Prime News presenter Eric Young expressed his disappointment at adverts interrupting the games on social media also.READ MORE:.TVNZ spokeswoman Georgie Hills said they did experience some technical difficulties during the netball when the Silver Ferns played Uganda.In the third quarter there were issues with sound, and in the fourth quarter, boxing was played due to an error.She said their engineers fixed the issue as quickly as possible and that night they screened an apology to viewers. Devastating to see interrupting my ad-viewing with bloody Commonwealth Games. — Eric Young (@RealEricYoung)In regards to advertising interrupting live events, Hills said they were working to make sure their advert breaks didn't interrupt live events.' We are trying to pick the best points to break into the live action.' They had adjusted advert breaks already, and in future, they would only be played in breaks during quarters for team sports, and they were also going to be shorter than normal.'
We are definitely taking on board the feedback viewers are giving us about the ads, and we are doing our upmost to time our commercial breaks at appropriate points to minimise interrupt to viewers. TVNZ has absolutely butchered this Commonwealth Games coverage. Irrelevant events on when Kiwis are competing, and generally implies they don't care. This is when Sky actually does well covering events— Farmboyraver (@AndyMuir22)'Our big focus is to show New Zealand teams and athletes while they are in action free to air.'
Advertising is the way we fund our Commonwealth Games coverage that New Zealanders are watching.' The first day of coverage was watched by 1.6 million New Zealanders.One Twitter user, NZ Kiwi Kids, said if TVNZ gets the rights to cover the Rugby World Cup in 2019 they hoped they would not interrupt live coverage for ad breaks like they are with the Commonwealth Games.