Quote Originally Posted by PLuto View Post
Money. If you want to have live, it costs some money. And sponsors are not interested in paying extra money for it. And on the other hand - lot of events needs spectators in service and stages. They are bringing them money (by tickets, selling programmes, goods etc), also sponsors are interested to see lot of spectators around the stages than "only in TV"...
Gladly, in Açores there are spectators everywhere, in fact the whole Island stops to see the rally. Even so, Açores Rally organizers, alongside the national TV local center, broadcast live two stages on this year rally, plus the pre event street stage. None was showed on EuroSport channels. Probably the only cost for ES would be satellite time, a small fraction of the generous fee paid by Açores organizers; still ES chose to show snooker games or summer ski jumps…