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Hustler 
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 Topic: TV coverage of dinghy racingPosted: 09 Oct 12 at 5:13pm |
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Do we have to wait until the 2016 Olympics before we can watch dinghy racing on T.V. once more? Is it possible to encourage the powers that be to put pressure where it is needed to ensure sailing gets a fair piece of prime time TV sports coverage?
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G.R.F.
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Posted: 09 Oct 12 at 5:54pm |
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I think your preaching to a converted audience here hustler old chap, show us the means to change that and I guess we'd all charge at it. (Online petitions? BBC forums? Sky ditto?).
I wonder if Rodney has considered selling the TV rights to the weekends forum challenge?
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RS400atC
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Posted: 09 Oct 12 at 6:09pm |
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I did enjoy watching the 470's on TV, but I only did so because I was on holiday and it was raining where I was.
Speaking only for myself, if there was dinghy racing on TV regularly I probably wouldn't watch it. I certainly would not want any of the events I've taken part in to be managed for the benefit of TV. |
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ifoxwell
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Posted: 10 Oct 12 at 9:03am |
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Aussie Skiffs will be starting again soon.... not TV I know but still some of the best dinghy sailing broadcast.
Ian
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Fraggle
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Posted: 10 Oct 12 at 10:09am |
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The few times they do put sailing (of any sort) on tv, its usually a sunday when everyone who might be interested in watching it as out sailing themselves. No wonder they then get poor viewing figures and think its not worth it.
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pondmonkey
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Posted: 10 Oct 12 at 10:22am |
well you can speak up for me too. +1
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Hustler
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Posted: 10 Oct 12 at 11:32am |
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Aussie skiffs make exciting viewing but not what I had
in mind. What we need on T.V. is good British dinghy racing shown
at its best. I don’t agree with RS400atC regarding events being managed
for the benefit of T.V. Surely Olympic sailing has demonstrated that there can be
huge gains for our sport from the T.V. audience, small compromises by the
competitors within a televised sailing event is a small price to pay for increased
media exposure. Look at the sport of cycling and you can appreciate what can be
done with a sport promoted well. Thirty years ago cycling was a minority sport,
today things are so different. Olympic success in abundance has helped,
something our sport of sailing can also boast, I am convinced T.V. coverage of
major cycling events has engaged the general public with the sport with
outstanding results!! Between the yachting press and our T.V. media contacts surely
it is not beyond us to select suitable sailing events and guide the T.V. media
in their direction. |
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Noah
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Posted: 10 Oct 12 at 11:34am |
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I would watch EXPERT LEVEL dinghy sailing, but not at the expense of not sailing myself, so Sundays are OUT. Broadcast time shouldn't matter nowadays anyway - with almost everyone able to record for later. Watching the way the Finns were muscled through the waves, and the boat handling skills on 470's was a revelation to me.
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pondmonkey
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Posted: 10 Oct 12 at 11:46am |
to what ends? Niche television has its outlets... it's called youtube and vimeo. I'd happily watch a professionally produced 5 minute round-up of say the Fireball Nationals broadcast under a Y&Y / Sailing Today / Sailing Anarchy youtube account. I'd even be happy to see a 30 second ad for Musto/Gill/Selden masts at the beginning of it. Do I want to see hyped-up, nonsense sailing on ESPN sponsored by Gatorade with an american commentator, or worse, Richard Simmonds again? Nope... not for me, sorry. The olympics was great viewing... but only within the context of all the other sport going on at the time and the fact that the country was on shutdown anyway, so what the hell, there's some quality sailing streaming on the internet.... The AC-45 World Series is televised... have I watched it? Once for novelty value, but I soon switched back to something actually entertaining. Besides who wants to go an event that's televised? I have a colleague who's into amateur motor sport. That's now televised and he says it's ruined the game. I would liken his category to the Merlin Rocket Open Meeting Circuit... serious sailing, attracts very good participants, but essentially it should remain amateur, not a media showcase.
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SoggyBadger
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Posted: 10 Oct 12 at 11:53am |
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Watching other people sailing is about as entertaining as watching other people eating.
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