LM24 Le Mans 2009 and the media

Le Vieux · 27 Feb 2009, 15:09 (Ref:2405461)

Does anyone know if Eurosport or Motors TV or anyone else is planning to broadcast the race this year?

On a similar subject, is the frequency yet known for Radio Le Mans?

GT6 · 27 Feb 2009, 16:06 (Ref:2405481)

TV coverage?, not bothered will watch it live from the track as always.

Le Vieux · 27 Feb 2009, 16:16 (Ref:2405486)

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Originally Posted by GT6

TV coverage?, not bothered will watch it live from the track as always.

Likewise, but I like to set up the DVD recorder so that, when the winter months come and June is a long way off, I can enjoy a little bit of LM....

In addition, whoever has the rights usually has a review a week or so after the event which is a couple of months before the official DVD appears.

**FIRE** · 27 Feb 2009, 17:33 (Ref:2405532)

TV coverage: Eurosport

HORNDAWG · 27 Feb 2009, 18:45 (Ref:2405576)

Radio has been, 91.2 FM, but they have just applied for their licence from the French Radio Authority for this year. It will be allocated closer to the Le Mans date. When they do recieve it, they will post it on the front page http://www.radiolemans.com/ if it changes or not.

L.P.

deggis · 27 Feb 2009, 21:39 (Ref:2405692)

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Originally Posted by GT6

TV coverage?, not bothered will watch it live from the track as always.

Thanks for the info which surely helps a lot of people who are not lucky enough to be there.

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The Eurosport deal was multi-year-deal, so there is the answer. Not live on MotorsTV I'd assume since it wasn't last year either.

The coverage definitely wasn't bad last year. Except of course more hours on Eurosport 1 would be better instead of Eurosport 2 which has more limited availability. Luckily there is no clash with WTCC this year (Martin Haven should be free then?). There were some plans for upgrading the track for high-definition (for Eurosport HD) and onboard cameras on every car and stuff like that.

Eurosport has not been free-to-view here for years, so I think I'll again use the Eurosport Player, which costs like 5€ and you get to watch internet streams of Eurosport 1 and 2 for one month. Peace of mind, instead of trying to rely on not-so-legal streams which might show up or might not.

mufc6000 · 1 Mar 2009, 11:47 (Ref:2406573)

Did Eurosport show all 24 hours last year or were there gaps of no coverage?

airbusA346 · 1 Mar 2009, 12:06 (Ref:2406582)

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Originally Posted by mufc6000

Did Eurosport show all 24 hours last year or were there gaps of no coverage?

I think there was a gap for some sports news during the night for about 15 minutes.

Tom.

rich07 · 2 Mar 2009, 06:15 (Ref:2407110)

Even so thats pretty good, beats a few hours here, a few hours there, I'd be happy as larry if I were able to get my hands on Eurosports coverage.

GT6 · 2 Mar 2009, 08:50 (Ref:2407180)

Quote:

Originally Posted by deggis

Thanks for the info which surely helps a lot of people who are not lucky enough to be there.

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The Eurosport deal was multi-year-deal, so there is the answer. Not live on MotorsTV I'd assume since it wasn't last year either.

The coverage definitely wasn't bad last year. Except of course more hours on Eurosport 1 would be better instead of Eurosport 2 which has more limited availability. Luckily there is no clash with WTCC this year (Martin Haven should be free then?). There were some plans for upgrading the track for high-definition (for Eurosport HD) and onboard cameras on every car and stuff like that.

Eurosport has not been free-to-view here for years, so I think I'll again use the Eurosport Player, which costs like 5€ and you get to watch internet streams of Eurosport 1 and 2 for one month. Peace of mind, instead of trying to rely on not-so-legal streams which might show up or might not.

For those of you not able to attend the Race, it is well worth keeping an eye on the forum, for many of the LMS races last year, links were posted to sites showing live coverage, may only be on the PC rather than widescreen telly but it was free and in conjuction with the RLM commentary was a good way to keep up with what was happening.

I think the link was a Germany TV station so RLM was also required.

**Aysedasi** · 12 May 2009, 17:41 (Ref:2461081)

I have to say that watching the practice on the Wednesday last year while listening to the RLM commentary (thanks to the links posted here by kind members) was fabulous. Hopefully, we can do similar again this year guys? (Got to keep me amused before I leave!)

