Production quality just sucks Horrible jumpy screen like watching a gamewith cataracts.
CW broadcasts
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I’d rather not play on tv than play on CW
And if we don’t improve all our games are going to be on cw next season
And if we don’t improve all our games are going to be on cw next season
I think that production quality at ESPN (and, by extension, ACCN) is nowhere near what it was in the past. In some cases, announcers are in some remote studio (if not their dens at home) instead of court side. In addition, in the past, when there was a controversial play, or an exceptional play, immediately prior to a stoppage in play, viewers were shown replays of said play. Today, we're treated to a replay of something which happened earlier in the game. Production values have declined precipitously. I have no doubt that this is the work of the bean counters at Disney.
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Technical issues or poor camera work? I have watched the CW on a stream and via antenna; both seemed fine.
Raycom's production of the CW games is fine. And they actually put more effort into it with their opening theme and pregame. ESPN just goes through the motions
I watched the Pitt games on there the last couple of weeks and I didn't have any problems either. Seemed like exactly the kind of production you'd expect on a 3rd tier college basketball production.
I do have a problem like Cav does with the remote announcers. Covid is over, get the game announcers back in the arenas for every game. A play by play guy and a color commentator watching the game on television at their home can't tell me anything more than I can see for myself. On site commentators are valuable because they can tell you what is going on that you can't see by just watching on television.
That's not a covid thing. It's a cost savings thing. It definitely isn't good for production value.
I mean - SI was using AI for their articles for months and lying about it - prior to folding
These businesses know they are gonna get viewers for games regardless , why not cut expenses to the bone ?
These businesses know they are gonna get viewers for games regardless , why not cut expenses to the bone ?
It absolutely started as a covid thing, but yeah, they realized they could save some money and few people were going to complain, so they kept doing it.
For the same reason that most other businesses don't offer as crappy a product as possible?
I think it’s like many things that started as a covid necessity that became a cost-savings permanent thing.
I was pretty impressed with the CW football broadcasts. Felt like they did a good job. Little less so with the basketball stuff - feels like Raycom with a different logo. That’s not the worst thing in the world (it’s still higher quality than the average BTN broadcast) but I hoped for a little more.
No. It started long before Covid. They just didnt tell anyone.
ESPN should be transparent as it experiments with remote broadcasts
As ESPN produces a small percentage of games with announcers at remote locations, viewers are entitled to know when the sportscasters are not on site.
Well, it is. Raycom handles 100% of the broadcast. They use a CW logo and airwaves but its all Raycom.
Sure, for low level games that no one cared about. But not like it became during covid, and not like it still is today.
Let's just be thankful ESPN was able to hang on to Beth Mowins and Doris Burke amidst all the cuts in high price on air talent.
So why bother with announcers at all? If it doesn't matter why not go as cheap as possible?
