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I agree the sound and picture (being widescreen) were real a real plus, however missing the pre race from the track (engines being started, anthem, build up), no in camera during US breaks, short post race means that I missed my NASN coverage.
Oh well, we will have to live with it. However, I am sure Sky will change a few things and we will get something I will be happy with.
For Daytona, however, Sky better have a good pre race from the track including "start your engines"!
few points there
Yep, tits in studio with not a clue who the 'other' drivers are outside Jr and Jeff
But, unless I am completely wrong, the main one is the moan about the pre-race show. In the US, fans don't see it either unless they switch over their TV to Speed. This is a Fox show, and they show just the race. I use TVU on the net to watch the pre-race and they switch over to Sky Sport3 for the race - very similar to the US fans only I use a PC for the Speed shows.
The ad breaks are too many, but then Sky has to pay for their coverage somehow so I don't blame them, and Americans have loads of breaks in their show. I liked the way NASN stayed inside a car, or even just one high up camera sometimes. But Sky will think that is amateur and lazy even tho the majority of fans will love that - keeps us in touch with the race to some extent. Shame - once Sky realises that, they may do it, but some exec will be worried grazers who drop in during these segments will think wtf is this, seeing cars going round with no commentary and no camera change. Personally I think some of the grazers may even say wow, let's watch some more of this and see what happens. But we all know the Sky studio will stay to 'explain' the sport to us morons.
:rolleyes:
Just wondering how many subscribers NASN have lost due to Skys coverage and the lack of it on NASN.....I for one have cancelled NASN
don't forget we've got the duels live to come so there's another opportunity to tweak the presentation. i have to admit that i'm not fully up to speed on the driver /number /sponsor changes yet so i somewhat sympathise with the uk studio crew(even the american commentators were nearly referring to 07 combinations). as this appears to be a late deal i would imagine that all aspects will improve particularly if the nascar hardcore fans email them with CONSTRUCTIVE criticism and they keep some continuity in the studio with perhaps the odd knowledgable guest.
if fans stay with the coverage then sky will know how popular nascar is in this country and if it's as popular as we fans believe it to be then there'll be more reason for sky to pump money into the coverage. it's a bit chicken and egg but they are a business and won't show it if the figures don't add up so it's in both parties interests for them to get it right.
actually, you are wrong. Speed do have a pre-race show, but its a kind of pre-pre-race race show called "RaceDay". Fox/ESPN also have their own pre-race show which includes driver interviews and the command.Quote:
Originally Posted by colinspooky
if you already have sky sports, i would imagine dumping nasn would be an easier decision than if if you didn't. for those who can make do with live(or as live)nationwide with sprint cup highlights on 5 then staying with nasn may be the better option. personally, during 07 i got square eyes because there was so much motorsport to watch and watching channel 5/five us highlights(as opposed to full live coverage) suited me fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave17
as an aside, junior must be a really happy bunny, no engine failure, car home in one piece AND a win to start the season.
There is still much more NASCAR coverage on NASN than Sky - don't know where you got your facts from?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave17
Anyway, I am a NASCAR fan and that obviously includes NASCAR Nationwide (LIVE and AS LIVE). NASCAR project on NASN last night was real good as well.
There is more to NASCAR than the Sprint series.
pwb - I am a NASCAR fan, but i primarily watch the Sprint Cup. i don't mind watching the Nationwide series a few days after the race via a torrent because i've been doing that since Motors TV lost their coverage of it anyway!
I didn't know about the Fox pre-race show.Quote:
Originally Posted by cgs
Fully agree with that - will be watching Nationwide too.Quote:
Originally Posted by pwb
On a side note, as soon as the Sky coverage started, the studio guy mentioned Busch within a few words of going on air. Nice. Niggles that he didn't know how to pronounce Bowyer and Kahne either, but he will with our constructive help.
mmmm well I thought that was fine actually- yes there were too many ad breaks but that's as much a symptom of the US broadcast as anything else- given that they haven't shown NASCAR on Sky for along time they'll take a while to get up to speed
I'm not too bothered about the pre-race or the post race stuff as I never really watched it anyway- lets face it NASCAR is a minority sport in the UK so we're lucky to get it at all- and I remember Eurocraps first CART race and it was a disaster- the commentary team had no idea no idea what was going on
it's good to see they're welcome feedback and I will email them about the ad breaks but aside from that I was happy with what we got