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Timothy Mathews
and I can only say it boggles my mind to imagine anything worse. How a
national broadcaster can put on a product to both technically and
artistically bad makes me wonder how in the word they got the contract to
broadcast.
Paul Giverin
<tsm...@gmail.com> writes
I assume TSN lack the technical and artistic ability to put on this sort
of event themselves? You do know that its Formula One Productions who
are responsible for filming the actual race, not the BBC?
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Timothy Mathews
On 29/03/09 9:02 AM, in article EB1apVDB...@10.0.0.3, "Paul Giverin"
<pa...@giverin.co.uk> wrote:
> In message <C5F4E03A.2499%tsm...@gmail.com>, Timothy Mathews
> <tsm...@gmail.com> writes
>> Wow! I've just watched the BBC version of F1 broadcasting via TSN in Canada
>> and I can only say it boggles my mind to imagine anything worse. How a
>> national broadcaster can put on a product to both technically and
>> artistically bad makes me wonder how in the word they got the contract to
>> broadcast.
>>
> Looked just fine from where I was sitting.
>
> I assume TSN lack the technical and artistic ability to put on this sort
> of event themselves? You do know that its Formula One Productions who
> are responsible for filming the actual race, not the BBC?
Unless it's hockey or curling, TSN rarely sends teams to events like this
and, instead, picks up the US or other service. While I realize that the
decision on what to put on camera at any given time is the host broadcaster,
I'm amazed that the announcers never alluded to the poor selection...like
the lengthy amount of time they spent on Lewis Hamilton late in the race
when he CLEARLY wasn't making any headway on the car in front of him and the
announce team was talking about what a battle was shaping up as the third
place car was rapidly closing on the two ahead of him. While, certainly,
there is interest in the current world champion and, of course, his native
country broadcasters would highlight his day, even the announcers weren't
talking that much about him during this time when the action (actual or
potential) was somewhere else.
Then, as the driver's press conference starts, and we can see the three
podium drivers beginning to speak, we're hearing an interview with someone
and when they finally do end that and go to the post race driver's chat, the
sync is probably twenty seconds off. Again, this may have been a technical
glitch from the host rather than the BBC but, the BBC put their name on it
and as I think about the two hours, I'm just amazed. I've never seen
anything so poorly done.
Trev
<tsm...@gmail.com> Timothy Mathews bashed on keyboard and typed:
> On 29/03/09 9:02 AM, in article EB1apVDB...@10.0.0.3, "Paul
> Giverin" <pa...@giverin.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> In message <C5F4E03A.2499%tsm...@gmail.com>, Timothy Mathews
>> <tsm...@gmail.com> writes
>
> three podium drivers beginning to speak, we're hearing an interview
> with someone and when they finally do end that and go to the post
> race driver's chat, the sync is probably twenty seconds off. Again,
> this may have been a technical glitch from the host rather than the
> BBC but, the BBC put their name on it and as I think about the two
> hours, I'm just amazed. I've never seen anything so poorly done.
It did not happen when I watched. The tech bit must have been at your end
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Trev
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But Being a Yorkshire man is as close as you can get.
UnsteadyKen
> I've never seen
> anything so poorly done.
Here in the UK on DTTV we had a choice of two commentaries and also
could choose to watch the entire race through various onboard cameras
with a no commentary option. Yay!
Can't say I noticed any glitches this end as for the the production?
didn't take any notice as I was engrossed in a great race. More!
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Mike Fleming
<tsm...@gmail.com> writes:
> While I realize that the
> decision on what to put on camera at any given time is the host broadcaster,
> I'm amazed that the announcers never alluded to the poor selection...like
> the lengthy amount of time they spent on Lewis Hamilton late in the race
> when he CLEARLY wasn't making any headway on the car in front of him and the
> announce team was talking about what a battle was shaping up as the third
> place car was rapidly closing on the two ahead of him.
You mean that Martin Brundle never made the comments that we were
watching the wrong action and we should be watching the cars at the
front? Must have been a hallucination at my end then.
--
Mike Fleming
David Hearn
Something I did notice, although not 100% sure I'm correct - but were
the on screen graphics (eg. the lap counter and other stuff) in a
smaller font this year? Using the same TV I've used for nearly a decade
I'm sure the text was smaller this year, making some 6 and 8's appear
quite hard to distinguish. And I don't think it's my eyesight... ;)
D