Comments on: and, one more thing:

By: Sugar Shin

Sugar Shin — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 05:38:46 +0000

It’s about money, i.e. broadcasting licenses. In Germany the simultanously played alternative game is shown only on pay tv-channels. In 2002 they broadcasted both games on free tv. As far as I know the FIFA sold the broadcasting rights to an international consortium, which made different individual contracts with pay-tv and free-tv stations in each country.

By: echowind

echowind — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 05:08:15 +0000

settle down guys. for some reason the same games are not being shown on terrestrial channels here in japan too. i’m also a bit irked. perhaps it’s a fifa thing.

By: Wedge

Wedge — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:48:08 +0000

Yes, the Korean networks are assholes. But, I watched the American loss at Scrooge’s in real time. They had a South Afrcian feed.

By: donnieknutts

donnieknutts — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:16:39 +0000

On a related note, I was told that Australian TV was planning on showing the France-Togo match live and the Korea-Swiss game on tape-delay, before a joint protest from Samsung/LG/Hyundai forced the network’s hand and they are reversing the schedule to air the Korea match live.

By: mcnut

mcnut — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:49:54 +0000

but it seems as though they are showing a picture in picture of the other game if a team scores…

also today was the first time i saw the replay of the france claim of the second goal
and damn that was a goal…..lee’s hand was well behind the goal line when he knocked it back out

By: mcnut

mcnut — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:56:23 +0000

i really can not believe that crap!!!!!

with the internet and available information it makes no sense for tape delayed events of such important events

i think there intenet is to have games on all night

By: Landros

Landros — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:52:49 +0000

yep I was flicking through tryin to find the other game too. I think it is really stupid.

I guess they are doin it so people can watch 3 hours of football in a row. Very odd though.

By: mcnut

mcnut — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:51:55 +0000

for one might be koreas game are at 0400

that SUCKS!!!!!! why the hell would they do that

i guess imight have togo on base to watch it…..