Motors TV to drop BTCC Coverage
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According to Motorsport news, Motors tv will no longer show live BTCC Coverage in 2007. Even though I'm plannng on being at most of the races next year it would have been nice to be able to video the races to watch when I got back. Looks like we'll just have to rely on the Itv Coverage. Sadly that means very little coverage of the support races.
Talking of which I have heard direct from a source that works for Silverstone Circuit, that Silverstone gave one date for the BTCC to race in 2007. BTCC didn't/couldn't do this date so Silverstone refused to host it. Hence why we have Rockingham on the 2007 calendar.
However back to the subject, I personally enjoyed the coverage of the BTCC that Motors TV gave many of us.
However back to the subject, I personally enjoyed the coverage of the BTCC that Motors TV gave many of us.
Marc W said:
According to Motorsport news, Motors tv will no longer show live BTCC Coverage in 2007. Even though I'm plannng on being at most of the races next year it would have been nice to be able to video the races to watch when I got back. Looks like we'll just have to rely on the Itv Coverage. Sadly that means very little coverage of the support races.
Keyword in the OP is live I've not seen anything anywhere else, but to drop a live transmission for a delayed broadcast makes sense for keeping to schedules should there be a major incident that delays everything else.
this lifted from the motors tv btcc forum:
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Alan Gow
Championship Administrator Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 398
As per the article in todays Motorsport News....MotorsTV won't be showing the BTCC or support races next year.
Whilst we appreciate the coverage MotorsTV have given, it should also be put into perspective; their coverage of the BTCC was viewed by only about 8% of the number of viewers that watch our ITV coverage - and in broadcast terms that, indeed, is a very small number of viewers.
To be fair, those small audience numbers that MotorsTV delivered are nearly impossible to justify, (given the very significant costs involved in producing such coverage), and it is perfectly understandable that they would wish to utilise their finite financial resources in a more efficient manner.
Broadcast arrangements (for all sports) change and develop all the time - nothing stays the same forever and this now also gives us the opportunity to explore other broadcast opportunities for the future, which we have not been able to do until now due to MotorsTV's exclusive digital-platform arrangement.
seems to suggest not showing at all not just live!
Quote:
Alan Gow
Championship Administrator Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 398
As per the article in todays Motorsport News....MotorsTV won't be showing the BTCC or support races next year.
Whilst we appreciate the coverage MotorsTV have given, it should also be put into perspective; their coverage of the BTCC was viewed by only about 8% of the number of viewers that watch our ITV coverage - and in broadcast terms that, indeed, is a very small number of viewers.
To be fair, those small audience numbers that MotorsTV delivered are nearly impossible to justify, (given the very significant costs involved in producing such coverage), and it is perfectly understandable that they would wish to utilise their finite financial resources in a more efficient manner.
Broadcast arrangements (for all sports) change and develop all the time - nothing stays the same forever and this now also gives us the opportunity to explore other broadcast opportunities for the future, which we have not been able to do until now due to MotorsTV's exclusive digital-platform arrangement.
seems to suggest not showing at all not just live!
This is the real problem of specialist "niche" channels. There just aren't enough people in the UK to support their coverage of certain events (or maybe evn the channel itself).
I often wonder how many viewers are actually watching Discovery Wings or National Georaphic at any one time. It can't be many.
I often wonder how many viewers are actually watching Discovery Wings or National Georaphic at any one time. It can't be many.
mutley said:
Keyword in the OP is live I've not seen anything anywhere else, but to drop a live transmission for a delayed broadcast makes sense for keeping to schedules should there be a major incident that delays everything else.
Sorry the live bit in that post was just me wording it badly, they are to drop all btcc coverage.
monkeyhanger said:
ITV have 4 channels available...
They could provide the same package as MotorsTV did with no problems at all.
They could provide the same package as MotorsTV did with no problems at all.
nah, they'd have to bump at least one episode of Corrie or some mind numbing Corrie spin-off, which would mean their phone system would run into meltdown with complaints.
Sounds like it is just plainly a cost cutting exercise with MotorsTV taking the brunt of the excuses with viewing figures quotes. I take it the TV coverage is provided and pain for by TOCA (or whoever Alan Gow is running the BTCC through nowadays)?
More answers from Alan Gow:-
Allow me to put some totally unfounded speculation to rest;
1. The decision not to continue for 2007 was entirely that of MotorsTV. We would have been very happy to continue our relationship with them, on exactly the same basis that has existed from some years.
2. We would not, and did not, charge MotorsTV any form of rights fee (or similar) to show the events...it was entirely free of charge to them, in that respect. As is normal, MotorsTV's financial outlay was for the extra production costs and satellite up-link needed to produce their own program.
3. ITV and ourselves were both fully supportive for the MotorsTV programming to continue, on exactly the same basis as previously.
There was/is absolutely no problem in the relationship between MotorsTV and/or ourselves and/or ITV....they merely decided that they wished to take their programming schedules in a different direction, and we have to respect their decision.
But for some people to speculate that either TOCA and/or ITV had, in some way, made it more difficult and/or more expensive for MotorsTV to continue is most unfair and totally incorrect.
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I have a feeling that Motors will be concentrating more on the longer sportscar races like Le Mans, wonder if the infulence of Audi & Peugeot has anything to do with it.
Allow me to put some totally unfounded speculation to rest;
1. The decision not to continue for 2007 was entirely that of MotorsTV. We would have been very happy to continue our relationship with them, on exactly the same basis that has existed from some years.
2. We would not, and did not, charge MotorsTV any form of rights fee (or similar) to show the events...it was entirely free of charge to them, in that respect. As is normal, MotorsTV's financial outlay was for the extra production costs and satellite up-link needed to produce their own program.
3. ITV and ourselves were both fully supportive for the MotorsTV programming to continue, on exactly the same basis as previously.
There was/is absolutely no problem in the relationship between MotorsTV and/or ourselves and/or ITV....they merely decided that they wished to take their programming schedules in a different direction, and we have to respect their decision.
But for some people to speculate that either TOCA and/or ITV had, in some way, made it more difficult and/or more expensive for MotorsTV to continue is most unfair and totally incorrect.
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I have a feeling that Motors will be concentrating more on the longer sportscar races like Le Mans, wonder if the infulence of Audi & Peugeot has anything to do with it.
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