BBC America has seriously pissed me off
Aug. 4th, 2013 07:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dbskylerSo you know that "live around the world" Doctor Who announcement today? Not so live, here. We here in Pacific Time didn't get it until three hours later.
I've encountered "time zone bias" before -- all the major events here are geared towards Eastern Time, and we either get them three hours later (Saturday Night Live isn't ever live), or they start ridiculously early for us (the Oscars begin at 6 pm, despite the fact that they're being broadcast FROM CALIFORNIA).
But one thing I will say for our American networks -- when they promise us a live show, it is ACTUALLY LIVE. If it's going to be tape-delayed by three hours, then they say "live on the east coast" and we here in the west know we're going to get screwed again. But the major television events -- like the Oscars, and the Super Bowl -- that are advertised as live for everyone, are actually live for everyone.
BBC America, you suck. That is all.
(And no, I'm not mad because I missed hearing the announcement at the same time as everyone else -- I wasn't even home then. Nor am I mad because I recorded at the wrong time, because I checked BBCA's schedule and did record at the correct time. I am mad because WHEN YOU GO TO ALL THE TROUBLE TO ANNOUNCE SOMETHING WILL GET BROADCAST LIVE AROUND THE WORLD, THAT INCLUDES US, YOU JERKS.)
I've encountered "time zone bias" before -- all the major events here are geared towards Eastern Time, and we either get them three hours later (Saturday Night Live isn't ever live), or they start ridiculously early for us (the Oscars begin at 6 pm, despite the fact that they're being broadcast FROM CALIFORNIA).
But one thing I will say for our American networks -- when they promise us a live show, it is ACTUALLY LIVE. If it's going to be tape-delayed by three hours, then they say "live on the east coast" and we here in the west know we're going to get screwed again. But the major television events -- like the Oscars, and the Super Bowl -- that are advertised as live for everyone, are actually live for everyone.
BBC America, you suck. That is all.
(And no, I'm not mad because I missed hearing the announcement at the same time as everyone else -- I wasn't even home then. Nor am I mad because I recorded at the wrong time, because I checked BBCA's schedule and did record at the correct time. I am mad because WHEN YOU GO TO ALL THE TROUBLE TO ANNOUNCE SOMETHING WILL GET BROADCAST LIVE AROUND THE WORLD, THAT INCLUDES US, YOU JERKS.)
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Date: 2013-08-05 08:37 am (UTC)And everyone else wasn't hearing it at the same time - I heard it as the last item on the news on the radio, as I was in a car at the time.
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Date: 2013-08-05 04:47 pm (UTC)Also, all weekend long BBC America advertised that it was going to be a live announcement, with a big "Live from the UK!" graphic. This is a regional American cultural thing, but BBC America needs to learn it: you do not advertise something as a live broadcast across the country if it is not going to be a live broadcast across the country.