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The HD loophole

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UPDATED 4/6: TEN now apologises for an error in its amendments. Both SD and HD will be 2:30pm in Melbourne market.

If you’re a Melbourne viewer of AFL then make sure that for next Monday’s public holiday match you are watching TEN HD and not the standard definition channel.

Why? Because HD will be live, SD is delayed.

Next Monday, June 9 the Collingwood vs Melbourne match starts at 2pm live on the SD channel everywhere except Melbourne. This is a regular move designed to encourage ticket sales in the game’s city of origin.

But the sport also screens on the HD channel. Therefore, it will screen live at 2pm, including in Melbourne. Talk about a loophole….

In Melbourne the SD channel will delay the game to 2:30pm, following an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond.

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  1. I don’t understand how this could be correct. Every week the football on Saturday is on TenHD at a range of times in different states. In Sydney and Brisbane the afternoon game is live at 2pm yet is delayed to 3pm in Melbourne. This is just one of many differences each week in the TenHD schedule in different states.

  2. This would be good news for me if I was at home, but since I am going to the match, it doesn’t affect me. The question though is: Does Ten want to screen it live on HD for any reason or is it just being lazy and not tailoring Ten HD programming for Melbourne?

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