Sounds great news
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73405
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Sounds great news
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73405
Same details, but straight from the horse's mouth so to speak:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/7755219.stm
I'm very pleased I've run extra cables for a 2nd Sky box :D
Sounds excellent! :D Really looking forward to seeing these things implemented.
Chuffin' Nora, are you thikin' they will 'ave a global block on the 'nt'net lads?
Aye, if they do then Pirates we be! :p :
Excellent. I like the idea of split screen, that way you can see the onboards without having to move away from the main feed, and end up missing something!
I expect I may well spend my time flicking between the main feed and the split screen. I don't have two seperate TV's set up, unlike some :p
It's a pity they couldn't use BBCHD for this, fair enough the main feed is in SD, but you could use the resolution provided by HD to have a 4-way split screen without losing too much detail.
BBC HD have a policy of not showing non-HD content, something to do with preserving the brand. Compare and contrast with the amount of upscaled stuff on Channel4HD and the various Sky HD channels and I can sort of see their point.
The release from the BBC press office is making me drool with anticipation...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pre...rmulaone.shtml
That sounds like it might be goodQuote:
This sounds good there will be an additional one-hour post-race analysis programme, immediately after the network programme goes off-air, on the Red Button.
That has the potential to be excellent, or cringworthingly bad!Quote:
This will gives viewers the opportunity to share their views on the race's main talking points and to ask questions of the presentation team, Humphrey, Coulthard and Jordan.
Remember the Motors TV post-BTCC coverage, which was basically Diana Binks and two patio chairs? They can't do worse than that!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
Martin Brundle on Five Live right now (15:05)
LUSH! Welcome back auntie beeb!
They also suggest that they won't be falling over themselves to interview "Lewis" the whole time too:
http://www.autosport.com/news/grapevine.php/id/73410
I'm ridiculously excited about this year, any chance of moving the Aus GP forward a couple of weeks? :)
will the beeb do the same thing with the iplacer they have done with motogp with the reaped of the races online out of asking?
too bad we will have none of that state side :down:
Absolutely fantastic! Who said the Beeb wouldn't be able to provide value for for money? Auntie has raised the bar even further and possibly bettering Sky/soccer.
Can't wait for the new season to start
Only bad point is that I see no mention of Maurice Hamilton so hopefully he'll be still featuring in the podcasts.
Great interview - as always on Mayo's show.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Brockman
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/fivel...elive/mayo_tue
Starts at about 2hr 04min
:angryfire Can't believe we arent going to get Formula one in HD in the states, so dissapointing. Nascar fails, www.seef1live.com fails and speed fails.
Good news, but was there any mention of the MotoGP coverage as well? Or is that getting the second class treatment?
According to the press release, all races will be available on the iPlayer for 7 days, or 30 days if you download them - which I recommend for higher quality and no buffering issues.Quote:
Originally Posted by jonny hurlock
Have a read of the BBC Sports Editors' blog, it should answer all your questions but if it doesn't there's the opportunity of asking the team directly.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyRAC
Attention non sky customers.
you can get the digital screens if you have a free to air satellite can get them at maplins etc for about £60, just point it at 28.8 east. The BBC red button screens are on there.
Are the extra feeds not available on freeview?Quote:
Originally Posted by SOD
Split screen? So now you can watch two different advert brreaks on the same screen! Brilliant! :p :
I have no idea. there's only 6 six screens set aisde for extra Beeb programming on the Astra satellite, not sure if they can use all 6 on a sSunday afternoon when they have many events to cover with the red button.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
There's some clarification to come. Freeview, Satellite and Cable will all have the interactive streams; but there's more capacity on satellite so there's the possibility of extra streams over and above what we've been informed about.
It's down to demand, rights (the BBC don't have the rights to a full data channel, for example), and clashes with other events.
I suspect they've get kept the number of streams down so that if there is another event going on then they can cover that too without having to interfere with the GP coverage.
