Cricket in Ads ... Litrally now.

Cricket in the past 4 weeks has gained more popularity than any other event happening around the globe. Be it the Ram-Setu issue, or the terror strikes around the world. Having an orthodox approach towards TV viewing, I still have Cable TV coming at my place. With that piece of technology, I feel like I am banged right in the stone age of TV transmission. The other day I watched a DTH TV transmission, it was clear, as it is supposed to be. It is definitely high quality transmission. DTH transmission involves nominal initial installation cost thats for the dish and the box thats goes on ur TV. So, initially there is an expense of 1500 bucks. And then u pay for the channels that you want to surf.

The thing that pisses me off about Cable TV transmission is the number of Ads they transmit during cricket matches. Particularly about an incident that happened with India in the crunch overs. Now, India has a tendency of throwing away wickets in a chain. So one such incident happened. A wicket fell on the fourth ball of an over. Since I missed the ball, I was expecting a replay to be aired. But, instead of a replay, I got a quick Ad from one of the sponsors. Now, this is the interesting part. At the time when the Ad was aired, another Indian batsman arrived at the creases. He played at the next ball and got out. But this happened when the Ad was being aired. The Ad transmission got over at its normal time and Cable TV guys finally decided to air Cricket for some time. So as soon as the cricket came back on air, I was shocked at what had happened. It was very unlucky on my part to have missed the first wicket that fell on the fourth ball. I missed the wicket on the 5th ball due to the fuck heads sitting on their asses transmitting Cable TV Transmission. So back on air at the 6th ball. It was a dot ball. It has to be repeated again. They cannot do anything about it. They are blinded by the money they are getting paid. But they don't realize, that passionate fans like us will certainly make a point to switch from Cable TV to DTH.

Today there was a news ticker that Cable operators form Thane were infuriated with SRK's new Ad promoting Dish TV's DTH Service. They are pissed at SRK and condemn his Ad where SRK says that DTH transmission is clear, quality service. They feel that the guy who started his career from TV shows such as "Fauji" and "Circus", owed his success to Cable TV guys who distributed his shows to the millions of people around India. The felt that SRK should be thankful to them for his success, Instead of promoting something thats trying to cease their existence.

Well if you say so, in my view, this cable TV operators are a piece of sheet [ similar phonetic word with an "i" ]. "Fauji " and "Circus", both were aired on National Television - Doordarshan [which is free to air in India and other surrounding countries]. So I think they are making a fool of themselves on news channels that are hungry for more of "Breaking News". These people earn in huge proportions, and they are greedy for more. These breed should be put to rest by the state run good for nothing BMC. That will be like bitches killing bitches. I would like to see that happen somewhere in my time line.

Its as if we are watching the Ads and all of a sudden in between they are airing cricket for some break or to get some refreshments. There should be some solution to this menace.

STOP DISCRIMINATION, HATE EVERYONE.

Funny TV channels !

You come home from a hard days work. You remove your shoes. Take a shower. Take the remote control and then switch on the idiot box for your daily news updates. In this process, nothing is missing. Nothing is out of place. But after you switch ON your TV, you surf through the channels, often coming across TV channels covering same news. It is worth mentioning that the TV channels take pain staking efforts in doing so. They have a man in around every city in the nation, there, all packed, locked and loaded to shoot some thing that can feebly increase the TRP of the pathetic news channel.

So you still keep on channel surfing ... trying to find the right channel for the evening. You come across 18 news channels. Most of them were running the same story all over again. You are getting bored of it now. You want to switch off your TV, have ur dinner and go to bed [cuz u know that ur boss is gonna kick yo ass if u late at werk]. But still you say to yourself ... just hang in there ... you might get the right channel. BANG !!!

There it was ... the news channel you were searching for !

It sure isn't informative for the evening ... but it does make you laugh. This one's covering a story about whistling your way to 15 seconds of fame. You see a TV host along with a few people [3 guys and a lady] ... So you see this female asking these people, "When did you think that whistling is your strengths ? "

The guy is overwhelmed with excitement. He gives an answer that no one on earth cares about. The host asks him to whistle a jingle. Now you are really feeling awkward. Next you see 4 people [3 guys and a lady] jingling their way to 15 seconds their of fame...where they don't speak a word !

They start off with a classic. "Dil to Pagal Hai" ... yes I know that you know it. The news channel has a round of fake applause. By this time you are thoroughly entertained. For the first time you have seen grown ups act like an ass. You switch the channel before you loose your senses. You come across cable TV. Same old cable that puts on latest flicks after mid-night on weekdays. And on weekends, you can find the usual porno. So, you find the cable channel playing an ITEM song form a new flick. But wait. You can listen the song. But the video is not visible. Whats the point in showing an ITEM song without any visuals. You concentrate. You try to see the picture clear. But there is a problem here that can't be rectified by any TV. Not even Bravia by SONY.

The problem is that the screen is over swept by commercial ads. Look at the percentage of screen thats visible in this screen shot. You think, why am I even paying for this shitty service ?

You are sad. You are Dissapointed. You switchoff your TV set. Call up the cable operator. Ask him to unplug your connection. Next day get yourself a DTH. And then, live happily ever after.

News should be Regulated !

Media has got highly powerful status in today's world. In India they are self proclaimed Gods. At least they want to think on those lines. But it is becoming hazy. The topics media focuses now-a-days seem to be more retard than the correspondent interviewing Khali and his wife.

Media has got responsibility, a role in society, a presence that supposed to mean something. With news channels on the rise, the search for TRP is on the rise. With invasion of privacy, media is all guns blazing going for the kill.

No survivors left at the end of the battle. The battle for the TRP ... the ultimate priced thing thats so god damn virtual and so god damn feeble that it means nothing to people who get affected by the tyranny of these blood sucking monsters.

At this point in time, one thinks that the Government should regulate news channels. The story covered, the qualty of content presented and the accountability of the information given out. People won't buy your cookies unless they contain marujuana. This is what the media has been thinking. Pricky intent leading to manipulation of more intensive subjects. News channels soon will hire people that can make news. Produce news. They will exhaust out of topics. One fine day they might even apologise for "no more news" ... where are the old days ?

I was at my Nani's place where there was reception ... but only of National Television ... National News. Though they did not cover the second innings of *all* the IPL matches, but the news showed had a sense of purpose. A sense of maturity. These sissy news channels show "Doors of the heaven", "Arjuna's Dog in Kashmir", "Hanumahan on the wall", "Chris Angel performing something weired"(as always ... that too downloaded from You Tube ... sad ... very sad).

We have more things in the world that affect you and me rather than seeing Khali pumping iron. But no, khali is khali ... the mahabali ... children love him ... he loves children. Goddamn posers. Posers in true sense. I mean, you can see it for once, but then you run the story every 2 hours for 4 weeks ... make it obsolete ... to the point when everyone stops giving a damn about how Khali first proposed her wife !

On more personal note, I hate the current situation. I hate the Indian news channels. They don't make any sense. They don't have any sense of responsibility. They are not mature. They are not accountable. (Adnan Orkut Murder Case). It is inhuman. It should be regulated.