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Yeah it's the commercial with the guy reading the paper about seatbelts and a car accident and the commercial with everybody playing instruments together, sort of making fun of Facebook and the like. The latter is a great commercial but having to see it 25 times a broadcast makes one want to stick a fork in their eye.
It's on the WGN broadcasts that I get through the DirecTV MLB extra inning package.
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Also the Rob Riggle commercial interviewing some military vet for a job.
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Honestly neither of those ring any bells, but maybe I'm not paying attention between innings.
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Maybe we get different commercials than the local feed?
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Here's the car seat PSA that I see constantly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMnQ1ajBB8M
I mostly watch the games using MLB Extra Innings through Directv as well, which as far as I can tell is just the actual feeds of the games, sourced from the various RSNs and stations across the country. It never occurred to me that they might be showing different commercials.
Now, sometimes I watch the games using the MLB.TV app, which a few years ago would display "commercial break in progress" pretty much 100% of the time but now has commercials at times.
Oh, and here's the military vet commercial, or at least a long version of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMCkj9jbuJU
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https://theathletic.com/987094/2019/05/2...-for-2020/
Quote:With Sinclair finalizing a $10 billion deal to acquire 21 Fox regional sports networks from Disney, theres a belief within the industry that the Cubs will be taking a more hands-off approach to the network, narrowing their scope and containing some of the initial ambitions for Marquee.
That means the Cubs arent planning to design a 24/7 network with original content by next spring. Instead, the core elements during the season figure to be pre- and post-game coverage, game broadcasts, an occasional clubhouse magazine-style show and replaying, again and again, classic games from the Cubs library. Think the David Bote Game followed by the Ryne Sandberg Game followed by the Michael Barrett Punch-Out Game.
Were intently focused on the games, Kenney said. The pre- and the post, this incredible archive that we have of Cubs content, getting spring training in the place it should be.
Theres a whole new overlay with the Fox acquisition, because along with that comes a library of programming that the Fox regionals share that we could tap into if we were to decide to grab a show or two from that if it made sense. But I think the great part of this (is) were looking kind of through one lens, which is: whats the best service to our fans?
Because to be honest, theres a lot of stuff that gets produced that you look at and say: How is that interesting to a Chicago-based Cub fan? I think theres great national product and we should look at all of it. But if theres something hyper-local we can do for me its a better fit. Theres a little bit still to come, but the big building blocks (are) definitely the things that were focused on right now.
A key takeaway from the Sinclair partnership is that the Cubs are not totally building a TV network from scratch. While Sinclairs editorial point of view and cozy relationship with the Trump administration has been well-documented, its portfolio also includes nearly 200 TV stations, the Tennis Channel and an ownership stake in Stadium, the Chicago-based digital sports network.
With the combined resources of Sinclair and the Fox regional sports networks, the Cubs arent responsible for everything from designing a graphics package to negotiating rates for production trucks to building out and managing an entire TV newsroom.
We knew we werent going to do it alone, Kenney said. On the distribution side, theyve got a lot of experience and they have great relationships with all the distributors. Were going to lean almost exclusively on Sinclair to do that work. Thats not something we do or know that well.
Same thing in terms of the engineering side, the actual production of the games themselves, as well as all the ancillary programming, the uplink, the backhaul, the trucks, the actual engineering side of getting the signal (out), streaming, (going) direct to consumer. All of that stuff, were going to lean on somebody who does that for a living.
When you get to the sales side, we have great local relationships in the market, so I think it would be foolish not to lean on the relationships we have in the market, to make sure that on the sales side the network is meeting the right people. Certainly, were not going to walk away and say, Good luck finding your way around Chicago. The same things true on the programming side.
Kenney, a former Tribune Co. lawyer in his 26th season in the organization, downplayed any concerns about the relationship with Comcast once the Cubs exit their partnership with NBC Sports, the White Sox, Bulls and Blackhawks after this season.
We had really great conversations with (NBC Sports), Kenney said. We sort of described what we wanted to do moving forward and ultimately they said they couldnt stand behind that vision. I think the market is plenty large. If you look at L.A. or New York and how many networks are in each of those markets, (having) two networks in Chicago certainly can be supported.
Chicagos a small town in many ways. Were all going to overlap. Theyre going to want to cover our team. We want them to cover our team. We will cover the other three teams with our network. Were not going to ignore whats going on in the winter and the summer. I think that Chicagos plenty big to support two networks.
Kenney compared WGN which is nearing the end of its run broadcasting Cubs, White Sox, Bulls and Blackhawks games to a second regional sports network. Kenney also pointed to four channels in New York (MSG, MSG+, YES and SNY) and four channels in Los Angeles (SportsNet LA, Spectrum SportsNet, Fox Sports West and Prime Ticket).
Still, the ongoing dispute that has left Dodger games off the air in many Southern California homes will be a cautionary tale for the Cubs, and Comcast remains a dominant cable provider in the Chicago region.
It wasnt as acrimonious, I think, as some people thought it was, Kenney said. It was: Heres what we want to do. And NBC said: I think we would rather stay with the three clubs in a smaller form. We expect Comcast carries us.
While the White Sox, Bulls and Blackhawks are in rebuilding mode, the Cubs expect to compete for a World Series title in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Even in the age of cord-cutting and emerging technology, there should still be a lot of runway for a championship-caliber team with an iconic brand and an international fan base.
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Over/under on the number of times the Barrett punch out game is aired is .5 and I'm taking the under.
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Punch aside, that was a terrible baseball game.
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Yeah Im not sure why they would replay that game. Honestly, its an embarrassing footnote in Cubs history, if you ask me.
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Who wants to relive anything about the 2006 Cubs?
This is not some silly theory that's unsupported and deserves being mocked by photos of Xena. ![[Image: ITgoyeg.png]](http://i.imgur.com/ITgoyeg.png)
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Agree with Butch. It was an embarrassing situation and that team was miserable.
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Both the 2005 and 2006 seasons were probably the lowest points in my Cubs fandom.
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