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[wheelz]

Looks like a decent coverage for free and simulcast on gem in HD


http://wwos.ninemsn....aspx?id=8431268#

Edited by wheelz, 07 March 2012 - 04:32 PM.

[Dork(original)]

wheelz, on 07 March 2012 - 04:29 PM, said:

Looks like a decent coverage for free and simulcast on gem in HD


http://wwos.ninemsn....aspx?id=8431268#

Wheelz,HD,bullshit i say.
HD i in Australia no way Jose!
Only being sarcastic.
Should be fantastic.
(hey that ryhmes)
Paul.

Edited by Mr craptastic, 07 March 2012 - 05:08 PM.

[Junkyard]

what happens with ch9 rugby league coverage during the olympics?

[com5984]

Looking forward to thenolympics always a great watch

[Darth]

League will stay on 9.  There wont be competition anyway (after hours) so it shouldn't be an issue

[BigVic]

Looks good, but will be watching it on Foxtel.

Footy will go on 9 with Olympics on GEM. Remember 7 cutting off the Men's Basketball Gold Medal Match back in Beijing in favour of Buddy-Mania back in 2008 (West Coast Eagles v Hawthorn).

[doodlefeatures]

Could they send a bigger pack of complete and utter phoney a-holes??

Ken Sutcliffe, Karl Stefanovic, Leila McKinnon, Mark Nicholas, Cameron Williams and Eddie McGuire!!!

I think I'll be handing over some $$ to Fox

Edited by doodlefeatures, 08 March 2012 - 07:34 AM.

[bassett]

doodlefeatures, on 08 March 2012 - 07:33 AM, said:

Could they send a bigger pack of complete and utter phoney a-holes??

Ken Sutcliffe, Karl Stefanovic, Leila McKinnon, Mark Nicholas, Cameron Williams and Eddie McGuire!!!

Pay peanuts,---------------Get monkey's

wonder if  "Big Dogs" going

[BigVic]

Mark Readings from Channel 9 Perth is also part of the commentary team...

[Graeme on the Gold Coast]

doodlefeatures, on 08 March 2012 - 07:33 AM, said:

Could they send a bigger pack of complete and utter phoney a-holes??

Ken Sutcliffe, Karl Stefanovic, Leila McKinnon, Mark Nicholas, Cameron Williams and Eddie McGuire!!!

I think I'll be handing over some $$ to Fox

+1 (Austrar actually)

[Ralfi]

doodlefeatures, on 08 March 2012 - 07:33 AM, said:

Could they send a bigger pack of complete and utter phoney a-holes??

Ken Sutcliffe, Karl Stefanovic, Leila McKinnon, Mark Nicholas, Cameron Williams and Eddie McGuire!!!

I think I'll be handing over some $$ to Fox

Half of them are from the friggin Today show??!! I don't want Celebrities (logie nominees) commentating on sport............get some past champions or professional callers over there...............

At least it's the Olympics (which i'm losing interest in fast), so won't have to put up with them for that long.....

[Baboy]

Dont worry there will be plenty of Ahh Bra ads to keep u entertained ...........

Or u can count Eddies nose hairs in glorious HD

[cwt]

Ralfi, on 08 March 2012 - 05:59 PM, said:

Half of them are from the friggin Today show??!! I don't want Celebrities (logie nominees) commentating on sport............get some past champions or professional callers over there...............

Yeah bring back Roy and HG

[laurie]

Eddie must have got on Nine back and said I also work for Fox Footy and they have STUNNING HD why can't we!!

cheers laurie

[pc9]

Mr craptastic, on 07 March 2012 - 05:06 PM, said:

Wheelz,HD,bullshit i say.
HD i in Australia no way Jose!
Only being sarcastic.
Should be fantastic.
(hey that ryhmes)
Paul.

Hurts me to say this but at the moment, the native HD stuff on GEM (through VAST satellite MPEG4) is bloody good.  It was'nt always the case but  they seemed to have resolved whatever technical issues were spoiling the earlier efforts. Lets wait and see if the Olympics are the real deal and not upscaled.  I assume the host broadcaster will give 9 a HD feed.

[ckent]

pc9, on 17 March 2012 - 08:15 AM, said:

Hurts me to say this but at the moment, the native HD stuff on GEM (through VAST satellite MPEG4) is bloody good.  It was'nt always the case but  they seemed to have resolved whatever technical issues were spoiling the earlier efforts. Lets wait and see if the Olympics are the real deal and not upscaled.  I assume the host broadcaster will give 9 a HD feed.

