Eurosport GP2 Coverage for Monza - Page 2

flexible-flyer · 3 Sep 2005, 13:44 (Ref:1397945)

heikki won. i know that much!

Alfa Fan · 3 Sep 2005, 13:47 (Ref:1397946)

Motors TV is on NTL from next week. Motors TV also get very good ratings for the live events they show. The only motorsport Motors TV have ever neglected IMO is NASCAR Busch, with them not showing very many live races. Its dull anyway so I don't really care.

SALEEN S7R · 3 Sep 2005, 13:48 (Ref:1397947)

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Originally Posted by The Monster

Is Motors TV really on cable from next week?

Can you confirm this?

I live near Birmingham and have Telewest, is this able to recieve it, will you have to pay extra?

Sorry wasnt very clear, its available on NTL. Dont know about Telewest. See this link for more details, but I dont think it is available on Telewest, yet.

noweels · 3 Sep 2005, 13:49 (Ref:1397948)

Kovalainen
Rosberg
Piquet
Lapierre
Caroll

Rosberg fastest Lap

Steevp · 3 Sep 2005, 13:54 (Ref:1397951)

It was live on German Eurosport, great race..

Speedworx · 3 Sep 2005, 13:58 (Ref:1397955)

We don't need s Motors TV 2. The need to sort out the first channel first. Too much tele shopping on there, plus they are crap at showing stuff. They are worse than Eurosport nowadays.

Sodemo · 3 Sep 2005, 14:03 (Ref:1397957)

I find the fact that Eurosport aren't even showing any footage of their supposed "live" event of the cycling slightly ludicrous.

EDIT: its now 3pm and they have just got the feed.

Could they not have shown the GP2 then switched to the cycling?

Rob29 · 3 Sep 2005, 14:06 (Ref:1397959)

Not sure what this thread was about,as I just watched it live on International Eurosport.

jondownunder · 3 Sep 2005, 14:39 (Ref:1397976)

I think the problem is it wasn't on British Eurosport or Eurosport 2.

I did have International Eurosport until a few weeks ago but something's packed up in our old analogue dish or receiver

I can fully accept that with so many sports to cater for, GP2 won't always be live. But I find it inexcusable that the first race, the one most significant for the championship as it nears its conclusion, isn't shown at all. They have two channels to play with, for God's sake.

SALEEN S7R · 3 Sep 2005, 15:09 (Ref:1397989)

Exactly, and this isnt the first time this has happened, Im reffering to F3000 mainly. Eurosport IMO have had their chance, I really hope that there will be a Motors TV 2 one day soon and that Motors TV will get the coverage. As for the comment about Motors TV doing too much tele shopping, yes it does do a lot but Eurosport isnt far behind! As for Motors TV being crap at showing stuff I can only assume Hakkiman that you havent watched their LMES/DTM/BTCC coverage because the way they cover those series is IMO great. Some of the commentry at times leaves a bit to be desired but on the whole its good. IMO.

flexible-flyer · 3 Sep 2005, 15:55 (Ref:1398015)

motors tv do a fantastic job in what would be a rather low budget. eurosport on the other hand is a long established sports channel yet they always leave something to be desired. i would fully welcome gp2 coverage on motors. its a motorsport channel and therefore when gp2 is on you can bet your arse they will cover as much as possible.

Russfeld · 3 Sep 2005, 16:06 (Ref:1398028)

Yeah and you and 5 of your friends will be able to watch it. What GP2 needs right now is maximum viewer spread.

SALEEN S7R · 3 Sep 2005, 16:10 (Ref:1398031)

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Originally Posted by Russfeld

Yeah and you and 5 of your friends will be able to watch it. What GP2 needs right now is maximum viewer spread.

Yeah, on a channel that changes its scheduling as often as I have cups of tea.

Nah. Motors TV would at least air the programmes for people to be able to see, sure the quality might not be quite as good but at least itd be shown, unlike what we get with Eurosport at least 2 or 3 times a season. And before you say it, again, we all know Motors TV isnt as widely available as Eurosport, but it is as widely available as Eurosport 2 which is what a lot of GP2 races are screened on.

Knowlesy · 3 Sep 2005, 16:24 (Ref:1398040)

What's with the vendetta against MotorsTV Russfeld?

It's a bloody marvellous channel, the only issue is a ever-so-slight picture quality problem and an occasional weak signal.

So when is GP2 race one televised then, if at all? It's playing havoc with my GP2 season tapes!!!!

jondownunder · 3 Sep 2005, 16:26 (Ref:1398042)

While I agree Motors are generally far more reliable than Eurosport, I think Russfeld has a point that it IS a minority channel. GP2 needs maximum exposure, and an established pan-European sports channel is better for the series, drivers and their sponsors - if not for us, the fans.

