TV3 RWC coverage

OldRio

crisco10 wrote: »

Watched on itv hd which is free on sky.

Sky? Free?

marcoz

marcoz wrote: »

Thought the whole thing is a bit amateurish alright. Bring back the RTE coverage. Its a crying shame that the coverage of the national team wont be shown on national channel. Like I hate George hook as much as next guy but hes got the entertainment factor. Just feels more normal to watch the Rugby on RTE. And I have totally to agree with people who talk about Matt cooper. The man doesn't have a clue about sport. He aint no Tom Mcguirk

The RTE panel are doing something online for at least the Ireland games before/HT and after the games.

http://www.the42.ie/rte-rugby-panel-2334809-Sep2015/

ArmaniJeanss

Could have given Tonga v Georgia a longer lead-in rather than more analysis of England game. I know neither will likely get out of the group but poor treatment nonetheless.

captbarnacles

Missed Joe interview-any good?

Yamanoto

marcoz wrote: »

TAnd I have totally to agree with people who talk about Matt cooper. The man doesn't have a clue about sport. He aint no Tom Mcguirk

Always thought McGuirk was a bit of a guff merchant tbh - one good or bad game for Ireland and he'd spin it as us being either the greatest or most abject rugby team on the planet.

Fcuking ads!!!!!

captbarnacles

The comm now for Tonga-Georgia is good.

icdg

Meanwhile over on ITV, Jon Champion...

Bebo stunnah

captbarnacles wrote: »

The comm now for Tonga-Georgia is good.

Is it? I wouldn't know, the tv3 payer isn't working. I could tell you about 90% of the last 12 ads I've seen trying to watch the world cup are like. I fcuking should have known tv3 were going to be sh1te.

Peist2007

My impression watching last night was that i have been subjected to TV3 ads for this world cup for over a year. TV3 soccer presenters have had to pidgeon hole a plug for TV3's coverage of RWC15 into every piece of coverage for ages and ages now.

So, last night was pretty disappointing. All that time they have been preparing for this and we get Matt Cooper and the 2007 vibe. Where there not people working on this? Really looked like no thought went into it at all. Zero originality.

This may sound silly but my UPC says that the Tonga game is being shown til 1pm and then they are leaving it and jumping into pre-match analysis for the Ireland game. Wouldnt put it past TV3. If so, the thing should be taken off them and given back to RTE today, amateurs

icdg

That's exactly what's happening. Second half is on 3e. They want to give more build up time to Ireland.

Peist2007

icdg wrote: »

That's exactly what's happening. Second half is on 3e. They want to give more build up time to Ireland.

Ah 3e. At least its shown somewhere i guess.

selous

Commentary for Tonga V Georgia isn't bad, last nights sounded like they were covering American football,
Did the stadium blast music while Fiji were doing their Haka(?) last night?

KERSPLAT!

Why didn't they just show the full match on 3e and whoever wants the Ireland V Canada preview switches to TV3..!?

Peist2007

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

Why didn't they just show the full match on 3e and whoever wants the Ireland V Canada preview switches to TV3..!?

That 70s Show

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

Why didn't they just show the full match on 3e and whoever wants the Ireland V Canada preview switches to TV3..!?

It's a bit ridiculous alright, never mind the fact that we don't need 90 minutes of build up to the Ireland match. Or 45 minutes if you take out all the ads.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Is the commentary on TV3 from the TV3 team or are they just using ITV's stream?

icdg

selous wrote: »

Commentary for Tonga V Georgia isn't bad, last nights sounded like they were covering American football,
Did the stadium blast music while Fiji were doing their Haka(?) last night?

Yes, disrespectful IMO, but nothing of the sort today thankfully. Today's TV3 commentary seems to be the world feed. It's not ITV's though.

Boscoirl

Didn't mind the coverage last night, it's bland cliched stuff aimed at the casual fan, you expect that but splitting the game today in two across the 2 channels is a pain in the hole

90 min build up is a joke,

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Again, on the Fiji "haka" thing last night. I'm pretty sure they didn't actually play music over it. They didn't actually show the "haka" live and were showing video highlights with the live audio stream which was where the music was coming from. According to twitter though the fans did sing loudly over it. Maybe that's why ITV cut the live coverage because they knew people wouldn't be impressed with the singing?

