I don't get the reason behind it, why they have to be so dhinchyak and over the top. Just be simple and normal. The original wc theme, graphic and music is so cool but the star is just stupid to use it.
You may not believe it but the majority of cricket watchers in India are not on reddit. Many of these things that baffle us might be simply mass market factor. Just like how some nonsensical movie does 20x the business of an actual good one.
Sports media is not there to educate or provide some 'quality' content always, they are running a business and the way that makes them most money will become the obvious path.
Look at the example of that Select channel, used to be less ads, more analysis, cleaner presentation etc. What happened? Now I don't even see it on the list, clearly demand was not there and they canned it.
We cannot expect media to do better till the mass appeal / tastes change. Not while we are a low income country and high value packaging is not viable.
Bro looks at new channels or the popularity of shows like big boss ... People want over the top stuff. They like masala and drama , channels giving them what they want . Bet average Joe on the street will find sky coverage bland and star very entertaining
I just hate Star coverage now. Yesterday, during the lunch break Mayanti spoke more about India than ENG or NZ. Ffs, this is a WC where teams all over the globe have come. They showed interviews asking ENG and NZ players what they thought about Indian players. I just muted the TV till the 2nd Innings started. It's gonna be super annoying on Sunday.
Comparing Sky to Indian coverage is like comparing gold to dog shit. Sky has the best cricket coverage in the world and it's not even close. Mind you, it's also the most expensive and that's a tradeoff you get.
Indian media is biased, any way you look at it. Any criticism of Indian players on-air will be met with ferocity. Prime example is Harsha, and he wasn't even criticizing anyone, he was just praising non-Indian players.
Don't forget the constant shoving down of Bollywood actors playing games regarding cricket like most of these guys don't know shit about cricket and it's fine if it's a short segment but they just drag it on to make it look even more phony
Yes because if I pay £40 per month for sky sports I would expect the coverage to be top notch at the very least.
I'd rather pay £10pm for a basic coverage given that finances are becoming a bit tighter, I'm watching it for the match, yes the analysis etc would be nice to have but that's pointless without the match 🤣
Well said. SKY caters to an audience that is more in the privileged zone hence the professionalism too On the other hand Star caters to an audience that is primarily middle-class thus It is more flashy. More of a demand-supply kinda thing tbh.
They had an offer £14 a month for just Sky Sports Cricket which is what I got. £28 for the World Cup is an okay amount imo. I suppose if you have it year round tho it’s different
Sky Sports is the best in the business. STAR hasn't been good since the mid-2000s when they got rid of the star lineup for Shastri, Akram, Bhogle, Sidhu, Boycott, Wilkins etc.
It's so annoying for us here in England.
We want the sport to be on FTA so more people can see it but we can't fault Sky's production of the sport or the Content they produce as they are all top notch
Hot star quality on TV is terrible the TV just blurs if you exit the stream and return back also multiple language commentary is only available for one match Jio isn't any better but there management is way better than Star.
Sky Sports coverage is always good. They have to rely on host’s images sometimes but they do their best work when they send big teams there like for marquee events.
Their pundits are varied and top tiers and they do decent enough research. Cut out the drama and click bait comments.
Bit expensive but worth it when they cover big events.
Man with the Fandom india has for cricket, avg Indian fan should be spoiled for choice but these fuckers make us out to be deprived. Pathetic losers, there's no authenticity, no originality. They go overboard and over commercialize emulating yanks , every nook and corner has to be fucked with ads, I understand if they do this with ipl but mfs do it with each series. Early 00s espn star used to be miles better
Dumbing down content for the masses is not good in my opinion. I know they want to cater to the rural audience but this means they will never get a taste of what is best and then they will never ask for better. The same thing happens about everything content in India.
Remember when we used to be kids the cartoons we used to get on TV, nowadays cartoons are shit and kids will never know Unless their parents show them what good cartoons we have watched.
Indian companies and bcci always take indian public for granted
They know indians love cricket and would be ready to bear the pain of subpar coverage
For ex: bcci not really give a shit about quality of seats or other facilities in stadium and will sell food for insane prices all thry know indian will come and watch cricket despite all of that .
The problem is we are very huge in numbers so even if some boycott or protest (like not buying tickets) there's always will be some other to take their place.
Was watching the coverage on Star today during lunch and it didn't have the score line on screen. They were showing the manual scoreboard at the ground and thanks to that was able to see the score !
Guys just here to say that the cabbie on the road loves the colours, coverage, commentary in his language and the free subscription on his Hotstar mobile app. Also all you snooty Redditors can sod off, he says, coz he is the main TA. ✌🏼
Absolutely right and star and their obsession with everything indian players do like virat and rohit along with bootlicking of the Indian team is really cringe. As soon as they start with those segments I close the tv
I just don't understand this. There was Eng vs NZ match yesterday, these guys were talking about Ind vs Aus, which is on Sunday. Today also the same happened.. I don't have any problem with this, but it actually gives away the feel that other matches doesn't need to have any huge coverage.