**batmobile** · 12 May 2009, 19:28 (Ref:2461159)

This week end, on Eurosport TV , they said they will get a more than 24 hours coverage between Eurosport and Eurosport 2.

To confirm

Martin Haven · 13 May 2009, 22:26 (Ref:2462043)

Although the exact air-times are changing on an almost daily basis, the basic plan is for, at least:

4 hours of Wednesday's 6-hour compulsory Free Practice (6-12 session, I believe we'll be on at least 8-12, but hopefully longer)

4 hours of Thursday's qualifying (7-9, 10-12, to tie in with the session times)

Saturday warm-up and historic race (not sure about Formula Le Mans race yet) then...

Full coverage of the 24 Hours... flag to flag, as they say... this will swap between Eurosport and Eurosport 2

sorry for those that do not have Eurosport 2 but it's likely that more will be on 2 than on 1... better line up Eurosport Player, those PC streaming feeds and Radio Le Mans!!

That's the basic outline... I will try and post more accurate times closer to the event... if I start now, we'll all be throughly sick of trying to keep track of the changes long before the race...

the sniper · 13 May 2009, 22:58 (Ref:2462052)

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Originally Posted by Martin Haven

Although the exact air-times are changing on an almost daily basis, the basic plan is for, at least:

Thanks Martin. Do you know if the ACO are still planning to produce a HD feed this year? That was in the plans announced after last years race, but since then a bunch of bankers lost a lot of money and the world stopped turning...

Gingers4Justice · 14 May 2009, 00:24 (Ref:2462076)

The Eurosport commentators said there would be over 36 hours of coverage, thats basically the whole Le Mans week.

Knockhill Nugget · 10 Jun 2009, 19:55 (Ref:2479567)

word of warning to those who are hopping to record the race for some reason or another.

as many of you may no from watching eurosport in the past there programing times seem to only be a guild.

last year i was marshaling (i think) the whole weekend. after a good weekend got home and was going to spread the 24h race over the week because of work and school.

the day before i left i had set the sky+ to record the race with it jumpng back and forth between Eurosport 1&2. when i sat down to watch when th channel changed and i put the next recording on several times i would dicover that i was missing up to 30min of the race because there was a tennis over run or somthin else.

was a little annoying

Andy77 · 15 Jun 2009, 13:53 (Ref:2483775)

yeah . best is to sit besides the vcr and waiting for the channel change. Although it wasn't that bad this year. There was just one bigger "gap" saturday evening I think

JAG · 15 Jun 2009, 16:00 (Ref:2483848)

I have to say the Eurosport player was faultless throughout the weekend.

Great commentary also.

Ryongyong · 15 Jun 2009, 16:15 (Ref:2483855)

I go all cold and sweaty whenever I have to compliment Eurosport but I don't really have any choice when it comes to their Internet coverage. No satellite here, only Freeview, but £4 got me full coverage of practice and qualification, and then, best of all, a dedicated stream for the race, in widescreen, no commentary, and no adverts at all. And it worked fine from start to finish. Plugged into a 42" TV and with RLM playing in the background I was a pretty happy bunny! And then sleepy because there was never any reason to want to leave the room as the coverage just kept on and on. But anyway, great stuff and I think I'll continue subscribing as I'm sure I remember reading that they have a dedicated stream for the LMS too... possibly.

(Now all I need to do is find out how I can save the streams to watch them again later

)

zac510 · 15 Jun 2009, 21:33 (Ref:2484072)

Got back last night and itching to fill in the gaps in my knowledge with some kind of TV highlights package. Hoping one comes out very soon?

Dead-Eye · 15 Jun 2009, 22:11 (Ref:2484096)

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Originally Posted by Ryongyong

I go all cold and sweaty whenever I have to compliment Eurosport but I don't really have any choice when it comes to their Internet coverage. No satellite here, only Freeview, but £4 got me full coverage of practice and qualification, and then, best of all, a dedicated stream for the race, in widescreen, no commentary, and no adverts at all. And it worked fine from start to finish. Plugged into a 42" TV and with RLM playing in the background I was a pretty happy bunny! And then sleepy because there was never any reason to want to leave the room as the coverage just kept on and on. But anyway, great stuff and I think I'll continue subscribing as I'm sure I remember reading that they have a dedicated stream for the LMS too... possibly.

(Now all I need to do is find out how I can save the streams to watch them again later

)

All that's left to hope for now is a "very high" quality setting like there is for E1 and E2 for the race stream next year.
(and to have quali and practice on it as well

)

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