How to make table tennis more popular?

M51

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M51

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Hm, that's weird. They're streaming it in 480p which is far better than what we're used to.

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See, it's pretty crisp. Stream is a bit choppy, though, but nothing too serious.

I think tv is the best option to make table tennis more popular.

Of course, but YouTube is the next best thing. HD is a great idea, but a bit unrealistic, considering its free content.

(In the meantime, the stream is down due to technical difficulties :/ )
 
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The last time I've watched TT on TV was London 2012. I don't think Croatian TV had any table tennis broadcasts since then, not even when Tan Ruiwu made it to ETTC finale.

And to think our national network used to do live braodcasts of the European Top 12 (back in the nineties, when Zoran Primorac was big)...


Omg you didn't watch Zagreb open final? Tošić vs Salifou was broadcasted on hrt 2, and there was official commentator and also Primorac was also ceommenting.
 
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OK, I haven't been watching a lot of TV in the last few years, but still, I should have caught that one.

BTW, I don't think HRT even mentioned the 2013 WTTC, except in the evening news.

Me too, I never watch TV but I have seen this information on HSTS.

Haha yes I know, but I am sure if we'd have better players, it would be much better promoted.
 

M51

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We have Andrej Gaćina, perhaps not on par with Primorac or Tamara Boroš, but world class none the less. The thing is, nobody on HRT gives a damn about table tennis, and they cannot afford to buy the rights to that many sporting events any more (with 3500 employees they're absurdly overstaffed and spend the majority of their funds on salaries). I mean, even the bloody HNL (Croatian footbal league) bailed on them for ArenaSport. I was hoping that SportskaTV would be having some table tennis, but it didn't happen.
 
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