AusV8 TV coverage in NZ [formerly TV3 - Another raw deal on coverage] - Page 14

Southern Man · 3 Mar 2013, 18:25 (Ref:3213768)

Only caught race 2 in full but it is the first time for some time that I have actually watched a V8 supercar race with the intensity that I normaly reserve for watching a F1 race. Definately the best TV coverage of a a V8SC race for quite some time.

Damn good result for Little Cheese too

promax · 3 Mar 2013, 19:15 (Ref:3213781)

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Originally Posted by smokin'joe

mate, it was terrible. do you realise how long i had to wait to nip away to the dunnie and pop out side for a durry....... no bluury ad breaks and only one safety car.....Sky Sport are definately not looking after me with their coverage !!

no more of those annoying music videos of cars crash.. no more ot matey, mate, mate chats, no more midnight races. AWESOME!!!!!!!!

Ugy · 3 Mar 2013, 19:39 (Ref:3213785)

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Originally Posted by promax

no more of those annoying music videos of cars crash.. no more ot matey, mate, mate chats, no more midnight races. AWESOME!!!!!!!!

Not to mention Doull the tool .......don't know where they got him from

Goat Boy · 3 Mar 2013, 21:08 (Ref:3213804)

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Originally Posted by Ugy

Not to mention Doull the tool .......don't know where they got him from

Er, the Black Caps I think?

promax · 3 Mar 2013, 21:26 (Ref:3213810)

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Originally Posted by Ugy

Not to mention Doull the tool .......don't know where they got him from

hmm the rock reporters

NZSTfan · 3 Mar 2013, 21:59 (Ref:3213824)

Yes i too enjoyed this weekends coverage and was on the edge of my seat for the final laps after the SC slowed everyone down.

Go the giz, what a fantastic victory for the person who has had to deal with so much B/S from people around him.

Question though: if we go NASCAR stylee, who would have won the potential biffo between Fabian and Garth?? My money is on the kiwi, although i do think he was to blame for the incident in qually.

And what a stand out weekend for McGlaughlin....Mr consistent for sure. Gary Rogers must be happy with that one.

Goat Boy · 3 Mar 2013, 23:24 (Ref:3213848)

Free to air TV is not a great medium for sports events I must say, proven by how enjoyable the internet stream of the Bathurst 12 hour was.

I see that Murdoch is selling his stake in Sky TV NZ, this will no doubt make them much less evil too, but as long as they keep screening that awful Adventure Time on the Cartoon Network almost non-stop, they will remain evil...

Ugy · 3 Mar 2013, 23:29 (Ref:3213851)

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Originally Posted by promax

hmm the rock reporters

My bad, got him mixed up with Farrelly. Apologies Simon.

smokin'joe · 4 Mar 2013, 03:02 (Ref:3213902)

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Originally Posted by Ugy

My bad, got him mixed up with Farrelly. Apologies Simon.

yes, they had Farrelly as well as Doull and Tracey

Silencer · 4 Mar 2013, 07:39 (Ref:3213949)

I wounder if Sky will show the GP races as it's not officially a championship round and it's on a different channel in Aus.

Tracy · 4 Mar 2013, 08:45 (Ref:3213978)

According to the Sky Sport facebook page they are in negotiations for the V8 races at the Aussie Grand Prix so fingers crossed we might get to see them

**Woolley** · 4 Mar 2013, 13:55 (Ref:3214076)

Since this discussion has now moved on, I've changed the title to reflect the subject better.

NZSTfan · 4 Mar 2013, 21:50 (Ref:3214250)

yes i was wondering about that too re: the AGP. Makes sense for sky to screen the v8's as well as the F1.

Also i wonder if sky has thought of screening the DVS races too?

