Tokyo Olympics Coverage

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The 7+ app is terribly designed imo. I agree with the article that trying to find what you want is tricky, since the app has the habit of displaying events that arenā€™t happening, something completely different or inaccurate information.

I quite liked the format of the Sochi 2014 app for 10. It was easy to find all events. 7+ is so cluttered. Better on a desktop than on the app in iPad.

Will 7 be cutting the live HD feed on main channel for the chase whilst we are watching a final where an Aussie is going for Gold?

Surely we wonā€™t be subject to 7two for this event.

Unfortunately we might.

I know Seven wants to promote The Chase but Iā€™d rather them smash us with endless promos and have Olympics all day bar news and Sunrise than cutting coverage for a game show. Itā€™s like cutting off coverage in the last 100m of the Melbourne Cup for The Bold and the Beautiful.

EDIT: Thankfully they didnā€™t.

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If 7 make us watch Jess Fox go for gold in standard definition I think thereā€™s going to be a social media uproar. They got to make the right choice.

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Looks like they arenā€™t going to the chase

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No Gold Coast News either. 7Two was showing the canoeing at 5.30

Thatā€™s a bit poor. The team would have worked hard all day to bring the bulletin to air and then it doesnā€™t. That would feel shit.

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This is going to happen a lot. Why not just postpone The Chase to post-Olympics?
6pm News is one thing but cutting a live sports event to go to a game show isnā€™t a good look.

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They didnā€™t cut to the chase but this is an ongoing issue. Promote the chase and launch after the games.

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Would still be uploaded to 7+ though so viewers can watch it there

Its also why they should not have filmed 10x30 min episodes of The Chase - for this reason!!

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They must have thought about their strategy for times like these before the games began. Wonder what it is? Not too hard to put a message on the screen.
Iā€™ve actually tuned in for The Chase because I missed it yesterday.

They could have at least done some Gold Coast updates in the ad break but instead are running promos for Brisbane at 6pm.

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Do you honestly think Seven didnā€™t foresee the possibility that The Chase wouldnā€™t go to air some nights during the Olympics?

Even if the episode didnā€™t go to air tonight, I daresay itā€™ll probably be run at some point in the future when Seven runs an all day sporting telecast until 5.30pm and has only a 30 minute gap to fill leading into the news!

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Ironically the commentator of this canoeing event keeps saying the phrase ā€œthe chaseā€.

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Not sure why Gold Coast News didnā€™t go ahead as there was no difference to the usual broadcast situation where it only airs on 7SD with 7HD showing the Brisbane feed.

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No bulletins are being uploaded during the games for rights reasons.

The Chase going to air in Adelaide, with references to the Olympics coverage.

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