Raonic vs Istomin

[Marius_Hancu]

Originally Posted by Devilito

Even though the proliferation of high speed broadband in Canada per capita is the highest in the world, Canadian online websites are like 40 years behind US ones so don’t hold your breath for some sort of Canadian version of ESPN3. Will never happen. Nothing like having a 250mb/s zero cap internet connection with nothing to use it on.

I don't agree. They showed some matches and the quality was good. So the problem is willingness.

[pound cat]

Originally Posted by Marius_Hancu

Sportsnet One is not shown in Montreal and I am going for the sites anyway.

Why the heck don't tsn.ca and sportsnet.ca show his matches?

TSN hasn't paid for the rights and sportsnet 1 has the rights ro show it and you have to suscribe to it. It's all about $. And most Cananadians want hockey and golf. They must really hate it when the slams are shown on TSN.

Fortunately there are streams.

10 years ago there was nothiing except the scoreboard so we shouldn't complain

[flyinghippos101]

Originally Posted by pound cat

It seems that sportsnet doesn;t have livestream anymore, only on sportsnet 1 that you pay for and have to have digital TV. Unfortunately most Canadians like only hockey and that's what brings in the advertisers and $.

sportsnet is trash. Should've let TSN keep the ATP broadcasting rights. At least they actually freee up some time slots for them. Sportsnet doesn't even do that, they're relegated to online streaming with meh quality.

[Fifth Set]

Originally Posted by pound cat

Why would fans in California show up for a final between a Canadian and a Kazbekistanian??? No American players involved. That should answer your question.

LOL, under this theory it's amazing that most main tour ATP & WTA matches worldwide get any spectators at all, since most of them will feature those pesky foreigners.

Putting aside this silly statement, I will try to get to the bottom of San Jose's problem. The stadium sucks, the tickets are too expensive and the field isn't very good. It's also pretty close (in time and geographically) to Indian Wells, which kicks its rear end in every respect.

Thank goodness for SAP's sponsorship, or I would be worried about this tournament.

[vernonbc]

Originally Posted by Devilito

they've been showing San Jose on Sportsnet One since the QFs in HD. It's been great. The only problem is that it's not shown on their guide. They picked up every single Raonic match. Find out when he plays and tune into SN1 and you'll catch it. I think they're doing this on the fly so the guide might say "classic hockey" or w/e is scheduled to be on at the time. They'll probably be doing this with Memphis too so don't miss it.

I don't have digital but I get Sportsnet One but they weren't showing Raonic's matches out west in the Pacific region. I checked because they've shown his matches before even though they weren't on the schedule but no luck this week. Hopefully I'll be able to see his Memphis matches.

Good win for him today. He was solid and played well and he even cracked a small smile when he won. I know you have to be focused while you're playing but a little bit of emotion from him would get tennis fans more involved and excited about him.

[Devilito]

Originally Posted by Marius_Hancu

I don't agree. They showed some matches and the quality was good. So the problem is willingness.

they don't show any matches online anymore. It's done

[Devilito]

Originally Posted by Fifth Set

LOL, under this theory it's amazing that most main tour ATP & WTA matches worldwide get any spectators at all, since most of them will feature those pesky foreigners.

Putting aside this silly statement, I will try to get to the bottom of San Jose's problem. The stadium sucks, the tickets are too expensive and the field isn't very good. It's also pretty close (in time and geographically) to Indian Wells, which kicks its rear end in every respect.

Thank goodness for SAP's sponsorship, or I would be worried about this tournament.

is this your first year watching tennis? The crowd was STANDARD for any 250 event. Second of all, the WTA gets zero spectators and the arenas are pretty much empty unless a major star is playing or it's a tournament that's joined with the ATP. They function exclusively off of TV deals and sponsorships. As for the field, it's was just fine.

[Devilito]

Originally Posted by vernonbc

I don't have digital but I get Sportsnet One but they weren't showing Raonic's matches out west in the Pacific region. I checked because they've shown his matches before even though they weren't on the schedule but no luck this week. Hopefully I'll be able to see his Memphis matches.

i'm out west too. There's SN West, East and One. West and East didn't show it, only SN One showed it. And it wasn't just the final either. They showed every Raonic match in San Jose

[InvisibleSoul]

Originally Posted by flyinghippos101

sportsnet is trash. Should've let TSN keep the ATP broadcasting rights. At least they actually freee up some time slots for them. Sportsnet doesn't even do that, they're relegated to online streaming with meh quality.

