Interesting to hear Miles Harrison commentating on Wales vs Uruguay with Shane Williams. Wouldn't surprise me if he was lent out on the condition that he didn't commentate alongside anyone from BT. The same thing seems to be happening with Nick Mullins and Ben Kay.
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I quite like the World Feed theme music - I like the orchestration and arrangement. Nothing wrong with a subtle approach to the World in Union theme, for once!
The less said about ITV's, the better. The world could do without Paloma Faith lasering it to death - it's just a horrible sound. And I'm not a massive fan of the arrangement, either - some of the modulations don't quite work IMHO. It would take a lot to beat 2007's version for me, and this *certainly* doesn't.
Seems (and it's not really a surprise) that ITV is producing the world feed too, which explains why some commentators are appearing on both (though seemingly never on the same match). Also that ITV designed the graphics, albeit within the confines of brand guidelines they were given by World Rugby. (Still doesn't explain why they resemble Sky NZ's so closely and look nothing like ITVs).
Interesting the BBC are able to use limited footage from the tournament in their online round up The Hit, without any credit to ITV. I'm surprised too that ITV didn't obtain the necessary permissions to use some archive Six Nations footage from the last few years for their build up and analysis - presumably from February they'll be able too and it would be useful now rather than being limited to just action from this or the previous World Cup.
Was it just me in the East Midlands region an advert for free view was interrupted by a n image saying you must confirm you must upgrade watching via sky. Anyone know what that was all about.
No local news once again despite them having an hour until the big game - could easily squeeze in the 5 minutes required and unlike last week don't think it's justified staying with the South Africa match coverage over it.