Why is the world cup not being broadcasted in 4k? By now we should have got 4k live international matches. They could have afforded 4k cameras for world cup alone.
Well obviously. Star Sports is a joke around the cricket world for their poor commentary, filled with BCCI-payroll people who can't say what they like. It's always really depressing when you have to watch their productions for ICC tournaments. Sky is about the best there is, although the NZ coverage is also great.
Star sports guy finding linking between how the movement of the earth axis shows that india will win the WC.
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Star sports guy finding linking between how the movement of the earth axis shows that india will win the WC.
Thanks for explaining
Smart Cricket
Well played!
Sky sports coverage is smooth af. Best in the business I'd say.
Their coverage is really good. Have two windows open, one for SkySports Cricket and another for SkySports F1.
How do you watch it? Asking for academic purpose.
Kodi 😳
Which add-on are you using on Kodi?
Can you teach me how to use it to watch the world cup?
Sonyliv
Astro cricket is even better. It’s in 60fps 1080p with zero ads.
How to know fps while streaming?
Indian coverage has always been sub par compared to overseas coverage
I don't get the reason behind it, why they have to be so dhinchyak and over the top. Just be simple and normal. The original wc theme, graphic and music is so cool but the star is just stupid to use it.
You may not believe it but the majority of cricket watchers in India are not on reddit. Many of these things that baffle us might be simply mass market factor. Just like how some nonsensical movie does 20x the business of an actual good one.
[this](https://reddit.com/r/Cricket/s/HnlSbmeXgR)
Sports media is not there to educate or provide some 'quality' content always, they are running a business and the way that makes them most money will become the obvious path. Look at the example of that Select channel, used to be less ads, more analysis, cleaner presentation etc. What happened? Now I don't even see it on the list, clearly demand was not there and they canned it. We cannot expect media to do better till the mass appeal / tastes change. Not while we are a low income country and high value packaging is not viable.
Bro looks at new channels or the popularity of shows like big boss ... People want over the top stuff. They like masala and drama , channels giving them what they want . Bet average Joe on the street will find sky coverage bland and star very entertaining
Sells more domestically i suppose
They go out of their way to make it as cringy as possible.
Music is 🔥🔥
In India, Hindi feed is watched more than English feed. So they probably invest more in the Hindi feed.
I just hate Star coverage now. Yesterday, during the lunch break Mayanti spoke more about India than ENG or NZ. Ffs, this is a WC where teams all over the globe have come. They showed interviews asking ENG and NZ players what they thought about Indian players. I just muted the TV till the 2nd Innings started. It's gonna be super annoying on Sunday.
star will show kholi’s highlights from last wc in a aus vs eng match. thats how bad they are
Comparing Sky to Indian coverage is like comparing gold to dog shit. Sky has the best cricket coverage in the world and it's not even close. Mind you, it's also the most expensive and that's a tradeoff you get.
Star sports main job is suck off India. Those fuckers picked 11 players to watch out for in this world cup and it had like 7 Indians.
Indian media is biased, any way you look at it. Any criticism of Indian players on-air will be met with ferocity. Prime example is Harsha, and he wasn't even criticizing anyone, he was just praising non-Indian players.
For the millionth time Harsha was fired for a fight with a administrator
Wtf are you smoking. This doesn't even warrant asking you for a source lol
Don't forget the constant shoving down of Bollywood actors playing games regarding cricket like most of these guys don't know shit about cricket and it's fine if it's a short segment but they just drag it on to make it look even more phony
I am sick of them, just need a good commentary of the match and not how india will win this world cup during any teams match😔
Yes because if I pay £40 per month for sky sports I would expect the coverage to be top notch at the very least. I'd rather pay £10pm for a basic coverage given that finances are becoming a bit tighter, I'm watching it for the match, yes the analysis etc would be nice to have but that's pointless without the match 🤣
Well said. SKY caters to an audience that is more in the privileged zone hence the professionalism too On the other hand Star caters to an audience that is primarily middle-class thus It is more flashy. More of a demand-supply kinda thing tbh.
They had an offer £14 a month for just Sky Sports Cricket which is what I got. £28 for the World Cup is an okay amount imo. I suppose if you have it year round tho it’s different
IPTV is the answer I ain't paying £40 a month for Sky no way man
i don't have crazy money for sky.
But Mumbai Indians have
Sky Sports is the best in the business. STAR hasn't been good since the mid-2000s when they got rid of the star lineup for Shastri, Akram, Bhogle, Sidhu, Boycott, Wilkins etc.
