BTCC ITV coverage - Page 3

**Tim Falce** · 12 Apr 2010, 19:15 (Ref:2671590)

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Originally Posted by touring fan01

That would mean having every car equipped with satellite linked continuously filming live-broadcast in-car camera's.

Do you have any idea of the cost and logistics of that?! And apart from F1 and maybe Nascar do you know any series where every car has got live satellite-linked always-filming onboard camera's?

Get real.

I didn't think any of them were satellite linked, you'd need a fairly big dish on each car if they were. Radio linked video isn't that expensive and in terms of BTCC would be peanuts and it's not beyond the realms of normal club racing.

courageous · 12 Apr 2010, 19:33 (Ref:2671594)

Also, there may be a legal point - I have worked with railway station CCTV before & once a recording is taken as legal evidence it can be used for that purpose only.
I wonder if stewards rules are based on similar principles?

sceptic · 12 Apr 2010, 23:46 (Ref:2671720)

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Originally Posted by touring fan01

That would mean having every car equipped with satellite linked continuously filming live-broadcast in-car camera's.

Do you have any idea of the cost and logistics of that?! And apart from F1 and maybe Nascar do you know any series where every car has got live onboard camera's?

It doesn't even happen in NASCAR and F1.

NASCAR only has on-board cameras in 8 (sometimes 9) cars, out of 43.
F1 has cameras with links on 24 cars, but only 8 at a time are switched on (this is remote controlled).

Indeed there isn't a series in the world where every car has a live on-board camera which is always on.

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Originally Posted by Tim Falce

Radio linked video isn't that expensive and in terms of BTCC would be peanuts and it's not beyond the realms of normal club racing.

I don't know how much money there is in whatever club racing you watch, but I'd love to have some of it!

The licence to use the equipment is £90 per frequency per day to start with.

Once you take into account the equipment hire, cabling, a crane to mount your receive antenna, staff to rig and operate it all, and insurance, then you are looking at figures in the tens of thousands of pounds per weekend just for a handful of cars.

tux1234 · 13 Apr 2010, 12:55 (Ref:2671978)

Errr lads has anyone noticed that Btcc has disappeared off of the program guides on sky and itv.

mattt · 13 Apr 2010, 14:10 (Ref:2672017)

I very much doubt it will be on the guides yet as they only usually a week in advance and its still just under two weeks away

touring fan01 · 13 Apr 2010, 16:21 (Ref:2672098)

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Originally Posted by tux1234

Errr lads has anyone noticed that Btcc has disappeared off of the program guides on sky and itv.

Err, dont know what dodgy listing guide you use or maybe youve been looking at the wrong date. Go to ITV website and look at the guide for Sunday 25th April and there is the BTCC;
http://www.itv.com/TVGuide/default.h...3&tvgBegin=283

Jacques Rabbit · 23 Apr 2010, 15:52 (Ref:2678520)

Sorry to bring up an old thread, but do you know when they two live races are expected to start (GMT is fine; I can convert)? I tried finding the TV timetable on BTCC's website but it only told me the start and end times of the entire coverage. Thanks!

gregc · 23 Apr 2010, 16:26 (Ref:2678542)

You can find the timetable for the whole event here on the official site.

Jacques Rabbit · 23 Apr 2010, 16:50 (Ref:2678562)

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Originally Posted by gregc

You can find the timetable for the whole event here on the official site.

Thank you so much!

dyewat808 · 24 Apr 2010, 08:32 (Ref:2678891)

There was a thread on the Photography section if I remember rightly about something similar.

The guy bought a special camera with a whole range of fittings. It'd be cool to get a bunch of those for a club meeting and record the race!

skells22 · 24 Apr 2010, 12:54 (Ref:2678972)

found out that we need to go to ITV . com to see all of the races live as ITV has decide to stream the action on the PC meaning i able to watch the 3rd live!

Rockmunky · 25 Apr 2010, 14:07 (Ref:2679367)

Not bothering at all with the Clios though...

Alfa Fan · 25 Apr 2010, 14:11 (Ref:2679369)

Hmm strange...also anyone noticed that the channel is called ITV 5 ?

Craner Curves · 25 Apr 2010, 14:32 (Ref:2679380)

I like Simon Hill in this role today. Louise Goodman is hopeless as ever. One complaint is that there are a lack of replays. When Shaun Hollamby retired from race two, we could have done with a replay to show him being shoved into Arthur Forster by James Nash, but instead all we got was Tim Harvey seeing the Golf on the grass and assuming he'd set it up with too much rear brake and span out.

Rockmunky · 25 Apr 2010, 14:33 (Ref:2679381)

So, now the online feed's gone down?
This is not good ITV, not good at all.

Earlier we've had a disorganised programme of highlights, Louise Goodman muddling her words more than my dad after a stint at the pub, then whilst the Clio's were on in the background, ANOTHER interview with Tim Harvey.

I am not a happy boy.

mark_l · 25 Apr 2010, 14:44 (Ref:2679386)

Why didn't they show the Clio's and now we have tech problems.

I am not holding out much hope of seeing the BTCC rd 3 live on ITV

skells22 · 25 Apr 2010, 14:47 (Ref:2679387)

er, can i remind you that cricket was on at the same time as the clios and if i was ITV you better say sorry for these headaches!

mark_l · 25 Apr 2010, 14:48 (Ref:2679388)

I meant ITV.com but they missed the entire Clio race.

Contractual reasons?

Rockmunky · 25 Apr 2010, 14:54 (Ref:2679389)

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Originally Posted by skells22

er, can i remind you that cricket was on at the same time as the clios and if i was ITV you better say sorry for these headaches!

It just wasn't.

The Clio race started at 14:45, during numerous interviews with Marting Johnson, Tim Harvey etc, you could HEAR the Clio's starting in the background.

The online wasn't even on at that time, the message was "coverage from Rockingham will start shortly" or something to that effect.

skells22 · 25 Apr 2010, 15:06 (Ref:2679393)

the stream is fixed

mark_l · 25 Apr 2010, 15:10 (Ref:2679395)

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Originally Posted by skells22

the stream is fixed

fixed on the slowing down lap of the G50's.

dyewat808 · 25 Apr 2010, 16:35 (Ref:2679428)

Dunno what all the fuss is about. I didn't even think I'd see Race 3 of the BTCC, so I am a happy boy. An internet stream is better than watching it later in the highlights, in my view.

And Alfa Fan, I noticed that ITV5 thing too. Maybe its just a temporary name that they give when only streaming stuff over the web?

redshoes · 25 Apr 2010, 16:39 (Ref:2679430)

ITV need to do something about the cricket coverage as well. There seems to be a smudge on the top left corner of every camera lens.

skells22 · 25 Apr 2010, 16:40 (Ref:2679431)

by the way, next weekend ITV4 will start at 11.30am on the BTCC and will go to 6.00pm

duke_toaster · 25 Apr 2010, 16:49 (Ref:2679438)

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Originally Posted by redshoes

ITV need to do something about the cricket coverage as well. There seems to be a smudge on the top left corner of every camera lens.

The reason for this is British broadcasting rules. The Indian host broadcasters keep on bringing ads up there (I'm pretty sure IMG have sold the rights to sponsor every single blade of grass) that would be banned in the UK, so they blur them out.

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