TV: Ch10 and F1 Coverage

[WogBoy]

Guys,

I have really lost patience with Ch10, Monaco GP being televised at 11:10pm tonight following the Big Brother Uplate (Thats in hope that all the TV shows finish on time!) also, have all you noticed that Ch10 are cutting the races short, eg.. Bahrian GP total race time was around the 1hr 30mins, Ch10 coverage of the race went for approx 1hr 14mins.

Qualifying is split into 3 x 15min sessions so TV can break away to commercials between the sessions, no thats not good enough for ch10, they need to cut away during the sessions so they can advertised the 0414 R AM HORNY late night commercials!!!

Ch10 are just ridiculous, they have hosts on that just dont understand the sport, and, how on earth the 2007 Monaco GP arguably the biggest sporting even on the globe this weekend can play second fiddle to the poorly rating Big Brother Up Late just astonishes me.

If Ch10 is going to show this type of contempt, then I really think its time that Foxtel be able to show the races live with the ITV feed, who can forget that fantastic one off coverage they had of the malaysian GP those years ago. That way we can finally watch some live racing and for all the people who have not got foxtel can keep waiting for ch10 to up their game.

Enoughs enough!

[Pro Racer]

i hate #10 for cuting the first 3-4 minutes off each session and i hate how they delay it so they can put big bro on i hate bb (unlike most my age) so that could lead to my bias but #10 does suck this year, probably McConky has been a highlight and filled Cromly's boots well IMO.

[rustyinsthoz]

No complaints from me about CH10s coverage of F1, specially after watch CH7s v8 coverage.

[Peter Ford]

I think channel 10 are slowing losing interest in f1 just like channel 9 did,but they have to shown it as they got a contract,once it is up, they will be having it,channel 7 may getthe rights to f1,but even after a while they will lose interest as will.Let foxtel have it,hell i remember when a had the Malayasian gp 1 year,they did a better job than channel 9 did that year.McConville seems out of place,half the time he dosnt know what he is talking about,neil did a much better job when he was at 10.

[WogBoy]

your kidding me arnt ya? so you happy to watch an F1 race at midnight, your happy to watch bits and pieces of F1 qualifying?

Come on you cant be serious? who cares what Ch7 are doing they dont have the F1 coverage rights, were talking about Ch10 and the dis-service they are doing to the F1 coverage.

F1 and V8 Supercars? how can they be compared in the world of motorsport?

[Ryan_Briscoe1]

There has been so many threads made about how poor ch10 are over th years, but what good has it done? We can't do anything, we just have to put up with it untill their contract is up and hope foxtel get it.

[cmifsud]

in a recent pitpass article, bernie was getting frustrated over the poor f1 coverage. Maybe he should buy out the coverage and sell it to SBS. There coverage of the wrc is heaps better than ten's because there are less ads & it has a constant timeslot.

[rustyinsthoz]

Originally Posted by WogBoy

your kidding me arnt ya? so you happy to watch an F1 race at midnight, your happy to watch bits and pieces of F1 qualifying?

Come on you cant be serious? who cares what Ch7 are doing they dont have the F1 coverage rights, were talking about Ch10 and the dis-service they are doing to the F1 coverage.

F1 and V8 Supercars? how can they be compared in the world of motorsport?

As I said, I think 10 do a good job of F1 . We get to see qualifying now and the majority of races are broadcast either live or within 2 or 3 hours of the race being run. We get a sensible number of add breaks that don't last too long as well.
I have been watching GP racing since they first started telecasting the overseas GPs in 1980 and they have generally shown the European races on delay and the American races live. Ironically the GPs in our own time zone are delayed the longest as they are in the late afternoon and run over the local news time slots.

[TSR]

I agree that Ch10 ( the form home of motorsport ) is killing us with there poor F1 coverage, but hey you all should expect that from the last 5 years of crap they have feed us with there stale v8 coverage.

[gomick]

did they do qualifying on saturday nite?

[xr8]

Hey what happened to the televised qual? Live in NSW. Got up at 2am as the tv guide said but no F1 coverage. Stayed up till 2.45am then went to bed. Was it on at another time or did ten ditch it altogether? getting sick of this as I have done the same with the A1 GP!

[TSR]

Originally Posted by gomick

did they do qualifying on saturday nite?

