Dart 18 Nationals on TV.

Hi Rick, at the time I was employed by LifeTV to develop content for what was supposed to be a new network of regional channels on the Sky platform. The productions were funded by ourselves, nothing to do with Sky (that was just the distribution platform). The total budget for the three half hours was around 10K although the organisers supplied the boat for the on-water shots. It's a shame there isn't more dinghy racing on TV (as opposed to the .............{streaming next bit}..............internet) as the technology (TV) we have today is more than capable of being used in what can sometimes be a hostile environment.

Interested to read your comments.
Bruce
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Hi rick i did an event in ballyholme a couple of years ago that was covered by sky, basically you pay them a shed load of money and they do the rest for you (8 grand i think) 30 minute program, repeated a million times and a dvd copy for everyone who sailed. I will dig out the dvd for details if you like.

It was 2006. How time flies. I produced, directed (and shot a lot of) the programmes.Given the need for channels of the outer reaches of the Sky platform to keep repeating content as a way of filling their schedules they'll probably still be showing it in another three years time. 

I was very impressed to see the coverage (30 min Highlights per day) of the racing at Whitstable on "Life" (Channel 186 on Sky)... I only found it by chance.