Happier diner Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Andy Onchan said: By gaslight? Its not strictly what I was thinking but, yeah, that's a possibility I was thinking that they could be powering Pulrose PS with the pure Manx Gas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 https://the-race.com/motorcycle-racing/what-isle-of-man-tts-live-tv-coverage-debut-will-look-like/#disqus_thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hissingsid Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 They could put the fairy lights back and kill two birds with one stone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomTucker Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Andy Onchan said: https://the-race.com/motorcycle-racing/what-isle-of-man-tts-live-tv-coverage-debut-will-look-like/#disqus_thread Sounds expensive doesn't it: “It’ll feature an on-site studio built in Nobles Park, with talent anchoring the show from there, and there’ll be a big uplift in the volume of talent working on it. A lot more presenters, journalists and pundits from what we’ve seen in the past, and we’ll talk more about that in the future. “There’ll be a lot of boots on the ground in terms of camera positions on the course, and two heli-telis. When we produce our traditions highlights, we do that with one helicopter, but there’ll be two now for resilience but also for more coverage. There’ll be a full onscreen graphics package with the new timing system, so it’ll be fully integrated with all the live leaderboards you’d be used to in a normal sports broadcast. “There’ll be lots of pre- and post-event coverage in terms of buildup and punditry and that sort of stuff. Greenlight Television, who are the host production company, are building a new live production suite in their Tromode base, so it’ll be produced from about a mile and a half away from the TT Grandstand.” Great if they pull it off but its such a short window to draw viewers in the global pool of potential subscribers could be less than 1M people of which few will remember the TT is on and the rest will look for it on youtube. Dakar is the yard stick they are measuring against and the coverage of that is free (paid if you want the eurosport commentator). Maybe they should try free streaming when you place a each way bet on the race Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bserver Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 16 minutes ago, TomTucker said: Sounds expensive doesn't it: “It’ll feature an on-site studio built in Nobles Park, with talent anchoring the show from there, and there’ll be a big uplift in the volume of talent working on it. A lot more presenters, journalists and pundits from what we’ve seen in the past, and we’ll talk more about that in the future. “There’ll be a lot of boots on the ground in terms of camera positions on the course, and two heli-telis. When we produce our traditions highlights, we do that with one helicopter, but there’ll be two now for resilience but also for more coverage. There’ll be a full onscreen graphics package with the new timing system, so it’ll be fully integrated with all the live leaderboards you’d be used to in a normal sports broadcast. “There’ll be lots of pre- and post-event coverage in terms of buildup and punditry and that sort of stuff. Greenlight Television, who are the host production company, are building a new live production suite in their Tromode base, so it’ll be produced from about a mile and a half away from the TT Grandstand.” Great if they pull it off but its such a short window to draw viewers in the global pool of potential subscribers could be less than 1M people of which few will remember the TT is on and the rest will look for it on youtube. Dakar is the yard stick they are measuring against and the coverage of that is free (paid if you want the eurosport commentator). Maybe they should try free streaming when you place a each way bet on the race The weird thing here is IOM Government pumping the money in. If the TT is as big and famous as they would like us to believe (and let's for a moment assume it is) then why isn't an outside broadcaster bidding for this? Sky Sports, Eurosport, BT, BBC, ITV? It just seems very odd that IOM Government are cobbling together the coverage when surely broadcasters should be snapping their hands off for coverage rights. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 1 minute ago, 0bserver said: The weird thing here is IOM Government pumping the money in. If the TT is as big and famous as they would like us to believe (and let's for a moment assume it is) then why isn't an outside broadcaster bidding for this? Sky Sports, Eurosport, BT, BBC, ITV? It just seems very odd that IOM Government are cobbling together the coverage when surely broadcasters should be snapping their hands off for coverage rights. You've answered your own question. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 9 minutes ago, 0bserver said: The weird thing here is IOM Government pumping the money in. If the TT is as big and famous as they would like us to believe (and let's for a moment assume it is) then why isn't an outside broadcaster bidding for this? Sky Sports, Eurosport, BT, BBC, ITV? It just seems very odd that IOM Government are cobbling together the coverage when surely broadcasters should be snapping their hands off for coverage rights. Running it themselves year 1 and then selling it when it's proven might not be a bad strategy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomTucker Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Perhaps its a cost saving versus the ITV4 offering which was costing money for the Classic TT. my5 have the post live motogp rights for UK so perhaps they will sell the streamed footage on for a post live show and make pure profit on the streamed subscribers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banky Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 3 hours ago, Andy Onchan said: https://the-race.com/motorcycle-racing/what-isle-of-man-tts-live-tv-coverage-debut-will-look-like/#disqus_thread Patterson is a dick, and a well known anti TT brigade.. and if you pull up something from 6 months ago, i can only assume you are too ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bserver Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 49 minutes ago, Banky said: Patterson is a dick, and a well known anti TT brigade.. and if you pull up something from 6 months ago, i can only assume you are too ! There's an anti-TT brigade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Banky said: Patterson is a dick, and a well known anti TT brigade.. and if you pull up something from 6 months ago, i can only assume you are too ! Take more water with whatever you're drinking! I posted it as a point of discussion. Nothing more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 11.30 and already we are on alcohol intake. Thats the trouble with the Island today. We can't take it like in the old days!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Flint Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 9 hours ago, HeliX said: Running it themselves year 1 and then selling it when it's proven might not be a bad strategy. Green light know what they are doing. If the momentum overcomes the inertia of the past few years then this could work out really well 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebean Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Derek Flint said: Green light know what they are doing. If the momentum overcomes the inertia of the past few years then this could work out really well I predict the costs will never be covered by the returns. I doubt whether this is a purely commercial venture but one involving taxpayer subsidy. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Johnson Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Throwing more good money, OF OURS, at an aging relic. Live coverage of a rider hitting the gable end of a house and killed instantly anyone? Got to be good for Youtube hits? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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