Yes at some ungodly hour, normally around 1 to 2am

[Pro Racer]

IMO if foxtel got it we would have whinging as well from the people who don't have foxtel.

i don't think #7 will go for F1 they could of had Champcar with and Aussie up fron but didn't, so i can't see them wanting f1 with an Aussie mid-field (hopefully that will change).

what is it with fta tv in Aus and their poor coverage of motorsport, V8's are crap F1's crap don't even get to see Champcar now, and no NASCAR and all of the obove have Aussie interest in the field.

[TSR]

Originally Posted by Pro Racer

IMO if foxtel got it we would have whinging as well from the people who don't have foxtel.

i don't think #7 will go for F1 they could of had Champcar with and Aussie up fron but didn't, so i can't see them wanting f1 with an Aussie mid-field (hopefully that will change).

what is it with fta tv in Aus and their poor coverage of motorsport, V8's are crap F1's crap don't even get to see Champcar now, and no NASCAR and all of the obove have Aussie interest in the field.

We do get Nascar & Bush as I watch both on Fox sports, and I will be watching the Indy500 on ESPN on Monday morning.

Yes FTA does give the Aussie public a crap deal, is this one reason Bernie wants a night race.

[FPV GTHO]

I'd much rather SBS get it than FoxSports personally. Its a little known fact to some that the sports channels are still optional for Foxtel, whilst ABC or SBS is available to anyone with a good enough aerial.

[mjolnir]

Originally Posted by xr8

Hey what happened to the televised qual? Live in NSW. Got up at 2am as the tv guide said but no F1 coverage. Stayed up till 2.45am then went to bed. Was it on at another time or did ten ditch it altogether? getting sick of this as I have done the same with the A1 GP!

they threw it on at 1am - i would have missed it completely had I not had the mind to check the guides again just after 1am (as we've been screwed with so many times in the past!)... what's the point of a tv schedule when you're not gonna stick with it??!!

[f1manoz]

I'm just glad I live in the UK now because back home in Australia all I remember is the appalling TV coverage that F1 got.

However, it makes no difference what station it is on - Channels 7, 9 or 10 will never give the coverage F1 fans want simply because it makes no sense from their own standpoint - the numbers of people watching are limited and they will never show F1 at prime-time, it will always be bumped back to late night.

The only way F1 fans in Australia will get decent coverage is if Foxtel are allowed to come in and show F1 qualifying and races live, as I'm sure they would like to. But I don't think Bernie wants that to happen, which is why F1 fans in Australia are stuck with sub-standard coverage.

[bestfit]

If you want better FTA coverage all you have to do is get a few hundred thousand of your closest friends to start watching it.
Ratings are the only language that TV networks talk and F1 simply does not rate in Australia.

[Adam43]

There is already a thread on this: http://tentenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52282

[v8fan]

channel tens f1 coverage is a disgrace. having to wait until 11.10, and even then the coverage is late because the 4th hour of big brother for the night is running late. channel 10 give the rights to fox, i would rather pay for the coverage than continually have to put up with this crap. as an avid f1 veiwer i am beyond tired of being at the mercy of the aussie reality network.

[Head Rev]

11.25pm in Adelaide, still waiting for GP telecast to start.

[Head Rev]

Originally Posted by xr8

Hey what happened to the televised qual? Live in NSW. Got up at 2am as the tv guide said but no F1 coverage. Stayed up till 2.45am then went to bed. Was it on at another time or did ten ditch it altogether? getting sick of this as I have done the same with the A1 GP!

Live at 2am, don't think so. Watched live timing on computer at about 10pm (Sat) Adelaide time. Not sure how they can say it was to be live at 2am.
It was on in Adelaide on Ch10 at about 11.40pm or something like that.

[Ryan_Briscoe1]

Another great night of coverage from ch10. It was 20mins late due to rove's show, they must think his show is so humerous that another 20mins is worth it. Then when f1 finally came on after another quality program bb uplate, ch10 went all out and had a phone conversation with Peter Windsor. Instead of a cross over to him we had to listen to the phone line dropping in and out. They had to keep the convo short due to the cost of the long distance call.

[Mandiblard]

I'm actually grateful to channel 10 for at least showing the races. Let's face it, the state of sport here is a complete joke, where some football player parking his car or answering his phone is more newsworthy than Will Power winning a race.

[racer69]

I've just taken to downloading torrents of the ITV coverage of each race. Works well as i work nights (meaning its downloaded and ready when i get home Monday morning), plus it means i don't have to put up with the dribble from Greg Rust and Cameron McConville........