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Becs Williams:
WRC Live radio does indeed continue on in 2018 and we will also be integrating into the new 'All Live' product. Myself, @voiceofrally @EmyrPenlan and @go2lisa will all be there for you in 2018. We are looking forward to exciting times ahead!
Arghhhh that's a horrible thought.. Desborough comms on all the live stages !! :disturb: :(
Please let us have a 'pure sound' feed option.
I know we've been waiting for a while but I still can't believe this is actually happening, it's amazing! Hopefully the coverage and commentators will be good!
The news is great and the new features are very welcome.
Let's see how it will be in Monte
I was rightQuote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
You don't hear that often....Quote:
Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1
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Really? That's what I fear the most, that the studio segments will basically be WRC Radio with a camera. It's already so banal and leashed. Aside from the sort of news that you can also get from reading the "text updates", you can be sure that absolutely nothing interesting will be said. They're insiders! They hear rumors all the time! They have their own opinions! Why are they so pathologically afraid of saying anything interesting or controversial? Are they that desperate to keep getting invited to the Citroen VIP area for lunch?Quote:
Originally Posted by dodge33cymru
What made the Red Bull TV coverage such a breath of fresh air was not that they had interviews or better graphics. It was that the hosts and interviews were actually mildly interesting and said mildly interesting things. They didn't sound like they were afraid for their jobs if they said something that upset someone. Movistar+ in Spain has a really great one hour panel discussion after each rally with regular guests like Luis Moya, Carlos Del Barrio, and WRC reporters. All they do is talk about real inside info, gossip, speculation, predictions, funny stories, opinions. It's fantastic! Here's a random episode from a few years back: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x27gfhy
There is absolutely zero reason why the English-language coverage has to be so stale in comparison. You need people who will speak their minds. Mike Chen, Colin Clark, Nicky Grist, Martin Holmes. Not necessarily those four, but people like them. Sit them down at a big table, point the camera, and just let them go at it. If the live commentary ends up being Jon Desborough making puns and the studio segments are Becs Williams talking about the weather as they were flying in, telling us the next stage start time, and not acknowledging in any way that some spectator just got hit by a car on live TV, I will unsubscribe.
Ben Constanduros sent several tweets yesterday about the WRCplus All Live announcements. Ben was a breath of fresh air when he filled in as part of commentary team for 1 or 2 rounds last year. Could he possibly be part of the new WRC + All Live presenting team ?
His twitter account is @BenConsty if you want to see what he tweeted yesterday.
Only a minor point, but still a plus point for me; It'll be nice to watch a live stage again where the top guys get the most air time/ coverage. (On the first day)
Bugs me a little always seeing the likes of Sheikh Khalid crawling through a stage on the Saturday or Sunday, and getting the most coverage compared to the top guys coming behind. Then you see in full screen Khalid or whoever it is pulling up to the stop line, taking ages to take their helmet off and then doing an interview when plenty of action is being missed. At least minimise some of the drivers interviews in a smaller screen with audio, while showing us live pictures of the main guys blasting through the stage in a bigger screen. It's not difficult.
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I think the live stages are timed in the way that they can show all cars through all onstage cameras at the end of the stage. The first cars are shown for a longer time through onboard and helicopter, but once the first car gets to the finish the broadcast goes to the normal rhythm of showing a re-run of the start and then going back to the live action. Also, for the top runners on the power stage the start interval is up to 5 minutes so we get extra time for post stage interviews without colliding with next car live action.Quote:
Originally Posted by er88
However, I don't think this new all stages live will be a similar production as the saturday live stage or power stage. It will be just drones, onboards and helicopter with split times, commentary and post stage interviews. Kind of like expanded WRC radio.
But I agree that it sucks that we usually get to see more minutes of an uninteresting driver.
Its even worse when they waste time showing pre-recorded waffle about what a driver had for breakfast while there are cars live on the stage.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Thank you. The worst thing about those cuts are the cheesy segways from the commentators. 'I like my eggs sunny side up, what about you Jari-Matti?' I have to say the live commentry is pretty weak as a whole.Quote:
Originally Posted by GravelBen
More of these for 2018 were recorded yesterday at the ASI.Quote:
Originally Posted by GravelBen
I emailed WRC+ to ask about a 'pure sound only' audio feed option.
