Charlie Cox is too cocky.
Make Brundle the main commentator now.
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Charlie Cox is too cocky.
Make Brundle the main commentator now.
Hamster as a presenter? No.
That's about as annoying as Paul King in the WRC.
I cannot stand that patronizing voice.
ITV line-up is great
Ah, that must be the nostalgia cake.Quote:
Originally Posted by THE_LIBERATOR
Because there is no way in the world they should let him back near a microphone.
I mean Murray's a legend and all but can we PLEASE leave him in peace and drop this topic??
He was pretty much past it even in the 1990's. At the '06 and '07 OzGP's he was making three times the number of mistakes that Allen would be absolutely crucified for, despite not even being the main commentator.
Did Hamilton got the ratings up or not? Or is this due to many races not broadcasting on prime time?
ITV decided to let go in the middle of a 5 year contract.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daika
No-one knows why ITV did this and how much the BBC pay to buy out the contract.
The Brazilian GP got the highest UK ratings for any sporting event of last year. I'm not sure about the rest, but ITV has said that in general the ratings weren't brilliant. The message it has been trying to put across is that the ratings still didn't justify the outlay, but I think there is a bit more to this than meets the eye.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daika
mmm well good on the BBC for getting it back- wonder whether BTCC will follow suit in a year or so- I wonder whether ITV's lack of interactive/HD was part of the issue??
having watched some of todays Malaysian GP (and slept through the second half of it) I'm hoping that the Beeb will get rid of James Allen- for years he wittered on endlessly about his beloved Schumi and now all he can talk about is Lewis Hamilton (whether he's a factor in the race or not)- there are 21 other drivers out there you know- and 3 of them beat Hamilton today
go Kimi!!!!!!!!!!!
While it would be great to lose the adverts I am a little cautious about this. I think that ITV's coverage is, in general, really good. It's pretty much the only thing that ITV still does well, the majority of its other output has become incredibly low-brow in the past few years. Also, ITV have a lot of channels to mess with so that races and even qualifying are now all broadcast live at least somwhere. The BBC has the same number of channels but neither start until 7PM, and both are frankly under threat due to the criticism received from cutbacks that the BBC have made in other areas. I really hope that they do broadcast qualifying in full and they don't have someone like Gary Lineker commentating. The BBC made a complete hash of the ChampCar races that they broadcast a few years ago.
But at least the old Fleetwood Mac theme will be back, ITV's themes change every other year and each is a little bit worse than the one before. The graphics on the credits are incredibly cheesy too. I can't help but laugh at that bit with Coulthard and the roulette wheel.
Will the Positions Graphics change?
Once again the GP had adverts adverts adverts, and the constant James Alan Lewis Hamilton love fest is doing my head in as is Hamiltons father.