DV
A right melange of presenters on it too. Barbara Schett superb, but odd seeing her away from Eurosport.
HC
The Laver Cup? No it's an entirely separate thing. It's basically an exhibition.
And basically a publicity stunt for the recently released Borg/McEnroe film.
Both men are the respective captains of America and Europe teams, and it's being held in Prague where the main tennis arena, doubled for scenes which supposedly took place on Centre Court at Wimbledon.
Has this been packaged in with the ATP Masters events then?
The Laver Cup? No it's an entirely separate thing. It's basically an exhibition.
And basically a publicity stunt for the recently released Borg/McEnroe film.
Both men are the respective captains of America and Europe teams, and it's being held in Prague where the main tennis arena, doubled for scenes which supposedly took place on Centre Court at Wimbledon.
DV
Mark Petchey is there, so one familiar face for Sky Sports' ATP viewers. It's on Eurosport in some other countries (not sure which ones).
Sky Sports haven't tweeted once about it today - in fact Eurosport UK have tweeted about it more over the weekend - and the first 75 minute of the evening session was hidden on the red button.
I know it's only an exhibition but you'd think they'd make the effort after presumably paying for the rights, especially with a Federer-Nadal doubles team which has been hyped up by the tournament so much that the world feed production has felt incredibly one-sided.
A right melange of presenters on it too. Barbara Schett superb, but odd seeing her away from Eurosport.
Mark Petchey is there, so one familiar face for Sky Sports' ATP viewers. It's on Eurosport in some other countries (not sure which ones).
Sky Sports haven't tweeted once about it today - in fact Eurosport UK have tweeted about it more over the weekend - and the first 75 minute of the evening session was hidden on the red button.
I know it's only an exhibition but you'd think they'd make the effort after presumably paying for the rights, especially with a Federer-Nadal doubles team which has been hyped up by the tournament so much that the world feed production has felt incredibly one-sided.
RD
rdd
Founding member
For the NFL London game today, modified version of the CBS graphics package being used, with the CBS eye on the scorebar replaced by the NFL logo and "CBS Sports" replaced by "NFL in London".
The reason appears to be that, while viewers watching on Sky (and presumably local CBS affiliates in Jacksonville and Baltimore) are getting the usual blue "NFL on CBS" DOG and replay wipe, viewers watching on Yahoo are getting a purple "NFL on Yahoo!" DOG and replay wipe in a similar style instead. The same scorebar and lower thirds are going out on both.
The reason appears to be that, while viewers watching on Sky (and presumably local CBS affiliates in Jacksonville and Baltimore) are getting the usual blue "NFL on CBS" DOG and replay wipe, viewers watching on Yahoo are getting a purple "NFL on Yahoo!" DOG and replay wipe in a similar style instead. The same scorebar and lower thirds are going out on both.
BR
Mark Petchey is there, so one familiar face for Sky Sports' ATP viewers. It's on Eurosport in some other countries (not sure which ones).
Sky Sports haven't tweeted once about it today - in fact Eurosport UK have tweeted about it more over the weekend - and the first 75 minute of the evening session was hidden on the red button.
I know it's only an exhibition but you'd think they'd make the effort after presumably paying for the rights, especially with a Federer-Nadal doubles team which has been hyped up by the tournament so much that the world feed production has felt incredibly one-sided.
If it had been scheduled properly I'd have probably watched quite a bit of it over the weekend but the chopping and changing between three channels and the red button (which as a Now TV viewer I don't get) means I've basically chosen not too bother.
Federer and Nadal teaming up should have been promoted as one of the big sporting moments of the weekend, but I suspect most were only aware of it after the event.
Just a shame the organisers didn't go for maximum exposure, especially if it really was one long movie promo.
A right melange of presenters on it too. Barbara Schett superb, but odd seeing her away from Eurosport.
Mark Petchey is there, so one familiar face for Sky Sports' ATP viewers. It's on Eurosport in some other countries (not sure which ones).
Sky Sports haven't tweeted once about it today - in fact Eurosport UK have tweeted about it more over the weekend - and the first 75 minute of the evening session was hidden on the red button.
I know it's only an exhibition but you'd think they'd make the effort after presumably paying for the rights, especially with a Federer-Nadal doubles team which has been hyped up by the tournament so much that the world feed production has felt incredibly one-sided.
If it had been scheduled properly I'd have probably watched quite a bit of it over the weekend but the chopping and changing between three channels and the red button (which as a Now TV viewer I don't get) means I've basically chosen not too bother.
Federer and Nadal teaming up should have been promoted as one of the big sporting moments of the weekend, but I suspect most were only aware of it after the event.
