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WRC ON MOTORS TV FROM 2010 ! - Mon 16/11/09 - 19:12

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Motors TV and the WRC breaks new ground

From 2010 the FIA World Rally Championship will expand its coverage on Motors TV and benefit from an unprecedented level of dedication, along with a major boost to the on-board side!

For each of the 13 rounds of the 2010 season, Motors TV coverage will start on Thursday evening with a preview show, followed by a new customized package of on-boards and daily news round-ups on a Friday, Saturday & Sunday evening, and an end of event round-up on the following week-end. (UK COVERAGE WILL FOCUS ON THE 3 RACE DAYS) But the major change to the coverage will be the amount of on-board footage that will feature in the 48’ long daily highlight shows.

“I’ve always felt WRC’s onboard footage is state of the art”, said Motors TV Head of Programming & Acquisitions, Frédéric Viger, “and while mainstream broadcasters need to make a mainstream show our channel is all about the hard-core fans. Those viewers are willing to BE the driver when watching the coverage on their flat-screens, and that is just what we’re going to offer them. More than 50% of our highlight packages in fact will be dedicated to onboard, giving a brand new feeling to the show.” “We are delighted to announce the extended agreement with Motors TV”, commented Simon Long, ISC CEO. “The deal provides us with the opportunity to showcase our extensive onboard footage and provide WRC fans with a new dimension of the sport”. The new 3 year deal signed with ISC/North One Television obviously is a major step in the channel’s development, as confirmed by Motors TV President, Jean-Luc Roy: “WRC is one of only three FIA World Championships, and one of the toughest. It has a very strong appeal to all of our European viewers, many of whom stand along the road sides to cheer the drivers on during the events. The arrival of the WRC will definitely help building the channel’s profile even further and increase our subscriber base. As we’ve done with the Le Mans 24 Hours in the past, we will create a new high standard in term of coverage”. Motors TV coverage of the 2010 WRC will start mid-February with the Swedish Rally. FIA WRC –1st round, Swedish Rally: Friday 12 to Sunday 14 February.

Frédéric VIGER Head of Programming MOTORS TV

Mon 23/11/09 - 17:43

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This is super news, then we just need the ERC like last year... and Motor Tv is the best chanal in the World. The only dream left is the DASU Rallycross from Danmark, with over 90 Rallycross teams to every Race. It is for sale now, for a very good price... (-:

Tue 08/12/09 - 13:13

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it's really good news

Wed 03/02/10 - 16:14

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So when is the first program for Sweden, or will there be a 2010 Preview show as well ?

Wed 03/02/10 - 18:23

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First programme will be on Friday 12th February at 10.20pm UK time.

According to the listings, there is no preview programme.

Sun 07/02/10 - 19:01

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please please can we have coverage of some of the other British drivers not just the top 10.

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Thu 11/02/10 - 10:51

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Why is there a 25 minute season preview being shown on Motors TV International and not Motors TV UK?

Looking forward to the championship starting tomorrow.

Sat 13/02/10 - 00:44

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Where was our preview in the UK???

Watching live now, Picture quality is poor, please use wrc commentary, no offence to simon hill but he is struggling already. If WRC are producing the show then surely they have done commentary on that.

Massive step for MotorsTV, not a good start at all so far.

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Sat 13/02/10 - 01:00

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Jari Malli Latvala????

Jari MATTI Latvala

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Sat 13/02/10 - 07:03

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I am really disappointed with the new coverage.

The announcer's voice is annoying, and way too loud compared to the sound of the cars. His constant pauses as he is either thinking what to say or reading his notes is a major distraction and a major annoyance.

Please turn his volume down relative to the cars. Actually, find the guy that was there for the Eurostar broadcasts, he was much better.

Sat 13/02/10 - 17:42

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Watching the first 7 minutes of the new WRC on Motors TV, change the logo to transparent guys! Why do they need a camera man, jumping around and running when the cars are parked at the beginning of the stage?! He should be IN the stage rather then just having ONE guy on ONE corner? And fair enough always good to have one at the end of the stage....

A bit too long with Loeb at the end of the stage when he was driving to stop, we don't need to see that, just cut to the interview. Easy.

Helicopter would be good to see more of.... but still only 7mins into the 47 mins of the show...

Commentator.... UGH Don't get me started on this ameteur commentator who know's the simplest things about the WRC, that we know.... yet cannot speak or is reading a script and still has no sense of what is going on.

Come on! Get the guy from the IRC last year who was making it all up on the spot when it was LIVE! not this young guy who can't even talk properly!

More "coments" can be seen here Motors TV

http://www.motorsportforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=135865&page=8

Seriously guys, get a new commentator or the old ones back, regardless if it's a new Network broadcasting the shows.....

I stopped watching after 10 mins and couldn't bear it any more. Where was any S2000 coverage? Peter Solberg and Henning? Work on it or loose it. More cameras on stages, less in car coverage exspecially pointing AT the drivers. How exciting seeing a driver driving but not seeing the road itself... it's bad quality and you can't see anything, midas well just show camera angles from the wheels! (Now don't get any ideas) This isn't a step backwards Motors TV, it has never been this bad. Please don't forget about the sound quality, it's horrible, can't hear anything sometimesl I heard it's played in MONO in some instances! Can we get the interviewers, female on I heard to do the comentating?

