If you’re one of the many who relied on their Internet connections to watch the boxing match yesterday, you’re one very resourceful dude. Me and my friends jumped from one Justin.tv channel to another, just looking for a stream that didn’t skip, lag, or stop completely.
After almost an hour of looking, browsing, and clicking on bogus links, we were able to find one that wasn’t stopped until Pacquiao er, stopped Ricky Hatton.
I was browsing through today’s articles, when I came across this silly piece from the Inquirer.
THEY CAME IN A FURIOUS, mind-numbing barrage.
No, not the punches that Manny Pacquiao threw to floor Ricky Hatton in two rounds—but the load of advertisements that stretched the fight’s free TV broadcast for hours to the exasperation of millions of Filipino viewers yesterday.
Henry, an air-conditioning system technician in Quezon City, said he turned off his set in frustration after waiting more than an hour for the bout’s “‘delayed telecast’†on GMA 7.
“I already heard on radio (at around noon) that Pacquiao won,†Henry said when reached by the Inquirer at around 1:30 p.m.
“I won’t watch it on TV anymore,†he said in Filipino. “The thrill is gone. It’s so annoying.â€
It’s articles like this that make me doubt the the things I read in newspapers. I just find them exaggerated to an extent so people will read them. More than the sheer amount of commercials that were shown (I actually thought it wasn’t as worse as Manny’s previous matches), the writer should have pointed out that this is all business. More advertisers mean more profits for the station who bagged the telecast rights. If you think about it, Solar isn’t even obligated to partner with GMA 7. They could have shown the fight exclusively on cable, and with a gazillion commercials if they wanted.
If we wanted commercial free programming, then the government should just take over. But then we’d have more politicians climbing into the ring with Manny. I’d honestly rather stick to the commercials.