223 replies to this topic

[DansDans]

 alanh, on 07 September 2012 - 12:37 AM, said:

Slattery,
Considering that 7's network playout is in the same building as the AFL, they can easily archive the HD version.

You will note that in the AFL states the AFL is SD and in the RL states its HD. Similarly the RL in NSW & Qld are on SD and in all other states its in HD.

This is due to the anti-syphoning law to prevent Foxtel from having all football.

AlanH

Honestly, I've tried to avoid posting anything against you - but you cant be serious, can you?

its a well known, documented, stated-from-Ch.7 fact, easily verified by watching on 7mate and Fox Footy HD, that the AFL is NOT in HD when the broadcast originates from Ch.7 - even if it is shown on 7mate

Please, please, please dont comment about things you have no idea on. This has nothing to do with anti-syphoning laws which clearly state that all home and away and finals games (except Grand Finals for both codes) are Tier B sports which are permitted to be broadcast on the stations mulit-channels, which is why this is done

[McDigital]

G'day,

Week 2 of the finals, and while the contraversy of next week's scheduling is sorting itself out, this week it's pretty much LIVE again

Friday Night: Adelaide v Fremantle - First Bounce: 8:10pm ACST - 6:40pm AWST
Played At: AAMI Stadium, Adelaide

LIVE To:
Tasmania including Hobart at 8;30pm on Southern Cross
N.T. including Darwin at 8pm on Southern Cross
Victoria including Melbourne at 8:30pm on Seven and Prime
S.A. including Adelaide at 8pm on Seven, Southern Cross GTS/BKN and WIN South East
W.A. including Perth at 6:30pm on Seven and GWN
A.C.T. and N.S.W. including Sydney at 8:30pm on 7mate
Qld including Brisbane at 8:30pm on 7mate
Nationwide at 8:30pm AEST on Fox Footy and HD (8pm ACST - 6:30pm AWST)

Saturday Night: Collingwood v West Coast - First Bounce: 7:45pm AEST - 5:45pm AWST
Played At: MCG, Melbourne

LIVE To:
Tasmania including Hobart at 7:30pm on Southern Cross
N.T. including Darwin at 7pm on Southern Cross
Victoria including Melbourne at 7:30pm on Seven and Prime
S.A. including Adelaide at 7pm on Seven, Southern Cross GTS/BKN and WIN South East
W.A. including Perth at 5:30pm on Seven and GWN
A.C.T. and N.S.W. including Sydney at 7:30pm on 7mate
Qld including Brisbane at 7:30pm on 7mate
Nationwide at 7:30pm AEST on Fox Footy and HD (7pm ACST - 5:30pm AWST)

Edited by McDigital, 13 September 2012 - 11:08 AM.

[laurie]

Well my team WCE lost tonight so that's it for me for 2012 McDigital thanks for your effort during the AFL season appreciated the info hope to see you next year

cheers laurie

[DansDans]

 laurie, on 15 September 2012 - 11:08 PM, said:

Well my team WCE lost tonight so that's it for me for 2012 McDigital thanks for your effort during the AFL season appreciated the info hope to see you next year

cheers laurie

Agree with Laurie (except im an Essendon boy!)

[laurie]

 DansDans, on 17 September 2012 - 09:40 AM, said:

Agree with Laurie (except im an Essendon boy!)

Danny mate had high hopes for the Dons favorite team behind the WCE great coach like us injuries took its toll    

cheers laurie

[McDigital]

G'day,

Week 3 of the finals sees an unusual move, for the top team to play, not only on a Saturday, but at Twilight, this has put the Seven network in an awkward position with it's News service on the East Coast, forcing them to put it on 7TWO, while an updated one will be on the main channel after the match, the post match will be on 7mate (HD or not, we'll see)

Friday Night: Sydney v Collingwood - First Bounce: 7:50pm AEST
Played At: ANZ Stadium, Sydney

LIVE To:
Tasmania including Hobart at 7;30pm on Southern Cross
N.T. including Darwin at 7pm on Southern Cross
Victoria including Melbourne at 7:30pm on Seven and Prime
S.A. including Adelaide at 7pm on Seven, Southern Cross GTS/BKN and WIN South East
W.A. including Perth at 5:30pm on Seven and GWN
A.C.T. and N.S.W. including Sydney at 7:30pm on 7mate
Qld including Brisbane at 7:30pm on 7mate
Nationwide at 7:30pm AEST on Fox Footy and HD (7pm ACST - 5:30pm AWST)

