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Im in Houston Texas and watched the race on SPeed channel. To many adverts, reminded me of the bad old days of ITV, so glad I can watch it on the BBC normally. Switching channels isn't as bad as not seeing the race every 5 minutes as they squeeze in ad breaks as they haven't hit there quota.
Really missed the BBC coverage SPEED doesn't come close.
Oh Leggard is still c**p though didn't miss him at all.
Does Pippa still look after all those orphans?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Brockman
Share a thought for viewers in the US.
Today's covverage had to be the worst show ever. The pre-race show which is filled with ads was pathetic. It was all canned interviews with nothing live on the grid.
We had Peter Windsor who was always excellent.
And during the race they completely missed the Schumacher problem and then tried to disguise it.
The Australian that replaced Varsha for the race was just too terrible. He is an open Hamilton fan and at one stage was just overcome all about "Lewis".
The Speed show is very poor this year with ad breaks aoccurring during important pit stops and if they believe that it can attract new viewers they are sorely mistaken.
DOWN with Speed.
I wish we could have a pay per view service linked to the BBC.
Guess we have quite good in the UK now a days then!
You would never guess it from the amount of issues people raise.
Well, if one has champagne then one talks at a different level compared to vinegary wine [Speed channel grand prix coverage].Quote:
Originally Posted by aki13
Peter Windor used to not only have grid access and actually KNOW the drivers and team people, nut he really is excellent at reading a driver's style.
During a race he would have news from the teams and interpret a reason for a driver's on track action.
Now? It is just a wooden presentation. And the worst was mistake over Schumi. It sounds like the "technical" commentator Steve Matchett [a former F1 mechanic is constantly playing with his blackberry phone "apps".
If it would change anything then I would complain, but it is not likely to.
We should rather get the BBC feed and do away with Speed. Waste of bloody time.
At least it's not like some NASCAR races I've seen where they cut to a pre-recorded feature during the race!
You think you got it bad? In Canada we get no pre-race. We get Leggard and Brundle with no "Red Button" options, still have to suffer threw the occasion Eddie "f head" Jordan, and the only saving grace... We still get commercial breaks but they are done in the "IRL" style split screen with the race coverage mooted and the commercials audio set loud enough to wake you up from all the f'n dull race commentary...Quote:
Originally Posted by Saint Devote
And just to remind Canadian's how crappy the BBC broadcast was, we are allowed to watch the re-broadcast from speedtv usually that afternoon...
http://po-ru.com/projects/iplayer-downloader/
This is how u can get the i player from outside the UK
They do do that - its called two or three laps of ads!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
The most frustrating was as Jenson crossed the line last year at Interlagos they suddenly inserted a feature on him.
We missed him entering parc ferme and the whole celebration with the team. A brief view of him hugging his father abnd we were on the podium.
There's a chance that we'll be denied Sweaty Eddie this weekend: Jake has Tweeted that EJ was due to fly to China today (Thursday) but with UK airspace being closed he's stuck here.