2018 FIFA World Cup Russia

I don't know about at the World Cup, but that is normal for the clock at Anfield. It stops at 45:00 or 90:00 and never counts up how much injury time has been played.

Seems odd given the peak demand for that match was well below Tunisia v England. Might be explained by the fact that it was the first 7pm game they were streaming so were a bit conservative numbers to test the load.


I’ve had absolutely no issues getting onto any of the streams, including England v Panama today only about 10 minutes before kick off.

Wouldn't have made any difference, ALL the commentator monitors in the stadium had intermittent pictures, in fact all monitors I think, because I noticed a couple on the wall outside the dressing rooms, that were glitching away, in that 'duff DTT signal' kind of way.

The long version of the theme music (4 minutes) that you heard in the official intro, is made by Hans Zimmer!

13:00 - Panama vs England: 12.86m (81.1%)
* peak: 14.05m (82.9%) at 14:35
* 1st half (13:00-13:50): 12.03m (80.4%)
* 2nd half (14:00-14:55): 13.62m (81.9%)

I think itv has picked the wrong match.

Not quite.
You can see ITV's pre tournament thinking in that, England would probably get a draw against Tunisia, and beat Panama, and therefore, need a draw or win against Belgium in the last group stage game.

As they get first dibs on the next round of knock out games - it was a 2 for 1 decision. Pivotal last group game, and a knockout match back to back.

Still think they'll be happy back at 200 GIR.

However, 2 games 2 wins was always the risk with that strategy.

They’ve done alright. They got a guaranteed England primetime game, which could have been vital and even if it wasn’t (as it turned out), they then have England for another game in the last 16.

Peak yesterday was lower than I’d expected but then I’m sure many were out and about in pubs etc.

Why is it always assumed that ITV have first pick and have a choice of all the picks?

If the BBC picked game 1 already then game 3 was always the only option.

Standard for all time displays in football stadiums (you might get something indicating the number of minutes' added time, but that is all). Pretty sure clubs have been fined in the past for showing the seconds tick past 45/90 minutes.

Similarly, stadiums with big screens aren't allowed to show replays of "controversial" incidents.

I agree. They've got what's effectively the first place decider, and first pick of Last 16 - England have a fairly easy group, it was always highly unlikely that they'd fail to get out.

This is why it gets first place, the music and visuals are fantastic this time around, it’s a joy to watch in judder free 4k