We are so in need of a dedicated motorpsort channel in NZ

Alpina107 · 5 Mar 2013, 10:54 (Ref:3214473)

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Originally Posted by NZSTfan

We are so in need of a dedicated motorpsort channel in NZ

Do you really think a single motorsport channel, even if it is "dedicated", could do justice to all of the live events, especially as the scheduling often means that 2 or even 3 events are running simultaneously?

Surely Sky, with at least 4 sport channels (including ESPN) already covers things better.

F1 - practice x 3, qualifying and race, ALL LIVE
GP2 - All races live
GP3 - races live or same-day delayed. (Maybe not this year with Mitch now in GP2)
Indy car - all races live, extended coverage of Indy qualifying.
NASCAR - all Sprint Cup races live, plus delayed Nationwide Cup
WTCC - full race coverage, usually delayed.
WRC - same-day highlights packages
V8SC - all races live (based on Clipsall, all practice & qualifying sessions, too)
WSBK - all races live (as well as Super Stock)
Moto GP - all races live, plus support classes.
NHRA - most events live (qualifying and finals)

Even if you don't follow all of the classes (and I've probably missed some off the list), there's bound to be something there for anyone who at least a bit of petrol in their veins. With most of these live and with repeats/highlights in the following days, it's about as good as anyone could reasonably expect.

PS: I don't work for Sky TV.

sizzle · 5 Mar 2013, 11:50 (Ref:3214492)

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Originally Posted by Alpina107

Do you really think a single motorsport channel, even if it is "dedicated", could do justice to all of the live events, especially as the scheduling often means that 2 or even 3 events are running simultaneously?

Surely Sky, with at least 4 sport channels (including ESPN) already covers things better.

F1 - practice x 3, qualifying and race, ALL LIVE
GP2 - All races live
GP3 - races live or same-day delayed. (Maybe not this year with Mitch now in GP2)
Indy car - all races live, extended coverage of Indy qualifying.
NASCAR - all Sprint Cup races live, plus delayed Nationwide Cup
WTCC - full race coverage, usually delayed.
WRC - same-day highlights packages
V8SC - all races live (based on Clipsall, all practice & qualifying sessions, too)
WSBK - all races live (as well as Super Stock)
Moto GP - all races live, plus support classes.
NHRA - most events live (qualifying and finals)

Even if you don't follow all of the classes (and I've probably missed some off the list), there's bound to be something there for anyone who at least a bit of petrol in their veins. With most of these live and with repeats/highlights in the following days, it's about as good as anyone could reasonably expect.

PS: I don't work for Sky TV.

We have speed which is pretty good and has a lot of those (including V8ST) but we have to put up with commercial FTA for F1 and MotoGP, can we get Sky

Swedish Brick · 5 Mar 2013, 18:18 (Ref:3214670)

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Originally Posted by Alpina107

Do you really think a single motorsport channel, even if it is "dedicated", could do justice to all of the live events, especially as the scheduling often means that 2 or even 3 events are running simultaneously?

Surely Sky, with at least 4 sport channels (including ESPN) already covers things better.

F1 - practice x 3, qualifying and race, ALL LIVE
GP2 - All races live
GP3 - races live or same-day delayed. (Maybe not this year with Mitch now in GP2)
Indy car - all races live, extended coverage of Indy qualifying.
NASCAR - all Sprint Cup races live, plus delayed Nationwide Cup
WTCC - full race coverage, usually delayed.
WRC - same-day highlights packages
V8SC - all races live (based on Clipsall, all practice & qualifying sessions, too)
WSBK - all races live (as well as Super Stock)
Moto GP - all races live, plus support classes.
NHRA - most events live (qualifying and finals)

Even if you don't follow all of the classes (and I've probably missed some off the list), there's bound to be something there for anyone who at least a bit of petrol in their veins. With most of these live and with repeats/highlights in the following days, it's about as good as anyone could reasonably expect.

PS: I don't work for Sky TV.

