Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: CWC 2015: Contains graphic horror

Steve Barnes

Sat, 21 Feb 2015 11:20:43 +1300

Its just not cricket anymore. I think you are talking about the same thing as the alcohol industry using the police force. There appear to be considerable police resources doing into dealing with drunken behavior on the Friday nights.

It seems The Herald editorial agrees

Steve Barnes

Mon, 16 Feb 2015 11:13:30 +1300

promoted multiethnic harmony and helped invent jazz. they even had a hand in gambling.

Sounds a bit like our Mafia stylz Govt. but without the multiethnic harmony and jazz.
;-)

Steve Barnes

Sun, 15 Feb 2015 20:55:20 +1300

Apparently using a phone or computer while watching the cricket is considered courtsiding by NZ Police, courtsiding being letting people know what is happening in a match so they can place bets second earlier than those watching it on tv.
Courtsiding is not illegal in NZ but it is against…

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 14 Feb 2015 13:31:52 +1300

Caught arise...
Well the first game is on and...
...it looks like some lucky spectator in the orange 'nz music month t-shirt' has taken the requisite one-handed catch – hope they don't find some loophole to not pay out.

Daniel Sloan

Sat, 14 Feb 2015 11:40:48 +1300

Well the first game is on and it's like being in a time warp – 4:3 and graphics that don't go away when there's stuff happening in the background, with none of the glorious high/drone shots that we saw over summer, and constant close-ups on players just like the IPL…

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 14 Feb 2015 10:46:33 +1300

M.I.A.
whoops, I see I’m well behind the news cycle and comment on the ‘inaction’ sign was all over the twittersphere on the 12th!
I'll have to go pell-mell to catch up with the peloton

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 14 Feb 2015 06:50:44 +1300

sign of the times…
The worlds greatest inaction!
I suspect it’s not so much a proofreaders lapse
as a Freudian Slip…
We tell it like it is down here
Inertia is the new paradigm,
there’s even an Enervation Precinct!

or was it just someone who doesn’t understand cricket!

I for…

Biobbs

Fri, 13 Feb 2015 23:12:59 +1300

Oops. Don't they proofread anything in ChChCh?

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 13 Feb 2015 10:54:39 +1300

the Atrocity Exhibition...
...you’ll be telling us the Gulf War actually happened?
It did! It did!
Hill & Knowlton told me so...

Rich of Observationz

Fri, 13 Feb 2015 10:35:24 +1300

the fireworks I saw on the horizon weren’t on the telly simultaneously

C'mon Ian, you don't think what happens on the telly is real, do you? Next thing you'll be telling us the Gulf War actually happened?

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 13 Feb 2015 09:40:38 +1300

the udders sway...
I hear the PM got booed again...
Surely not?
That'll be 'mooed' – the sensitive stage microphones picking up the nearby intensive urban dairying, perhaps the burgeoning Merivale Herd – those cows can smell a salt lick and silage from miles away...

Sacha

Fri, 13 Feb 2015 09:31:53 +1300

I hear the PM got booed again. Tide turning ... ?

Russell Brown

Fri, 13 Feb 2015 09:16:46 +1300

is it just me?

Definitely not just you. The 10-minute cricket skit that turned out to be a setup for John Key was just weird.

Although many of us in the crowd on Twitter last night did take what might be described as a perverse pleasure in watching.

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 13 Feb 2015 08:19:40 +1300

opining ceremony...
We have production teams....
...and we have misproduction teams.

is it just me?
the bits that I saw of last night's Cricket World Cup opening ceremony were wordy and unwieldy and cringingly provincial in its preoccupations – an amateur drama society and business lobby committee must've been responsible,…

Russell Brown

Thu, 12 Feb 2015 12:23:32 +1300

Yes, to a certain extent I think we forget how lucky we are. The end-of-year Northern Hemisphere All Black tours are always a mixed blessing because the quality of the rugby broadcasts and camera locations are appalling when compared to local coverage. I guess having live sport 24 hours a…

Brett Cochrane

Thu, 12 Feb 2015 12:01:08 +1300

Argh!

Bollywood comes to cricket! Saw it last night and thought how ghastly.

Let's all phone Sky complaints.

Daniel Sloan

Thu, 12 Feb 2015 10:19:56 +1300

Ian Dalziel

Thu, 12 Feb 2015 07:59:48 +1300

The urly bird…
It has long been thus …
Where do I apply for a time refund on slavishly doing this: Link: [ [ url|link text] ] since Dec 2006?
I coulda been a contender…
but no, I’m ‘coding’ needlessly to add non address text (hiding the url)
when many…

Russell Brown

Thu, 12 Feb 2015 07:56:35 +1300

Hmmm.

rayan lee is banned and I will clearly have to keep an eye out for similar live spammers.