Good luck for the rest of the year because the IRC/Eurosport are laughing.

Sat 13/02/10 - 18:57

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Mr Producer/Editor Sorry – your First attempt of covering the WRC (Friday 12th February 2010) was not good and a long way from my liking. I read in the Motorsport News a few weeks ago - People like to see more INCAR action, are we sure this is correct? The programme did not seem to have any flow, split second shots of a car from outside then back in to Incar, whilst I do like to see some Incar coverage it was way too much, and very little action from outside Commentary – What good things can I say - non On a more positive note, was the 1 hour long programme – Please try again? Or as many of my school reports stated “Can do better” Action from the resent IRC Monte was the way to go. (Sorry I know it is a different Championship and TV Channel but it was good, very good) Eifion in Wales

Sat 13/02/10 - 19:04

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Waaaay too much coverage of the top 4.
(For the past 3 years the top 4 are usually the same, it is now soo boring that i rather watch curling)

Annoyingly sounding announcer.
(I mean the announcer clearly not a Rally fan, he just does the job and leave, get somebody who is actually like rallying!)

Thank you!

Sat 13/02/10 - 19:41

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Terrible coverage, rookie announcer with microphone problems. First time I've wanted to fall asleep in 5 years of watching rally.

The picture quality is total garbage, I loved it when it was in HD. I mean, cmon, its 2010, why is there no HD?! Audio sounds like its in mono, not stereo, not sure how I can tell for sure though.

I'm just really disappointed in how this is being presented. Its like watching the first season of the new Top Gear with the awkward fat guy who didn't quite fit it.

Go back to the drawing board, copy everything Eurosport HD was doing and expand on that. Don't try to change something for the worse in EVERY area when people are used to a high quality program.

I mean, how many times did the announcer stumble or stutter? This is a TV show not NPR!

Fix the boringness of the show before fans stop watching. More people will post with the same complaints, it would be better if you fixed it now before it becomes a PR nightmare. Of course, you will likely ignore me or not read this post at all. So I will encourage anyone who is dissatisfied with the current broadcast to post here so that you have no choice but to acknowledge us.

Thanks for trying, but please try again!

Sat 13/02/10 - 21:58

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Glad i'm not the only one, if it stays the same i'll be forced to watch the sunday highlights on Dave

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Sun 14/02/10 - 01:34

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The audio mix is horrible, first interview with Seb and Mikko - can barely hear them.
Then nearly a minute straight of in car view with Seb driving and crackly audio.
Commentator: I'm sure he's a nice bloke but very little emotion, the Eurosport guy was much better
This is really poor, come on!

Sun 14/02/10 - 01:54

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Registered just express my concern about the commentator, the constant pauses make listening almost unbearable.

Production wise, things seem much better. Not sure whos doing the feed but seems more organic and enjoying the onboards too.

Good start, but i hope the commentary improves or gets changed soon.

Sun 14/02/10 - 02:03

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bad sound, bad comment, just images of the first 3 and lot's of inside car, background noise louder(tic tac) for what? It's hard to understand what they say, so poor and bad.
Return Eurosport ...

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Sun 14/02/10 - 02:14

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Really loved the thought of Motors TV getting the WRC. Love watching Motors and the reports are usually spot on. But I just need to ask, WHAT are you doing with the WRC. I was shoked at the report of the first days coverage and I have just sat through the second day, after getting back from work, and decided I would time how much of the report was dedicated to other drivers apart from Loeb and Hirvonen. There was less than 15 minutes shown anyone not in the lead Citroen, Ford.
How can this be good for the WRC? I mean apart from Gronholm I dont think any one else really got a look in. Yes I love watchin in car but there can be too much, and there was way. WAY to much. I mean 7 plus minutes of Gronholm through the stage was great but what about the other guys and battles going on? The Solberg Brothers, Ogier, Ostberg even Wilson, let us see their days and battles. Fill the show out with more of a report rather than thinking we want to see the lead two, plus Gronholm. Even the in-car is not that great with cameras either way to far back in the car or looking at the crew. Eurosport showed how in-car should be on the Monte and how a report can be for rallying. Get more cameras on the stage, yes I like seeing the car go flat out from the drivers view but I also love watching the thing slide like hell from the road side, or see it come over a crest flat out and slither its way down the road to the next corner.
What about the s2000 battle, PG Andersson is kicking ass and there has not been a hint of seing the battle going on down there.
I am a massive fan of Rallying and all motorsport, I compete myself in the British Rally Championship and this year I am hoping to raise the budget to rally in rounds in Europe. I was brought up an "anorach" of rallying and I will always be one, but come on Motors TV, get your act together your reports where awful. Like many others on here I was shocked at the sound, the editing and the shear crapness of the shows, yes we want to see the battle at the front and the closeness between the two leading but we also want to see the cars and the battles further down the field, we want to see the emotions of Henning (who by the way has never been seen yet on the reports after two days), we want to follow the rally as we where all promised and hoped for, we want to see a programme dedicated to the fan, the guys who go and watch it live when they can and know what rallying is all about. Not this, this is worse than Dave was last year, but at least they knew how to let the viewer know what was going on, in between the bits where some random zz celeb let us know what he thought about rallying.
I am sorry Motors TV but rethink how you want the WRC coverage to look or I think your deal to air it will be a short one!.

