World Junior on Canadian TV

[roby2003]

From Ontario Badminton website:

World Junior Badminton Championships TV Schedule
TSN will be airing several 1/2 hour broadcasts of the 2004 World Junior
Championships. The first scheduled time is Sunday, April 03 at 9:30am
Pacific Time (this is the re-scheduled date from March 13th) Other
broadcast dates (same half hour program) include:

Thursday, April 14 at 11:30am Pacific Time
Saturday, April 16 at 10:30pm Pacific Time
Sunday, April 17 at 1:30am

[jamesd20]

Better late than never!

Will be great for you canadians to video, then when we are seeing them win ning top tournaments like the past players are, you can see them before!

[Nanashi]

wow... those will definitely need to be videotaped... 11:30PST?? that's 2:30EST.... and it's exam season during that time... nooooo! :crying:

[LeoTheBearMan]

wow... those will definitely need to be videotaped... 11:30PST?? that's 2:30EST.... and it's exam season during that time... nooooo! :crying:
You don't have a VCR?:p :D

[Nanashi]

You don't have a VCR?:p :D

notice how i said "they will have to be videotaped" ie: i will have to videotape them and watch them after exams.....
:cool:

[CanuckBur]

BC, Shaw Cable: Channel 30, first show is April 3rd, in the morning at 9:30. Time to take out my VCR from the storage room.

[smash_master]

well its about time that they show some badminton in canada on tv. i will have to record this for sure, hum last badminton broadcast was the athens olympics...lets hope that they dont stop at the world juniors 2004 and start broadcasting more tournaments. also i hope they actually show it this time...unlike that incident that happened on march 13.

[thebestofall]

WOW TSN IS DOIN A GOOD JOB!! after LIke 3/4 of the year then they show it on T.V.! I am very proud of it!! Gd job keep it up so other pplz will realize that TSN is useless

[jamesd20]

notice how i said "they will have to be videotaped" ie: i will have to videotape them and watch them after exams.....
:cool:

I salute your willpower if that actually happens!

[LeoTheBearMan]

notice how i said "they will have to be videotaped" ie: i will have to videotape them and watch them after exams.....
:cool:
i guess thats why people give me funny looks at practice.:D

[Nanashi]

I salute your willpower if that actually happens!

hmm... i have 1 hour to cram for this exam.... but these matches only last 55 min... oh well... 5 min to cram
:D

[wing-omega5-0]

half hour? sigh....badminton on tv is badminton on tv...guess i cant complain with tsn

[madbad]

TSN replayed some of the highlights from the WJC this morning. In particular, the MS and MD finals. It was great to relive the spectacular action and to catch some of the crazy cheerleading characters in the crowd. All in all, I thought TSN did a creditable job putting the package together. They must have run commentary after viewing and editing tape... but sure sounded like the commentators were there watching live action. Also a great commercial on Richmond!

MB

[Joseph]

Make sure you guys record it and put it online so we can download and watch it.

[604badder]

Although I commend TSN for putting on badminton, I must say the commentary left much to be desired. From the 10 minutes which I caught of the mens doubles final, the commentator literally said 8-9 times that "Oh that was a good serve."

It was just a regular low serve. No big deal.

There were a lot of uninformative comments and both commentators had a generally weak badminton vocabulary.

But hey, it's badminton on Canadian TV. They're forgiven.

[madbad]

Beggars can't be choosers. Imagine if an Asian country televised ice hockey and had to overdub commentary in their native tongue, how that would sound.

I can only guess the commentators were given a crash course in what to look for in badminton, and off you go. The "North American" style commentary was for the North American audience - at worse, the energy level made up for the lack of knowledge.

I, for one, am just happy to get badminton on TV. Let's hope for strong viewership numbers which might prompt our sports networks to show more.

