SKY

Only people who still have Sky UHF just get Sport 1. The UHF Sky is being closed down this year so all users will have to be on Digital (has already be shut off in some areas).

Sky had a few options:
There was the Highlights channel (poor picture but better than delay.
They also have 4 new sports channels that are currently being tested for coverage of the Winter Olympics (Sport 4 - 7, will be channels 131 - 134). These new channels are currently on the satellite but are not on any Sky set top box until Sky send out the signal the the box (which could have been done last night)

 

it cut into footy time during normal cricket time (not just overtime)

I wouldve been happier if Sky had put a notice on the screen saying coverage was delayed, maybe they did and my screen setting didn't shoow it? Anyhow now Im sad and confused.

the cricket didn't cut in to the nix just becuase of the extra time, it was already 10 minutes in when the last ball of the 20 overs was bowled. The problem was that they scheduled a 3 1/2 hour game of cricket in a 3 hour slot.

If Auckland won it, they hosted the final...

it was annoying, but i dont think we missed too much.

I think at some point in the past (a previous Phoenix match im sure) they have switched the game temporarily to SS3 while whatever was on SS1 finished, even with a note along the bottom of the screen. I was kind of expecting the same thing this time, but it didn't happen.

What really ruined it for me was Lawrie McKinna on twitter talking about the match and score... while we were still watching the cricket.

Was a great cricket match though, i would have been gutted if they just cut it at 8.

You're right about that.

we all know SKY are bastards....... it's nothing new. so IBTL

Sky did (mostly) the right thing. They have an obligation to show both, and they did. And I think those watching the cricket would have been even more pissed off than we if they got their coverage cut out after spending the previous few hours watching the match. So we had to wait an extra forty minutes, the only ones who suffered were the impatient, and those of us who spoiled it for themselves by following the match via other means (in my case by Twitter updates... and in Addicks's case by reading my emotional responses to my phone going off )

I'd also imagine that Sky was contractually bound by NZ Cricket to show the match in full.

Frankly, Sky could have cut the end of game cricket highlights and the credits. That was bloody useless. Credits I can sorta understand but too bloody bad. Showing the match highlights, even if it was only two minutes, was ridiculous. Cut the cricket as soon as your job is done then move onto the real sport.

Ah well, could have been worse. Could have stopped broadcasting the cricket to show a made-for-TV movie

That wasn't half bad...

...it was all bad.

I seem to remember UHF Sky changing to Swimsuit Illustrated when an FA Cup Final went to extra time.

I was pissed at the Cricket, not at Sky. It really isn't their fault...

40 minutes to bowl 2 overs 

The most ridiculous thing about the cricket - Auckland need 8 off the last delivery to win it. Otago bowler and captain then go off into a big, deep, involved discussion about possibly changing the field...muppets.

Just don't bowl a no-ball (or a wide) and you win. Easy.

Mine emptied out pretty fast too

So buffon, have you filed your complaints slandering sky yet?

As stated, it was the lack of information that was the bad thing...a message on the screen explaining it might have helped matters? As it was, we all just had to sit in the pub hoping that it would actually come on when the cricket was finished!

Oh God, I agree with Steve-O! (even about the Nadal thing, was very frustrating)

He asked a question you muppet, so obviously not.  I don't believe your profile which says you're 32.

For the record I was very pissed off.  Not so much because the cricket went over, but because it took them 30minutes to bowl two overs.

Much worse, though, was in the game they were showing replays at the most ridiculous times.  You could hear the crowds 'oohs' and 'aahs' while we saw a replay of Ifill blazing it 8m over the bar.  Was ridiculous, I've never seen them do it that badly.

Just to clarify, he isn't actually Gianluigi Buffon either...

couldn't agree more, the f*&kin replays were doing my head in. Time and time again! missed so many attacking build ups why they showed pointless replays.
the commententators are head cases.

Buffy is a legend.

Anyone who sat through what he did at North Harbour Stadium has a right to be a bitter and twisted for pretty much the rest of their life.

End of.

The delay of the game worked in well for me as i had training and was running late to get to the pub.  The thing that p**sed me off was the fact that at half time in the football, they played about the same amount of ads they normally do, including some twat reviewing the game for the half time team talks.  Whats that about?  At least with the replays or delays of the EPL they go straight into the 2nd half.  Could of caught up time at least.

What were his parents doing having sex at NHS?

at the Heidi incident

"Many irate viewers also called NBC affiliates, radio stations, newspapers such as The New York Times, the telephone company and the NYPD, nearly crashing the telephone network in metropolitan New York."

They couldve put it on another channel (ive seen them do it before),i pay to watch the nix live,not delayed by half an hour because they cant be bothered doing this.

Whilst ideally they should have displayed a message to viewers, in reality Sky had no way of knowing EXACTLY when the cricket would finish - this could have been allayed with a message along the lines of "Phoenix vs Victory will be shown immediately upon the conclusion of the cricket".

However, by simply checking the program info button on the remote, you could see exactly what was happening - they had clearly programmed the football to start upon the conclusion of the cricket, with the start time changing every few minutes in line with the cricket dragging on.

Anyone saying it should have been played on SS3 during break in ODI is missing the point completely.

Saying it is because "they cant be bothered" is rather lame.

Especially when you realise that they would have then had to delay or cut some of the ODI, which isn't smart because I bet you it rates higher than the Nix. 

The obvious solution is to scrap absolutely every form of T20 cricket on the planet.

And not just because Canterbury are ratsh*t at it.

Start the game on time on their pointless "Sky Sport Highlights" channel, and put banners up ever couple of minutes on Sky Sport 1.

I love the Highlights channel, you take that back!

Bored of this.