Well, I was happy to put the feet up and finally watch some TDU on the weekend. Not too bad, which is to be expected given that it was mostly Phil and Paul. Nice that they finally found some decent shirts. I was disappointed by the brevity of the review of 4-5 stages that many of us didn't get to see - certainly under 3 minutes and apparently women didn't race at all.

The footage lacked clarity and had a lot of flare. Perhaps the good cameras are at the cricket, or they used a low quality (cheaper) feed.
Footballers on a cycling broadcast was very 9, but credit to the big one for saying he rides a bike. That stuff probably helps. I agree that not showing the Greipel presentation was very poor form - both parochial and disrespectful, but they were clearly up against it with time. With more respect for the fans or the sport they might have extended a minute or two (depending on the satellite), but 9 doesn't value cycling so they wouldn't care. Or perhaps it was a stuffup by the producer or organisers or anchor; still less than professional, whatever the cause. You can only hope the international broadcasters and Lotto's sponsors put a word in, to the effect Say What? And no highlights that I could see? No excuse for talking over the anthem though.
They will try to do better next year (and hoping for a breach of contract is a waste of time imo). But as an investment in the future, I think it's worth trying to get TDU added to the anti-siphoning list (which is all boof sports and the olympics), and this performance flagged under the anti-hoarding provisions of the broadcasting rules to assist in that process. From
DBCDE:
While the government's current anti-siphoning provisions aim to ensure that as many Australians as possible have the opportunity to watch significant events on free-to-air television, these provisions do not deal with live coverage of listed events.
The anti-hoarding provisions require commercial television licensees who acquire the right to televise a designated event, but who do not propose to fully use that right, to offer the unused portion to the ABC and SBS for a nominal charge within a specified offer time. The national broadcasters must also offer unused portions of rights to each other.
At the very least, it would be good to have it on the radar of
Conroy's office. The Codes are so narrow that there doesn't seem to a lot of point
complaining to Free TV Aust (a precursor to escalating to ACMA), although FTVA does have to summarise complaints to ACMA. But every little bit helps I guess.