From a purely personal/selfish point of view, I agree, I'd rather see GP2 on Motors, as I'm sure they'd show everything live. Though they do leave a lot to be desired on the technical front; everything they show delayed seems to have been digitally compressed, so the picture quality is horrible. But I can't complain, I really appreciate their coverage of BTCC meetings, WS by Renault, LMES, ALMS etc etc

flexible-flyer · 3 Sep 2005, 17:36 (Ref:1398077)

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Originally Posted by knowlesy

What's with the vendetta against MotorsTV Russfeld?

It's a bloody marvellous channel, the only issue is a ever-so-slight picture quality problem and an occasional weak signal.

So when is GP2 race one televised then, if at all? It's playing havoc with my GP2 season tapes!!!!

apart from itv next week, keep an eye out for eurosport news, they usually show about a minutes worth after the f1 qualifying news....then on sunday night motorsports weekend, again on eurosport which covers both races in decent enough detail for about 3 minutes!

Rob29 · 3 Sep 2005, 17:45 (Ref:1398083)

The problem is BRITISH Eurosport which has always been an inferior version.We need to put pressure on them as to why we can't have the international service on the Sky platform. It gets all sorts of VERY minority services like Al Jezzera..

sceptic · 3 Sep 2005, 22:19 (Ref:1398213)

Motors TV typically gets between 100,000 and 200,000 viewers for its key live events: BTCC and DTM.

Eurosport has been getting around 80,000 for GP2, while Eurosport2 gets lower numbers.

(quoted figures refer to UK only)

mjolnir · 4 Sep 2005, 00:01 (Ref:1398238)

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Originally Posted by jondownunder

While I agree Motors are generally far more reliable than Eurosport, I think Russfeld has a point that it IS a minority channel. GP2 needs maximum exposure, and an established pan-European sports channel is better for the series, drivers and their sponsors - if not for us, the fans.

did British Eurosport get coverage of today's GP2 action? Is it therefore getting maximum exposure?

i'll put my hand up for MotorsTV as well. there isn't exactly another channel dedicated to motorsport on Sky - heck, it's much better coverage than i used to get back in Australia!!!

bumpsteer · 4 Sep 2005, 00:30 (Ref:1398250)

For your information Russfeld, MotorsTV is shown in 50 countries and goes into over 13 million households. I think that makes it a pretty worthwhile channel. At least it shows what it's schedule says it's going to show, unlike Eurosport who are terrible at keeping their broadcasts to their advertised schedule.

Jackman · 4 Sep 2005, 06:37 (Ref:1398318)

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Originally Posted by sceptic

Motors TV typically gets between 100,000 and 200,000 viewers for its key live events: BTCC and DTM.

Eurosport has been getting around 80,000 for GP2, while Eurosport2 gets lower numbers.

(quoted figures refer to UK only)

The viewing figures for GP2 are measured in the millions in Europe because it's covered on terrestrial television - why hasn't anyone complained that ITV doesn't show the races live?

Kicking-back · 4 Sep 2005, 06:43 (Ref:1398319)

I'm sure people have complained - but ITV would probably say there's no market for it.

Rob29 · 4 Sep 2005, 07:09 (Ref:1398333)

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Originally Posted by bumpsteer

For your information Russfeld, MotorsTV is shown in 50 countries and goes into over 13 million households. I think that makes it a pretty worthwhile channel. At least it shows what it's schedule says it's going to show, unlike Eurosport who are terrible at keeping their broadcasts to their advertised schedule.

Timetable problem is because they show sports which are unable to keep to a schedule ,like tennis,the worst offender. Motor racing has been known to run late and delay other sport.We do not want to return to the values of the 70s when the BBC
cut the end of the Dutch GP for a 'Tom & Jerry' cartoon.
What is needed is more channels.There are already over 800 on the Sky platform. You should be able to hit the red button and move to another when things overlap?

Russfeld · 4 Sep 2005, 07:16 (Ref:1398337)

13million households? Thats it?

sceptic · 4 Sep 2005, 08:06 (Ref:1398351)

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Originally Posted by Jackman

The viewing figures for GP2 are measured in the millions in Europe because it's covered on terrestrial television - why hasn't anyone complained that ITV doesn't show the races live?

ITV won't (and shouldn't) show it live because it would just be duplicating what was available on another channel.

If Eurosport was to stop its coverage, they might rethink.

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