The Mawe’s Adobo blog had posted the strongest critique of the TV coverage of the Pacquiao-Barrera “Will to Win” fight, saying it was not the boxers’ lousy blows but “the merciless TV commercials that ruined the whole thing.”
Mawe, the blogger, writes in The Stupid Pacquiao-Barrera II Fight:
GMA-TV’s commercials ran for almost 8 minutes between each round, which is unthinkable and unforgivable, to say the least. Forum posters in Pacland complained about the same thing, and observed that by the time GMA-TV finished broadcasting the main event, everyone was already drunk in Las Vegas. And why not? The ***** broadcast lasted until 4pm, and by that time everyone and his uncle already knew who won and how the fight ended.
GMA-TV had the gall to go after the exclusive rights to broadcast the fight, only to ruin it with never-ending commercials that knocked me out to sleep in between rounds. I started muttering curses at the start of the 3rd round, and by the 5th round I could take it no more.
The blogger noted that there were even commercial breaks in between the singing of the 3 national anthems.
Read more in the blog post: The Stupid Pacquiao-Barrera II Fight
ABS-CBN vs GMA-7
In a related topic in the PinoySpy.Net Forum (Sino mas magaling mgcover ng LABAN ni pacman GMA or ABS ?), “realwired73″ says (unedited):
Kung coverage lang pag-uusapan between the 2 network, it is obvious that ABS CBN is better. Marami silang pinalalabas na pre-game analysis compare to GMA. But Chino Trinidad is better than Dyan Castillejo. He definitely knows what he is saying. Nagmana si Chino sa tatay niya na si Recah Trinidad, both are good sport analysis and commentators. Chino has been covering a lot of boxing matches compare to Dyan. He is the right man for the job.
But the best network that covers a boxing match is RPN. Both ABS and GMA has too much commercial interuptions. Usually RPN is just a little delay and not live also. The other 2 network are obviously making a lot of money and are taking advantage on covering Pacquiao matches. 10 minutes or more of commercial per round.
ah ewan! basta sa darating na eleksyon, congressman pacquiao, better watch your back again. hehhehe!!
yawa ning 2 ka nitwork na abscbn ug gma. nawong kawarta. bushit kau, nakatulog nlgn hinun ko kay daghan komersyal. mga buhstit mong dako.
oo nga epal kasi ang GMA…. akala nila sikat na sila palpak naman ang coverage nila. Parang ang laban pa ni pacman ang naging patalastas…
gawin na lang kasing commercial free lahat ng live coverage! sino ba may gustong abala sa mga pinapanood!?
ampanget talaga ng coverage nila!nakatulog nga ko e!sabagay,alam ko na din naman ung resulta,kaso sana man lang,hindi ganun katagal ung mga commercials,anlupet nun eh!pinagkakitaan ng husto!
o akala ko serbisyong totoo, akala ko hindi pera-pera lang, akala ko patay na si ferdie marcos, 5 minutes to one o’clock tapos na ang laban ni pacman, sa rmn ko napakinggan si don lino pa nga ang nag-cocoment sila rin pala kaya mahirap ang mga salitang walang kinikilangan, walang pinoprotektahan, pag-ganyan ang sialog mo wala kang paninindigan, o di ang commercials ay pera ano masasabi nyo technical glich meron pa sialng kung nakakaranas kayo ng interrruption o masamang signal ipagbigay alam sa mga numerong ito, kung ako sa inyo hindi ako magsusubscribe sa kahit na anumang cable company kumuha kayo ng prangkisa at magtayo kayo ng sarili nyo…serbisyong totoo, haba ng commercial, inabot halos ng 3 kada isang kantan ng national anthem isang commersial serbisyong totoo, o ano ngayon, asan na, pera pera lang din yan, pera pera.
yes that’s rite abs-cbn and gma7. EAT MY FU_CKING SHIT!
Not only TV providers are useless in the philippines but also, telephone and internet service providers.
they think the whole world revolves about them. these companies have no clue to what consumer service is. the only reason they still exist these days is because they are in fucking monopoly.
ang laban yata ang naging ad…. mas importante pa kc ad kesa sa coverage nila… halata yatang pera habol ng gma na yan hindi serbisyo.. sana sa susunod wag na cla.. baka nmn bumabawi cla sa ngas2s nila sa bidding ng coverge kaya cla ang my exclusive right… wag na kc mgpipilit pg d kaya…
wala kasing tivo sa pinas eh.
sa sobrang haba ng commercial tinamad na ako panoorin inantok na ako.from 10am to 4pm coverage…grabe…sayang oras…d pa tapos ang coverage alam na kung sino nanalo…lagi na lang ganun…lagi na lang walang thrill…walang kwenta…PWEH!!!
GMA NEWS and the station’s programming SUCKS! Notice how GMA’s 24 Oras handles its news segment presentation…..PATALON-TALON from National to General Interest then babalik sa National papuntang SHowbiz then Police Report tapos tuloy uli ng National News. Sino ang news director nito? KAKAHIYA naman….
Pag-hinid umayos ayos ang management ng GMA-7, in 3 years time from now, I predict….bankrupt sila.
[...] Back in 2007, I used to lambast GMA-7 for their utterly disgusting habit of showing more commercials than the average human could possibly stand. This was during the Pacquiao-Barrera II match up (See here). [...]