They replied:
'We are very much interested in steadily improving our service. However, the suggested feature is not planned yet. We will forward your suggestion to the responsible persons and discuss your suggestion internally.'
If anyone else would like this option please email them at WRC+:
support@service-plus.wrc.com
I suspect that is pretty much an auto-response.
Cant be as if refers to a suggested option.Quote:
Originally Posted by Franky
Please contact them or they wont know what option fans prefer... pure sound or boring comms.
WRC Plus free trial promo code if anyone's interested: WRC18ASI
WRC + All live launches in "a couple of days" per WRC + Support.
Still no WRC+ All Live to subscrive or need subscrive normal and upgrade?
It's still not available at the moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
Cannot understand this promoter at all. Announce a new, novel and interesting product, make it the key feature of your own season launch, but don't have any mention of it anywhere on your website. No 'coming soon', no 'sign up for launch', no more than a news post without a single CTA.
All it did was remind me to cancel my WRC+ subscription (to take advantage of any discount code).
Yep guessing the press conference and the ETA from the web developers did not match up. They've certainly missed a tap-in there.Quote:
Originally Posted by dodge33cymru
Like you say at the very least they should be getting people's emails to get all the info as soon as it's ready.
It is always the same, actual promoteur is working like an amateur in some terms...
Why not hold the horses? We’re still a week ahead RMC.
And what you all will see if you want it immediately? Absolutely nothing. It will be out just at the right time..
Exactly.Quote:
Originally Posted by ESTR
Why on earth would you want to subscribe now?
Wait until later in the week and your 8.99 will cover two events.....
People sure are trying hard to fault something before it even exists....
Maybe people, which are going personally to Monte, will prefer to make everything regarding payment and registration in time? It is easier to make everything without problems from computer at home than fighting with it somewhere in the middle of Alps...
With novadays laptops and smarthphones and bandwith everywhere you go I think that's not problem at all. Except if most of the people here still have old Ericsson's.
Not criticising the service at all, just the promotion of it. From a marketing perspective, 'launching' something when you make no reference to the product anywhere, don't encourage people to sign up.Quote:
Originally Posted by rallyfiend
Don't get me wrong going, I'm really looking forward to the service and I'll sign up the day before MC, but just feel they've missed a chance to make it a wider success and take advantage of the media platform they gave themselves at the Autosport Show.
If anyone came away from that thinking "oh, I want to know when that goes live" or read about it on a site or magazine the days following and thought "I'll check that out", there was no supporting information or anything allowing them to follow up that interest; they're unlikely to get the same media impact when they say "oh, you can sign up now".
I could be wrong, but it surprises me is all.
Best way to promote it is that they could offer free month promo code or with discounted price for month so that fans could see what will be like and then go on.Quote:
Originally Posted by dodge33cymru
Hello all, After long break i am here again. I just watched the interview with Ciesla from Autosport event and i think they will promote WRC All live functions during Monte Carlo Rally for free. And after that, everyone can upgrade his account to WRC All live or not. Maybe this is the reason why there are no possibility to upgrade accounts before Monte.
That sounds fair. I really wanted to take a look at it before I uprgade. Turns out we can.Quote:
Originally Posted by V.Gatev
I wonder if they tested the system on WRGB as it shows those stages on the WRC+ advert picture...
Dear WRC+ user,
Thanks for your request and your interest in WRC+.
Currently we are pushing hard to update all of our channels for broadcasting all stages of the FIA World Rally Championship LIVE to our WRC fans worldwide.
Our technicians working flat out to provide the best and high quality service to our subscribers.
The updated WRC+ will be launched in the next couple of days. After the launch the new WRC+ All Live Package will be available.
The first All Live Stream will start with the opening two stages at Rallye Monte-Carlo on Thursday 25 January.
More information will follow soon, stay tuned!
Best regards,
your WRC+ Team
Nice! I hope they offer current users an upgrade option. I just received an email this morning saying my WRC+ subscription had been renewed.. :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
I just hope that they will provide that feature to all the countries and continents. Not like rallycross when you must have VPN app to fool them to watch..Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
A little off topic, but I've had good success with Nord VPN. Was using PIA, but it's limited and based in the US which is not good from a security provider standpoint.
VypR VPN is the best.
Go check on the page now guys www.wrcplus.com , free trial for 7 days