack

    GB-Hack Active Member

    From the way I'm reading that, this is an ABC/TNT issue, not a BBC issue.

    Am I wrong in that?
     
  12. KP

    KP Active Member

    Well BBC has always produced it. ABC/TNT just takes their feed.
     
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