By Edgardo Avelar
14 Jul 2024, 03:49 AM EDT
They say that the lace hurts more when it is double. That is precisely what Cruz Azul fans experienced when they wanted to watch the live broadcast. from his team’s duel against Monterreythey were only able to do so for 25 of the 49 minutes that the first half lasted due to the delay of the Santos vs. Pumas game due to a thunderstorm, but above all due to commercial commitments of the Televisa network, TUDN and the VIX streaming platform, which triggered complaints and annoyances on social networks before the Consumer Protection Agency (Profeco).
The matter at first did not seem so serious, but due to several publications in some Mexican media, the issue became more heated, because the television company, not satisfied with the fact that the Santos vs. Pumas match was already running out of time, then used 15 minutes to correspond with its commercial matters, with which, The fans of the Máquina Celeste were unable to watch 24 minutes of the game where they beat the Rayados de Monterrey.
Televisa was passed.
They ate up 24 minutes of the match on Channel 5, on TUDN and on ViX Premium, including a goal by Cruz Azul (14′).
But they did not miss any advertising spot, including the one that was broadcast during the goals, which they narrated as if the broadcast was live. @Profeco pic.twitter.com/xbeIqI7W9a
— Carlos Ponce de León (@Carlos_Ponz) July 14, 2024
Even the followers of the Celestial Machine could not see the complete 52 minutes that it lasted in the playing field, the Greek reinforcement Giorgios Giakoumakis, since the signal was resumed until the 24th minute of the first half of the match of date 2 of the Apertura 2024 tournament.
The root of the dissatisfaction of the viewers who have sympathy for Cruz Azul and the Rayados was that they did not see the entire first half of this match due to reasons beyond their control. due to a technical failure, where the television network did not mind sacrificing broadcast time to meet the commercial demands it had agreed to.
In the series of complaints, they understand that there is not so much conflict on the open signal, but the fact that on TUDN and on the VIX streaming platform, same thing happened, the tone of the complaints and comments on social networks against the television company increased.
This event brings to mind that football in Mexico has become increasingly elitist in its broadcasts and fewer and fewer people can watch the matches on open signals, since 75 percent of the matches scheduled for the 2024 Apertura tournament will be broadcast on a restricted signal through the cable companies that exist in the Aztec country.
The idea of restricting the signal of the Mexican national team in its international matches has even been discussed, But that would undoubtedly provoke widespread discontent among Mexican fans and it is an area that the owners of the ball in Aztec football do not want to explore.
Meanwhile, on the sporting front, Cruz Azul responded in style to its fans on the field by beating Monterrey 0-4 in the second round of the 2024 Apertura tournament.
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