Comments on: Don’t Mention the War

By: Randy Paul

Randy Paul — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 23:35:31 +0000

Gene O’Grady,

It’s possible that ComCast is paying Univision to carry their programming. Watch it sometime and see if they ever ID a specific station.

By: Randy Paul

Randy Paul — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 23:33:34 +0000

Kieran,

Fair enough.

By: Martin James

Martin James — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:51:24 +0000

Doug,

Owngoalia, did you make that up?

By: Gene O'Grady

Gene O'Grady — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 05:49:35 +0000

I don’t live in a large metropolitan area and we don’t have a large Hispanic population (although it’s growing), but Univision is still part of the basic ComCast package. I’m curious about where it is unavailable.

By: Kieran Healy

Kieran Healy — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 03:49:12 +0000

Don’t you wish you’d taught at Arizona State instead, Kieran?

Nope, because I can pick up Univision with my crappy TV aerial at home.

By: Masale.Wallah

Masale.Wallah — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 03:09:36 +0000

Try this:

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,71112-0.html?tw=wn_index_4

By: Randy Paul

Randy Paul — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 01:55:53 +0000

I’m a little lost on this, but isn’t Univision pretty much everywhere in the US on cable TV?

It’s not on anywhere I’ve ever lived. Except on digital systems with hundreds of channels.

Univision is an over-the-air network of Spanish language stations that also own another network of called Telefutura. If you live in a major metro areas with large hispanic poplualtions like Phoenix, NYC, LA, etc. you could watch the games on Univision.

Don’t you wish you’d taught at Arizona State instead, Kieran?

By: Ted

Ted — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 20:56:44 +0000

I thought goalless draws were the preferred outcome, any other outcome being attributable to inept goalkeeping.

By: Jacob Christensen

Jacob Christensen — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 20:10:26 +0000

I’m not quite sure which is the worse alternative: No coverage or a true carpet-bombing (war metaphor!) of introductions, commercial breaks, Monday Morning managers, interviews (“What did you feel when your shot missed the goal?”), matches and instant replays of matches.

In this part of the world (Sweden), coverage thus starts at 2 pm and goes on on several channels until 4 am (!).

Oh, and btw Sweden bombed against Trinidad-Tobago with a goalless draw.

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 20:04:29 +0000

On today’s evidence, England will coast into the quarter finals

What a difference a day makes! I don’t think they have all three of their first-round matches scheduled against Owngoalia.

By: Wowbagger

Wowbagger — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 19:55:21 +0000

Chinese TV channels showing the matches live can be watched via Sopcast.

By: Gene O'Grady

Gene O'Grady — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 18:26:24 +0000

Thanks for the comments on Poland. What I was really wondering about was not so much that they looked indifferent but that they seemed to be using tactics that seemed indifferent to the prospect of scoring.

Apparently their coach said something Rumsfeldian to the effect that once the other team scored their tactics were upset and they couldn’t cope any more.

By: RickD

RickD — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 15:52:45 +0000

England squeaked by after dominating the first half. The BBC commentators were baffled by Sven’s decision to yank striker Michael Owen in the second half. I think the heat started to wear the English down a bit.

By: Cryptic Ned

Cryptic Ned — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:51:58 +0000

I’m a little lost on this, but isn’t Univision pretty much everywhere in the US on cable TV?

It’s not on anywhere I’ve ever lived. Except on digital systems with hundreds of channels.

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 11:56:37 +0000

“it is impossible to find a live internet radio stream of World Cup matches…”

If this is the Great Sporting Event which everyone claims it is, why is this so?

I know, I know, because some television company owns the rights. But, I mean, wtf? Is that right? Why can’t anyone film it?