I AM writing to express my disappointment after watching STAR TV's appalling production of the Rugby World Cup Quarter-finals on Sunday, June 11.
Not having STAR TV available to watch at home, I have been watching many of the games in various locations around Hong Kong.
To date, coverage has been good, so it was to my great disappointment to find that arguably the most important game so far in this tournament was shown 'delayed live'.
In the case of any game shown 'delayed live' there is a problem of trying to avoid hearing the result to prevent ruining the atmosphere and taking away the entertainment value of the game. This was successfully done in the local studio but within two minutes of kick off in the first game televised, the match commentator announced that 'the winner of this game looks forward to a semi-final place against England next Sunday'.
Well, there goes the suspense and entertainment value for the evening. Surely Prime Sports management did not think they could get away with showing the games in reverse order without revealing the previous game's results.
Unless, of course, the England versus Australia game was shown purposely delayed just to keep an audience tuned to the station for rating statistics.