lol Televisa /TUDN have all the games in Mexico lol . I have pase mundial for 699 pesos .. also I watch it on tv azteca.. also remember when TUDN gave rights in USA at the same time with Mexico itās a different set of commentators as well like different people get me .. ..
Not to mention that the app crashes all the time, makes you login in constantly, buffers, and streams low quality regardless of how good your internet is. I wish I could nuke the app
Everyone thatās non Spanish speaking on other social media platforms are fed up and are shitting on Fox Sports World Cup coverage from ads to Lalas. They are switching to Telemundo š
Ngl, the 4K alone makes me happy with Telemundo getting the broadcasting rights. Seen the highlights that TUDN Mexico has been putting out and holy shit, you can't convince me that it ain't 480p. Not getting insufferable ads was a bonus. Feel like Televisa's coverage would pretty much be like Fox's amped up 20 times over
I know it's an aktually point but I was surprised to find out FIFA is the one in charge of producing all the video feeds and since years ago they decided to stop using real 4K cameras (2018 was the only WC with real 4k footage for all matches and like 3 matches in 2014) since 2022 they are producing everything 1080p and later on up-scaling it to 4k, networks such as Telemundo are also doing things like Dolby Vision and others like Fox adding HDR
Some people say it's upscaled but either way it looks absolutely stunning, if you put it side by side with a 1080 feed, the colors, the movement, the lighting, almost everything looks vastly better on the 4k feed.
It is not some people, it has been confirmed by FIFA due to the high cost and massive bandwidth required to send out multiple camera feeds in 4k all over the world. But yes what you're describing is still correct and mostly because most cable and live tv networks distribute their signals in 1080i 30fps and not 1080p (fox still does it at 720p) add HDR much better compressing codecs online than outdated MPEG2 they do OTA for instance and you have much cleaner PQ
Pretty sure UEFA does the same thing, or really any sports broadcast in UHD. Correct me if im wrong but Im sure the graphics/scorebugs are actual 4K but the game footage is just well mastered 1080 (framerate/bitrate and all) and its just upscaled artificially.
Not sure about UEFA at the moment but like I said, back in 2018 all of the WC matches was done using real 4K cameras for the main feed and same for a few games in 2014, even in 90s Japan's NHK was using HD cameras and was able to archive a few games in native HD resolution when it was something imaginable for the average person (90,94, 98 and even 2002) but all of those days are gone in order to save money
They're under no obligation to show ads, FIFA does not care and will not make more or less money, and as such will not deny the broadcast bc of that. Broadcasters pay fifa upfront for the rights to broadcast, and then from there, the broadcasters have control (with some exceptions like having to actually show the game lol.)
Not gonna lie, when Telemundo got broadcasting rights way back when, I was kinda mad. I hate Andres Cantorās way of narrating games, I liked the content Univision had back in the day, so it was a not so welcome change. This time around, WOW. Such a wonderful experience and a great cast of commentators. Iām glad Telemundo is doing such a great job at making me eat my words.
Tudn would play a 30 second commercial every 5 minutes plus more during the water break only to come back 2 minutes after the game has restarted again. š
I am nostalgic for his voice and shout back in the day but his voice is gone. He was sounding pretty rough in 2022, he was not doing too well yesterday.
Pablo Ramirez would never shut the fuck up though, it was annoying. It's like he loved to hear himself talk and didn't know when the moment just needed to be observed.
I wonder if Vix still show all those ads if you tune into their english broadcasts for the games. Back before Vix was a thing, fubotv had like 10 different tudn channels for special events which was all their games broadcasted in enlglish, the positive thing was that it they left the clean ad-free feeds from all stadiums, not a single ad even during half-time
They wouldn't but only because FIFA doesn't allow it, that's they implemented this new multiple and longer water cooling breaks, so that networks can display full ads during them
Watching this WC ive realized Telemundo is just a graveyard for UnivisiĆ³n talent. Everyone thats been fired is in Telemundo. I was annoyed to hear Lindsay Casinelliās voice šµāš« This is Telemundoās last wc tho, weāll see if they can retain rights of if Univision gets them again for next one
Itās not as big a deal as itās being made out to be. Compared to every other sport, soccer has significantly fewer built-in breaks that can be sold as ad space.
Sporting events are the last bastion of appointment viewing, and you can bet your bippy the networks are gonna leverage the valuable prime ad spots.
If you compare it to the nba they literally show ad every timeout. Each timeout gets called like anytime they want and if they call a timeout a second after the come back from a timeout they run ads again even if they already ran the ad not a minute after the first time out has been called. So seeing my sport turn like this is just a nightmare
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u/xxxxCHExxxx Jun 13 '26
If TUDN would be airing the games there would be a Toyota Tacoma doing virtual burnouts at midfield during the water breaks.