Russell Brown

Thu, 12 Feb 2015 07:52:25 +1300

The Herald has picked up on the story, quoting me.

Russell Brown

Thu, 12 Feb 2015 07:47:08 +1300

Has PA had an upgrade so just a web address suffices now?

It has long been thus ...

Ian Dalziel

Thu, 12 Feb 2015 07:23:39 +1300

bowling a googly…
I note that Rayan Lee’s web site (http://www.2015-icccricketworldcup.com/) began on January 3 in Jaipur, (registered to one Jitendra Sharma, and the address seems to be an empty section on a cul de sac in Jhotwara, jaipur) and doesn’t seem to be officially linked to the ICC (insofar…

Steve Barnes

Wed, 11 Feb 2015 13:19:41 +1300

We are generally very lucky in NZ (and probably Australia too) with the quality of our sports camerawork – they really know their jobs and make it so much easier to enjoy matches, whatever the sport.

Not so with those Stadiums which we are told are a "Must Have".
The…

Phil Wallington

Wed, 11 Feb 2015 12:22:00 +1300

NZ freelance technicians.. camera, sound, floor managers, technical producers and directors etcetera have been sidelined. Our crews are cheap as almost every freelancer is still working on decade old rates and sucking it up to stay in the industry. A decade or so ago we were undercutting other countries e.g.…

Rich of Observationz

Tue, 10 Feb 2015 16:42:53 +1300

Or the viewer can choose to take on the role of their favourite player, put on an Oculus Rift, grasp their bat and face virtual deliveries in the comfort of their own TV room.

I suspect they wouldn't stay in for very long. Maybe against some of the more obscure…

izogi

Tue, 10 Feb 2015 15:35:40 +1300

and why couldn’t on-screen players be replaced by CG animations on the fly – imagine the NZ team all replaced by Hobbit-related avatars – fun times

I wouldn’t be too surprised if Cricinfo, or some third party app which feeds off it, manages to come up with something like this…

Ethan Tucker

Tue, 10 Feb 2015 09:42:53 +1300

the usual lineup of ultra partisan commentators

Whose regular refrain, 'from New Zealand's point of view', reminds you that most everything they say is filtered through a one-eyed lens. Listening to skilled overseas commentators, such as some of the English crew, you're reminded that it's possible to appreciate and discuss…

Ian Dalziel

Tue, 10 Feb 2015 09:03:06 +1300

Obscured by clods…
What on earth is Murdoch thinking of?
There is clearly room for a constantly updating ’news ticker strip’ for stock updates and news at the bottom of that screen layout – which could then be bookended by stroboscopically changing ad lugs…
…what an amateur!

I also wonder…

Rob Stowell

Mon, 09 Feb 2015 23:00:46 +1300

they only work for the betterment of all mankind
And all for the minimum wage without any footware allowance :(

hamishm

Mon, 09 Feb 2015 19:40:21 +1300

"The Hobbit laws" Rob? Why they only work for the betterment of all mankind and couldn't be linked to something as crass as commercialised sport.

Trevor Nicholls

Mon, 09 Feb 2015 18:43:33 +1300

If the viewers are fortunate, the warm-up games will allow the directors to test and weed out poor options from the broadcast service as well as performing a similar function for the coaches and selectors of the teams in the competition.

It won't fix the disservice being done to the…

Michael Cosgrove

Mon, 09 Feb 2015 17:59:21 +1300

I agree the garish graphics require the use of sunglasses, but if we don't have to listen the usual lineup of ultra partisan commentators and poor old Danny, I can live with that.

Russell Brown

Mon, 09 Feb 2015 17:48:38 +1300

For better or worse it's still pretty common internationally to protect for 4:3

And there's no way of delivering separate feeds? Like I said, it seems weird when they're bragging about how they're going to do 4K coverage.

Simon Sjorn

Mon, 09 Feb 2015 17:41:23 +1300

I have Sky being hooked up specifically for this tomorrow. What sold me in a weak moment was general super excitement for this tournament and cricket in general plus only a six month contract. I think that is what I signed anyhow. Previous experiences have left me with a bad,…

Grant McDougall

Mon, 09 Feb 2015 17:10:17 +1300

What’s the deal with Danny Morrison?

How many days do you have ?

