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What would a service like that do during television timeouts? I’ve found silent “we’ll be right back” screens to almost be worse than ads in some ways. It’s ju
by kevincennis 9y ago
What would a service like that do during television timeouts?
I’ve found silent “we’ll be right back” screens to almost be worse than ads in some ways. It’s just a weird feeling.
- losteric 9y agoIt does depend on the sport, but for basketball they could replay interesting plays, talk about players, theorize strategy, broadcast in-stadium fillers, or just show the team talking.
- scottwernervt 9y agoScroll tweets from fans.
- diggernet 9y agoI've always enjoyed those quiet ad-free breaks on MLB.tv. This year they've started filling them with loud , annoying, repetitive ads. Starting to wonder why bother paying for the service.
- Spivak 9y agoJust treat it like any other timeout that's shown: show the fans, cut to the coaches, cut to the commentators -- call it exclusive content any you're pretty much golden.
- flying_kangaroo 9y agoYou could even have the commentators take a break during tv timeouts, and just have some chill crowd shots. Maybe get some teams on board to show what they'd do on jumbotrons during the breaks in action.
- js2 9y agoI rarely watch sports events live. Each sport has a fairly predictable timeline. For example, an NFL game is about 3.5 hours of clock time for what's an hour long game (skipping clock stoppage and half-time). So just start watching 2.5 hours after kickoff and you catch up with real time by the end of the game.
- eertami 9y agoThe BBC in the UK airs the Superbowl every year, but the BBC is not allowed to show advertisements. They show the main feed except when ad-breaks happen, at which point they cut to a studio with a host and a couple of pundits who talk about things related to/that are happening in the game. Works pretty well. We used to get a VPN on and find a US stream to have a laugh at the absurdity of American advertising but these days the Beeb's coverage is more than fine.
- ars 9y agoWhat do people who are there in person do? The screen can just show the players milling around, or show the fans, or the announcer can give random factoids.
- jasonlotito 9y agoOverwatch League handles this by displaying the stats from players as it counts down till it comes back from ads. I like that. I know exactly how long I have, and if I don't have to go anywhere, the stats are still pretty interesting.