1st Test: Australia v Pakistan at Gabba, Nov 21-25 2019

[jargan83]

It has been like that in Brisbane/Melbourne/Sydney since 2005/06 summer IIRC, and still remained that way in Adelaide/Perth/Hobart until about 2012.

Before the tv blackouts were removed, only the final session of a test match and first 2hrs of an ODI (that hadn't sold-out) were broadcast live into the home city. Although they were put in with the intention of boosting crowds in the city where the match was held, tv blackouts will never exist now that Fox/PayTV has tv rights to broadcast internationals in Australia.

I didn't realise the live coverage went that far back, I thought it was only a couple of TV rights ago e.g. 2012ish.

I agree that they won't be back, putting parts of the coverage behind a pay wall won't help CA in the future though.

 

[undertaker]

Umpiring standards are shit

Bring back Steve Bucknor!

 

[undertaker]

I didn't realise the live coverage went that far back, I thought it was only a couple of TV rights ago e.g. 2012ish.

I agree that they won't be back, putting parts of the coverage behind a pay wall won't help CA in the future though.

Yep, it went back that far for Brisbane/Sydney/Melbourne (the 3 largest metro markets for tv ratings), just before Kerry Packer died. I distinctly remember the 2005 Boxing Day test vs South Africa was the first one that Ch9 did live in Melbourne. However, the blackouts still remained for viewers in Adelaide/Hobart/Perth for matches held in those cities until the 2013-18 tv rights deal was signed that the blackouts were removed in those remaining 3 metros, just in time for the memorable 2013/14 Ashes where the Aussies won 5-0. However, it didn't affect us folk who had regional affiliates such as NBN or WIN tv, they broadcast the test match live up to 6pm (for tests), and all but the first few overs of a day/night ODI on a weekday because of A Current Affair.

Day/night ODIs in Perth were frustrating, not just because they didn't finish until after midnight on the east coast, but one hour of play was removed due to news/A Current Affair. Distinctly remember Mark Waugh's 130 vs Sri Lanka at the WACA in the mid '90s, the hour where he started punishing the Sri Lankan bowlers wasn't shown and then on the Ch9 highlights package the next day, barely anything was shown from his entire innings. Looks like someone at Ch9 management didn't like Mark Waugh. So, besides those people living in Perth who watched it on tv (due to sell-out crowd) or were at the WACA, very minimal footage that innings exists today.

You folk out in the west have had to do it tough all the way to 2013. A friend of mine (who lived in Perth for a while) told me that until the blackouts were removed in Perth, ODIs held in the eastern states and Adelaide were on 3 hour delay in Perth just so that Ch9 Perth could have the first innings starting at 2:30pm (5:30pm AEDST) so it could lead into the 6pm news. By the time the 2nd innings was broadcast in Perth started at 6:30-7pm, the match was pretty much finished. And there was no way around it, as online streams from other countries showing the Ch9 broadcast weren't available then.

 

[kdalymc]

i know its been around for a bit but that 3rd umpire talking us through the decisions is the most cringe-tastic thing ever...

 

[hineyrulz]

Come on it’s almost jump time!!

 

[jargan83]

Yep, it went back that far for Brisbane/Sydney/Melbourne (the 3 largest metro markets for tv ratings), just before Kerry Packer died. I distinctly remember the 2005 Boxing Day test vs South Africa was the first one that Ch9 did live in Melbourne. However, the blackouts still remained for viewers in Adelaide/Hobart/Perth until the 2013-18 tv rights deal was signed that the blackouts were removed in those remaining 3 metros, just in time for the memorable 2013/14 Ashes where the Aussies won 5-0. However, it didn't affect us folk who had regional affiliates such as NBN or WIN tv, they broadcast the test match live up to 6pm (for tests), and all but the first few overs of a day/night ODI on a weekday because of A Current Affair. Day/night ODIs in Perth were frustrating, not just because they finished after midnight on the east coast, but one hour of play was removed due to news/A Current Affair. Remember Mark Waugh's 130 vs Sri Lanka in the mid '90s, most of the innings wasn't shown live and then on the late night/early morning highlights package, barely anything was shown from his innings. Looks like someone at Ch9 didn't like Mark Waugh.

You folk out in the west have had to do it tough. A friend of mine (who lived in Perth for a while) told me that until the blackouts were removed in Perth, ODIs held in the eastern states and Adelaide were on 3 hour delay just so that Ch9 Perth could have the first starting at 2:30pm (5:30pm AEDST) so it could lead into the 6pm news. So ,by the time the start of the 2nd innings was shown in Perth at 6:30-7pm, the match was pretty much finished. And there was no way around it, as online streams from other countries showing the Ch9 broadcast weren't available.