But seriously, he's usually a commentator on Sky coverage – unfortunately he is also utterly tedious in doing so. Which is a pity, as he was a superb bowler and always came across as an ok bloke…

Blair Rogers

Mon, 09 Feb 2015 17:02:24 +1300

I also was thinking about signing up for Sky to be able to watch the CWC – but I now think I will skip that idea. After viewing that clip the placement of graphics is extremely distracting to pleasurable viewing. I'll follow on CricInfo and what ever is put on…

Rob Stowell

Mon, 09 Feb 2015 16:32:12 +1300

The NZ cricket broadcasting teams are bloody good, and clearly have been sidelined. 'Star' bringing in most of the crew (and gear) leaves NZ freelancers in the lurch. There was a time when NZ (and Nzers) wouldn't have allowed it. I'm wondering if the 'Hobbit Laws' have any bearing on…

Dylan Reeve

Mon, 09 Feb 2015 16:00:13 +1300

Are they trying to appeal to lowest common denominator with graphics and layout designed for low-end 4:3 tvs?

For better or worse it's still pretty common internationally to protect for 4:3 – basically in many countries analogue broadcast always means 4:3 (unlike NZ where 16:9 analogue was common for a…

Josh Petyt

Mon, 09 Feb 2015 15:35:18 +1300

I've never watched Indian TV but 'bobble heads' (thanks, I wasn't really aware of the term) are really common here in Japan. Perhaps this is par for the course in India and as such the main audience(s) are conditioned to them. They're usually connected to little animated bodies on Japanese…

WaterDragon

Mon, 09 Feb 2015 13:12:28 +1300

Sounds/looks incredibly underwhelming. Will we be shot of this meglomaniac and his totty ideas sometime soon? Or is this truly the way of the future (no don't answer that, can't bear to hear)

Hilary Stace

Mon, 09 Feb 2015 12:51:10 +1300

Good to see that Andrew Little has picked up some of this story

Roger Lacey

Mon, 09 Feb 2015 12:46:06 +1300

Thanks for the review Russell. I was thinking of tying myself up to a year-long Sky subscription to get live coverage but now I think the pictures will be better on the radio.

Bart Janssen

Mon, 09 Feb 2015 12:00:17 +1300

They’ve managed an odd balance of making the graphics incredibly intrusive, and also very difficult to read.

It took me ages to figure out even where to look for the score, I originally thought it was some weird advertising logo.

I suspect having Cricbuzz open on the iPad is going…

Paul Rose

Mon, 09 Feb 2015 11:41:12 +1300

The commentary was pretty crap as well. Listening to them bang on about having to use a different type of headset was painful. Warne and whatshisface were so preoccupied in their own bullshit they didn't even realise the power play had been taken early. I bet India wish they hadn't…

Emma Hart

Mon, 09 Feb 2015 10:57:42 +1300

I've never wanted adblock on my tv so much. They've managed an odd balance of making the graphics incredibly intrusive, and also very difficult to read. After ten minutes of trying to read that big fat font they've got the score in, on a red and blue background, I had…

Bart Janssen

Mon, 09 Feb 2015 10:51:11 +1300

When I saw it yesterday I just thought
“oh this is one of those warm ups where the broadcaster plays with a whole bunch of stupid ideas to see what they look like”
I was half expecting to hear the batsmen and bowlers wired up with mics for their “on-field…

izogi

Mon, 09 Feb 2015 10:26:42 +1300

It is believed the ICC’s document on safety for broadcast crew is three pages long; its document concerning the protection of image and ICC branding rights is 60 pages long.

Without trying to judge whether this whole thing is good or not, or comment on the appropriateness of the contents…

Grant McDougall

Mon, 09 Feb 2015 10:16:56 +1300

That just looks appalling. My immediate reaction – other than how inept and garish it is – is that having the batting and bowling figures prominently displayed is a clunky attempt to match the excellent ball-by-ball stats / commentary on cricinfo – and failing miserably.

Russell Brown

Mon, 09 Feb 2015 10:14:23 +1300

Are they trying to appeal to lowest common denominator with graphics and layout designed for low-end 4:3 tvs?

It looks that way, doesn't it? At the same time they're bragging about providing 4K coverage.

David Ritchie

Mon, 09 Feb 2015 10:09:22 +1300

Are they trying to appeal to lowest common denominator with graphics and layout designed for low-end 4:3 tvs?

Tim Croft

Mon, 09 Feb 2015 10:02:51 +1300

No "maxiums"? How will we cope?

Ethan Tucker

Mon, 09 Feb 2015 10:00:26 +1300

There will…

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