Yes, the native HD stuff -- Friends, Special Ops, Sea Patrol Lisa McCune, some of the old movies (not all of them) -- still looks very good, even post 9-Extra  :-/

[davmel]

Looks like Nine is trying to push for a license to broadcast the Olympics in HD:
http://www.mediaspy....ympic-coverage/

If it's approved then it will easily be the highest quality HD channel across both FTA and pay TV to show the games, assuming that they broadcast with the same specs as the last 3D FTA trial.
FTA 3D HD H.264 @ 14 Mbps is going to blow away the quality of 6 Mbps H.264 Foxtel or 8.5 Mbps MPEG-2 GEM broadcasts.

[cwt]

Fantastic news if it pans out   Perfect timing before the bandwidth is needed for the evening schedule Strange definition of ''regular 3d channel'' they have though..

Quote

To date, 3D television has failed to reach many viewers down under, with premium pay-for-view channel Foxtel 3Dbeing the only regular broadcaster of 3D content. If approved, Nine's new channel will be Australia's first regular free-to-air 3D channel.

[wheelz]

davmel, on 27 March 2012 - 12:15 PM, said:

Looks like Nine is trying to push for a license to broadcast the Olympics in HD   3D:

Fixed

[BamBBBam]

davmel, on 27 March 2012 - 12:15 PM, said:

If it's approved then it will easily be the highest quality HD channel across both FTA and pay TV

God help the unfortunate viewers of the other channels on that transponder.. the quality will drop even further. I don't get it - 3D was a passing fad, why put effort into it?

[davmel]

BamBBBam, on 27 March 2012 - 02:49 PM, said:

God help the unfortunate viewers of the other channels on that transponder.. the quality will drop even further. I don't get it - 3D was a passing fad, why put effort into it?

There are NO other channels on the special trial broadcast multiplex. It only ever had a single video stream @14 Mbps.

[Dork(original)]

davmel, on 27 March 2012 - 12:15 PM, said:

Looks like Nine is trying to push for a license to broadcast the Olympics in SD:
http://www.mediaspy....ympic-coverage/

If it's approved then it will easily be the highest quality HD channel across both FTA and pay TV to show the games, assuming that they broadcast with the same specs as the last 3D FTA trial.
FTA 3D HD H.264 @ 14 Mbps is going to blow away the quality of 6 Mbps H.264 Foxtel or 8.5 Mbps MPEG-2 GEM broadcasts.

Reality .
Paul.

[MLXXX]

davmel, on 27 March 2012 - 12:15 PM, said:

Looks like Nine is trying to push for a license to broadcast the Olympics in HD:
http://www.mediaspy....ympic-coverage/

The Nine Network has announced its intention to broadcast a standalone 3D channel for the duration of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The channel would most likely appear as channel 41 and would broadcast games highlights from 11:00am to 4:00pm daily. The channel's launch, however, still depends on the approval of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) and Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy.

Speaking to The Australian, Nine Managing Director Jeffrey Browne said: "At the moment we're negotiating with the government and ACMA to get some extra spectrum...I'm expecting that we will get the approval. I don't want to pre-empt the process and appear to be getting ahead of myself, but they're favourable."

Failing ACMA approval, commentators have speculated that the 3D content could appear on one of Nine's multichannels GO! or GEM.

Some of us on this forum had predicted that a free to air broadcaster might attempt to provide some 3D Olympics coverage using either a specially authorised separate broadcasting frequency or by using their existing allocation.  Great to see Nine taking the initiative on this.

Edited by MLXXX, 29 March 2012 - 01:04 AM.

[Slattery]

And finally some 3D content to watch. I'll have to make sure I record it daily. ESPN 3D on Foxtel is hopeless replaying the same crap daily.

[alanh]

Where the pictures are coming from...
Olympic Broadcasting Service http://www.obs.es/index.html
They are only shooting 200 hours of programs.
http://www.panasonic...l#anker_8057524
UK coverage http://www.bbc.co.uk...t-arts-17049246

Remember that the UK uses a single network of DVB-T2/MPEG4 transmitters carrying only HD programs from each network. There is one HD program stream unused. Their other two transmitters per site carry only SD programs on DVB-T/MPEG2

AlanH

Edited by alanh, 19 April 2012 - 08:17 PM.