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Topic Started: Feb 5 2009, 06:06 PM (86 Views)
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moley
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Feb 5 2009, 06:06 PM
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The Football Association have demanded an explanation from ITV over the blunder that prevented some fans from watching the winning goal in Wednesday night's Merseyside derby.
After 118 minutes of goalless football in the FA Cup fourth-round replay at Goodison Park between Everton and Liverpool, the live match coverage was interrupted by adverts moments before Dan Gosling's extra-time decider.
Some just managed to catch the goal after a number of ITV regions and digital channels returned to the game seconds before the teenager's strike.
But for others the adverts continued and the first fans knew of the goal was the Everton team's celebrations.
ITV apologised on Thursday morning but the FA have asked for the reasons behind the mishap to be explained by the broadcaster.
An FA spokesman said on their official website: "It is obviously very disappointing that viewers and fans did not see the only goal of the FA Cup replay between Everton and Liverpool.
"Clearly we are seeking a full explanation from ITV as to why this happened.
"It is important that lessons are learned and that this does not happen again."
It is understood an automated system for broadcasting adverts, which should only be used on "regular schedule" nights, kicked in as the game continued in extra time.
The system is not designed for live events such as football games, which can over-run and delay the schedule.
Match presenter Steve Rider said: "If you missed the goal we apologise. It was because of technical problems we had at that time."
ITV said the problem occurred at the transmission centre and was not the responsibility of the ITV Sport production team.
The broadcaster's executive chairman, Michael Grade, said: "Most importantly I'd like to apologise to all our viewers who were affected by the unprecedented technical error.
"As a football fan myself I was glued to the match and was as disappointed as anyone to miss the goal.
"We have years of experience in dealing with the changes in ad break patterns when games go into extra-time and sometimes penalties - this we have done faultlessly through the Champions League, World Cup and European Championships.
"The glitch was inexcusable and we are awaiting the results of our technical inquiry so we can put in place stringent and immediate procedures to address this."
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Scholes
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Feb 5 2009, 06:07 PM
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The guy responsible basically forgot to change the advert time due to extra-time. Schoolboy error.
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Seriously, Frank Lampard is an absolute legend of the game. He needs to be recognised in some way eg. Frank Lampard OBE, Sir Frank Lampard or some kind of lifetime achievement award.
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Feb 5 2009, 06:10 PM
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The guy responsible basically forgot to change the advert time due to extra-time. Schoolboy error. Do you know that for sure?
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Scholes
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Feb 5 2009, 06:14 PM
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Yes.
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Seriously, Frank Lampard is an absolute legend of the game. He needs to be recognised in some way eg. Frank Lampard OBE, Sir Frank Lampard or some kind of lifetime achievement award.
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Feb 6 2009, 01:51 AM
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ITV Tried to make some quick-money by showing adverts .
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