TSN has never shown anything less than Masters 1000 ATP tournaments, and even those are rare. They didn't want the ATP 500s and 250s. I'm just thankful Sportsnet has filled in the void.

[flyinghippos101]

Originally Posted by InvisibleSoul

TSN has never shown anything less than Masters 1000 ATP tournaments, and even those are rare. They didn't want the ATP 500s and 250s. I'm just thankful Sportsnet has filled in the void.

TSN showed every Masters 1000, some of the WTF matches and all the slams. The only thing that they could possibly be faulted for is not picking up any of the 250s, 500s or Davis Cup.

Sportsnet's coverage on the other hand is spotty at best. They don't show any of the Masters (besides Rogers Cup), 250s or 500s on their default broadcast but instead on their premier Sportsnet One channel. Sure they boradcast some tournaments on Sportsnet Live, but the quality is meh at best and coverage online is already spotty. Sportsnet bought the rights to broadcast ATP matches so that they could force tennis fans to subscribe to their lousy Premier Sportsnet One channel while they give the scraps to their flagship channel and online.

[Devilito]

Originally Posted by flyinghippos101

TSN showed every Masters 1000, some of the WTF matches and all the slams. The only thing that they could possibly be faulted for is not picking up any of the 250s, 500s or Davis Cup.

Sportsnet's coverage on the other hand is spotty at best. They don't show any of the Masters (besides Rogers Cup), 250s or 500s on their default broadcast but instead on their premier Sportsnet One channel. Sure they boradcast some tournaments on Sportsnet Live, but the quality is meh at best and coverage online is already spotty. Sportsnet bought the rights to broadcast ATP matches so that they could force tennis fans to subscribe to their lousy Premier Sportsnet One channel while they give the scraps to their flagship channel and online.

Sportsnet One also showed Rotterdam this week so today on SN1 I saw both Federer and Raonic win titles. All day tennis. Not bad. Plus, almost everyone has SN1 already bundled into their HD package anyway.

[pound cat]

Originally Posted by Devilito

they don't show any matches online anymore. It's done

That;s how i warched the match to-night ..online. There are several sites where you can watch tennis live streams free. They seem to be partly sponsored by European betting sites. And these streams are good, and are free.

[pound cat]

10 years ago there was No regular tennis on any channel, Now there is not a tournament anywhere in the world all year round that is not streamed...and it's FREE.


We are NOT entitled to have tennis shown on TV. We are extremely lucky ot have it not only on TV but also on live streaming which costs no one any money.

Stop compaining and just enjoy all the tennis you get to watch.

[Devilito]

Originally Posted by pound cat

That;s how i warched the match to-night ..online. There are several sites where you can watch tennis live streams free. They seem to be partly sponsored by European betting sites. And these streams are good, and are free.

we're talking about SN1 and TSN live online.. maybe i should have been more specific but if you followed our discussion instead of taking my single post out of context. you would have understood

[MG1]

Originally Posted by pound cat

10 years ago there was No regular tennis on any channel, Now there is not a tournament anywhere in the world all year round that is not streamed...and it's FREE.


We are NOT entitled to have tennis shown on TV. We are extremely lucky ot have it not only on TV but also on live streaming which costs no one any money.

Stop compaining and just enjoy all the tennis you get to watch.

In my region All Slams, All Masters, WTF, Some ATP 500 (Duabi,Rotterdam,Tokyo) and some ATP 250 tournaments(Halle,Doha etc.) telecast.

[InvisibleSoul]

Originally Posted by flyinghippos101

TSN showed every Masters 1000, some of the WTF matches and all the slams. The only thing that they could possibly be faulted for is not picking up any of the 250s, 500s or Davis Cup.

Sportsnet's coverage on the other hand is spotty at best. They don't show any of the Masters (besides Rogers Cup), 250s or 500s on their default broadcast but instead on their premier Sportsnet One channel. Sure they boradcast some tournaments on Sportsnet Live, but the quality is meh at best and coverage online is already spotty. Sportsnet bought the rights to broadcast ATP matches so that they could force tennis fans to subscribe to their lousy Premier Sportsnet One channel while they give the scraps to their flagship channel and online.

Are you sure TSN showed every Masters 1000? Even if they did, the coverage was minimal, wasn't it? Certainly not hours of coverage every single day type of thing.

Yes, I know almost all of the tennis on Sportsnet is on their Sportsnet One channel, but they already have enough live sports coverage on their main channels, so it's not surprising they decided to put all the tennis on their new channel.

I don't have a problem with it, as Sportsnet One comes in the same bundle as the other sports channels for Telus TV.