Btcc Tv 2007

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Originally Posted by nicemms

I've done that in the past to record football on ITV4 but only trouble is if you have a bad quality scart lead the picture is often bad.

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A decent SCART lead would cost you less than £5...

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Originally Posted by tintin

May I suggest you drive carefully and instead try ITV3+1, which shows ITV3 programmes on a one hour delay...

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Good advice :up: :)

Im still confused about the coverage situation. Are Setanta showing all the BTCC races and support races Live like Motors used to?

And I have Virgin Media with basic channels, but at moment it says im not subscribed to this channel so is it free at weekends or what?

What was wrong with before?! Seems like a backward step to me this new TV deal!

ITVs digital channels are going to show ITVs main coverage of the BTCC for the first 5 events. This is the same coverage ITV1 showed last year.

For the Brands Hatch round, this weekend, ITV3 are showing the highlights and race 3 live at 4PM for 90 minutes.

This coverage is then being repeated on ITV1 at 11.45PM.

The second 5 events of the 2007 season will be shown live on ITV1.

The all-day live digital coverage that has been screened by Motors TV in recent years has moved to Setanta Sports.

This is because Motors TV chose not to renew their deal to show the series.

Setanta Sports will now show each meeting live in full on one of its channels. This weeekends action is on Setanta Sports 2.

Setanta is a subscription channel which costs £15 a month for the full package. (See www.setanta.com for details & to subscribe)

You will not be able to watch Setanta with your existing Virgin package unless you purchase the Setanta Sports package.

Selected programs are occasionally available freeview on Setanta, but this weekends BTCC will not be.

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Originally Posted by Alfa Fan

ITVs digital channels are going to show ITVs main coverage of the BTCC for the first 5 events. This is the same coverage ITV1 showed last year.

For the Brands Hatch round, this weekend, ITV3 are showing the highlights and race 3 live at 4PM for 90 minutes.

The second 5 events of the 2007 season will be shown live on ITV1.

The all-day live digital coverage that has been screened by Motors TV in recent years has moved to Setanta Sports.

This is because Motors TV chose not to renew their deal to show the series.

Setanta Sports will now show each meeting live in full on one of its channels. This weeekends action is on Setanta Sports 2.

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In addition to all this, the ITV highlights show will be repeated on Men and Motors next Friday at 7.30pm, and there will also be a highlights show on Setanta, however I'm not sure exactly when.

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Originally Posted by nik

I stand corrected, they're showing 'What ever happened to Gareth Gates' instead of live sport. I don't think i'd be able to work out how to record off digital by Sunday, so since 1997 I won't have good coverage of a BTCC meeting. 25 minutes of 3 races is rubbish. So thank you ITV - what a load of old crap.

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The question no-one has answered is, why has the coverage on ITV1 been reduced in this way?

Thanks for clearing that up for me! I just dont understand how Alan Gow can think this is a better deal than last year? Surely less terrestrial coverage and using some obscure channel that everyone has to upgrade for the all day coverage cant be a better deal?

To me it is not a better deal than last year. I also stay in a poor receiption area so can not get freeview box although we have sky I am not paying extra money just to watch the BTCC - as much as I liked watching all the action when it was on Motors. At least I have got sky so can watch the ITV digital coverage.

Well I see that the BTCC is now showing for Sunday on Setanta.

I wonder what manufactures,teams and sponsors think of this tv package on ITV now! On the other hand I am pleased that Senanta is showing great interest for motorsport. This weekend alone they are showing 12 hours live car racing. I made rough calcutation that it cost me less than 25 pence an hour to watch car sport in NASN/Senanta. Are you still unhappy of Senanta?