MB

[Azn_havok]

:eek:....BADMINTON ON CANADIAN TV....... I'm make sure i come home from school early to watch it. Good thing Thursday is flipped days at my school. I get home before the match begins.:D

[Renkinjutsushi]

From Ontario Badminton website:

World Junior Badminton Championships TV Schedule
TSN will be airing several 1/2 hour broadcasts of the 2004 World Junior
Championships. The first scheduled time is Sunday, April 03 at 9:30am
Pacific Time (this is the re-scheduled date from March 13th) Other
broadcast dates (same half hour program) include:

Thursday, April 14 at 11:30am Pacific Time
Saturday, April 16 at 10:30pm Pacific Time
Sunday, April 17 at 1:30am
i would like to ask if each of these are only half hour long? and "Sunday, April 17 at 1:30am" .... do you mean early sunday morning or early monday morning? or is the "am/pm" wrong? ty

[roby2003]

i would like to ask if each of these are only half hour long? and "Sunday, April 17 at 1:30am" .... do you mean early sunday morning or early monday morning? or is the "am/pm" wrong? ty

sorry no idea. check you local TV listings...

[roby2003]

Although I commend TSN for putting on badminton, I must say the commentary left much to be desired. From the 10 minutes which I caught of the mens doubles final, the commentator literally said 8-9 times that "Oh that was a good serve."

It was just a regular low serve. No big deal.

There were a lot of uninformative comments and both commentators had a generally weak badminton vocabulary.

But hey, it's badminton on Canadian TV. They're forgiven.


Talk about ignorant.
Just watched 2000 Olympics MDF Wijaya/Gunawan vs Lee/Yoo. The commentator was atrocious. Got Wijaya/Gunawan names mixed up thoughout the whole match..had to mute volume, couldn't stand his commentary. :mad:

OTOH, give me the AE commentators anytime...

[jamesd20]

Talk about ignorant.
Just watched 2000 Olympics MDF Wijaya/Gunawan vs Lee/Yoo. The commentator was atrocious. Got Wijaya/Gunawan names mixed up thoughout the whole match..had to mute volume, couldn't stand his commentary. :mad:

If you turn him down though, you lose the noise of the crowd, which really adds to the occasion in this case. I found him mixing up the names more funny than annoying. IMO nothing can detract from a classic match!

Give the Guy on CAN TV some cred, it cannot be often that they have to comment on Badminton matches (if ever before), it is hard to be a commentator. TV is easier though, try doing radio commentary :eek: !

[Trance]

Give the Guy on CAN TV some cred, it cannot be often that they have to comment on Badminton matches (if ever before), it is hard to be a commentator. TV is easier though, try doing radio commentary :eek: !
True, but did anyone see the game aired on CBC at 7:00am EST between Zhang Ning and Mia Audina? That was pretty bad commentating and they commentated like the viewers were utter newbs as though they've never seen badminton before (which is probably true :p)

Anyway, it's great TSN is FINALLY airing some badminton. But it sucks because I'm busy at ALL those times... Thursday is school (2:30 pm est) for me and if it's only a half hour, I won't make it in time to watch :( . The Saturday one is like in the middle of the day when I'm out playing badminton practicing for tourny and sunday... if that's REALLY 1:30 am... then I'm scared if it's 4:30 am EST lol.

[cooler]

True, but did anyone see the game aired on CBC at 7:00am EST between Zhang Ning and Mia Audina? That was pretty bad commentating and they commentated like the viewers were utter newbs as though they've never seen badminton before (which is probably true :p)

Anyway, it's great TSN is FINALLY airing some badminton. But it sucks because I'm busy at ALL those times... Thursday is school (2:30 pm est) for me and if it's only a half hour, I won't make it in time to watch :( . The Saturday one is like in the middle of the day when I'm out playing badminton practicing for tourny and sunday... if that's REALLY 1:30 am... then I'm scared if it's 4:30 am EST lol.

yah, i watched (ZN vs MA), it was ~ 5am here. Volume was on but i didnt pay attention to the commentator, I can see what's going on. The big plus is when it's on cbc live, it was super clear compared to tapes and encoded disks, i can see the beads of their sweat.

