Maybe they just assume that other networks rip highlights from 9Now sometimes and are covering themselves in case the IOC ask them why something is being reproduced?
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I do not particularly find this necessary because it just takes away from the watermark and I think every single viewer knows about 7plus by now. It worked with Nine better because it physically fit under the watermark perfectly.
Yeah, true and we’ve seen that happening. @OnAir has also pointed out the equipment/software used by newsrooms sometimes isn’t set-up or times correctly and can miss a recording.
But they could use Stan Sport instead, also gives them even better quality, full replays and more videos and no “9” logo (which you’d think especially as a bitter rival they’d prefer to use the Stan name than 9). They could also source some content from AO official (YouTube/social media etc). Unless they’re not allowed to and have to use the official domestic rights holder or have been told they have to, Seven were somehow sourcing clean feeds a few years ago and suddenly stopped and then made Nine’s watermarks more prominent, like the two networks or AO had had words with them.
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On another note, networks could record 9Now live streams instead of broadcast (either the broadcast live streams or raw/world feeds), which IMO are far better quality then broadcast and they don’t have the Olympics watermarks so there’d be no dramas there, as well as looking uniform as every match is available.
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Another Aus Open watermark, this one is Stan’s social media clips, a promo post on “X” this evening with de Minaur walking onto RLA:
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Interesting that the world feed of tonight’s BBL match (produced by Seven) has the watermark of Cricket Australia website on the top left.
Is this normal?
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I would guess CA puts their watermark on any international feeds regardless of whose producing it, similar to the BCCI. I remember they also put their mark on Fox’s coverage prior to Kayo going live, but that may only be because it was streaming on the CA website.
I put that down to the technology and resources at the time; it was the early 2000s and they’d be working with interlaced video. Which would also explain the giant AFL screen wipe cover up rather than just black out the 7 sport logo on the original screen wipe.
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that era of 7 AFL was iconic though.
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No, haven’t seen this before outside of when it’s a CN website stream simulcast. Clearly doing this as an ad in India.
Omg how many different ones this tournament/summer
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On the Graham Norton Show he showed a clip from Sofia Vergara’s new show Griselda which is in Spanish and has English subtitles. Of course Ten has a gigantic Survivor watermark which covers part of the subtitles. Idiots!
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Is this 9Go! on WIN due to the HD quality or 9Now?
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