Sun 14/02/10 - 02:42

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Who is this commentator? Does he chain smoke cigarettes, and or cigars? Why can't actually speak a sentance. Where is his excitement? Has he ever been to a WRC event? Does he know how to pronounce the driver's names? Why are there no highlights throughout the stages? What about some of the collisions? Why no coverage of Ken Block?

I hope you people can get your act together. These are trying times for WRC with a fanbase that is ever shrinking with the demise of Subaru, Suzuki to name a few.

If I wanted a highschool dropout commentator, I would have hired one. Oh, it looks like you have.

THIS IS A HORRIBLE START TO A FANTASTIC FORM OF MOTORSPORTS!

Get it right!

Sun 14/02/10 - 02:42

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EUROSPORT rules! Motors TV, not so much.

Sun 14/02/10 - 02:43

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There is an "H" in "HIRVONEN" the finnish fans chant Hirvonen. Not Irvonen!

Get this man a ventilator so he can finish a sentance without haveing to have a break.

Sun 14/02/10 - 02:46

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You have succeeded in making an exciting form of motorsports seem dull and uninviting. Just as bad as all the American Car Magazines that talk about trunk space rather than how EXCITING the car is to drive. I'll continue to watch the coverage as I am a fan of the best form of Motorsports out there, but I may have to switch to "Dave" if your coverage doesn't improve.

Sun 14/02/10 - 03:09

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I am so disappointed with your WRC coverage. The commentry is just plain dull and it seems like he is going off and making a cup of tea or something every few minutes ,cause he just goes silent and doesnt seem to know what to say!

I hope this is just temporary teething problems. If not,the WRC is in big trouble!!!!

PULL YOUR FINGER OUT MOTORS TV!!!!!!

Sun 14/02/10 - 05:32

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what's with the music?

this is a race, not a night club!

Sun 14/02/10 - 06:45

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I got to the chance being in Australia to watch the local coverage which is the same as last years Eurosports coverage (not sure who the production team is) and I compared it to the Motors coverage. Night and day is the answer when comparing.

Yes Motors are producing an extra 23 minutes coverage (adds excluded) but its seems to me that all this extra is just onboards, which is useless on the Citroen's. The coverage just seemed about cars driving through the forest; forgive my ignorance but weren't they in a race and if so its the broadcasters duty to explain the race situation as it unfolds not just show the top 4 cars! Overall it was a very disjointed coverage that wasn't helped by a very average commentator.

As a comparison, the 'old coverage team' opened day 1 with highlights from the Karlstad super special and explained what happened to Petter. This was done by Motors in a quick one line sentence with no pictures.

I would have no idea how someone that doesn't have any rally knowledge could possibly follow the rally with this coverage. If I was North One I would be furious as I can't see how Motors are doing anything in promoting the WRC to new viewers.

Sun 14/02/10 - 10:25

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Day 1 3/10
Day 2 7/10 Too much onboard, not enough coverage in whole field. when will s2000 and pwrc be shown, it was mentioned last night as a seperate programme

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Sun 14/02/10 - 14:04

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I think my opinion is the same as most of the above comments, poor. I never thought i'd get bored with watching onboard footage, but 5 minutes of feeling like a back seat passenger trying to look out of the front window while wearing blurry glasses. Oh and having an annoying person sat next to you trying to comment on rallying when you know you probably cud do a better job blindfolded.

More outboard footage.

Again more reports of people further back, especially the popular drivers and entertaining drivers such as Solberg's bros, Kimi etc.

Improve quickly please as there will be alot of first time rally Kimi fan's who will think this is what rallying is like and it really isn't!

Sun 14/02/10 - 14:39

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Just listerning to rally radio live

The final stage is live on sweddish tv, motors really could have made a statement about how they will do things with wrc and had it live rather than another re-run of targa newfoundland from 2007!!!!

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Sun 14/02/10 - 14:58

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Having just watched both days so far of the WRC it is noted that the presenter stumbles over sentences, far to much on board coverage and where are all the road side cameras? Or is this another money saving scheme by not having proper coverage like we used to have

Sun 14/02/10 - 15:13

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There is only 5 guys on WRC Sweden???
in two days of coverage, still no show to Henning or Ilka Minor, her new co-driver...
or PG Andersson, Khalid Al Qassimi, Ogier...
its a shame!!!

The Sweden preview of DAVE was, by far, most complete than yours ... with the same images.

Please kick to Simon Hill and use the Paul King´s comments.
And see this video to learn how to do a coverage for a WRC, a real coverage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LocZuSPRl4

Best Regards from Chile.

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