[Trance]

yah, i watched (ZN vs MA), it was ~ 5am here. Volume was on but i didnt pay attention to the commentator, I can see what's going on. The big plus is when it's on cbc live, it was super clear compared to tapes and encoded disks, i can see the beads of their sweat.
I was watching it with Satellite TV on a 65" TV teehee. MA was pretty close in that game but at the end, ZN pulled away and made it look pretty easy.

Too bad TSN is using the World Juniors only as fillers though =/ I hope in the future they might air it for longer than 1/2 hour.

[thebestofall]

For todays~~~ the show havent start yet due to the Tennis game~~~ I dunno what time is gonna start but i i noe it wont be 11;30

[CanuckBur]

The Tennis Masters ended at noon so TSN skipped the badminton show. Now, it is showing Canadian Sportfishing: Bottom Bouncing for Walleye. :(

[Azn_havok]

Man that's garbage... I came home early from school to catch these matches and you know what appears infront of me? TENNIS! sure tennis is not bad, but i really want to watch Badminton. Jeez we got shafted again....

[CanuckBur]

I didn't have a chance to watch the finals so I hope they will show them on this Sat and Sun. I did watch the other live matches in Richmond.

[bigredlemon]

And this kind of thing will continue happening unless we flood their email boxes everytime something like this happens. :crying:

[CanuckBur]

TSN only showed the last few points of the last match instead of the full 3 matches. Tonight, they showed the man single and double. Other than the distracting and bad commentaries, it was quite good.

[madbad]

It was a repeat of the first showing. Sure hope the remaining 2 shows have something new.

[CanuckBur]

I could be wrong. Could it be that this is the only show? There is only one same show and not a series of different shows. They show it on different dates but it doesn't mean that we are going to see different shows. I mean they could have summarized the whole things into one show.

(Just checked back from the Ontario badminton website)
It looks like they are the same.

The first scheduled time is Sunday, April 03 at 9:30am
Pacific Time (this is the re-scheduled date from March 13th) Other
broadcast dates (same half hour program) include:

[Trance]

I could be wrong. Could it be that this is the only show? There is only one same show and not a series of different shows. They show it on different dates but it doesn't mean that we are going to see different shows. I mean they could have summarized the whole things into one show.

(Just checked back from the Ontario badminton website)
It looks like they are the same.

The first scheduled time is Sunday, April 03 at 9:30am
Pacific Time (this is the re-scheduled date from March 13th) Other
broadcast dates (same half hour program) include:
That's very true. They really could just be re-airing that half hour show we saw the last night.

[wing-omega5-0]

u gotta be kidding....tsn skipped the sat broadcast for tennis?!?!?

[thebestofall]

Sunday 1:30 AM Pacific Time~ 2004 World Junior Badminton Championships

LAST CHANCE GUYS!

[Trance]

Sunday 1:30 AM Pacific Time~ 2004 World Junior Badminton Championships

LAST CHANCE GUYS!
Not really... there's another one coming up on the 22nd.

[Neosakai]

http://www.tsn.ca/broadcast/Schedule.asp?Channel=TSN&ShowDate=Apr%2016%202005&TZ=0

Lies!

According to this site, It's on THIS SATURDAY which is..... Today, at 1:30am EASTERN

[604badder]

EMAIL TSN!!! Let them know we're loving it!!!

Even if it's only one line. Every little bit counts.

http://www.tsn.ca/broadcast/email_form.asp?mailto=programming

[CanuckBur]

Just sent my e-mail thanks to TSN. But, I don't think they check their e-mail. It is probably there just to show that they care about viewer opinions. (yeah, I am a skeptic).

[Neosakai]

SHOOT I got the date wrong!!!


It saids saturday and before 12:00am today was saturday... But now it's sunday, now wonder it's not showing badminton! :crying::crying::crying:

[cooler]

SHOOT I got the date wrong!!!