There were times I didn't mind the delayed telecast because I would go home and catch the tail end of the first session and then watch the night session.

Would be impossible today with development of technology and easily accessible nature of information these days.

Could be worse, could still be the dark days when the NRL wouldn't be shown on Channel 9 until midnight, even on a Sunday when the game would have started at 1pm local time.

 

[2 weeks]

Something to kill the time

 

[undertaker]

Could be worse, could still be the dark days when the NRL wouldn't be shown on Channel 9 until midnight, even on a Sunday when the game would have started at 1pm local time.

Going off topic, but I 100% agree with you that the treatment Ch9 have given NRL fans, especially those living outside of NSW/QLD, has been disgraceful. It's amazing to think that even up until end of 2006, there was a complete radio blackout on Friday night matches, meaning Ch9's ad-filled delayed coverage at 8:30pm was the only way for NSW/QLDers to access footage at a reasonable time. Folk living in NZ got all the Ch9 delayed games live via Sky Sports, but it'd be a few more years before online streams from Kiwis leaking the coverage started to appear on various websites.

 

[undertaker]

Come on it’s almost jump time!!

It was this wanker who started the ostentatious display of leaping in the air and kissing the helmet back in the '90s whenever he scored a century:

 

[hineyrulz]

2 mins to jump time!!!

 

[King hit]

It was this wanker who started the ostentatious display of leaping in the air and kissing the helmet back in the '90s whenever he scored a century:

That was against Pakistan at the Gabba ironically

 

[jargan83]

Going off topic, but I 100% agree with you that the treatment Ch9 have given NRL fans, especially those living outside of NSW/QLD, has been disgraceful. It's amazing to think that even up until end of 2006, there was a complete radio blackout on Friday night matches, meaning Ch9's ad-filled delayed coverage at 8:30pm was the only way for NSW/QLDers to access footage at a reasonable time. Folk living in NZ got all the Ch9 delayed games live via Sky Sports, but it'd be a few more years before online streams from Kiwis leaking the coverage started to appear on various websites.

Unfortunately it was an necessity to have Foxtel over here to watch the NRL before digital TV secondary channels such as GEM became common place.

Even before Foxtel had the rights to simulcast all games live, the delayed Foxtel coverage Friday night games would start at 9pm Perth time which was still before the Channel 9 delayed coverage would show the game.

I remember always travelling to a particular pub to watch State of Origin live because Channel 9 didn't show it until 10:30 Perth time.

 

[JJ]

It was this wanker who started the ostentatious display of leaping in the air and kissing the helmet back in the '90s whenever he scored a century:

Start of a dignified poignant celebration

 

[2 weeks]

We will have friends from San Diego staying with us over new years and it's going to be fun explaining to them how all the players go off the field for 20 minutes to drink cups of tea.

 

[undertaker]

That was against Pakistan at the Gabba ironically

You're right. 1999 1st test. Wow, hard to believe 2 decades have gone that quickly. Also Gilchrist and Scott Muller's test debut.

IIRC, Slats got dropped at 2nd slip on 99, absolute sitter.

 

[jargan83]

 

[Dave's mate]

Davey!!!!

 

[Eelectrica]

Warner is so happy to be on the road again. Couldn't wait.

 

[2 weeks]

This Paki kid with more no balls than a lesbian convention

 

[undertaker]

Unfortunately it was an necessity to have Foxtel over here to watch the NRL before digital TV secondary channels such as GEM became common place.

Even before Foxtel had the rights to simulcast all games live, the delayed Foxtel coverage Friday night games would start at 9pm Perth time which was still before the Channel 9 delayed coverage would show the game.

I remember always travelling to a particular pub to watch State of Origin live because Channel 9 didn't show it until 10:30 Perth time.

Yeah, at least with Foxtel you got to see those matches at a decent time.

Funniest moment for me regarding how pathetic Ch9 is happened during the 2008 RLWC. Went to attend the Australia vs New Zealand opener at the SFS starting at 8pm, arrived back home around 10pm. Match coverage started at 8:30pm on Ch9, and at 9:30pm on Fox Sports.

Ch9 ended up running so many ads that the Fox replay of the game finished before Ch9's delayed coverage (Fox at 11pm, Ch9's at close to 11:30pm), even though Ch9 started an hour earlier, lol!