Football | Cow bells and rock sound in the Premier League broadcast – Viaplay and commentator Mikko Innanen reveal the reason

Football Those who followed the Saturday evening match of the English Premier League through the streaming service Viaplay got to enjoy themselves Mikko Innanen in addition to the narration, from the multifaceted sound world.

In the match between Brentford and Nottingham Forest, music was heard on a couple of occasions, from grandiose movie music to relaxed rock, a short interview and background sounds from the world of snow sports. The skis were blowing and the Lehmänkellos were ringing.

“During that match, the sound of the wrong feed was momentarily heard in the background of the broadcast”, Marketing and Communications Director of Viaplay Group Erika Miramo tells.

Innanen explained the match completely normally, but he was aware of the problems. The announcer apologized for the “very unusual sound world” at the end of the broadcast.

“I only heard the sounds coming from the stadium. Not these cowbells and not the music and interviews I hear,” Innanen said late on Saturday evening.

Innanen noticed what had happened from the messages received on his cell phone. The technology of the match broadcast was taken care of on Saturday evening from Sweden.

“I was in contact with our dispatch unit and said that social media is exploding and whether something can be done about this,” Innanen said.

He said that he heard immediately after the match that the voices could not be heard on the broadcast for the entire second half.

“I know that when you're watching at home, that kind of distraction feels like an eternity, even if it's three minutes when those three minutes are out of the ordinary.”

Innanen has been reporting on the Premier League for almost 30 years.

“I always have a traditional way of doing it, that is, I heard the pitch sounds from the Brentford stadium, and then I had an English guide, or an English narrator-commentator, who could be heard in my ears.”

Experienced the narrator remembers a broadcast from years ago, where Danish, Swedish, Norwegian and English were mixed up in his ears at the same time.

“That same cacophony of sound hasn't come to the viewers on TV, so I can't complain about it. I have to do the job as well as possible, but it has been a distraction at times. Thank God very rarely,” he said.

Innanen said that he brought up the sound problems only at the end of the broadcast. Innanen knew the extra voices were disturbing, but he had to focus on the narration.

“I wanted to bring it up before going off the air. I was out of this sound problem and trying to take care of my dune. Fortunately, the match was damn
good in Finnish, but these kinds of problems are a shame for the viewers.”

The match ended with a 3–2 home win for Brentford Ivan Toney, Ben Meen and by Neal Maupay thanks to the hits.

Premier League the following bench athletes comment on the surprising problem quite humorously.

“It's a pleasure to watch this Brentford game. Everything from sea weather to robbery has been going on in Innanen's background for half an hour, or the man is on the road at Holmenkollen at the same time. We are monitoring the situation,” one viewer said wrote message service in X.

“This background block revealed one fact: the sounds coming from the stands are actually produced in the studio, just like Yelle. This time the pieces got mixed up”, another viewer wrote In X, Yle until November to the article referring to.