[Gregoire500]

I put the ride commentary on mute, and cover up the image for the post-race analysis. God awful, annoying, and amateur. Is it just me that finds it bloody annoying?

Is it just some kind of cynical plot to make Boardman’s contributions look epically interesting and insightful come the Tour again next year?

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[vanmildert]

wakou wrote:Hi guys, this is

wakou wrote:

Hi guys, this is probably against forum etiquette etc but I am generous with my waffle/genuinely interested in what others think. I posted this to another forum, but not so road/racing focussed as this one. I hope you don’t mind the crosspost too much:

What I am wondering is: Where are the advertisers? At least Halford’s advertised during the TDF. For this Vuelta? Not a single cycling related ad. Why on earth can this be? Evans, Wiggle, Chain Reaction, or Cannondale, Giant?
I was talking to one of the spotty yoofs at Halford’s the other day. Their “Tour de France Special Edition” ONE BRANCH sell 40 of them PER WEEK
Surely this is madness not to be advertising?
……the more I think about this, the more mystified I am. I cannot be the only one, who after watching these titans hurtling across mountainous terrain at 30mph + wants to do the same. We all know that I can’t replace or upgrade my spindly 50-year-old legs, or my much abused by tobacco and lord knows what else lungs and heart. BUT I can click my mouse on some new cycling gloves or shoes or bibshorts or a new chain or crankset or chainset or cassette or whole new groupset or wheels oh what the heck, why not £5,000 of carbon fibre drool while I’m here!!!!
Project for self:
Find out contact details for person-in-charge of ITV4, contact her/him and thank for the coverage.
Find contact details for sales directors of:
Wiggle, CRC, Evans, Cannondale, Giant, Cervelo, Shimano, Sram, Campagnolo, SOREEN!! (please add to this list as you see fit) and write to them and ask directly why they are NOT advertising to this captive and captivated market of itchy-wallet wannabe’s like me.
ps I’m adding Trek to the list.
Also, while I have the ear of the controller ITV4, I might gently suggest another commentator, as well as, not instead of. The guy knows his stuff etc but I’m afraid the nasal Aussie whine almost ruins the show for me. And WTF is his obsession with Igor Anton all about? Are they lovers or something?

Agree with that! I expect numbers watching Vuelta are tiny compared to TDF and no one will want to pay the extortionate advertising costs. Vicious circle though – rubbish commentary = less viewers = no advertisers.

[vanmildert]

wakou wrote:Hi guys, this is

wakou wrote:

Hi guys, this is probably against forum etiquette etc but I am generous with my waffle/genuinely interested in what others think. I posted this to another forum, but not so road/racing focussed as this one. I hope you don’t mind the crosspost too much:

What I am wondering is: Where are the advertisers? At least Halford’s advertised during the TDF. For this Vuelta? Not a single cycling related ad. Why on earth can this be? Evans, Wiggle, Chain Reaction, or Cannondale, Giant?
I was talking to one of the spotty yoofs at Halford’s the other day. Their “Tour de France Special Edition” ONE BRANCH sell 40 of them PER WEEK
Surely this is madness not to be advertising?
……the more I think about this, the more mystified I am. I cannot be the only one, who after watching these titans hurtling across mountainous terrain at 30mph + wants to do the same. We all know that I can’t replace or upgrade my spindly 50-year-old legs, or my much abused by tobacco and lord knows what else lungs and heart. BUT I can click my mouse on some new cycling gloves or shoes or bibshorts or a new chain or crankset or chainset or cassette or whole new groupset or wheels oh what the heck, why not £5,000 of carbon fibre drool while I’m here!!!!
Project for self:
Find out contact details for person-in-charge of ITV4, contact her/him and thank for the coverage.
Find contact details for sales directors of:
Wiggle, CRC, Evans, Cannondale, Giant, Cervelo, Shimano, Sram, Campagnolo, SOREEN!! (please add to this list as you see fit) and write to them and ask directly why they are NOT advertising to this captive and captivated market of itchy-wallet wannabe’s like me.
ps I’m adding Trek to the list.
Also, while I have the ear of the controller ITV4, I might gently suggest another commentator, as well as, not instead of. The guy knows his stuff etc but I’m afraid the nasal Aussie whine almost ruins the show for me. And WTF is his obsession with Igor Anton all about? Are they lovers or something?

Agree with that! I expect numbers watching Vuelta are tiny compared to TDF and no one will want to pay the extortionate advertising costs. Vicious circle though – rubbish commentary = less viewers = no advertisers.

[wild man]

I was surprised to hear the
I was surprised to hear the Miami Dolphins’ most celebrated quarterback has made a sporting comeback as a Katusha climber. 😕 😀

[mattjgregg]

I like Matt Keenan’s
I like Matt Keenan’s commentary that ITV4 have bought in from SBS(?). He’s not as exciting as P&P but is far less repetitive, better at picking out riders and actually talks about the race tactics.

