FARKEN SKY
YET AGAIN.......
Why do they insist on obviously cheap feeds for football games?
The allblacks playing in europe never cuts out like this...im just saying....
Ok i take that back if the electrical storm thing is true...
But my point still stands...
What f*#&in century are we in???
A bloody storm means the whole world loses a signal????
Bollox.
A bloody storm means the whole world loses a signal????
Bollox.
Awful. We only got about 15 minutes of the second half in the end, missed two goals and what must have been a tight finish.
Very poor.
Very poor.
What's worse is Sky have done nothing to make up for the situation, instead of showing a replay of the 2nd half asap, we instead have to wait until 4pm for the full replay.
Electrical storm = Darryl from tech support spilling his coffee all over the switchboard.
Electrical storm = Darryl from tech support spilling his coffee all over the switchboard.
Maybe we should start a "Fire Darryl" campaign...
It wasn't all that bad. We got to listen to Elrick and Katsanos for 30 minutes. Being informed by Elrick that "the European Championships only have teams from Europe playing" and the attempted pronunciations of player names by both of them, such as Rustu being pronounced Rust (like oxidised metal) -oo, was a real pleasure.
f**king numpties.DKP222008-06-26 11:12:02
f**king numpties.DKP222008-06-26 11:12:02
ahhh wasn't sky lads was the coverage all over the world as a whole.
Aparently few fights between germans and turish in pubs when the coverage stopped.
So give sky a break had nothing to do with them
No offence Bob but I'm not going to take your word for that.
I reckon Sky are f**king muppets and the odds on them being to blame are high.
sh*ttest football broadcaster in the world bar none.
Well...did anybody else think Katsanos (sp?) reasons for the outage were a bit...differing?
He said electrical storm...but then said the problem was inside the stadium....i didnt notice any sort of storm whilst the game was being played? Could be wrong...but...
Its more the fact its not the first time its happened in this tournament even...and its really really not good enough. Anyone going to bite on the fact it never happens when the allblacks play in europe? 
No offence Bob but I'm not going to take your word for that.
I reckon Sky are f**king muppets and the odds on them being to blame are high.
sh*ttest football broadcaster in the world bar none.
evidence from soccernet.com gamecast.
76'
And we've lost pictures again! Tee hee! Sack the electricity board!!
search google on tv coverage of semi final euro 2008 everyone watching it on tv got crap coverage - had nothing to do with sky.i disagree sky shows every phoenix game live what are you complianing about it could be on tv 1 with keith quinn.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/06/good-luck-watch.html
worldwide feeds are coordinated through one point: an International Broadcast Center (we mention it below). In this case it was the IBC in Vienna. A lightning strike killed the feed from the game, and then when the tournament's governing body, the Union of European Football Associations, went to the backup feed, inclement weather killed that one too. Nwulu said sports producers told him that this was "the first time this has happened to this extent in recent memory."
im sure sky and myself weill recieve your apologies smithy.
In Germany they managed to get the local Swiss TV feed on-air and at least in England they had the good sense to use the radio broadcast when the video crapped out
Yes, in Germany they had an audio commentary when the first blackout happened and they had the Swiss TV feed during the second blackout. There was no third blackout worldwide so the last one must have been Sky's fault. I am really disappointed and angry about Sky and how they handled the problems. Listening to two such incompetent commentators was a pain and what they talked was utter rubbish. They could have done an audio commentary as in Germany. Just unbelievable that this happened! And the most unbelievable thing is that a blackout with Sky happened before at the Quarter final between Italy and Spain during extra-time. I really wonder how Sky will broadcast the final. If there is another blackout, then...
And the most unbelievable thing is that a blackout with Sky happened before at the Quarter final between Italy and Spain during extra-time.
That blackout was purely sky's fault as i was watching the civerage from malaysia with same feed and commentataor and they didnt have a dropped signal, i was calling out the penalties over the phone to the packed pub.
UberGunner2008-06-26 15:21:05
yeah i was texting my German lad during the game and he said they only had the one black out. So glad he was texting me updates - loved it when I announced the second goal and the pub went nuts, had so much fun at backbencher this morning AWESOME atmosphere.
