However, since the first day of exhibition games, there has been a lot of controversy. It was expected that a certain amount of transition would be needed due to lack of experience in broadcasting professional baseball games, but there were many absurd mistakes that were hard to understand.
The biggest problem was the lack of understanding of baseball at all. Key examples include "safe" as "save" in video subtitles, "sacrificing play" for sacrifice fly, and "hitter 22" for Chae Eun-sung.
Even without knowing baseball, it is a mistake that cannot come out if there is effort. From the standpoint of baseball fans and officials, it was a part that could be felt humiliated beyond laughter.
It was also said that the video of the game could be used in the form of "shorts" that lasted less than 40 seconds, but some fans said they had been "reported copyright." This is where criticism arose that the story might be different from the initial announcement.
There were also complaints about baseball highlights being marked in the first and second episodes, not being able to watch multiple stadiums at the same time, and not being able to function as a PIP (screen on screen).
It changed from free to paid, but rather than getting better, it is natural that criticism is brewing.
KBO is also at a loss. Expectations have been heightened due to Ryu Hyun-jin's return and the introduction of new rules such as automatic pitching judgment system (ABS), as an unexpected "broadcasting issue" has erupted.
Some criticize that KBO was also not meticulous in the contract process.
A KBO official said, "As previously announced, the criteria for selecting negotiators were 50% each for price and technology evaluation," adding, "Tiving was selected as a priority negotiator because both items ranked first."
He added, "The technical evaluation items included items such as image quality and whether or not there was a break," adding, "It was difficult to include these parts in the evaluation items because we could not expect basic subtitle errors for baseball."
Regarding the use of shorts, he explained that the policy was not to allow "unconditional" use in the first place.
The official said, "No professional sports open secondary works for free," adding, "It is Teaving's policy that it can sanction the use of video for commercial purposes."
"The key to using the second work is to activate the marketing use of each club," he said. "In the meantime, the use of the second work has been blocked, so there has been a limit to marketing, but now that is possible."
Meanwhile, TVing held a briefing session on the KBO League broadcast on the previous day (12th). At the meeting, TVing CEO Choi Joo-hee said, "We are aware of fans' concerns and criticisms regarding the broadcast. We promise to have a greater sense of responsibility and come back with improved service in time for the opening of the season."
KBO also hopes that the current controversy will be resolved quickly. KBO said, "We are constantly communicating with TVing," adding, "We promised to improve it during the regular season, so we will wait and see for now."
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