HDNet production a 'nightmare' for US fans

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Affliction: Banned fight card
Published 5/12/2008 by Jim Murphy at MMA Blog - TheSavageScience.com
With the CSAC giving their approval, the Affliction: “Banned” fight card is on for July 19th at the Honda Center (aka “The Pond”) in Anaheim, CA. The event was originally scheduled for Dallas until a deal with HDNet fell apart. Judging from the abysmal US DREAM.3 broadcast produced by HDNet over the weekend that might end up being the proverbial “blessing in disguise”. The ...

Mark Cuban's HDNet Has Work to Do on Production Quality of MMA Broadcasts
Published 5/12/2008 by Michael David Smith at FanHouse
... But Jim Murphy of The Savage Science makes some good points that reflect what I was thinking while I watched Dream.3: HDNet has some work to do on the production values of its live MMA coverage. Murphy writes: ...

Fanhouse on HDNet shoddy DREAM production..
Published 5/13/2008 by Jim Murphy at MMA Blog - TheSavageScience.com
... work is, from a technical perspective, clearly inferior to the product UFC puts out. Even if you forgive HDNet for cutting costs by not sending its announcers to Japan, they could have done a better job of giving home viewers the feel of being there, they could have shown the clock to let viewers know how much time was left in each round, and Bas Rutten could have seemed like he cared more about the fights. It was a disappointing effort for HDNet. He is, of course, commenting on the article I posted on the subject earlier today …..I didn’t even mention the failure of HDNet to ...