Geekzone: technology news, blogs, forums
Guest
Welcome Guest.
You haven't logged in yet. If you don't have an account you can register now.


gished

276 posts

Ultimate Geek


#31919 4-Apr-2009 23:03
Send private message

Any one else notice this on sky sports and prime over the past couple of days? Any ideas why?

Create new topic
daksta
40 posts

Geek


  #205344 4-Apr-2009 23:20
Send private message

sky have all of the coverage to the winter olympics but they aren't till 2010, so I don't see why that logo is there..



Dingbatt
6756 posts

Uber Geek

Lifetime subscriber

  #205418 5-Apr-2009 16:43
Send private message

daksta: sky have all of the coverage to the winter olympics but they aren't till 2010, so I don't see why that logo is there..


But they are the next Olympics so why not get the advertising while you can. No point in paying a fortune for the broadcast rights and not crowing about it.  Haven't they got the rights to London 2012 as well?  If so the logo is going to be there so long it's going to leave an after-image Undecided.




“We’ve arranged a society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. Carl Sagan 1996


ockel
2031 posts

Uber Geek


  #205502 6-Apr-2009 11:01

Yes they also have the rights to London 2012.
The proposal (as per the Annual Report) is that Winter Olympics will be on Prime in HD for 12 hours per day and on four dedicated pay television channels with live and delayed coverage 24hr/day.
For the Summer Olympics in 2012 it is proposed that Primes coverage will increase to 22 hours per day in HD with Sky running 8-10 dedicated Olympic channels with live and delayed coverage of events.

Melbourne Commonwealth games were on both FTA and pay in Australia - and damned good coverage for the viewer.  If we get something like that then it will be great for viewers.




Sixth Labour Government - "Vision without Execution is just Hallucination" 




allstarnz
1719 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

  #205513 6-Apr-2009 12:05
Send private message

i don't mind them doing it, other than it's even more clutter on the screen.

Satch
1985 posts

Uber Geek


  #205523 6-Apr-2009 12:33
Send private message

Yes I noticed and wondered about the rings too.  I've also seen it on downloaded content from the US.

old3eyes
9120 posts

Uber Geek

Subscriber

  #205524 6-Apr-2009 12:34
Send private message

Anyone wager that we will see the 2012 Olympics on Prime HD via Freeview HD??




Regards,

Old3eyes


butlerboy
457 posts

Ultimate Geek


  #205543 6-Apr-2009 14:11
Send private message

old3eyes: Anyone wager that we will see the 2012 Olympics on Prime HD via Freeview HD??


I certainly won't be holding my breath. It will be a letdown if we don't get to see it in HD on freeview, especially after how good the Beijing olympics looked.

Create new topic





News and reviews »

Air New Zealand Starts AI adoption with OpenAI
Posted 24-Jul-2025 16:00


eero Pro 7 Review
Posted 23-Jul-2025 12:07


BeeStation Plus Review
Posted 21-Jul-2025 14:21


eero Unveils New Wi-Fi 7 Products in New Zealand
Posted 21-Jul-2025 00:01


WiZ Introduces HDMI Sync Box and other Light Devices
Posted 20-Jul-2025 17:32


RedShield Enhances DDoS and Bot Attack Protection
Posted 20-Jul-2025 17:26


Seagate Ships 30TB Drives
Posted 17-Jul-2025 11:24


Oclean AirPump A10 Water Flosser Review
Posted 13-Jul-2025 11:05


Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7: Raising the Bar for Smartphones
Posted 10-Jul-2025 02:01


Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 Brings New Edge-To-Edge FlexWindow
Posted 10-Jul-2025 02:01


Epson Launches New AM-C550Z WorkForce Enterprise printer
Posted 9-Jul-2025 18:22


Samsung Releases Smart Monitor M9
Posted 9-Jul-2025 17:46


Nearly Half of Older Kiwis Still Write their Passwords on Paper
Posted 9-Jul-2025 08:42


D-Link 4G+ Cat6 Wi-Fi 6 DWR-933M Mobile Hotspot Review
Posted 1-Jul-2025 11:34


Oppo A5 Series Launches With New Levels of Durability
Posted 30-Jun-2025 10:15









Geekzone Live »

Try automatic live updates from Geekzone directly in your browser, without refreshing the page, with Geekzone Live now.



Are you subscribed to our RSS feed? You can download the latest headlines and summaries from our stories directly to your computer or smartphone by using a feed reader.