TV coverage of the 2012 FIA championship.

[OEM]

I've just watched the tv coverage of the first round of the championship on Men & Motors. I have to say that it's quite poor. Daryl does a great job I hasten to add, but as for the rest of it, I'm not impressed, to the point of not letting sponsors know it's being aired. Another missed opp to promote the sport and get more sponsors chomping at the bit to get money in the pot.

What do you good people think? I'm interested to know, and need to feed it back to the bean counters.

[leffehoegaarden]

It was as dull as a wet weekend, but it was a wet weekend that weekend.

You can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear.

[OEM]

leffehoegaarden said:

It was as dull as a wet weekend, but it was a wet weekend that weekend.

You can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear.

Regardless of the wet weekend, there was still quite a lot of racing over the course of the weekend, but they appear to have filled the time with cars and teams that were not even there, or are not even entered in the championship in 2012 in the fill sequences.And as for the sound,well, I'm speechless. Just think that they have missed an opportunity to promote the sport yet again. It will be interesting to see how the Tierp coverage compares to the Main event coverage, as the conditions were not far off identical.

[Silent1]

OEM said:

<...>I'm not impressed, to the point of not letting sponsors know it's being aired. <...>

WHy aren't you letting them know? No matter how poor the quality, it's TV air time and surely they will want that?

[OEM]

Silent1 said:

WHy aren't you letting them know? No matter how poor the quality, it's TV air time and surely they will want that?

Granted, yes they will like the air time. However, I believe that they could have used the coverage attained to portray the sport in a better light, and it could then have been used as a tool to entice potentials to invest not only in the track, but in teams also. Everyone is struggling out there at the moment, and I think that it has not shown drag racing in a positive way, and it's yet another opportunity missed to lift the sport into realms it deserves.

[Silent1]

OEM said:

Silent1 said:

WHy aren't you letting them know? No matter how poor the quality, it's TV air time and surely they will want that?

Granted, yes they will like the air time. However, I believe that they could have used the coverage attained to portray the sport in a better light, and it could then have been used as a tool to entice potentials to invest not only in the track, but in teams also. Everyone is struggling out there at the moment, and I think that it has not shown drag racing in a positive way, and it's yet another opportunity missed to lift the sport into realms it deserves.

I'm inferring from reading that, that you don't have a team and are involved in something else? Because the way it reads it sounds like you own a track or something because IMHO sponsors of cars couldn't care less about commentary etc they only care about screen time of their advert.
I am saying this all without having seen the show so I am running blind a bit and the show could have been absolutely horrific!

[Turbobird1]

it was not good i just watched it as i recorded it,
nothing that would entice anyone to bother to attend,
ok the weather played a big part of that and couldnt be helped but even so,
What did that show do for the MPM brand for instance,

[redvictor]

Turbobird1 said:

it was not good i just watched it as i recorded it,
nothing that would entice anyone to bother to attend,
ok the weather played a big part of that and couldnt be helped but even so,
What did that show do for the MPM brand for instance,

I haven't seen it yet. Was it as bad as that?

[NitroWars]

redvictor said:

Turbobird1 said:

it was not good i just watched it as i recorded it,
nothing that would entice anyone to bother to attend,
ok the weather played a big part of that and couldnt be helped but even so,
What did that show do for the MPM brand for instance,

I haven't seen it yet. Was it as bad as that?

Andy, Graham said it was so it must have been... Shoots from the hip, I like that in a person!

[OEM]

Turbobird1 said:

it was not good i just watched it as i recorded it,
nothing that would entice anyone to bother to attend,
ok the weather played a big part of that and couldnt be helped but even so,
What did that show do for the MPM brand for instance,

To be fair Graham, not a great deal. Didn't do a great deal for the additional sponsors that we are trying to attract to the track and sport either. I dont think the production will make many people who stumbled upon the TV show, and are not familiar with the sport grab their keys and head to the track in the future. Surely we need to promote the sport at a the professional level it deserves, and I'm sorry to say that it missed the mark. It will be interesting to see how the Tierp coverage comes off, as the weather conditions and down times over the weekend were very similar.
You dont need to answer, but if you were looking to get sponsored by a large corporation, would you be comfortable with showing them the end coverage show? And as a tool, do you think it would sway a potential into parting with a considerable amount of money to run a full series.

[MotorPsycho]

If its anything like the FIA review DVD from last year, oh dear

[OEM]

Silent1 said:

I'm inferring from reading that, that you don't have a team and are involved in something else? Because the way it reads it sounds like you own a track or something because IMHO sponsors of cars couldn't care less about commentary etc they only care about screen time of their advert.
I am saying this all without having seen the show so I am running blind a bit and the show could have been absolutely horrific!

