F1 TV - Initial Impressions
Discussion
Sam993 said:
How did the race stream work, anyone? Did they manage to fix the stream dropping out issues?
In short, no! It already was not working properly 90 mins before lights out.After quali they sent an email to everyone saying they’re going to refund 2 weeks worth of subscription.
Hope they can get it sorted!
The Moose said:
Sam993 said:
How did the race stream work, anyone? Did they manage to fix the stream dropping out issues?
In short, no! It already was not working properly 90 mins before lights out.After quali they sent an email to everyone saying they’re going to refund 2 weeks worth of subscription.
Hope they can get it sorted!
Yes, because they are at the cutting edge with their products!
https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&a...
I'm off for a cuppa - but definitely not Tetley!
https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&a...
I'm off for a cuppa - but definitely not Tetley!
Of course Tata delivers the feeds from the track back to the editing suite at Biggin Hill, so you'd think they'd be able to get that leg of it right.
I'm no marketing guru but I would have thought offering it up for free on a trial basis while the teething problems were sorted out might have resulted in more subscription conversions?
I'm no marketing guru but I would have thought offering it up for free on a trial basis while the teething problems were sorted out might have resulted in more subscription conversions?
carl_w said:
Of course Tata delivers the feeds from the track back to the editing suite at Biggin Hill, so you'd think they'd be able to get that leg of it right.
I'm no marketing guru but I would have thought offering it up for free on a trial basis while the teething problems were sorted out might have resulted in more subscription conversions?
They do the usual bs telling you how it’s sorted etc.I'm no marketing guru but I would have thought offering it up for free on a trial basis while the teething problems were sorted out might have resulted in more subscription conversions?
It’s useless to me if I can’t watch the F1!
It's terrible in the UK at the minute.
Definitely not worth having.
Can't wait though until it's fleshed out a bit with content and the rights are renegotiated so we get live races like elsewhere.
Shame that seemingly the more modern years aren't going to have full races and there isn't enough for the older seasons yet.
Definitely not worth having.
Can't wait though until it's fleshed out a bit with content and the rights are renegotiated so we get live races like elsewhere.
Shame that seemingly the more modern years aren't going to have full races and there isn't enough for the older seasons yet.
Mr Pointy said:
Do you have any actual knowledge of the F1TV infrastructure or are you just making it up?
Only what I read. Google is your friend: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2015/11/the-real-race...carl_w said:
Mr Pointy said:
Do you have any actual knowledge of the F1TV infrastructure or are you just making it up?
Only what I read. Google is your friend: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2015/11/the-real-race...Mr Pointy said:
That was written in 2015 before Liberty Media were in control.
Has the contract with Tata been torn up then? They don't seem to think so https://www.tatacommunications.com/sports/formula-... -- they even mention the 300 Mbit/s MPLS link back to the UK in the "Connectivity" section.Ross Brawn mentions the Biggin Hill production facility earlier this year https://www.telegraph.co.uk/formula-1/2018-preview...
More hints on how it works in the official announcement: https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2018/...
Sounds like the raw video stream is backhauled over the Tata MPLS link to the production facility in Biggin Hill, which then distributes it to iStreamPlanet who then package up what they want with appropriate codecs and then dump it back into the Internet via Tata's CDN.
Edited by carl_w on Sunday 3rd June 11:55
Chrisgr31 said:
I think the commentary team is Will Buxton and someone else. They did the NBC commentary last year. I guess they are using Sky for the archive stuff as thats what they have.
I’m pretty certain the live commentary team were the Sky team (for the few live sessions I watched before getting rid)Chrisgr31 said:
I think the commentary team is Will Buxton and someone else. They did the NBC commentary last year. I guess they are using Sky for the archive stuff as thats what they have.
Would be great if they could hire Ben Edwards from C4 once C4 is done with F1. He's my favourite commentator out of the current English speaking F1 bunch. Him and Coulthard make a good unbiased team (unlike Croft and Brundle).Sam993 said:
Chrisgr31 said:
I think the commentary team is Will Buxton and someone else. They did the NBC commentary last year. I guess they are using Sky for the archive stuff as thats what they have.
Would be great if they could hire Ben Edwards from C4 once C4 is done with F1. He's my favourite commentator out of the current English speaking F1 bunch. Him and Coulthard make a good unbiased team (unlike Croft and Brundle).Still, life would be boring if we all liked the same thing!
geeks said:
Sam993 said:
Chrisgr31 said:
I think the commentary team is Will Buxton and someone else. They did the NBC commentary last year. I guess they are using Sky for the archive stuff as thats what they have.
Would be great if they could hire Ben Edwards from C4 once C4 is done with F1. He's my favourite commentator out of the current English speaking F1 bunch. Him and Coulthard make a good unbiased team (unlike Croft and Brundle).Still, life would be boring if we all liked the same thing!
Sam993 said:
geeks said:
Sam993 said:
Chrisgr31 said:
I think the commentary team is Will Buxton and someone else. They did the NBC commentary last year. I guess they are using Sky for the archive stuff as thats what they have.
Would be great if they could hire Ben Edwards from C4 once C4 is done with F1. He's my favourite commentator out of the current English speaking F1 bunch. Him and Coulthard make a good unbiased team (unlike Croft and Brundle).Still, life would be boring if we all liked the same thing!
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