What about dtm, alms, wec, wtcc, etc

Alpina107 · 5 Mar 2013, 19:37 (Ref:3214715)

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Originally Posted by Swedish Brick

What about dtm, alms, wec, wtcc, etc

I was mostly focusing on the ones shown live.

However, I did specifically mentioned WTCC because it's one that I have followed since the days of the orginal WTCC in 1987. And unlike NASCAR, V8SC, TLX & NZST it's actually based on real cars with real DNA, with the current specs for S2000 Touring Cars quite close to those for S2000 Rally. Do we really want to reignite the DNA argument?

I'm pretty sure we used to see some regular DTM here, but I can't recall seeing any for a while. Yes, there are other series like ALMS that get occasional coverage on Sky - not a lot, but probably in line with their local support base.

socram · 5 Mar 2013, 20:59 (Ref:3214754)

With a list like that, then it is even more compelling to have a dedicated motorsport channel. Why scatter the motorsport across three or 4 Sky channels when it could be in one place?

With most sport being at the weekend anyway, there are always going to be clashes, but the opportunity also exists to run historic motorsport replays from whatever you want to call the golden years and even fictional motorsport such as Steve McQueen's "Le Mans", "Grand Prix" etc., midweek.

They could also do motorsport current affairs chat shows (again) and overall, encourage more coverage of local motorsport, replay those excellent mega factory docos (cars) and any other stuff that is floating around. There are even motoring magazine programmes on choice TV (free to air). No shortage of material.

Personally, I have always felt that some protest far too much if their event is delayed by an hour or two. What difference does it make as long as you don't know the result?

NZSTfan · 5 Mar 2013, 22:03 (Ref:3214777)

I agree about the choice TV shows. I was introduced to 'Autospeed' by a friend a couple of weeks back. Tis a good program that one.

I take your point alpina, but i still think this justifies a dedicated channel, especially when we have a dedicated rugby channel.

One thing that is cool about having supercars go to sky is the replays. Just about everytime so far this week that i have turned on the sports channels there have been replays (mostly in HD) of the weekends action. Great stuff.

Also, for those interested, i think on March 13th is the Isle of Man, which is always insane to watch

NZSTfan · 7 Mar 2013, 01:45 (Ref:3215340)

This might make some non-sky subscribers happy...

http://www.speedcafe.co.nz/2013/03/0...o-free-to-air/

Armco Bender · 8 Mar 2013, 00:53 (Ref:3215815)

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This might make some non-sky subscribers happy...

and some sky subscribers unhappy....delayed coverage...ad breaks....

NZSTfan · 11 Mar 2013, 02:54 (Ref:3216864)

Does anyone know if we get the V8's on sky this weekend at the AGP?

I have found all of the F1 bookings but nothing for the V8's.

So, if you are into your F1 you wont find it (well today anyway) on the 'search programmes' feature. I just went into 'guide' then 'sport' and then worked my way through it.

P1 starts at about 2pm on friday, P2 later that day and so on.

Tracy · 11 Mar 2013, 23:44 (Ref:3217271)

According to Sky's facebook this morning, we aren't getting the AGP V8 races

"V8 coverage from the Melbourne F1 was not made available to us. Unfortunately we cannot broadcast this."

nistfan · 12 Mar 2013, 00:01 (Ref:3217277)

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Originally Posted by Tracy

According to Sky's facebook this morning, we aren't getting the AGP V8 races

"V8 coverage from the Melbourne F1 was not made available to us. Unfortunately we cannot broadcast this."

Mr E controls the TV at Grand Prix, dont think we have ever had it, and also its not a Championship round anyway..

socram · 12 Mar 2013, 03:01 (Ref:3217319)

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Originally Posted by nistfan

Mr E controls the TV at Grand Prix, dont think we have ever had it, and also its not a Championship round anyway..

And don't forget that Mr E. doesn't just control the broadcast TV at F1, he owns it!

He is also on record that no other category of racing is important and therefore TV coverage of any other racing only dilutes the focus on/of F1.

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