Advertisements, on Auntie Beeb? Are you sure? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by 555-04Q2
Lee McKenzie and others from the BBC team have been filming laps in the reasonably priced car. If that doesn't say "Top Gear F1 Special" I don't know what does!
http://www.leemckenzie.tv/full_story.asp?pageref=19
PS: all-new BBC F1 website coming very soon :D
Not before time, in fairness. ITV's F1 website was actually surprisingly good (once you'd blocked all the flash :rolleyes: ) and the Beeb's was sorely lacking.
PPS:
BBC's "World's Greatest Car Chase" F1 trailer. It's brilliant! :s hock:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/7911126.stm
Only good BBC journalist is Andrew Benson who's ex-Autosport. Don't remember reading anything by Legard in the Motorsport section he knows his stuff. Beeb really need someone like Mark Hughes for the technical stuff. Whether they commission him or not I do not know but there must be someone out there who can do Peter Windsor/Hughes job without being condescending!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Brockman
Nice to see the Beeb has its priorities sorted, noticed its below football and not near the bottom of the sports list.
Just gone on it and for some reason the site has black background. Wonder where they got their inspiration from?
He's the BBC commentary box producer, continuing his ITV role of providing information and background for the commentators.Quote:
Originally Posted by wedge
Whether this will mean contributions to the website or broadcasts, I don't know.
Was a bit worried last night watching some of the F1 clips made available via the red button...There seemed to be an updated version of 'The Chain' playing in the background :(
I really hope they stick to the Fleetwood Mac original :dozey:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/sportedit...ob_in_the.html
After reading this its making me feel a bit sick already. Seems like its not all that different to ITV, never liked the 1hr pre-qualy coverage anyway since they repeated most of the stuff on the pre-race show.
Direct from Andrew Benson, he of BBC sport:Quote:
Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/sportedit...ob_in_the.htmlQuote:
1) The Chain - yes, the TV theme tune will be the iconic original version of this track, as used by the BBC previously. We feel it is inextricably linked with the BBC and F1, and still the perfect soundtrack for the sport.
(Comment #15)
:D
Ahhhhhh, that's a relief :s mokin: :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Brockman
Here's the best hint yet at what we can expect from the interactive coverage:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pro..._featuref1.jpg
It looks as if there'll be two PIP streams: the onboard with the world feed in a smaller window and vice-versa.
More details: http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pro..._feature.shtmlQuote:
F1 fans will be able to customise their viewing experience via the BBC Red Button, with access to all on-track sessions, including Friday and Saturday practice and qualifying.
On race day itself, a choice of three streams will be available featuring split-screen in-car camera feeds, leaderboards and rolling highlights, with the option to listen to either network or BBC Radio 5 Live commentary. After the end of each race on BBC One there will be an additional interactive programme analysing the weekend's events and picking up views from the paddock.
:D
Looking good :s mokin:
It says it's available on Sky and Freesat (thankfully I have both!!) but there is no mention of freeview or Virgin, unlike for the other sports mentioned on that page.
It will be on both Virgin Media and Freeview. The only loss is that Freeview can support 2 interactive streams, so viewers will probably only get one onboard channel and the highlights on 301/302.
I'm ready to go now, having installed a spare Sky box and made room for another TV :D
I really need to get another TV in. After all I could run the main TV off our Freesat feed and use the Sky box to feed TV no. 2 :p . I somehow doubt it would go down well, mind :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Brockman
Does anyone know if the BBC are planning to do an "F1 Night" on Saturday night/Sunday morning for Melbourne similar to what ITV did when they first got the coverage in 1997? (the only good point of their F1 coverage!)
Since the race has been inexplicably moved even later (better for the Australian fans I guess?), they'll have an extra couple of hours of Sunday morning to play with, and I think it would be great.
IIRC the ITV one had the Grand Prix movie, a review of the 1958 F1 season, and loads of other excellent and interesting programmes too