[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

[makinen_fan]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/111001

Finally someone talks negative about our lovely promoter. IMO Eurospot would have worked much better than them.

[Barreis]

Eurosport would do great job...

[jonkka]

Eurosport would do great job...

Perhaps but Eurosport is not free to view - manufacturers have previously stressed that the want to maximize number of people that they can reach and that means TV coverage must appear on free TV channels too.

[Mirek]

Perhaps but Eurosport is not free to view - manufacturers have previously stressed that the want to maximize number of people that they can reach and that means TV coverage must appear on free TV channels too.

That's new for me. I have been watching Eurosport over Astra satelite for ages without any payments.

[Jack4688`]

Personally I'd hate for WRC not to be on free to air TV but Eurosport is the next best thing. I pay £2.99 per month for Eurosport online and I can watch ERC, WTCC, ETCC, WSBK, BSB, Auto GP, ERX, Moto GP and probably more. It's not free but definitely worth it and so accessible. If WRC were on Eurosport I'm sure it would reach plenty of people. I'd even pay another £3 for WRC as the only option in the UK is an hour on Tuesday or Wednesday (depending on ITV4's mood that month) when I already know the result - I mean I'm not going to stay off autosport.com and crash.net between shakedown and the middle of the next week!

[RS]

Can someone tell me what the live coverage was from France? Helicopters, onboards, stage side??

[stefanvv]

Can someone tell me what the live coverage was from France? Helicopters, onboards, stage side??

Mostly helicopters & onboards.

[RS]

Can someone tell me what the live coverage was from France? Helicopters, onboards, stage side??

Mostly helicopters & onboards.

Cool, who provided that service for them?

[Doon]

Quote of the promoters in the Autosport article;

"We are in preparation for a very extensive live strategy for the rallies. We are already out with the new video game, we are working on a new mobile app''

If this is the main concern, then the WRC is in a deep mess!

Can't see the point of them pushing for 1 hour of live TV either, as it will be a Super Special or a Street Stage, which are pretty dull in terms of real action.

I'd be happy with 30mins of good quality footage each night of the event.

[Jack4688`]

Quote of the promoters in the Autosport article;

...We are already out with the new video game...

I hope they mean they're getting someone else to develop the game because the last 4 versions (I haven't played WRC4 but I know it will be sh#!) were just awful. Videos of the new one seem to show that it is exactly the same as WRC3. I hope to God that WRC4 is the last of the current line of WRC games and that the next game is made by a company that has some actual ability like the guys who made Forza Horizon/Forza Rally.