Is US Open the worst tournament in terms of online content ?

[llodra_fan]

I mean, just look at their youtube channel or the video section of their website. You can't find any highlights, useless irrelevant videos posted along with some press conferences. Not even a 5 minutes highlights from all the matches in a day ! No live streaming option unless you reside in US and have a cable subscription.

I rank AO the best as they have HD streaming from all of their courts along with highlights and pressers. Even Wimbledon has good highlights coverage and BBC live streaming. French Open is known for lack of content online and even they post 2 minutes highlights of most good matches.

Rant over/

 

[skip1969]

Their website is not as much of a nightmare as Roland Garros'. But it's got a lot of frivolous content, and missing some meatier stuff, like you said. The video section is pretty worthless and they don't do a great job of recapping matches.

 

[fecaleagle]

I feel like the press conference availability and press conference room live stream has been great if you're in the US or otherwise have access to ESPN3. I don't pay for cable, but I get ESPN through Sling during the American hardcourt season. I don't typically watch highlights, but the clip packages I have watched have been pretty poor, so... sort of? I imagine the coverage exclusively through USO is pretty sorry if you're not in the US.

 

[BGod]

I can't watch matches some days unless paying for a premium cable channel at $15 a month just for it........not even online........

In Canada.

 

[Deleted member 688153]

That's definitely RG.

The FFT really tries their very best to be the worst major.

 

[Deleted member 716271]

RG and US really suck. AO and Wimbledon seem much better run and more fan friendly.

 

[Deleted member 743561]

W/r/t online content, I'll give a pretty enthusiastic thumbs up to USO. The photography that they make available at their site is great, especially the "themed" stuff. I'd probably rearrange a few things on the app for ease of viewing but it has what I need. Twitter misses the mark for me a bit in general but they are on top of the action with timely multimedia.

 

[every7]

I mean, just look at their youtube channel or the video section of their website. You can't find any highlights, useless irrelevant videos posted along with some press conferences. Not even a 5 minutes highlights from all the matches in a day ! No live streaming option unless you reside in US and have a cable subscription.

I rank AO the best as they have HD streaming from all of their courts along with highlights and pressers. Even Wimbledon has good highlights coverage and BBC live streaming. French Open is known for lack of content online and even they post 2 minutes highlights of most good matches.

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What haven't you been able to find on their site? The worldwide non-geoblocked options on usopen.org are as good as the other majors imo. It's all there for me. In terms of ranking which major is the best by streaming options, it's not a good barometer. Because these options are different depending on where you are. No one gets the same at any tournament. The usopen.org radio broadcast only covers one court at a time, but the actual content is the best of all the majors. Compare expert commentators like Steve Flink to the jokers they have on AORadio. It's no contest.....

I feel like the press conference availability and press conference room live stream has been great if you're in the US or otherwise have access to ESPN3. I don't pay for cable, but I get ESPN through Sling during the American hardcourt season. I don't typically watch highlights, but the clip packages I have watched have been pretty poor, so... sort of? I imagine the coverage exclusively through USO is pretty sorry if you're not in the US.

The press conference stuff and training videos do give very unique accesses. There's been some good stuff for sure.

W/r/t online content, I'll give a pretty enthusiastic thumbs up to USO. The photography that they make available at their site is great, especially the "themed" stuff. I'd probably rearrange a few things on the app for ease of viewing but it has what I need. Twitter misses the mark for me a bit in general but they are on top of the action with timely multimedia.

Agree