Ah jaysis [TV3 secures RWC rights]

Neil3030

Aidric wrote: »

Ah here, leave it out. Most of the criticism of Cooper seems to be because of a perceived Munster bias, leaving out the fact that he is a good broadcaster who fires off a lot of questions.

I'm as skeptical as most of ye when it comes to TV3 but I wouldn't be chasing fault with the anchor. They are more likely to fall down with their production values and lack of analysis. Also that female reporter they use has a voice like nails on a blackboard.

He is an excellent current affairs broadcaster, but rugby is the one area he can't seem to reign in his biases for whatever reason.

Larbre34

Neil3030 wrote: »

He is an excellent current affairs broadcaster, but rugby is the one area he can't seem to reign in his biases for whatever reason.

I would disagree strongly, he is ignorant and subjective. And bring reduced to a column in the "Irish" Daily Mail hardly reflects well.

sydthebeat

Larbre34 wrote: »

I would disagree strongly, he is ignorant and subjective. And bring reduced to a column in the "Irish" Daily Mail hardly reflects well.

completely disagree

hes hard hitting when needs be, he gives fair time to both sides, and he is sensitive to issues when required too.
Hes an excellent current affairs broadcaster.

On the rugby, hell i dont mind if he is a bit munster biased... gives us something to complain about... and if he has Jackman or Franno etc sitting opposite he'll be well reigned in

Zzippy

sydthebeat wrote: »

completely disagree

hes hard hitting when needs be, he gives fair time to both sides, and he is sensitive to issues when required too.
Hes an excellent current affairs broadcaster.

On the rugby, hell i dont mind if he is a bit munster biased... gives us something to complain about... and if he has Jackman or Franno etc sitting opposite he'll be well reigned in

Not Franno! Jeez, the horror... :eek: :mad: :mad:

I'll be watching with the sound turned down and Michael Corcoran on the radio...

Larbre34

According to the dusty archives, TV3s 2007 panellists included:

Paul Wallace, Trevor Brennan, Jim Glennon, Michael Cheika, Jim Williams and Victor Costello.

They'll certainly have to do better than that.

Coopers radio pundits currently do include, Wallace, Franno, Quinlan, perhaps Corkery and others.

Lads like Quinlan and Horgan have no particular allegiance, Id imagine theyll feature. Conor O'Shea is the biggest loss associated with the coverage going to TV3

CatFromHue

Was David Humphreys on it too?

FellasFellas

Cooper was the man who in 2009 said that Kevin McLaughlin shouldn't be playing for Leinster because he was in the RTE choir and went to Gonzaga. Ignorant, ignorant man.

total former

Mentioned on another thread but this is great news - TV3 will be in HD for the RWC.

http://www.tv3.ie/rwc2015_article/12/TV3-confirms-exclusive-Rugby-World-Cup-coverage

Some decent pundits in there too. Shane Jennings wasn't long getting his first post-retirement gig.

CatFromHue

Mattie's back

thomond2006

Good to see every match will be on FTA, but Setanta's coverage of the last RWC was excellent.

One thing I notice though, they say HD will be on UPC and Sky. What about Saorview?!

total former

thomond2006 wrote: »

Good to see every match will be on FTA, but Setanta's coverage of the last RWC was excellent.

One thing I notice though, they say HD will be on UPC and Sky. What about Saorview?!

Unlikely I'd say, TG4 has been in HD on UPC for yonks now and no sign of it being expanded to Saorview. I think the costs associated with it are quite high.

Rattlehead_ie

Only problem I've with this is Stuart Barnes /facepalm.

thomond2006

total former wrote: »

Unlikely I'd say, TG4 has been in HD on UPC for yonks now and no sign of it being expanded to Saorview. I think the costs associated with it are quite high.

ffs, TV3's SD quality is atrocious too.

its_phil

Was very excited about all those names and then the final one came up..... Matt Cooper...

.ak

Does TV3 live player stream in HD?

total former

thomond2006 wrote: »

ffs, TV3's SD quality is atrocious too.

Yep, totally spoils my enjoyment of Exposé.

Teferi

Two best things from that: TV3 are broadcasting in HD and Murray Kinsella as a pundit. Good stuff.

Robert McGrath

Teferi wrote: »

Two best things from that: TV3 are broadcasting in HD and Murray Kinsella as a pundit. Good stuff.

Agreed. Really hope he can translate well from print to TV

CatFromHue

Robert McGrath wrote: »

Agreed. Really hope he can translate well from print to TV

Not an easy thing to do though.

In his articles he can take as long as he wants to discuss stuff but on air he may only get a min tops so he won't be able to go into it in much detail.

I can see him getting the in game technical analysis slot which isn't usually great, similar to the ones Dean Ryan did for Sky and Mark McDermot did for RTE.

techdiver

total former wrote: »

Unlikely I'd say, TG4 has been in HD on UPC for yonks now and no sign of it being expanded to Saorview. I think the costs associated with it are quite high.

I've seen this mentioned before, but why has Saorview positioned itself this way? With UTV Ireland launching on HD everywhere except Saorview and now TV3 following suit, surely there is something wrong with the Saorview model if this is going to be the future??

What will the point be in having a system with the capacity for HD channels when no one will use them due to prohibitively high costs?

total former

techdiver wrote: »

I've seen this mentioned before, but why has Saorview positioned itself this way? With UTV Ireland launching on HD everywhere except Saorview and now TV3 following suit, surely there is something wrong with the Saorview model if this is going to be the future??

What will the point be in having a system with the capacity for HD channels when no one will use them due to prohibitively high costs?

UTV Ireland is in HD on Saorview.

Re: TV3, I'm just guessing, but their statement specifically mentions Sky and UPC so...

irishfeen

total former wrote: »

UTV Ireland is in HD on Saorview.

Re: TV3, I'm just guessing, but their statement specifically mentions Sky and UPC so...

UTVI is NOT HD on Saorview.. Dreadful picture.

sydthebeat

CatFromHue wrote: »

Not an easy thing to do though.

In his articles he can take as long as he wants to discuss stuff but on air he may only get a min tops so he won't be able to go into it in much detail.

I can see him getting the in game technical analysis slot which isn't usually great, similar to the ones Dean Ryan did for Sky and Mark McDermot did for RTE.

well to be honest i read murray for his analysis, not his opinion.....i leave that to the frannos and tony wards of the world.

I hope it works out for him, as i always enjoy his pieces

techdiver

total former wrote: »

UTV Ireland is in HD on Saorview.

Re: TV3, I'm just guessing, but their statement specifically mentions Sky and UPC so...

UTVI is not on HD on Saorview and I believe reading one of the reasons was cost. I find it staggering that carriage costs on Saorview are so high that stations are launching on 2 different pay tv services in preference to Saorview.

What is the point of Saorview and it's capacity if stations are unwilling to pay the premium for HD?

icdg

CatFromHue wrote: »

Mattie's back

The question is will the BNZ's jar be back too?

OldRio

Well they are only broadcasting HD on subscription platforms.
FFS that is shocking news. I thought the RWC would be available FTA.

ITV it is then.

Synode

It is FTA, just not in HD. ITV isn't HD either on Saorview

The_Captain

I personally am looking forward to Matt Cooper's coverage of Cork's world cup campaign this summer

techdiver

Synode wrote: »

It is FTA, just not in HD. ITV isn't HD either on Saorview

FTA Satellite or Freesat

ThisRegard

Robert McGrath wrote: »

Agreed. Really hope he can translate well from print to TV

I think I've heard him on Newstalk on Sundays over the last couple of weeks. Didn't realise who it was until they were wrapping up but nothing stuck out at me saying who's that gob****e.