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I think viewer awareness was also a factor in their low ratings. When Motors went to channel 71 Motors should have put out some adverts on commercial radio. Channel 4 did that recently to promote their F1 coverage. Viewers were unaware of the channels, and unaware of what equipment they needed to receive the channels.
Now you've got a situation where some people have bought new TV equipment just to receive Motors, and Motors have pulled the channels. I feel really sorry for them. Who knows what the future will hold. Maybe they will return in some form. I get the feeling this isnt quite then end yet, however it could be interesting to see what some of the sports packages that use Motors as an outlet do next as well. |
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Last week their person on Twitter didn't know they had live WEC coverage for this year and initially tweeted that they only had race highlights. They had to send out another tweet that they did have live coverage for 2016 the following day.
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Last week their person on Twitter didn't know they had live WEC coverage for this year and initially tweeted that they only had race highlights. They had to send out another tweet that they did have live coverage for 2016 the following day.
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Contracts are traditionally multi-year for the commercial benefit of the series promoter.
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I can't see them signing multi year contracts. I suspect they work year to year on many rights.
Remember they tend to be the smaller rights packages and I suspect much of the content is filmed by the series and not them. All they do is broadcast and give it exposure. |
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Red button gateway still active on youview.. but, just to thier test card. Great shame..
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Multi-year contracts mean that series promoters have guaranteed coverage for x years, so they can get long term series sponsors and help bring in new teams to their series.
There's European Formula 3 at Paul Ricard, (France) today and tomorrow. Hopefully the video steam isn't geo-blocked. http://www.fiaf3europe.com/live/ Race times advertised may be CET. |
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I wonder which other series actually sream live as well? Maybe worth getting a collection of links together for motorsport fans?
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Here are some sites that I know have live streams of Motor Sport action;
http://www.adac-gt-masters.de/uk/tv-guide/static/ http://www.adac-motorsport.de/livest...-formel-4.html http://www.24hseries.com/live/live-broadcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoS...EnTz7HjmMb7HBw |
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IMSA US Sportscar Championship -
TV livestream and IMSA radio: http://www.imsa.com/camera/imsatv Times advertised are in the various US timezones. IMSA official (full race highlights and clips): https://www.youtube.com/user/UnitedSportsCar/videos European Le Mans Series - DailyMotion channel: http://www.dailymotion.com/ELMS Live stream: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2mcine FIA World Endurance Championship - Official Youtube channel (Race highlights and interviews): https://www.youtube.com/user/FIAWEC/videos Official DailyMotion: http://www.dailymotion.com/fiawec V8 Supercars / Australian Touring Car Championship - Official Youtube channel (short videos): https://www.youtube.com/user/V8SupercarsOfficial/videos British Touring Car Championship - Official Youtube channel (short videos): https://www.youtube.com/user/btccdotnet/videos Live coverage on ITV 4 http://www.itv.com/hub/itv4 Video clips: http://www.itv.com/btcc DTM - Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters - Official Youtube channel (full race highlights and clips): https://www.youtube.com/user/DTMinternational/videos Indycar - Official Youtube channel (practice live streams and full race highlights): https://www.youtube.com/user/indycars/videos FIA World Rally Championship - Official Youtube channel (short clips): https://www.youtube.com/user/wrc/videos Race highlights on Channel 5 or https://www.my5.tv/. FIA World RX Championship - World Rallycross - Official Youtube channel (short clips): https://www.youtube.com/user/RallycrossRXTV/videos 2016 Live coverage on Quest (Freeview ch. 37), highlights on ITV 4. MSA British Rallycross Championship - RallycrossBRX.com - Official Youtube channel (clips and race highlights): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw3...E5iZ-c7pg/feed |
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Live TCR now and this is how to broadcast online.
The Quality is very good and can't complain at all. https://youtu.be/DwN5CtFff4w |
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I'm now watching the 24h Series Creventic race on TV. Using the Livestream app on my Roku box. The stream picture quality is better than Motors ch. 240 and no ad breaks either.
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It would be great if Motors TV had a stream, even better if it was a YouTube channel as that quality is very good and works on most devices.
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I had a quick look at some of the BATB stats for Motors and other channels today.
It's not good for motors when your getting lower figures than Heart TV! Compared to Vintage TV (another IP channel) no where near their figures. So maybe this highlights how poor the channel is when it lacks the live content that pulls in the viewers. I guess they will need to look to some subs model really to survive and get some decent rights and coverage. Maybe this will be the future model we see developed? |
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Still broadcasting FTV on satellite - Sky EPG 447 - requires FreesatFromSky or subscription (live or cancelled) viewing card. Looks as though the costs for Freeview were too high for them.
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I know, I don't get why they wouldn't gonon FTA in the clear on a UK spot. That would at least enable them to open up to more potential viewers, even if they didn't actually pay as such to be on the Freesat EPG. Their viewera do seem more willing to chase whatever method they use if they are free.
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We may yet see a return next March: http://www.a516digital.com/2016/11/t...s-company.html - but not on Freeview.
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Could be a good move if they have smart tv apps that actually work and they have a good mix of live and VoD.
It's a shame to see it go as it is, but Motors should have looked at this method before as a way to survive and grow without the costs. |
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There seems to be a change of heart "linear broadcasting will continue" the new owners have said: http://www.a516digital.com/2016/11/n...onfirm-uk.html
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I wonder what that all means in English for the UK? I suspect it's going HD on Sky and sadly we won't be getting it on Freeview ... hopefully wrong as it's a decent channel.
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