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25 Oct 2005, 16:39 (Ref:1443185) | #1 | |
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A1 GP is great, TV coverage is Poor!
Im a big fan of A1GP, and its a series with a lot of promise... but they really need to put it on terrestrail TV so those of us who dont have sky can watch it!
Its annoying that to watch the races I`d have to buy sky and them pay 30-40 odd quid per month to have the sports channels... Are there any FTA channels on any of europes satellites that show it? |
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25 Oct 2005, 17:03 (Ref:1443198) | #2 | |
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If you're in the UK, you'll have to watch it on Sky.
That's the way it is. If you don't like it - I'm afraid it's tough really. I'd like an Aston Martin, but have to make do without one. But, yes, I have enjoyed watching it on Sky - live. I believe there may be a terrestrial highlights package in the near future though. |
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25 Oct 2005, 19:14 (Ref:1443278) | #3 | ||
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I'm in Canada and have been frustrated for weeks at not being able to view these races. Would it be legal to post asking someone to tape them and courier them around to me? Also -- I heard rumour that Antoine Besette was being considered at one time for this series - has anyone heard anything about that?
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Im with KB on this, pay your money and take your choice. Thats how I see this, yes I know its not always as clear cut as that for everyone but thats just hard luck isnt it, besides theres live video stream online so its not as though those without Sky cannot view the racing in the UK. Im very happy with Sky Sport's coverage of A1 GP so far, the ammount of coverage the series gets on Sky would surely be greater than what it would receive on terrestial TV. Only F1 has the draw to show live qualifying on terrestial tv, no other racing series thats aired on terrestial TV has qualifying shown live. If A1 GP went over to ITV or the BBC we may well get live race day coverage, but would we get live qualifying too? Doubtful. IMO.
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less new freeview digital services. I have Sky,and my only complaint with them is I object to paying for what I never watch,eg:football! They are currently advertsing new packages where you only pay for the channels you want.I would like to see the the sport divided the same way or a PPV system. |
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but its stupid for the organisers who want to promote and create new fans limiting their target audiance... i wouldnt spend 30-40 per month to see a couple of races...thats how much sky packages are these days right? with sky sp1,2,3 |
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As for Sky getting the package because nobody else is interested that IMO is ludicrous. Sky provide the very best in whatever they cover, ITV already has live F1 and it covers GP2 and WRC anyway as well as some live BTCC so why would they need more? Channel 4 and Channel 5 never show much live motorsport anyway so its not suprising they didnt bid for the series. As for the BBC, remember the mess they made of the BTCC and BSB? Sky are IMO simply better than most terrestial tv channels, and they give live qualifying something which the BBC woudnt do, IMO. |
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I don't think there is any pay per view in Canada at all for these races, is there?
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Unfortunately according to the A1GP website there is no coverage in Canada at the moment.
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which means you should be able to watch it via www.a1gp.com as they stream the race live to people without coverage
And i said this in another thread - terrestrial tv would get to more people, but the coverage would be dire. they can't devote enough quality time to it, whereas sky can. It's that simple really... |
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Countries covered by A1GP.com online streaming: Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Japan, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and USA. This is controlled via internet IP address.
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26 Oct 2005, 11:55 (Ref:1443861) | #16 | ||
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And I know plenty of football fans who object to the use of the word soccer at all. But anyway I take your point (although i don't agree) and I'm sure you see mine.
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26 Oct 2005, 12:59 (Ref:1443920) | #17 | ||
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I don't have sky and apart from being at brands hatch at round 1, haven't seen any more A1GP unfortunately.
Does sky have any interactive "red button" services during the race coverage, e.g. choosing cameras in the race? driver profiles? race stats.? Had NTL cable but the service was shocking so cancelled it, need planning permission for a sky dish on our road aswell ! |
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There is no interactive options with the A1GP since Sky take the World Feed for the coverage.
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How are they going to fill Laguna Seca if they only have a little obsure coverage in the US (and none in Canada). Add to that Scott Speed has been dissapointing
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I noticed for the Australian public that FOXTEL will be showing the Qual session on Sat afternoon around the 5pm mark and on race day it will start the telecast at 1pm till 5pm.
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So far I've been able to see all of the A1gp , the only draw back for us down here its on at 1am / 3 am. early morning hours and it free to air.The next one in australia I think it will be late afternoon. I guess were lucky. Rob
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kiwi3 Not to my knowledge mate , each time Ihave watched they come on talk about the up comming race then show the sprint race then stay on air till the other race starts. But like I said before its early early morn, so I'm kinda glad whenthey come down this end of the world. The time zone is abit kinder. The aussie race they keep going till it finishes, The qualifying could be shown not sure yet Iwill let you know in a few days. I dont think there will be any interuptions but who knows with tv coverages no days aye. Rob
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I don't think they want to limit their target audience.I understand none of the terestial channels were interested.
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Could they invent something, like yo pay online by credit card to watch races. In Malta there is no live coverage of the races and I cannot follow through A1gp website. If there is an on line reasonable payment to see F1, I would defenitely pay to follow.
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