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Audi Sport Team Joest | 79 | 50.32% | |
Toyota Racing | 42 | 26.75% | |
Porsche | 31 | 19.75% | |
Rebellion Racing | 2 | 1.27% | |
OAK Racing | 1 | 0.64% | |
The other guys... | 2 | 1.27% | |
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12 Aug 2014, 13:45 (Ref:3443688) | #1476 | ||
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Great news! Hindy and GG as commentators for WEC's official TV coverage for rest of the season. The RLM audio stream will use different commentators.
http://www.dailysportscar.com/2014/0...and-radio.html |
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12 Aug 2014, 14:19 (Ref:3443696) | #1477 | |||
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Why wouldn't RLM use what Hindy & GG are doing? Contract reasons? Is it wrong to use the same product to get Nissan advert dollars as well as payment from the WEC? |
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12 Aug 2014, 14:23 (Ref:3443698) | #1478 | ||
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WEC want dedicated TV feed including commentary, RLM committed to free to air coverage - The two don't mix. This means that there are more choices, including a choice to hear it free.
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12 Aug 2014, 16:26 (Ref:3443731) | #1479 | ||
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12 Aug 2014, 16:29 (Ref:3443732) | #1480 | |
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12 Aug 2014, 16:55 (Ref:3443741) | #1481 | ||
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Millennium Racing haven't written off the 2014 season yet.
http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/mil...tie-de-saison/ |
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12 Aug 2014, 18:40 (Ref:3443762) | #1482 | |||
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EDIT: The race thread will be up by Friday, August 15. |
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15 Aug 2014, 03:50 (Ref:3444410) | #1483 | ||
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http://www.dailysportscar.com/2014/0...available.html
Looks like Ram Racing is liquidating their asset now, another failed attempt to step up from ELMS to WEC, isn't it? The rocketing expense of racing in a world championship is just prohibitive to private entries, and stepping up from regional endurance series looks more like a joke now. This will, inevitably, make every group from P1 to GTE into BoP'ed racing in the foreseeable future as ACO will do everything they can to please all existing factory teams. The series is far from success, or at least unhealthy. |
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15 Aug 2014, 07:37 (Ref:3444432) | #1484 | ||
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Anyway since 2012 ACO uses to pick teams like pescarolo, luxury racing, gulf middle east, ram racing etc... who barely are able to race in europe... |
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15 Aug 2014, 09:39 (Ref:3444444) | #1485 | |
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How did you come to the "rocketing expense" in wec conclusion from this (sad) story? If they couldnt afford the wec but could afford the elms, why are they selling these cars? They should do elms if they can afford to or if they want to. We dont even have the full story.
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15 Aug 2014, 17:00 (Ref:3444516) | #1486 | |||
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RAM probably tried to make the move to the WEC a little too early, but I think the lack of avaliable sponsors is the issue more than the cost of the championship. How cheap can a World Championship realistically be? |
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16 Aug 2014, 04:22 (Ref:3444603) | #1487 | |||
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The problem, at least it seems now, is that world series teams raise funs differently from regional series. ELMS teams can be supported by selling seats to gentlemen drivers but in a world series you got to sell your team to large sponsors, or you either go to the stock market like Williams or live purely on TV dividend based on your season standings(Like the rest of the F1 independent teams). In short, what I want to say about this is that ACO/FIA have to find a way to encourage more privateers to keep the series healthy. In order to do so, they might need privateers-exclusive talk show before the race or promotion activities to help them raise money, or privateers dividend in the form of entry fee credit instead of raising entry fee drastically season after season.(No source for the exact number though, sorry for my memory, but I see the report on this forum.) |
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16 Aug 2014, 05:30 (Ref:3444612) | #1488 | ||
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16 Aug 2014, 21:47 (Ref:3444722) | #1491 | |
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At least in America, the cota round will be broadcast, if only for portion. They need exposure, and if teams want it to expand, they need to voice their concerns. This series cant be run by a few people who think they know best. All the participants need to be heard and need to talk.
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16 Aug 2014, 22:32 (Ref:3444724) | #1492 | ||
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I thought that the COTA round would be broadcast live in whole, but on FS2, which not everyone has, even if they have FS1.
It's either that, or hope to get the highlights show on FS1 when it comes out. |
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16 Aug 2014, 23:12 (Ref:3444732) | #1493 | |
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Sportscar365 has an interesting article on the logistics of the wec. Includes shipping details. Interesting that lmp1 manufacturers are responsible for shipping the hybrid batteries.
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17 Aug 2014, 21:42 (Ref:3444861) | #1494 | |
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One more vote for Tzei-Tzei's approach. Trying to milk a small fan base for small money is not as smart as trying to increase that fanbase, and Internet right now offers minimal RoI for sponsors compared to TV.
The money ACO/FIA make from the paywall all year can't be more than the tire bill for one race. Is this another case of the series running only to make the management's paychecks, and too bad for everyone else? Ask ALMS how that works out. |
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17 Aug 2014, 22:11 (Ref:3444866) | #1495 | |
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Theres no specific reason for a pay stream. Same with F1.com asking you to pay for a live timing app as if they dont make enough money already.
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18 Aug 2014, 00:18 (Ref:3444886) | #1496 | |
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Yes there is. It has been explained several times that the pay stream has to be in place in order not to violate Eurosport's rights of exclusivity.
Now one could argue that they should not have signed this deal this way but the way the contracts are now, there is a very specific reason as to why the pay stream is there. |
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18 Aug 2014, 08:34 (Ref:3444945) | #1497 | ||
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And it's not ES is that exclusive anyway as Motors TV broadcasts all those other races anyway, in more depth too |
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18 Aug 2014, 10:29 (Ref:3444976) | #1498 | ||
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Eurosport is and a free web stream in HD is competition for them. Why should people watch Eurosport and their commercials if they can watch a commercial-free stream instead? It's something that potentially costs them viewers, that's why it had to be blocked off. |
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18 Aug 2014, 11:14 (Ref:3444981) | #1499 | ||
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18 Aug 2014, 11:32 (Ref:3444983) | #1500 | ||
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And if he's referring to this old line from Neveu "If the live streaming is free for all, this will cause problems for our first screen broadcasters. First screen participants, such as our TV Broadcaster, will not sign a contract if the content is available for free in an application." That could just be an excuse or meant just for LM, but even if it wasn't the quote doesn't make sense as Eurosport already signed the 2013-2016 contract for LM&WEC in June 2013 - so what contract signing was there left to be done? http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/e...ec_until_2016/ I guess you could argue that it was already part of the 2013 contract to make it non-free in 2014, but if that was the case, why did the manufacturers appear to be so shocked in April? Surely ACO wouldn't have kept them in the dark http://tentenths.com/forum/showpost....&postcount=347 As for Motors TV, it's rather telling that they don't have the rights to broadcast Le Mans, but every other race is theirs. So clearly Eurosport doesn't give rats ass about the rest of the schedule outside Le Mans if they let them air full races alongside them. I've always said that the rest of the championship is likely only broadcasted as it's part of ACO's Le Mans TV rights deal. That is obviously just my assumption but probably not too far stretched don't ya think? Last edited by Deleted; 18 Aug 2014 at 11:40. |
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