It saids saturday and before 12:00am today was saturday... But now it's sunday, now wonder it's not showing badminton! :crying::crying::crying:

hurry, fly to calgary, it is showing on 2:30am sunday :)

[smash_master]

oh well so there just repeating the same half hour show that sucks:(...i hope that they will introduce more badminton into their lineup this year though.

[floriina]

i MISSED it. it was at 5:30 in the morning and I MISSED IT. *commits suicide*

[cooler]

i MISSED it. it was at 5:30 in the morning and I MISSED IT. *commits suicide*

no wonder badminton isnt popular in canada, they all die young :D

[ploppers]

no wonder badminton isnt popular in canada, they all die young :Dlol only the good die young...

[Renkinjutsushi]

oh well so there just repeating the same half hour show that sucks:(...i hope that they will introduce more badminton into their lineup this year though.
yeah!!! :crying: i taped the badminton program on saturday and sunday morning just to find out they're reruns :( there's still one more RERUN on april 22, 3:30 (eastern) (i'm also assuming it is a rerun)

[cooler]

lol only the good die young...

same thing.... ;)

WS it showed that last point
MS began showing at 14-14
MD began showing at 11-8?
no XD
no WD

prolly 10 mins worth of commercials in the 30 min span

[wing-omega5-0]

april22...does anyone wanna give me the PACIFIC time?

[Neosakai]

Wtf... The site saids there is one today at 4:30.... But it was showing some baseball stuff.....:mad:

[Trance]

Wtf... The site saids there is one today at 4:30.... But it was showing some baseball stuff.....:mad:
We should email TSN 2 things:

1. GIVE US MORE BADMINTON.

and

2. Stop cheating us by airing the wrong program at the alloted time frame for badminton. I can't wake up at 4:30 am to watch baseball :crying:

[Neosakai]

OH SHOOT, dammit I got the time wrong again...

I thought it was 4:30pm.... But blah, I'm gonna tape it tonight and see if there's more baseball :D

[CanuckBur]

I put the e-mule files in Tournament Video Sharing. (No sounds, not intentionally).

[Trance]

Damn TSN DIDN"T SHOW the World Juniors AGAIN. Friday April 22 they instead continued showing IIHF Hockey and just skipped badminton all together.

EMAIL TSN!

[wing-omega5-0]

Damn TSN DIDN"T SHOW the World Juniors AGAIN. Friday April 22 they instead continued showing IIHF Hockey and just skipped badminton all together.

EMAIL TSN!
ur kidding........i went to play badminton that day and expected to come onto this thread with someone saying they actually aired it.

[Calasm]

ur kidding........i went to play badminton that day and expected to come onto this thread with someone saying they actually aired it.
you can download a copy at the video downloading forums

[Renkinjutsushi]

but but but but.... my emule doesn't work cuz i'm not the host end of my router!:crying:

[Calasm]

no no you dont need to use emule. you just download it normally using yousendit

their's a link on the post

[tinkerbella122]

EMAIL TSN!!! Let them know we're loving it!!!

Even if it's only one line. Every little bit counts.

http://www.tsn.ca/broadcast/email_form.asp?mailto=programmingI just did :) . I missed the 3 broadcast though :crying: ... I hope there will be another one coming up

[Trance]

I just did :) . I missed the 3 broadcast though :crying: ... I hope there will be another one coming up
They only aired it twice as far as I know. They kept finding reasons to not air it. :( It was a REALLY short show anyway and they used it mainly to broadcast their commericial for the olympics -_-

[Renkinjutsushi]

dont forget that although badminton was aired twice, it was a re-run :(

[tinkerbella122]

dont forget that although badminton was aired twice, it was a re-run :(

Well , look on the bright side , it's better than having no badminton aired at all :)

[cooler]

Well , look on the bright side , it's better than having no badminton aired at all :)

I just it would be a long wait for HDTV signal :o