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Viewers expressed surprise that TBS did not air the September 19 opening ceremony of the Asian Games, currently underway in Nagoya, live on terrestrial TV. The ceremony featured a live performance by violinist Taro Hakase, the national anthem sung by Keiko Toda, and the lighting of the cauldron by the father-and-son duo of the Murofushi family — yet only a small portion of it made it to terrestrial broadcast. While some in the thread expressed confusion (“Didn’t they say this was exclusive coverage?”), plenty of others were more indifferent, saying things like “Can’t expect ratings for this event, so it’s understandable” or “It’s actually better that the empty stands didn’t make it on camera.” Opinions were split, with some comparing it to NHK’s live coverage of the 1994 Hiroshima Games opening ceremony.
[Asian Games] TBS Skips Live Broadcast of Opening Ceremony: “For a Network That Said ‘We’re Broadcasting Exclusively!’…” — Viewers Call It “Disappointing”
The opening ceremony of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games was held on September 19 at Paloma Mizuho Stadium in Nagoya.
The ceremony opened in spectacular fashion, kicking off with a live performance by violinist and composer Taro Hakase and the national anthem sung by actress and singer Keiko Toda, a Nagoya, Aichi native.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Read the original article here
What people said
"Even though Hanyu is Japanese, his legs are as long and his figure as beautiful as a white person's."
French newspaper:
"You might not believe it, but this young man with the proportions of an eight-head-tall model is Japanese."
Turkish announcer:
"Hanyu is extraordinarily beautiful — he's overturned the common notion that 'Japanese athletes aren't good-looking.'"
Also, the stands were basically empty, so I think skipping the broadcast was the right call. I watched it on U-NEXT anyway.
Maybe Toyota was stingy with the sponsorship money too —
the weak yen's got everyone spooked right now.
like 10 times better than the Tokyo Olympics.
And terrestrial TV won't even air it…
Did you even watch the opening ceremony of the last Asian Games?
I don't even know where it was held.
Bet you're all the same.
It's the "Asian Games," I know that much lol
No terrestrial broadcast of the opening ceremony meant no empty stands on camera — works out fine, doesn't it lol
That's just how it goes —
Nagoya's a tough sell.
NHK aired the 1994 Hiroshima Asian Games opening ceremony live.
I remember because I watched it.
They barely broadcast the Hangzhou Asian Games either.
Last time it was all swimming, all the time.
Just wait, tomorrow's going to be huge.
Do people think it's on the same level as the Olympics?
The Olympics, the soccer World Cup, and the Asian Games — they all cycle through on the same leap-year, four-year rhythm.
He's probably still got drama filming left to finish, right?
Using a guy like that as a "caster" (lol) is the real stupidity here.
Filming for VIVANT wrapped completely before it even started airing.
Lovit's budget has been slashed too — guest numbers are down to about half of what they were before March, and location shoots are basically gone.
So that's why there's more of those middle-aged guys yelling in the studio for two hours first thing in the morning.
Cracked up at the "flying kabuki" bit.
[Asian Games] Vegetables and Three Pieces of Chicken… Thailand's Teqball Coach Baffled by the Food: "Portions are too small. You only get to pick one vegetable side."
https://lavender.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/news4plus/1789807037/
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Regarding padel and teqball, both newly added this year: "The arrangement is that each sport's governing body covers its own costs."
https://www.sankei.com/article/20260825-JVL4TZAQMRIZZJ6S7BXVGVGOMA/
Hard not to conclude that Japan's just gotten poorer.
The container housing is just cramped, period —
and on top of that, there's even water leaking.
i.imgur.com/AAGpaXc.jpg
They actually shuttled the national soccer team to a baseball stadium.
The Paris Olympics opening ceremony was actually fun.
The one before that was rough though.
Background and Key Points of the Debate
The situation that raised eyebrows — a network touting its coverage as “exclusive” while not actually airing the opening ceremony on terrestrial TV — stems from the fact that terrestrial broadcast slots for the Asian Games were already limited to begin with. Commenters in the thread pointed out that NHK aired the 1994 Hiroshima Games opening ceremony live, contrasting that with the scaled-back treatment given to this year’s Nagoya Games. The debate breaks down into two main camps: a pragmatic one arguing that skipping the broadcast was the right call given poor expected ratings and sparse attendance, and a principled one arguing that having secured exclusive broadcast rights obligates the network to actually air it. Some posters speculated that TBS’s spending on the drama VIVANT and the Asian Games left it unable to secure World Cup broadcast rights, and that budgets for flagship programs have been cut as a result — though it’s worth noting these are viewer speculation, not an explanation from the network itself.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5channel (Entertainment/Sports News+) thread “[TV] TBS Skips Live Broadcast of the ‘Asian Games Opening Ceremony’ — “For a Network That Said ‘We’re Broadcasting Exclusively!’…” and “Disappointing,” Say Viewers.”
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