Saturday: Hawthorn v Adelaide - First Bounce: 5:15pm AEST - 4:45pm ACST
Played At: MCG, Melbourne

LIVE To:
Tasmania including Hobart at 5pm on Southern Cross
N.T. including Darwin at 4:30pm on Southern Cross
Victoria including Melbourne at 5pm on Seven and Prime
S.A. including Adelaide at 4:30pm on Seven, Southern Cross GTS/BKN and WIN South East
W.A. including Perth at 3pm on Seven and GWN
A.C.T. and N.S.W. including Sydney at 5pm on 7mate
Qld including Brisbane at 5pm on 7mate
Nationwide at 5pm AEST on Fox Footy and HD (4:30pm ACST - 3pm AWST)

Edited by McDigital, 20 September 2012 - 12:40 AM.

[DansDans]

Sydney vs Collingwood will be the last game of live footy I get to watch this year before heading off to Japan...

Ah, I miss the footy already! Bring on 2013!

[McDigital]

G'day,

As a special, to keep you entertained, we have the Brownlow Medal Count, this is how it looks like, in broadcasting terms

Monday Night: Brownlow Medal Red Carpet Special - First Bounce: 7:30pm AEST - 7pm ACST - 5:30pm AWST
Played At: Crown Palladium, Melbourne

LIVE To:
Tasmania including Hobart at 7:30pm on Southern Cross
N.T. including Darwin at 7pm on Southern Cross
Victoria including Melbourne at 7:30pm on Seven and Prime
S.A. including Adelaide at 7pm on Seven, Southern Cross GTS/BKN and WIN South East
W.A. including Perth at 5:30pm on Seven and GWN (for 30mins)
W.A. including Perth at 6pm on 7mate (for 15mins)
A.C.T. and N.S.W. including Sydney at 7:30pm on 7mate
Qld including Brisbane at 7:30pm on 7mate

Monday Night: Brownlow Medal Vote Count - First Bounce: 8:15pm AEST - 7:45pm ACST - 6:15pm AWST
Played At: Crown Palladium, Melbourne

LIVE To:
Tasmania including Hobart at 8:15pm on Southern Cross
N.T. including Darwin at 7:45pm on Southern Cross
Victoria including Melbourne at 8:15pm on Seven and Prime
S.A. including Adelaide at 7:45pm on Seven, Southern Cross GTS/BKN and WIN South East
A.C.T. and N.S.W. including Sydney at 8:15pm on 7mate
Qld including Brisbane at 8:15pm on 7mate

Delayed To:
W.A. including Perth at 6:30pm on Seven and GWN

Fox Footy has their own coverage with the Red Carpet Special being on from 5:30pm AEST, and the vote count from 8pm AEST

Edited by McDigital, 24 September 2012 - 12:52 AM.

[laurie]

What a frigin joke this is:

Quote

5. A better broadcast from the folks at Channel Seven
For those of us not fortunate enough to be attending the MCG on grand final day, much of the afternoon's joy or frustration will depend on whether Channel Seven can get their act together. In a show of good faith, Brian Taylor should be helicoptered into the Simpson Desert just to rule out the possibility that he stumbles onto a live microphone. But the producers also need to do away with the camera-angle experimentation that has blighted their coverage this season. This is the grand final; it's no time to be messing with TV tropes that have existed without complaint for decades. And while we're at it, tell Dennis to keep the canned banter to a minimum and tell Richo nobody cares what tweeting Joes and Janes think.  

cheers laurie

http://www.bigpondsp...00/default.aspx

[McDigital]

G'day,

Week four of the finals, and as we all know, this is the one and only game in the new rights deal that Fox Footy isn't allowed to broadcast LIVE, so we'll all go onto Free To Air, and hopefully there arent many ads, unless you're in Tasmania, or overseas

Saturday: Hawthorn v Sydney - First Bounce: 2:30pm AEST
Played At: MCG, Melbourne

LIVE To:
Tasmania including Hobart at 2:30pm on Southern Cross
N.T. including Darwin at 2pm on Southern Cross
Victoria including Melbourne at 2:30pm on Seven and Prime
S.A. including Adelaide at 2pm on Seven, Southern Cross GTS/BKN and WIN South East
W.A. including Perth at 12:30pm on Seven and GWN
A.C.T. and N.S.W. including Sydney at 2:30pm on Seven and Prime
Qld including Brisbane at 2:30pm on Seven
Gold Coast at 2:30pm on Prime

REPLAY:
Nationwide at 6:30pm AEST on Fox Footy and HD (6pm ACST - 4:30pm AWST)

Channel 7's Grand Final coverage starts from 9am LIVE from the MCG, that's 8:30am ACST, 7am AWST, and after the match, they've scheduled a replay at 6:30pm, which is 6pm ACST and 4:30pm AWST on 7mate

Edited by McDigital, 27 September 2012 - 10:29 PM.

