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@Duluth said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@No-Quarter said in [And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...]
I also have concerns over whether Sparks servers will handle the load especially during the big games. I'm sure they've done capacity planning/testing but it's not always easy to predict how the systems will perform on the day, and obviously any issue at all that causes a delay in the stream will be a massive deal. There will be some pretty nervous Spark technicians and execs on the day...
I would assume they aren't using their own servers?
The live pictures and commentary will come down from Japan by fibre and satellite to TVNZ in Auckland (TVNZ is handling all the production for Spark), then up to the West Coast of the USA to be turned into a 'stream' before being sent back to New Zealand.
Surely that step to the USA is about renting capacity from an Amazon or a Google server farm? Then they can increase capacity pretty quickly to match the demand
That makes sense. So most likely they'll be dealing with a multitude of complaints from hillbillies like @Snowy that are outside of their control; I don't envy their Help Desk!
Don't get me wrong though, I do like the idea and streaming is definitely the future of TV. It's just a pretty risky endeavor, I would have waited to the next WC when fibre is more widespread.
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As a side note, for the cricket world cup, Sky is the broadcaster over here. However, they've announced that if England make the final, it will be free on terrestrial TV.
That is shithouse from a revenue point of view, but absolutely outstanding from pretty much so all others.
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@Snowy said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@Bovidae said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
A lot of the rural areas don't have UFB, or even reliable fibre, so streaming won't be an option.
I've bought the RWC package but I am not confident it will work well. They still don't have an Apple TV app.
Our internet isn't great and we don't even have a sealed road FFS (50+ houses). I chose to have some land and live in the sticks, but parts of NZ are seriously behind the times. I need a horse.
Check your Apple TV later this week
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@MajorRage said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
As a side note, for the cricket world cup, Sky is the broadcaster over here. However, they've announced that if England make the final, it will be free on terrestrial TV.
That is shithouse from a revenue point of view, but absolutely outstanding from pretty much so all others.
On that note, I think the coverage has been bloody excellent - the graphics especially.
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@nzzp said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@nzzp said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
Good for Santner. Timed that brilliantly - as good a shot as I've seen from him
^^^^ My fault. Sorry everyone
I'm expecting at least one post here from you in this thread to kick off the final also.
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@Wurzel said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@Snowy said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@Bovidae said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
A lot of the rural areas don't have UFB, or even reliable fibre, so streaming won't be an option.
I've bought the RWC package but I am not confident it will work well. They still don't have an Apple TV app.
Our internet isn't great and we don't even have a sealed road FFS (50+ houses). I chose to have some land and live in the sticks, but parts of NZ are seriously behind the times. I need a horse.
Check your Apple TV later this week
LG app?
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@Bones said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@nzzp said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@nzzp said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
Good for Santner. Timed that brilliantly - as good a shot as I've seen from him
^^^^ My fault. Sorry everyone
I'm expecting at least one post here from you in this thread to kick off the final also.
OK, when Santner middles his first one, I'm into a nother active thread. Watch for it.
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@Snowy said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@Bovidae said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
A lot of the rural areas don't have UFB, or even reliable fibre, so streaming won't be an option.
I've bought the RWC package but I am not confident it will work well. They still don't have an Apple TV app.
Our internet isn't great and we don't even have a sealed road FFS (50+ houses). I chose to have some land and live in the sticks, but parts of NZ are seriously behind the times. I need a horse.
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@Bovidae Be careful. I've just done it and checked that my RWC package was going to work.
First thing that came up was a discussion about some quarterfinal in 2007. I'm just about to go and see my therapist - again.
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@Snowy It’s a good yarn from Graham Henry. He talks about leaving their kit behind in France when they went to Cardiff for the QF which he admits was a sign they got ahead of themselves.
The Kronfeld yarns on the ‘95 games are refreshing - a few anecdotes I hadn’t heard before.
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Has anyone else having issues with the subscription side of Spark Sport?
I suspended my account/payments before the renewal date, and they keep on charging my credit card and it's taking a lot of emails going back and forth before they finally return the money.
Definitely going to delete my account with Spark Sport immediately after the RWC.
