Live TV LMS?

Lipp · 23 Mar 2009, 17:03 (Ref:2422893)

I can't find any channels on TV that will show the races of the LMS live...

Motors TV doesn't have the rights and is airing ALMS. Cannot find anything at Eurosport, but I guess they won't be doing more than half an hour in the evening...

Are there any posters that know if there are any live streaming channels on the net for Barcelona?

Hate to miss all the action as it happens...

**FIRE** · 23 Mar 2009, 18:22 (Ref:2422935)

Eurosport is doing live coverage of LMS.

What I understand is that they show only first and last 60 or 90 minutes, so no full race coverage like on Motors TV. Don't know if it's Eurosport 1 or 2. Maybe they have a live stream?

NightStalk3r · 23 Mar 2009, 18:41 (Ref:2422953)

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Originally Posted by FIRE

Eurosport is doing live coverage of LMS.

What I understand is that they show only first and last 60 or 90 minutes, so no full race coverage like on Motors TV. Don't know if it's Eurosport 1 or 2. Maybe they have a live stream?

Eurosport have an hour and a bit near the beggining of the race and thats it, the end of the race isnt on there timetable.

**FIRE** · 23 Mar 2009, 18:43 (Ref:2422955)

Even worse....

Acid09 · 23 Mar 2009, 20:10 (Ref:2423000)

I hope they provide a live stream like last year. It it confirmed that MotorsTV won't be showing the races?

Sucks

NightStalk3r · 23 Mar 2009, 20:23 (Ref:2423007)

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Originally Posted by Acid09

I hope they provide a live stream like last year. It it confirmed that MotorsTV won't be showing the races?

Sucks

All thats in there TV Schedual for the day is Live MX2 so thats confirmation imo.

Lipp · 23 Mar 2009, 20:49 (Ref:2423036)

Radio Le Mans is not doing the race in Spain...
Good news is that they will probably be airing the races from Spa onwards. A 'guy named Hindy'

informed the readers on the Motors TV forum.

broadrun96 · 23 Mar 2009, 21:45 (Ref:2423085)

At least you get any tv coverage, we didn't even get the one hour recap shows this offseason like we had in the past here in the US.

LeMans.pt · 23 Mar 2009, 22:35 (Ref:2423131)

How lovely....

The American Series are all over europe's TV screens, and our own series are not! Nice... what can be a better way to promote the series, the teams, the pilots, the sponsors, than live timing? Becouse thats what we have! Patrick Peter found gold on this one! Cheap, easy, and without a middle man. Wanna see LMS? Just google LMS live timing....

How long will this guy be kept on charge? He his pure menace to the series...

Now, more seriously!!

Why not start a petitonn showing that the fans are not happy with the way yhe LMS is going in this particulary subject?

Rodger Davies · 23 Mar 2009, 23:03 (Ref:2423157)

I don't get it either, surely Motors isn't going to get any better ratings for anything else and UK Eurosport's coverage is pathetic (about 30 minutes of calling Aston Martin's Spykers and vice-versa). Sponsors in the series will be feeling very frustrated if there's no radio or TV coverage (even if you can't see on radio, it generates interest in a very loyal audience). I just don't get it, surely letting people watch and gain interest for free is better than holding out for a fee and killing the interest in it?

The LMS site still hasn't put any TV channels up yet either, so is there still a small amount of hope?

Mal · 24 Mar 2009, 10:49 (Ref:2423471)

It really makes no sense when the arrival of the works LMP aston will surely generate more interest especially in the UK thank ever before.

deggis · 24 Mar 2009, 11:27 (Ref:2423501)

http://yahoo.eurosport.com/tvschedule_clng0.shtml

For Barcelona it shows (GMT) 9:15-10:00 and 10:45-11:15. And then highlights 22:00. On Eurosport 1. Not much improvement from last year but I think that unfortunately correlates pretty will with the general level of interest.

ACO apparently had a briefing in Paul Ricard and Endurance-info posted a story about that. If I remember correctly there was quote from Patrick Peter who said they'll concentrate on tv coverage this year. Odd, if MotorsTV has not renewed deal?

AX lover · 24 Mar 2009, 11:39 (Ref:2423505)

If I remember correctly there were some Eurosport livestreams last year? Let's hope they will be there again this year!

deggis · 24 Mar 2009, 11:40 (Ref:2423506)

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Originally Posted by AX lover

If I remember correctly there were some Eurosport livestreams last year? Let's hope they will be there again this year!

Still wondering what was that stream all about last year. The stream was available from the German or French Eurosport site and sometimes as a direct mms link. But then it only worked for the first three rounds, if I remember correctly. And it was weird since it was just continuous "world feed".

If MotorsTV is not showing LMS at all, then I think chances even for not-so-legal (justin.tv etc.) streams are pretty slim.

old man · 25 Mar 2009, 14:44 (Ref:2424499)

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Originally Posted by deggis

http://yahoo.eurosport.com/tvschedule_clng0.shtml

For Barcelona it shows (GMT) 9:15-10:00 and 10:45-11:15. And then highlights 22:00. On Eurosport 1. Not much improvement from last year but I think that unfortunately correlates pretty will with the general level of interest.

ACO apparently had a briefing in Paul Ricard and Endurance-info posted a story about that. If I remember correctly there was quote from Patrick Peter who said they'll concentrate on tv coverage this year. Odd, if MotorsTV has not renewed deal?

Interesting timings, start is 10.30 GMT so far as I know

deggis · 25 Mar 2009, 15:48 (Ref:2424532)

You would be late then... 10:30 BST (British Summer Time)

At lemans-series.com 11:30 is listed on the schedule, which should be local time and when converted to GMT it is 9:30.

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

zac510 · 25 Mar 2009, 21:06 (Ref:2424748)

I don't mind no TV as long as there is a race-long internet stream. Most of us have good internet these days.

Stefvh · 25 Mar 2009, 22:04 (Ref:2424801)

But, live streams come from tv channels.

Lipp · 31 Mar 2009, 18:56 (Ref:2429969)

anyone any news regarding TV-coverage of the LMS round in Spain?

airbusA346 · 31 Mar 2009, 19:45 (Ref:2429992)

Shocking coverage in the UK for LMS.

Tom.

isynge · 31 Mar 2009, 19:55 (Ref:2429998)

Sadly all too predictable once they decided to go with Eurosport rather than Motors. Eurosport may have a greater footprint (but really, how much greater?) but it was always going to struggle to show 6 hours of anything with the variety of sports it covers.

I'm often inclined to be phlegmatic and think back to when we were lucky to get any coverage at all, but in this day and age it should be perfectly possible to deliver some sort of coverage package, and that the LMS organisers would appear to have monumentally dropped the ball here is disappointing in the extreme.

ger80 · 31 Mar 2009, 20:04 (Ref:2430006)

Is Eurosport showing the race on the player?
http://player.eurosport.co.uk/

airbusA346 · 31 Mar 2009, 20:10 (Ref:2430015)

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Originally Posted by ger80

Is Eurosport showing the race on the player?
http://player.eurosport.co.uk/

Don't know, but I hope so.

Tom.

deggis · 31 Mar 2009, 21:38 (Ref:2430095)

Umm... I'm afraid this might be misleading. The ad banner mentions on demand content but the faq still promises only streams of the three channels (1, 2 and the news channel). That was the case year ago when I used it during Le Mans.

ger80 · 31 Mar 2009, 22:09 (Ref:2430121)

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Acces live sport coverage and on demand content plus 3 tv channels

But I have only mobile braodband atm