Tv Coverage

[nimrod]

I think that offroading is way behind in the exposure area of broadcasting. I am also a cyclist and love bike racing. You know lycra and 10 speed road bikes (actually 20 speeds). I can log on to www.cycling.tv and watch hundreds of cycling shows for free. I can also pay a yearly fee of about 30.00 US. and (19.00 Pounds, UK.) view all the biggest races. I can fast forward, pause, and rewind. It seems to me that someone with the money, talent and time could put together something like this for offroading. I have watched cycling.tv grow, it started out small and is just getting bigger. I think the same would happen to an offroad broadcast site. Pab and blue C are you out there????

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[woundedyak]

I agree with that,But the problem is. Races like the 1000 is not a spectator sport.So to the broadcasting networks,if they don't see people at the races watching it,why would they sit at home and watch it? Sounds dumb,but that's how it works!

[Kartman]

As cool at desert racing is its a terrible spectator sport which means the odds of getting great coverage or a great TV deal are very bad.

[nimrod]

I'm not talking mainstream. Leave that to Al Trautwig and NBC. I mean a web based access broadcast. You don't even need announcers. Just pictures of the action with standings updated along the bottom of the picture. The website would sell ads to advertisers as well as during the videos. Cameras posted at check points and 1 or 2 helicopters. I would much rather watch a lame broadcast of check points then listen to weatherman. You could probably do both with the right setup. Charge a $20.00 annual membership, plus advertising. If your interested in what I'm saying and you have the talent and money to do it, check out www.cycling.tv

[swiftracing5]

I'm not talking mainstream. Leave that to Al Trautwig and NBC. I mean a web based access broadcast. You don't even need announcers. Just pictures of the action with standings updated along the bottom of the picture. The website would sell ads to advertisers as well as during the videos. Cameras posted at check points and 1 or 2 helicopters. I would much rather watch a lame broadcast of check points then listen to weatherman. You could probably do both with the right setup. Charge a $20.00 annual membership, plus advertising. If your interested in what I'm saying and you have the talent and money to do it, check out www.cycling.tv

I think that BitD will have something like that in the near future. Once they get that dialed it will become mainstream.

[nimrod]

Wow, that's great. I'm just trying to get a discussion going in hopes that a good exchange of ideas and opinions might motivate one of these guys who are really good at promoting themselves and their team to take it a step further.

Ps. I'm too lazy, broke, and completely lacking in technical skills to do it. hope someone else picks up the challenge.