As I said I think it was rather cold and quick. Why not stop and discuss the race for a minute?
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As I said I think it was rather cold and quick. Why not stop and discuss the race for a minute?
Great post-race forum from the Beeb. EJ playing drums on The Chain and a momumental cheer for Murray Walker from the crowd at the concert.
It's brilliant, very laid back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave B
I've not watched any of Sky F1 so far, and if this standard keeps up I have no intention of doing so!
Oh I MISSED it! I had a strange feeling that that was going to happen today, and wanted to see how it would go down.Quote:
Originally Posted by aki13
Your wish.....Quote:
Originally Posted by rjbetty
From both angles as Martin and David meet in a clash of Grid walks. Have to say Martin seemed more relaxed at seeing his old mate, while DC seemed keen not to acknowledge Sky.
Martin and David bump into each other on their grid walk - YouTube
Oh thank you! Yeah I noticed too. Martin was very chirpy. I would have expected Martin to be the grumpy one and DC to be warm and friendly. Yeah it would have been great to see them stop and chat a bit - the the BBC and Sky bosses would go mental I expect.Quote:
Originally Posted by aki13
They have been and still are away from TV I assume very close friends, so you can't just put that aside because you are working for different companies.
As much as some around make out Sky to be the wrong direction for F1. Which it probably is (It would be best if it had stayed as it was last year on BBC), but the people working for Sky and BBC are all the same. I see cold attitudes on here sometimes towards Brundle and others on Sky. But really they are all members of the F1 family. And probably all get along well off screen. I like to think so anyway. As Brundle has know DC & EJ to long to let TV issues get in the way.
Yeah I agree. I don't hold anything against Brundle at all. The way I see it, he said he is passionate about making great TV. He was known to be very disappointed with the decisions last year and was probably unhappy with the BBC. From his point of view, Sky came to him offering a dedicated F1 channel, while it could be maybe rightly said that the BBC have not shown commitment to F1, even though they're going through hard times. So as a passionate broadcaster, I believe Brundle when he says his motives are that he wants to make great TV, and he didn't believe the BBC could offer him that. The offer of a dedicated F1 channel at Sky would have been too good to miss.
I believe the BBC and Bernie are the ones who sold out, not Brundle.
And yes, he is being paid £1M by sky, but I expect he sees that as a bonus. :)
Yeah I agree. I don't hold anything against Brundle at all. The way I see it, he said he is passionate about making great TV. He was known to be very disappointed with the decisions last year and was probably unhappy with the BBC. From his point of view, Sky came to him offering a dedicated F1 channel, while it could be maybe rightly said that the BBC have not shown commitment to F1, even though they're going through hard times. So as a passionate broadcaster, I believe Brundle when he says his motives are that he wants to make great TV, and he didn't believe the BBC could offer him that. The offer of a dedicated F1 channel at Sky would have been too good to miss.
I believe the BBC (though I sympathise with their situation so only apportion a little to them) and most of all Bernie are the ones who sold out, not Brundle.
And yes, he is being paid £1M by sky, but I expect he sees that as a bonus. :)
Aw a double post :(
There's no "supposed" about it - here's one small example of the difference in sound quality from the British GP. When Alonso got past Hamilton but the Brit almost pulled off the re-pass, the sound of the crowd going wild sounded incredible on Sky's coverage. Not quite the same as being there, obviously, but pretty awesome all the same. I watched the highlights later on the BBC and their stereo mixdown completely failed to capture the moment with anything like the realism. I wonder if it's the Joni Mitchell effect - you don't realise what you're missing until it's not there anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
I can't fathom why the BBC don't use Dolby Digital. Their broadcast chain obviously supports it, and the sound quality from Centre Court yesterday was an example of how to get it perfectly right. FOM can obviously provide it as they do to Sky and many overseas broadcasters. I can only assume it's a cost saving matter but when you're shifting HD video halfway round the world I can't see that skimping on the audio makes much of a difference.