Just a shame the organisers didn't go for maximum exposure, especially if it really was one long movie promo.
DV
Mark Petchey is there, so one familiar face for Sky Sports' ATP viewers. It's on Eurosport in some other countries (not sure which ones).
Sky Sports haven't tweeted once about it today - in fact Eurosport UK have tweeted about it more over the weekend - and the first 75 minute of the evening session was hidden on the red button.
I know it's only an exhibition but you'd think they'd make the effort after presumably paying for the rights, especially with a Federer-Nadal doubles team which has been hyped up by the tournament so much that the world feed production has felt incredibly one-sided.
If it had been scheduled properly I'd have probably watched quite a bit of it over the weekend but the chopping and changing between three channels and the red button (which as a Now TV viewer I don't get) means I've basically chosen not too bother.
Federer and Nadal teaming up should have been promoted as one of the big sporting moments of the weekend, but I suspect most were only aware of it after the event.
Just a shame the organisers didn't go for maximum exposure, especially if it really was one long movie promo.
To be honest I've hardly heard the movie mentioned. It's been all about Roger and Rafa on the coverage.
The scheduling has been abysmal but clearly Sky think they will get more viewers for other things.
Apparently the red button prompt has now disappeared according to someone on twitter, and my Sky box decided to tune to channel 998 at about 18:40 so it seems not enough red button time was scheduled.
A right melange of presenters on it too. Barbara Schett superb, but odd seeing her away from Eurosport.
Mark Petchey is there, so one familiar face for Sky Sports' ATP viewers. It's on Eurosport in some other countries (not sure which ones).
Sky Sports haven't tweeted once about it today - in fact Eurosport UK have tweeted about it more over the weekend - and the first 75 minute of the evening session was hidden on the red button.
I know it's only an exhibition but you'd think they'd make the effort after presumably paying for the rights, especially with a Federer-Nadal doubles team which has been hyped up by the tournament so much that the world feed production has felt incredibly one-sided.
If it had been scheduled properly I'd have probably watched quite a bit of it over the weekend but the chopping and changing between three channels and the red button (which as a Now TV viewer I don't get) means I've basically chosen not too bother.
Federer and Nadal teaming up should have been promoted as one of the big sporting moments of the weekend, but I suspect most were only aware of it after the event.
Just a shame the organisers didn't go for maximum exposure, especially if it really was one long movie promo.
To be honest I've hardly heard the movie mentioned. It's been all about Roger and Rafa on the coverage.
The scheduling has been abysmal but clearly Sky think they will get more viewers for other things.
Apparently the red button prompt has now disappeared according to someone on twitter, and my Sky box decided to tune to channel 998 at about 18:40 so it seems not enough red button time was scheduled.
Last edited by dvboy on 24 September 2017 6:42pm - 3 times in total
NJ
That's generated by the box and was added in the Sky+HD R017 update. You can get to it from the search and scan banner on any channel now by pressing Yellow to get access to My Sky without faffing around going through the Interactive option.
Neil Jones
Founding member
Don't know how long it's been there but Sky Sports Mix now has a press yellow "Sky Sports - More Info" prompt takes you to My Sky to upgrade/manage your subscription to Sky Sports.
That's generated by the box and was added in the Sky+HD R017 update. You can get to it from the search and scan banner on any channel now by pressing Yellow to get access to My Sky without faffing around going through the Interactive option.
IT
That's generated by the box and was added in the Sky+HD R017 update. You can get to it from the search and scan banner on any channel now by pressing Yellow to get access to My Sky without faffing around going through the Interactive option.
Right now, I think Sky+HD is rather inconsistent with its design, because:
- The 2009 Sky logo is used on the epg and menus, but My Sky uses the new logo
- The gradient on the EPG background keeps changing slightly when you move to a different page
- Occasionally, Sky accidentally displays a 2011 style logo on TOP PICKS and it looks really out of place.
- Most of the default homepage listing icons aren't used at all anymore.
Don't know how long it's been there but Sky Sports Mix now has a press yellow "Sky Sports - More Info" prompt takes you to My Sky to upgrade/manage your subscription to Sky Sports.
That's generated by the box and was added in the Sky+HD R017 update. You can get to it from the search and scan banner on any channel now by pressing Yellow to get access to My Sky without faffing around going through the Interactive option.
Right now, I think Sky+HD is rather inconsistent with its design, because:
- The 2009 Sky logo is used on the epg and menus, but My Sky uses the new logo
- The gradient on the EPG background keeps changing slightly when you move to a different page
- Occasionally, Sky accidentally displays a 2011 style logo on TOP PICKS and it looks really out of place.
- Most of the default homepage listing icons aren't used at all anymore.