[mattjgregg]

I like Matt Keenan’s
I like Matt Keenan’s commentary that ITV4 have bought in from SBS(?). He’s not as exciting as P&P but is far less repetitive, better at picking out riders and actually talks about the race tactics.

[Gkam84]

Simon_MacMichael
[quote=Simon_MacMichael]Blimey, I think Channel 4 have topped the lot with their athletics coverage :O – I know live presenting isn’t anything like as easy as good presenters make it look, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen it go quite as badly as this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6o52kZxvtg&feature=youtu.be%5B/quote%5D

Here you go, seems alot of people aint a fan of his, lol

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14745679

[Gkam84]

a.jumper, i have to disagree
a.jumper, i have to disagree about the Giro, their pictures were decent this year and in HD aswell

Simon, thats just a few clips from hours of footage, you have to remember, they are out in the heat of Deagu and working really long hours, god knows when they get sleep, But isn’t that guy a kids tv presenter??

[Simon_MacMichael]

Blimey, I think Channel 4
Blimey, I think Channel 4 have topped the lot with their athletics coverage :O – I know live presenting isn’t anything like as easy as good presenters make it look, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen it go quite as badly as this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6o52kZxvtg&feature=youtu.be

[a.jumper]

Not really a surprise if
Not really a surprise if you’ve seen it before. Both the Giro and Vuelta pictures and captions tend to be poorer than the Tour de France. The Giro and Vuelta coverages are each led by state-owned broadcasters in heavily-indebted countries operating in harsher weather conditions than France, while the Tour can afford Euromedia to lead production.

At least it’s live, unlike this year’s BBC (London-Surrey) or ITV (Tour Series, Tour of Britain) hosted coverage.

[Gkam84]

The TT coverage on both ITV
The TT coverage on both ITV and Eurosport was bad, the fact Euro didn’t even show it live tells me something.

I think the host broadcaster has had a shocking tour with their dodgy camera work, but worse than that, are they using 1980’s camcorders, the picture is shocking, i watched a bit on ITV4 HD, that was awful

[a.jumper]

Aussie Bloke’s name is Matt
Aussie Bloke’s name is Matt Keenan. I guessed back in http://road.cc/content/news/40604-itv4-show-vuelta-live-bbc-air-only-brief-highlights-olympic-test-event they might use him on itv4, as they had before.

The time trial coverage is shockingly bad, especially the out-of-order highlights, but I think he’s not too bad otherwise. I wish he could pronounce the name of the bleedin’ race, though: it’s the vuelta, not the volta!

He has some incorrect “facts” he keeps repeating (Mizurov is older than O’Grady, as was Garcia Acosta), but don’t all commentators? 😉

At least itv show some of the podium presentations, which Eurosport never do, even if they’ve only a repeat to show next. That bugs the hell out of me, so I’m watching itv.

[Gkam84]

There are a number of
There are a number of drinking games, but there is always someone in the group who are drinking that tweet in with tips on what it could be for that day, so once worked out and depending on their mood, they will mention whatever it is over and over to get them pissed, or not say it again 👿

[stewieatb]

Aussie Bloke came out with
Aussie Bloke came out with “the attack has not…. eventuated” today, sometime around the various attacks from the break that took place on the final climb. The word you’re looking for is ‘worked’, you pretentious twerp.

[Cooks]

I have to say, I’m glad I
I have to say, I’m glad I don’t have to hear Ligget saying “Manx-Missile” over and over again. I’m sure there’s a drinking game to be had out of Sherwen and Ligget’s commentary.

And I’m sure I heard our Australian friend say ecscape instead of escape today…

[handlebarcam]

Boulting and Rendell are
Boulting and Rendell are good, especially when accompanied by Chris “Why do they have 2nd and 3rd on a Podium” Boardman. But I wish Ned would stop describing every advertisement break as “short” (they aren’t, and are clearly aimed at the usual ITV4 audience of people who want to watch ancient repeats of The Professionals, or World’s Stupidest Police Videos) and stop calling an undulating TT course as “pan flat” (comparatively flat, yes, but if that is as flat as Ned’s pans get then he must suffer from very lumpy pancakes.) All the same, I keep hoping for the audio link to Spain to break down, so that irritating Aussie is cut off, and the studio team have to commentate. They aren’t afraid to mention something not being shown on screen, including the darker side of the sport (such a refreshing change from those cheerleaders for the Armstrong-era, Liggett and Sherwin), and don’t pronounce Cofidis as Coffeedus. Yes, Matt Rendell can go off on some long tenuous trains of thought, while major action is occurring, and is sometimes completely wrong, but at least he tries.

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