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9th September 2008, 06:03 #11
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I read that ABC/ESPN owns rights to 5 races, which they will also air internationally. The other 13-14 races on the calendar are on VS. Not sure there's a place yet internationally for those races, beyond IndyCar.com. They may well make a deal for them in the offseason though.
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9th September 2008, 07:26 #12
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With our luck, Statler and Waldorf will be doing the commentary next year.
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9th September 2008, 11:11 #13
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Originally Posted by Andrewmcm
Even the international video feed is the same as the US feed, but with a NASCAR logo covering the advertisements next to the ticker.
At least with Indycar (and CART/ChampCar RIP) the trackside cameras carry on when they go to commercials in the US, whereas they all down tools in NASCAR and you get lumped with an in-car shot for the duration.
Besides that, I can't see any international broadcasters being affected by which network it airs on in the US.
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9th September 2008, 11:24 #14
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there was talk about an international TV feed from NASCAR a few years back, but its still not come about.
from what I understood larry and Gary saying on Sunday the international TV feed will continue next year, but without them. From what I heard they kept saying it was their last race on the feed rather than the feeds last race.
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9th September 2008, 19:37 #15
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Can't fault the guys' enthusiasm (see Gary recently forgetting who he was at the end of the Detroit race ) but I've always wondered why we needed a different commentary team for the international feed. After all, we do speak (roughly) the same language as the domestic commentators, don't we?
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9th September 2008, 21:10 #16
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Originally Posted by inimitablestoo
The international feed commentators do not stop for ad breaks so the local countries TV channel can go for ad breaks when they wish and not when the US dictates. It also eliminates the need for a local studio team to go back to when the US are on another ad break.
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10th September 2008, 19:54 #17
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Ah, that does make sense, thanks. Now to see who the new international commentators are, and whether they still have to have first names that rhyme.
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11th September 2008, 03:30 #18
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Larry & Gary said they have been commentating together for 19 years. What were they doing together prior to doing the IRL world feed from 2002 (i know Rice was a part of the 2001 ABC American feed team)
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