Table Tennis TV coverage on SBS in Australia
Here is a list of the times Table Tennis should be shown on SBS in Australia for those of you in Australia that can pick up this channel.
Thursday 14th August – 5:30pm
Table Tennis teams Day 6
Friday 15th August – 3pm
Table Tennis teams Day 7
Saturday 16th August – 6:15pm
Table Tennis teams Day 8
Saturday 16th August – 9:45pm
Table Tennis teams semi finals
Sunday 17th August – 1:50pm
Table Tennis teams Day 9
Sunday 17th August – 9:30pm
Table Tennis Women Team Gold
Monday 18th August – 7:30pm
Table Tennis teams Day 10
Tuesday 19th August – 1am
Table Tennis Mens Team Gold
Thursday 21st August – 12pm
Table Tennis Day 13 Morning
Thursday 21st August – 5pm
Table Tennis Day 13 Afternoon
Thursday 21st August – 7:30pm
Table Tennis Day 13 Highlights
Friday 22nd August – 12pm
Table Tennis Women Singles Semi-Finals
Friday 22nd August – 7:30pm
Table Tennis Day 14 Afternoon
Saturday 23rd August – 12pm
Table Tennis Men Singles Semi-Finals
Sunday 24th August – 11am
Table Tennis Day 16
Ji-Soo
commented on September 25th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
It was fascinating to watch table tennis at the Olympics. Indicative of the sport’s low profile in Australia, this was actually the first time I had seen table tennis broadcast on TV!
Personally, I found the level of the commentating fairly poor – shedding little light on the complexities of the unfolding action. However, the biggest source of annoyance for me were the replays.
Between points, there is a limited time for replays to be shown. Instead of using this time to show absolutely fascinating slow-mo replays from the standard camera angle (especially those all-too-rare super-zoomed-in replays where you can see every detail of a stroke down to the spinning trademark on the ball), the bulk of the replays consisted of that ugly top-down view. This view conveyed nothing of the spin and sheer energy of the points, and instead transformed an exciting and dynamic sport into a glorified game of Pong.
If table tennis wants a wider audience, they need to do a better job of broadcasting it.