7Cricket Vs Fox Cricket

[010203]

Old age joke at Andy Maher's expense.

Alex Hartley "The last time Australia lost a bilateral ODI series at home was in 1982".

Katey Martin "You would have been 45 then, Andy".

 

[new0066]

Another example where Fox calling from the studio doesn’t recognise there is a runout chance until it’s shown on the screen. From watching on 7, they said runout chance as the ball was thrown.

It’s the Women’s Ashes, if you are already using 7’s graphics and are calling from a studio you might as well take the 7 commentary from the ground.

 

[Teen Wolf]

Am i wrong in thinking brad had a burner twitter account or something too? if wrong i apoligise.

Wouldn't be surprising, but you're probably thinking of the piece of shit executive who was finally sacked in October of last year:

Fox Sports executive leaves company after investigation into secret, abusive social media account

Foxtel's general manager of Fox Cricket Matthew Weiss has left the company following a company inquiry prompted by a Crikey investigation.

www.crikey.com.au

 

[TBellicious]

Another Brendon Julian disasterclass from the studio tonight.

 

[new0066]

Another Brendon Julian disasterclass from the studio tonight.

I think this is the worst yet

 

[Danger in Texas]

Footy: Fox >> 7
Cricket: 7 >>>>> Fox

 

[Danger in Texas]

Shane Watson

Alyssa Healy

Skull

Brad McNamara producer

Hasn’t Stuart Clark been there too?

 

[Father Jack]

I think this is the worst yet

There was a four straight down the ground late on that also took them all by surprise for some reason

 

[Danger in Texas]

I still prefer Fox's test coverage, but there is literally no benefit to Fox's coverage of the BBL when all they do is scream, and they aren't even at the ground.

I don't think the Saturday games mean that much to me... Jan-Feb is starting to open up as a 2 month period where I can save 70 bucks on Kayo.

For me, the play-by-play guys are the most important part of the cricket coverage, and I don’t think 7 has any bad ones that they frequently use (Brayshaw, Mitchell, Lane, Nicholson). In contrast, I despise both Julian, and Howard (though I don’t mind him for the footy)

7 do have more comments guys that are annoying (Langer/Hayden/Copeland), but Ponting mitigates that for me

That’s before I get to Fox not even being at the ground (which applies to both sports)

 

[new0066]

Footy: Fox >> 7
Cricket: 7 >>>>> Fox

I agree. It used to be Fox>7 with cricket too but 7 has overtaken Fox overall with their cricket broadcast.

I still prefer Fox's test coverage, but there is literally no benefit to Fox's coverage of the BBL when all they do is scream, and they aren't even at the ground.

I don't think the Saturday games mean that much to me... Jan-Feb is starting to open up as a 2 month period where I can save 70 bucks on Kayo.

Fox test coverage is only slightly better than 7 (55-45%) and 7’s W/BBL & Women’s Internationals generally better than Fox so 7 is overall better. So I stick with 7 for the cricket. And cancel Kayo during that time.

2025 Fox is the place for AFL, especially Friday nights with Hudson & Wheatley calling while 7 will still probably have BT & Brayshaw (who is only slightly better than BT).

That’s before I get to Fox not even being at the ground (which applies to both sports)

With AFL, not being at the ground doesn’t really affect the commentary like it does with cricket. So Fox commentary is not that horrible.

 

[hawkman]

The last few games in Adelaide 7 have been showing the commentary box and then zooming out to show empty boxes around them

 

[Cleavy]

The last few games in Adelaide 7 have been showing the commentary box and then zooming out to show empty boxes around them

did they CGI it like Fox?

 

[new0066]

did they CGI it like Fox?

Wait, did Fox CGI their commentary team to the ground when they were calling from the studio this summer?

 

[happy_eagle]

Wait, did Fox CGI their commentary team to the ground when they were calling from the studio this summer?

recorded off the tv with phone, I don't think I captured the volume though.

 

[Father Jack]

How much did they pay in getting the rights to the cricket only to cheapskate the product and pretty much ruin it? I mean I hate ads as much as anyone but having commentators with no idea what's going on whenever the ball goes up in the air is just ridiculous

 

[happy_eagle]

Calling from the studio aside, I do find it odd to see people criticise the Fox team for being too Blokey/Triple M in their approach to commentary, but at the same time will talk about how good it was when Channel 10 had the BBL.

In terms of presentation style (once again not talking about the whole calling from the studio thing, which is horrendous), there is very little difference between 10 and Fox.

 

[Teen Wolf]

How much did they pay in getting the rights to the cricket only to cheapskate the product and pretty much ruin it?

Reportedly, Fox are paying about $150m per year under the current deal (which goes through to the end of the 2030-31 season). Seven are paying $65m per year.

 

[TBellicious]

Calling from the studio aside, I do find it odd to see people criticise the Fox team for being too Blokey/Triple M in their approach to commentary, but at the same time will talk about how good it was when Channel 10 had the BBL.

In terms of presentation style (once again not talking about the whole calling from the studio thing, which is horrendous), there is very little difference between 10 and Fox.

Except the producer...

The old Channel 10 producer went to Seven, and the old Channel 9 producer (Brad McNamara) went to Fox.

 

[Cleavy]

Calling from the studio aside, I do find it odd to see people criticise the Fox team for being too Blokey/Triple M in their approach to commentary, but at the same time will talk about how good it was when Channel 10 had the BBL.

In terms of presentation style (once again not talking about the whole calling from the studio thing, which is horrendous), there is very little difference between 10 and Fox.

one can argue, it was a bit more of a novelty when ch10 had the rights. Plus you need the right people/personalities to pull it off without complaints.

 

[Plugger35]

Ch7 have raised their game with their Big Bash coverage with much better quality commentators plus they are at all games live.

In previous years they had Jason Richardson, Andy Maher and Lisa Sthalekar commenting the BBL and they are WBBL standard.

It looks like they will be raising their game with their AFL coverage too, they have a new head of sport who has brought a broom.

 

[new0066]

How much did they pay in getting the rights to the cricket only to cheapskate the product and pretty much ruin it? I mean I hate ads as much as anyone but having commentators with no idea what's going on whenever the ball goes up in the air is just ridiculous

7 is paying less than what they paid when they first got the cricket (with a clause of paying more if conditions are met) the deal is more than before so it was all Fox paying more compared to 7

 

[THE A5]

Apparently neither company have picked up the rights for the Sri Lanka tour and we won’t have any where to watch it but listening to it via abc

 

[010203]

Apparently neither company have picked up the rights for the Sri Lanka tour and we won’t have any where to watch it but listening to it via abc

Sen are covering it. A deal will be agreed but on the cheap.

 

[THE A5]

Sen are covering it. A deal will be agreed but on the cheap.

How do these deals actually work? Is it the broadcaster he dealing with the SLC? Or the Tv stations in Sri Lanka that have rights to the cricket?

 

[Yoda_]

Never thought about that. But...

Lee
M Waugh
Warner
Haddin
??

Steve O'Keefe, Henriques, Trent Copeland ?