2022 ERC News & Rumours

[RS]

Which TV is currently paying for TV rights and showing ERC? I am not aware of any TV I can watch it on in the coutries I stay for longer periods.

I don’t know about nowadays, but at one stage the WRC rights holder was actually paying tv some channels to show their programmes.

It’s a shame because I think if live rallying (especially the power stage format) was on FTA tv it could prove very popular but these days rallying is probably not politically correct enough to gain the interest of any major tv channel, in the UK at least. Perhaps if they go all electric or ban men from driving they might stand a chance.

[RS]

mknight, I have one simple question for you based on your first question. Is there a market for ERC All Live, if there's little interest from TV channels?

Keep in mind, it's far cheaper to improve the highlights than to produce 12-17 live stages.

Do we know how many subscribers WRC all-live has these days?

I can see them offering ERC all-live at a stand-alone price but throwing it in for ‘free’ with WRC all-live (whilst increasing the price)

[Franky]

Do we know how many subscribers WRC all-live has these days?

I can see them offering ERC all-live at a stand-alone price but throwing it in for ‘free’ with WRC all-live (whilst increasing the price)

Don't think they have ever really said how many subscribers they have.

[the sniper]

Do we know how many subscribers WRC all-live has these days?

As Franky says, have we ever known...?

[Sulland]

I am guessing that Dirtfish reads forums to keep on top of what is important for the blood-fans of rally.

Maybe they will ask the right people?

[AndyRAC]

Don't think they have ever really said how many subscribers they have.

They would if it was a decent number; one assumes the figures aren't particularly big.

[lmmjvss]

They would if it was a decent number; one assumes the figures aren't particularly big.

I imagine it would be something close to the number of the recent donations to ewrc page... No?

[WRCStan]

I imagine it would be something close to the number of the recent donations to ewrc page... No?

Lol. I know subscribers who think rally begins and ends with WRC and wouldn't know what ewrc is if I showed them. The WRC Factbook claims 78million TV viewers per event in 2020. I wouldn't like to guess but it's undoubtedly, significantly higher than your estimate.

[Franky]

Even with 78 million there's the question. Is it unique viewers or cumulative as you can add together all the stage broadcast and highlights viewers?

[Mirek]

Lol. I know subscribers who think rally begins and ends with WRC and wouldn't know what ewrc is if I showed them. The WRC Factbook claims 78million TV viewers per event in 2020. I wouldn't like to guess but it's undoubtedly, significantly higher than your estimate.

Even with 78 million there's the question. Is it unique viewers or cumulative as you can add together all the stage broadcast and highlights viewers?

TV viewers and subscribers are two different groups of people. The number of TV viewers says nothing about the number of subscribers for wrc+. The number of subscribers is for sure several orders of magnitude lower.