(ignore the old TV)
an ESPN+ exclusive fight has literally nothing to do with the football
This was already common practice to promote other shows during broadcasts way back when I last watched broadcast TV over a decade and a half ago.
I actually struggled to identify what part of the screen was an ad, and I’m less able to be outraged about a TV channel displaying what content they will be broadcasting later than ads for unrelated products. Similar to how I’m okay with or even want to see movie previews before a movie, but I better not see a commercial for insurance or consumer electronics.
Have you watched a game of Association Football (or real football) lately? They digitally alter the ads on physical LED banners for different broadcast regions.
I noticed it on an NHL broadcast recently. I guess it’s cool they can do that now, but it removes the local flavor of the team hosting the event.
Yeah they started putting ads on the dasher boards a few years ago. There are also ads digitally inserted on the ice.
The tech is pretty cool. When they first started doing it, it would sometimes cut off players, but they seemed to get it settled down within a few months.
I know the /r/hockey sub was really upset about it when it was first implemented, and I was annoyed at first because of the glitches. But now, it’s like…well, now I see these ads instead of those ads…what’s the difference?
ok boomer
That TV looks killer for retro consoles…
Was never allowed to play games on ours because it could cause screen burn in.
Most of those rear-projection TV were 60 Hz, with the high-end ones often having 120 Hz.