I am involved in the sport Oli, and do help a few teams where we can. Would have to say that Daryl did a sterling job as normal, and sponsors are interested in the complete package,visually/audio and overall perception, as even they have to build business cases and justifications to commit to funding. I don't believe personaly, and I'm entiteled to say it, that the finished show was not the best that it could have been, and opportunities have been missed to bang the drum, or even give individuals the tools to go and bang the drum and entice new and fresh corporations to contributing to the track and teams.

[Flying Toilet]

I watched the repeat on Motors TV at midnight last night.

I just felt the colour was really flat on the whole thing and the sound was terrible.

One thing they did fairly report on was the weather problems good or bad and some of the on board cameras were excellent, especially the one on the rear wing of Risto's car but that was as good as it got.

Darryl must of had a real tough task trying to hype that one up but then what can he do when the later rounds suffered with a lot of bye runs due to time constraints on the day?

All in all, a 1,000,000% better than the Easter coverage which made me sea sick with all the wobbly camera action from the VIP stand.

[Silent1]

OEM said:

Silent1 said:

I'm inferring from reading that, that you don't have a team and are involved in something else? Because the way it reads it sounds like you own a track or something because IMHO sponsors of cars couldn't care less about commentary etc they only care about screen time of their advert.
I am saying this all without having seen the show so I am running blind a bit and the show could have been absolutely horrific!

I am involved in the sport Oli, and do help a few teams where we can. Would have to say that Daryl did a sterling job as normal, and sponsors are interested in the complete package,visually/audio and overall perception, as even they have to build business cases and justifications to commit to funding. I don't believe personaly, and I'm entiteled to say it, that the finished show was not the best that it could have been, and opportunities have been missed to bang the drum, or even give individuals the tools to go and bang the drum and entice new and fresh corporations to contributing to the track and teams.

Sorry my last post didn't come across as well as it could have, when i said "something else" i meant involved with the sport but not as a team owner/car owner.
I'm just playing devils advocate here as i've always heard from sponsors (not in drag racing albeit) that any air time is good because no matter how poor the presenters etc all they want is screen time as that draws in more people and sells the product.

ETA. I see it is on Motors TV today at 16:20 so i'll watch it then

[Turbobird1]

there was no colour, no interviews, no humour, As said Darryl and Abby did their usual best and its no fault of theirs as they dont control the final cut, a pit walk. meet the drivers and riders,tech facts on the cars and bikes running around the fire up road snatching pre race comments from drivers as they suit up and give off the cuff remarks without thinking, a lot of ways to jazz it up, and that needed jazzing up big time iv seen better finnished articals from sportsman events when i raced super mod, Richard....not a fkin chance
oh maybe you know who David Ventnor is ??

Edited by Turbobird1 on Wednesday 20th June 10:14

[OEM]

Turbobird1 said:

there was no colour, no interviews, no humour, As said Darryl and Abby did their usual best and its no fault of theirs as they dont control the final cut, a pit walk. meet the drivers and riders,tech facts on the cars and bikes running around the fire up road snatching pre race comments from drivers as they suit up and give off the cuff remarks without thinking, a lot of ways to jazz it up, and that needed jazzing up big time iv seen better finnished articals from sportsman events when i raced super mod, Richard....not a fkin chance
oh maybe you know who David Ventnor is ??

Edited by Turbobird1 on Wednesday 20th June 10:14

Agree with all you've said Graham. And for the life of me, cannot fathom out what they are hoping to achieve by releasing such a production. In my eye's, I can say that there are a few people asking and thinking the same as I.

No idea on the Ventnor Guy? Is he an aircon installer or something?

[OEM]

Turbobird1 said:

there was no colour, no interviews, no humour, As said Darryl and Abby did their usual best and its no fault of theirs as they dont control the final cut, a pit walk. meet the drivers and riders,tech facts on the cars and bikes running around the fire up road snatching pre race comments from drivers as they suit up and give off the cuff remarks without thinking, a lot of ways to jazz it up, and that needed jazzing up big time iv seen better finnished articals from sportsman events when i raced super mod, Richard....not a fkin chance
oh maybe you know who David Ventnor is ??

Edited by Turbobird1 on Wednesday 20th June 10:14

I thought not.

[Turbobird1]

OEM said:

Turbobird1 said:

there was no colour, no interviews, no humour, As said Darryl and Abby did their usual best and its no fault of theirs as they dont control the final cut, a pit walk. meet the drivers and riders,tech facts on the cars and bikes running around the fire up road snatching pre race comments from drivers as they suit up and give off the cuff remarks without thinking, a lot of ways to jazz it up, and that needed jazzing up big time iv seen better finnished articals from sportsman events when i raced super mod, Richard....not a fkin chance
oh maybe you know who David Ventnor is ??

Edited by Turbobird1 on Wednesday 20th June 10:14

I thought not.

well i cant find his name on the entry list

[Upatdawn]

Sack the producers and film crew

[Turbobird1]

its unusual to have tp pack a whole event in one program, there are usualy 2 or 3 i seem to recall,
maybe thats why the content suffered just mashing in the barest bones of the racing so it could al be shown ???