The World Cup 2006

Methinks that's the wrong link to the videoclip ... here's the actual clip. (Windows Media Player format.)

That's a massive audience, its not often a programme tops 20 million thesedays.

The fact that all the other channels cleared their schedules will have helped

[quote="bbcsport"]ITV are doing something interesting on Sunday.

If, hypothetically, ITV1 shows the 4pm kick-off on Sunday, the Canadian Grand Prix (which doesnt actually start until 6pm) will be shunted onto ITV2, with ITV1 only showing highlights, and not until 1.00am.[quote]

Hope not - it'll mean I'll miss a live GP for the first time in about 3 years as I still don't have ITV2 - then again I'll be forgiving as it's the World Cup..

Yeah , a bit too big - I wonder if this is done deliberately so the fonts are easily visible on a HDTV screen with a larger number of pixels , or do they use a seperate set of GFX for the HDTV broadcast?

That reminds me of something - alot of ads during the World Cup matches feature players who are playing in the match being shown.

Doesn't this come under the rules about people being in ads during programmes in which they appear - the most notable example I can think of was Davina last year appearing in an ad during Big Brother (though it wasn't even a live edition), which C4 got told off for!

While on the subject (not worth a new thread, methinks) tonight on C4 during the F Word, was the 'give blood' ad with Gordon Ramsay himself in it. Does that sort of thing count!?

It's the same feed to me. I think the BBC downconvert the HDTV feed that has gfx to SDTV. Seems more likely for people complaining they can't see the scoreboard on SDTV.

They're the exact same, we were watching some of the game the other day in an HD bit of the Electrical section of John Lewis, they were showing the game on the BBC HD channel, the rest of the sets were showing BBC1 (Digital), though the HD picture looked better, the graphics were the same.

Oh dear, just 24 people turned up to watch one of the BBC big screen events in Preston (I think it was the roving Five Live screen).

This really needs to be reviewed- the screens are fine in big cities and for England games, but this PC "inclusiveness" agenda of appealing to smaller cities is a bit embarassing when no one turns up.

In other World cup news- BBC radio ads now an altered ending with something along the lines of "the only place to follow England from now on- the BBC".

I think the Sunday 4pm game will get a massive share (85+%) but probably won't topple the actual viewing figures obtained on the 8pm Sweden kickoff.

It'll be an absolutely massive match for pubs, and public screenings though.

Sorry if this has been mentioned, but is Corrie no-longer sponsored by Cadbury's?
I heard about the chocolate crisis in the news, then I didn't recall seeing a sponsor string before Corrie...

Why would it have been mentioned, in the WORLD CUP thread ?

The BBC touring Big Screen visited Halifax and only managed 4 people. The fact that it was Monday's match Saudi Arabia v Ukraine was probably the reason!

With other screens being unable to show England games, crowd control problems, riots and one being blown down in the wind, it hasn't exactly been 100% successful!