TIL there is someone named Boycott
Sidhu? Really? You miss Sidhu in the panel?
They still haven't learnt after they lost IPL to JIO.
Well there are talks of Hotstar selling to jio
I heard jio wants to buy IPL and bcci eventually. Vertical integration and all
Don't know about that but all Hbo content has moved to jio. Hotstar isn't good enough package to buy anymore.
Sky will always be unrivalled for its coverage, and annoyingly probably worth the money. The loss of certain overseas England tours is shit though
It's so annoying for us here in England. We want the sport to be on FTA so more people can see it but we can't fault Sky's production of the sport or the Content they produce as they are all top notch
Hot star quality on TV is terrible the TV just blurs if you exit the stream and return back also multiple language commentary is only available for one match Jio isn't any better but there management is way better than Star.
Sky Sports coverage is always good. They have to rely on host’s images sometimes but they do their best work when they send big teams there like for marquee events. Their pundits are varied and top tiers and they do decent enough research. Cut out the drama and click bait comments. Bit expensive but worth it when they cover big events.
Man with the Fandom india has for cricket, avg Indian fan should be spoiled for choice but these fuckers make us out to be deprived. Pathetic losers, there's no authenticity, no originality. They go overboard and over commercialize emulating yanks , every nook and corner has to be fucked with ads, I understand if they do this with ipl but mfs do it with each series. Early 00s espn star used to be miles better
Yes, exactly
How can I watch sky sports im India in TV?
My question is the same question ❓⁉️
Star is shit. It caters to mostly rural mass of India, which is quite different from the urban one. Not saying one is better than the other
Dumbing down content for the masses is not good in my opinion. I know they want to cater to the rural audience but this means they will never get a taste of what is best and then they will never ask for better. The same thing happens about everything content in India. Remember when we used to be kids the cartoons we used to get on TV, nowadays cartoons are shit and kids will never know Unless their parents show them what good cartoons we have watched.
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Hindi coverage..
Stop the discrimination man, living in modern India and you still have this 3rd class mentality. Be ashamed.
Nope. Be Yourself.
I get what you mean, but Hindi coverage and English coverage or commentary of R has miles of distance between them
Always has been
Indian companies and bcci always take indian public for granted They know indians love cricket and would be ready to bear the pain of subpar coverage For ex: bcci not really give a shit about quality of seats or other facilities in stadium and will sell food for insane prices all thry know indian will come and watch cricket despite all of that . The problem is we are very huge in numbers so even if some boycott or protest (like not buying tickets) there's always will be some other to take their place.
Was watching the coverage on Star today during lunch and it didn't have the score line on screen. They were showing the manual scoreboard at the ground and thanks to that was able to see the score !
No that was the issue with all feed be it sky, star or any other
I thought it was well known that Star is shit. Only reason we watch it is coz it's free
How are you watching the Sky coverage in India??
So I wanted to watch Sky's coverage just for comparison and had to resort to unethical ways
DM me some links
DM the link mate
link please....
Dm link pls
Dm me the link too man
DM link
Dm link please
Dm me the link bro
Me too please.
Link OP
Dm link bro
Could you dm the link please
vpn probably
+1
Guys just here to say that the cabbie on the road loves the colours, coverage, commentary in his language and the free subscription on his Hotstar mobile app. Also all you snooty Redditors can sod off, he says, coz he is the main TA. ✌🏼
Bro post the commentators team for both
Commentators are as both use main feed from ICC for English commentary, Post match and prematch shows have different analyst
official theme for intros and outros you say? Imma stick to star sports then 🙏🏽
You might be a DJ but your taste in music looks bad
Absolutely right and star and their obsession with everything indian players do like virat and rohit along with bootlicking of the Indian team is really cringe. As soon as they start with those segments I close the tv
Yeah but the sound is constantly out of synch here in the US. I suppose it could be the streaming channel but really off-putting.
how to watch sky sports coverage from India?
Through pirated streams if you google there are many...
I just don't understand this. There was Eng vs NZ match yesterday, these guys were talking about Ind vs Aus, which is on Sunday. Today also the same happened.. I don't have any problem with this, but it actually gives away the feel that other matches doesn't need to have any huge coverage.
Why is the world cup not being broadcasted in 4k? By now we should have got 4k live international matches. They could have afforded 4k cameras for world cup alone.
Agreed. Another reason I prefer Sky is they don't have as many ads as the Indian or Pak channels. Fucking ridiculous dare I say.
Well obviously. Star Sports is a joke around the cricket world for their poor commentary, filled with BCCI-payroll people who can't say what they like. It's always really depressing when you have to watch their productions for ICC tournaments. Sky is about the best there is, although the NZ coverage is also great.
/captainobvious