Sony Set Max Still Sucks

I had bleated about this one before (Can someone tell SET Max that their timing sucks)

SET Max are the official channel of the IPL…. AND THEY STILL SUCK at cricket broadcasting.

Looks like they want to milk ad revenues so much so that they still cut off the commentators mid way.Looks like the “Einstien” in charge has told his guys that the IPL has 5 ball overs. So many times we don’t see the last ball.

Plus I think SET Max has hired ex-Doordarshan camera folk. The camera swings to the boundary even when the batsman has played a defensive shot.

Last time I had ranted about the dancing tiger who came and did a jig everytime there was a boundary. This times theres an Ad from Vodafone that appears as a ticker and some loud Bhangra music…RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF PLAY… I can understand the ticker (need to milk airtime revenue)…. BUT WHY MUSIC ????? !!!!!

Learn from ESPN/Star Sports  $%^&**$###

 UPDATE: Someone else has similar views on the advertising.

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9 Responses to “Sony Set Max Still Sucks”

  1. Venting Macha Says:
    April 21, 2008 at 11:57 am

    Just be glad there is no noodle-strap Mandira there. But for the small mercies in life :)

  2. Vijay Says:
    April 21, 2008 at 12:04 pm

    @Venting: Instead of her theres all the cheerleaders :-)

    Also Check out http://mockipl.wordpress.com

  3. Chitra Says:
    April 21, 2008 at 1:04 pm

    :) I don’t watch, so I don’t share the frustration. But I understand it. :)

  4. vatsala Says:
    April 21, 2008 at 3:12 pm

    Sony Max may have their eyes only on the revenue they may get. There is one thing about the IPL matches ( I hated the idea of platers being auctioned etc) But now when I am forced to watch the game I feel a kind of good. Now there is no OZ team, Lankan team< Indian team etc. They are all in every team so, it is cricket they are playing. This is kind of good news-Cricket gone nlobal ( forget the money they may be making-that is incidental.

  5. Xylene Says:
    April 21, 2008 at 3:24 pm

    oh. that is irritating I agree.

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    April 21, 2008 at 3:45 pm

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  7. praneshachar Says:
    April 22, 2008 at 3:18 am

    poorthi over torisade iralu avaru pana tottiddare hagu adu avara jankma sidda hakku
    so you have to see 5 balls over and so on and so forth

  8. neela Says:
    April 22, 2008 at 5:01 am

    we had only a mandira to rant about .
    we now have a dozen mandiras to rant about.
    now mandira looks passe’

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