Peist2007

Boscoirl wrote: »

90 min build up is a joke,

The montage team at TV3 have spent the past year in the Blackbird in Rathmines listening out for edgy tunes. Today is their time.

Melodeon

icdg wrote: »

Yes, disrespectful IMO, but nothing of the sort today thankfully. Today's TV3 commentary seems to be the world feed. It's not ITV's though.

I brought that up on another thread, and it appears that what happened was that TV3 showed us delayed footage of the Fijian haka (Cibi?) but streamed the live audio from the stadium.
It looked and sounded very bad all right, but wasn't a true picture of what actually happened.

Sever Tomorrow

TV3 switching second half to 3e. Might piss some people off?

lologram

Picture quality on 3e is awful

El Weirdo

Hate TV3, so stuck ITV on for a look at Tonga v Georgia.

Craig Doyle.

*sigh*

connemara man

Is this the first live TV on 3e?

El Weirdo

connemara man wrote: »

Is this the first live TV on 3e?

Pretty sure they've done UEFA Cup games before.

Sever Tomorrow

Some great insights on Joe Schmidt from Shane Jennings.

Tompatrick

Jennings is good. Cooper remains a dunce

ProudDUB

Great to see Jennings being allowed to actually speak, instead of all the constant cutting across each other that goes on with McGurk & Hook.

Larbre34

Ive heard Jenno speak before at Supporters Club sessions and stuff, he does not do flowery and im really looking forward to the likes of him and Wood giving unglossed experienced analysis. So long as Cooper keeps himself out of it, it should be a better watch than the jingoistic ITV jamboree. The worst of BBC/Sky/BT lads on loan, no thanks.

FunLover18

Sever Tomorrow wrote:

TV3 switching second half to 3e. Might piss some people off?

Switching the match to SD and showing a lad sitting in a chair in HD doesn't make any sense.

delta_bravo

Anyone hear Matt cooper say toin coss?

RedXIV

Is the 3player the best way to watch the matches if you've no TV package? The pic quality from today's match compared to last night is dire?!

Tompatrick

Who's that lanky streak with the tiny blonde? Reminds of mick fleet wood and Sam fox all those years ago

noway12345

Would people prefer to pay for this?

Tompatrick

noway12345 wrote: »

Would people prefer to pay for this?

Yes

Larbre34

Tompatrick wrote: »

Who's that lanky streak with the tiny blonde? Reminds of mick fleet wood and Sam fox all those years ago

Lol showing your age.

Murray Kinsella of 'The 42' and Sinead Kissane of TV3. She always gets a christmas card from Eddie O'Sullivan.

Sever Tomorrow

noway12345 wrote: »

Would people prefer to pay for this?

Absolutely not. I'm very happy that TV3 are showing the whole tournament. Better than Setanta having all the games in the past.

That's not a knock on Setantas coverage by the way.

iDave

Very abrupt ending to the Georgia Tonga coverage on 3e. Was enjoying looking at the Georgian celebrations. And for what? A repeat of a UK game show.

noway12345

Tompatrick wrote: »

Yes

Rich boy.

KERSPLAT!

iDave wrote: »

Very abrupt ending to the Georgia Tonga coverage on 3e. Was enjoying looking at the Georgian celebrations. And for what? A repeat of a UK game show.

Someone on the Group C thread said the coverage ended, if true I suppose we can't blame TV3/3e for it.

Losty Dublin

This was a better turn out by TV3 today and was good job on what was not a good game. The commentary was far tighter and it turned what was a fringe game into what a casual fan would possibly have considered to be an excellent game. It will be interesting to see how the next three games shape up as the bar has been raised.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

Someone on the Group C thread said the coverage ended, if true I suppose we can't blame TV3/3e for it.

I meant that was the end of TV3/3e's coverage, I've no idea if they're still analysing it on ITV.

KERSPLAT!

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

I meant that was the end of TV3/3e's coverage, I've no idea if they're still analysing it on ITV.

Ah right, thought you meant the break in coverage when Georgia were celebrating

spiritcrusher

So. Many. Ads.

laugh

Sake.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

This stupid psychologist skit was on earlier. Maybe don't do 90 minute build up if you don't have content to fill it.

Utopia Parkway

Conor McNamara's accent is situated somewhere between London, Los Angeles and Limerick.

Tompatrick

Sick of these fcukers with endless ads