So glad he was texting me updates - loved it when I announced the second goal and the pub went nuts, had so much fun at backbencher this morning AWESOME atmosphere.
Was that you???! Great moment!! 
dairyflat2008-06-26 15:46:07
So glad he was texting me updates - loved it when I announced the second goal and the pub went nuts, had so much fun at backbencher this morning AWESOME atmosphere.
Was that you???! Great moment!!
Yep. You weren't the twat who stood right infront of me for five minute so I couldn't see were you?
Nope, we were away to your left... then again even if I stood in front of you it's not likely that at my great height any view would be obscured... 
Alright so basically this is what happened:
footballer2008-06-26 17:16:05
Monday Italy vs France Quarterfinal:
Sky lost their coverage for approximately 10-15 mins from the 2nd half of extra time up untill about the half way point of the penalties.
At the time, I believe that the Sky hosts claimed that this was an international problem and that other stations were having the same difficulties.
However, as far as I know and from what a few people on this forum have said, other stations which used the same feed in other countries did not have any cut outs.
At the time, I believe that the Sky hosts claimed that this was an international problem and that other stations were having the same difficulties.
However, as far as I know and from what a few people on this forum have said, other stations which used the same feed in other countries did not have any cut outs.
After todays interuptions which were an international problem, a Sky spokesman has said that they are investigating what happened on Monday, and that no one would be getting refunds unless coverage is lost for atleast 24hours. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/4/story.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10518471
That is ridiculous really.
One must question why we were lied to on monday when the host said it was a international problem.
Why on earth has it taken so long for them to begin an investigation into what happened.
And I am no lawyer but im pretty sure sky have breached thousands of contracts with their failure to provide decent coverage. The fact is we pay a fee to sky every month, and in exchange they are supposed to provide us with quality tv. My monthly fee is $66.99. If i only pay $60.00 a month to sky then they cancel the contract and stop providing me with the tv coverage.
Sorry to mumble on but whats happened over last few days has really pissed me off, Skys treatment of football fans in this country has for years been shocking and its time it stops.
I have called them twice today and complained and I strongly advise you all to give them a call at some point to let them know you are not happy with their service.
yeah i was texting my German lad during the game and he said they only had the one black out. So glad he was texting me updates - loved it when I announced the second goal and the pub went nuts, had so much fun at backbencher this morning AWESOME atmosphere.
Yeah i felt a bit of a pillock going upstairs to get the score of the web, finding out Germany scored, rushing downstairs to announce it and you already all new. ill just stay put if it happens tomorrow :)
I don't care if it was an electrical storm in Vienna. Sky are still c**ts.
I don't care if it was an electrical storm in Vienna. Sky are still c**ts.
why they play every decent sport you could dream of, yes more of rugby but rugby gets more viewers than football just cause of the time zones etc etc - they play the phoenix - they play live english premier league with all the pre shows and reviews - wat the f**k more do you want?
tvnz and tv3 aint exactly angels either.
stop your whining.
I was at work for the second half so I was 'watching' the EPSN Soccernet webcast, they lost signal a couple of times and were making comments like the fact for a while they had to listen to the radio broadcast to know what was going on.
Perhaps not entirely an international issue since Sky seems to have lost coverage for longer than most... Soccernet only missed Germany's second goal in terms of significant events during the game blackouts.
Perhaps not entirely an international issue since Sky seems to have lost coverage for longer than most... Soccernet only missed Germany's second goal in terms of significant events during the game blackouts.
It wasn't all that bad. We got to listen to Elrick and Katsanos for 30 minutes. Being informed by Elrick that "the European Championships only have teams from Europe playing" and the attempted pronunciations of player names by both of them, such as Rustu being pronounced Rust (like oxidised metal) -oo, was a real pleasure.
f**king numpties.
f**king numpties.
Im surprised someone didnt throw a brick at the TV. Cant believe they had Elrick on here - bad luck. I think I prefered the German that I had.
I'd rather watch happyted present a Nix game than the numpties from sky.