[Thudd]

Damn but I love the grand final in SD while the HD channels show cooking shows, 60s reruns....

Yeah, yeah, I know. But still......

[Slattery]

Channel 7 Melbourne bitrate was 5.40mbps average overall  in Mpeg 2 and the 7 Mate replay was 9.51 mbps average overall in MPEG 2.

[Wags]

 Slattery, on 30 September 2012 - 12:32 AM, said:

Channel 7 Melbourne bitrate was 5.40mbps average overall  in Mpeg 2 and the 7 Mate replay was 9.51 mbps average overall in MPEG 2.

Don't rub it in!!!!

Anyone know what the bitrate was in Adelaide? Be luck if it was that high IMO.

Edited by Wags, 30 September 2012 - 01:55 PM.

[SDL]

I put up with watching the blurred image of the GF on 7 on my 135" screen but now I want a version to keep given the mighty Swans victory and no Bluray available as I don't think anyone had HD cameras even there. TV in Australia, especially sports broadcasts, are years behind the US and Europe.
Imagine the uproar in the US if fans could get some Superbowls on BD but the most recent was only DVD

[Slattery]

Can anyone confirm whether 7 used SD or HD cameras at the GF?

[pc9]

 Slattery, on 02 October 2012 - 01:45 PM, said:

Can anyone confirm whether 7 used SD or HD cameras at the GF?

Pretty sure they always use high definition cameras; the issue is that they don't deploy an outside broadcast high definition van and associated equipment so the coverage is always relayed in standard def.  I suspect they baulk at the cost of hiring the hd van.

[McDigital]

G'day,

I've had a look on the AFL site recently, and was hoping that at least two more broadcasting schedules would be displayed for a series that normally pops up after the AFL season

The International Rules series doesn't seem to be displayed anywhere, like it's gone missing, so maybe they're not holding it this year

So with that, I thank all the people who have followed this thread all season, we'll all know next years fixture by the end of this month and shall do it all again from the start of February for the NAB Cup

Edited by McDigital, 05 October 2012 - 11:44 AM.

[laurie]

McDigital thanks for all your effort,there one thing sure that I will look forward to is the first game between Blues & Pies it will be a sellout sigh what to do for the next 6 months   

cheers laurie

[SDL]

I see a few places advertising a bluray coming for a few weeks time, so will see if it is native HD or upscaled. I did see Speed HD has HD version of Bathurst replayed unlike Fox Footy with the AFL grand final.

[vasili]

The international Series will be back in Ireland in 2013 and in Australia 2014!!! This season got cancelled

[McDigital]

G'day vasilli,

I just looked it up, I wasn't aware of the series being cancelled, that would explain why there's nothing on the AFL site, the least they could have done, is put a small note on the front page stating it

It sounds like they're blaming the small crowds of last year in Melbourne and Gold Coast, partly because of the players who were selected, not high profile apparently

At least for the next 6 months, we enjoy another sport, Tennis, Cricket, Golf, Soccer, Horse Racing, Motor Racing, Basketball, Snail Racing, you pick

[laurie]

Don't expect HD coverage of AFL in 2013 on Seven,here is audio of Ch7 Melbourne GM trying to explain it and the reasons why,be warned plenty pats on the back

cheers laurie

http://www.sen.com.a...n---Part-1/6116
http://www.sen.com.a...n---Part-2/6117

[Wags]

 laurie, on 10 October 2012 - 03:38 PM, said:

Don't expect HD coverage of AFL in 2013 on Seven,here is audio of Ch7 Melbourne GM trying to explain it and the reasons why,be warned plenty pats on the back

cheers laurie

http://www.sen.com.a...n---Part-1/6116
http://www.sen.com.a...n---Part-2/6117

Cheers for the links.

That guy is a tool!

Its fine to say we cant afford to do it in HD, (Bollocks!) but why cant they provide a HD feed to Foxtel? I couldnt give a rats that its in SD on 7. Surely it wouldnt be THAT much more expensive, dont they use HD cameras at the ground anyway?

I hate se7en, and I agree with most of the callers, McAvaney has got to go.

[McDigital]

G'day All,

As the fixture for next season gets closer to being announced, here's some news on the NAB Cup

http://www.theage.co...1012-27hce.html