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[Ralfi]

Last nights coverage of the Bahrain F1 GP was the worst I've seen in a while. Along with Live Timing not working, we had the coverage demoted to TenSD.

Some states (WA/SA/NT) didn't even get the race live!

I've contacted Ten & signed an online petition aimed to put pressure on Tens' sponsors;

Contact Numbers for TEN:

Sydney
1 Saunders Street
Pyrmont, NSW 2009
GPO BOX 10, Sydney, NSW 2001
Ph: 02 9650 1010
Fax: 02 9650 1111

Melbourne
Como Centre
Level 4, 620 Chapel Street
South Yarra, VIC 3141
Private Bag 5000, South Yarra, VIC 3141
Ph: 03 9275 1010
Fax: 03 9275 1011

Brisbane
Sir Samuel Griffith Drive
Mt Coot-tha, QLD 4066
GPO BOX 751, Brisbane, QLD 4001
Ph: 07 3214 1010
Fax: 07 3369 3786

Adelaide
80 Hutt Street
Adelaide, SA 5000
Locked Bag 10, Adelaide, SA 5001
Ph: 08 8225 1010
Fax: 08 8225 1011

Perth
Cottonwood Crescent
Perth, WA 6062
PO BOX 10, Mirrabooka, WA 6941
Ph: 08 9345 1010
Fax: 08 9344 8076

PETITION: http://boycotttensport.com/

& it seems it's all had an effect;
http://m.theaustrali...d-1226335722978

Please express your disgust at this continual lack of respect to the Aussie sporting public by contacting Ten & lodging a complaint & by signing the petition.

Edited by Ralfi, 23 April 2012 - 09:57 AM.

[miata]

Ralfi, on 23 April 2012 - 09:46 AM, said:

Last nights coverage of the Bahrain F1 GP was the worst I've seen in a while. Along with Live Timing not working, we had the coverage demoted to TenSD. Some states (WA/SA/NT) didn't even get the race live! I've contacted Ten & signed an online petition aimed to put pressure on Tens' sponsors; Contact Numbers for TEN: Sydney 1 Saunders Street Pyrmont, NSW 2009 GPO BOX 10, Sydney, NSW 2001 Ph: 02 9650 1010 Fax: 02 9650 1111 Melbourne Como Centre Level 4, 620 Chapel Street South Yarra, VIC 3141 Private Bag 5000, South Yarra, VIC 3141 Ph: 03 9275 1010 Fax: 03 9275 1011 Brisbane Sir Samuel Griffith Drive Mt Coot-tha, QLD 4066 GPO BOX 751, Brisbane, QLD 4001 Ph: 07 3214 1010 Fax: 07 3369 3786 Adelaide 80 Hutt Street Adelaide, SA 5000 Locked Bag 10, Adelaide, SA 5001 Ph: 08 8225 1010 Fax: 08 8225 1011 Perth Cottonwood Crescent Perth, WA 6062 PO BOX 10, Mirrabooka, WA 6941 Ph: 08 9345 1010 Fax: 08 9344 8076 PETITION: http://boycotttensport.com/ & it seems it's all had an effect; http://m.theaustrali...d-1226335722978 Please express your disgust at this continual lack of respect to the Aussie sporting public by contacting Ten & lodging a complaint & by signing the petition.

Signed it yesterday and also registered a complaint on the F.I.A. Facebook page a few days ago.

It appears that the UK has a beef as well! http://www.digitalsp...c-sky-deal.html . Also that article in the Australian can only be accessed by paying a subscription fee.

Edited by miata, 23 April 2012 - 10:18 AM.

[Baboy]

And didnt it look just woeful last night......and just to piss u off a little more the watermark was twice the size due to a voice bubble thingy with "LIVE" in it hanging off the usual TEN logo.  

And next weeks MotoGP ....the quali,Moto3 and Moto2 races are on ONE ,while the main race is in SD on TEN

blah  

[miata]

Baboy, on 23 April 2012 - 12:03 PM, said:

And didnt it look just woeful last night......and just to piss u off a little more the watermark was twice the size due to a voice bubble thingy with "LIVE" in it hanging off the usual TEN logo.  

And next weeks MotoGP ....the quali,Moto3 and Moto2 races are on ONE ,while the main race is in SD on TEN

blah  

As it was for the last MotoGP. It was replayed in HD the following night.
I've been lucky so far and haven't heard any result of the GP but even if I do, I'll still watch the whole thing in HD as I'm recording the replay tonight.

[Baboy]

Ten move irks motor racing fans and sponsors

• by:  Simon Canning
  
• From:  The Australian
  
• April 23, 2012 12:00AM

THE Ten Network is at loggerheads with some sponsors and could be forced into reinstating live Formula One and MotoGP broadcasts to its digital channel One HD after a wave of fan anger.
Sponsors have raised concerns that markets, including Adelaide and Perth, where emerging F1 star Daniel Ricciardo's parents live, will be forced to view delayed telecasts because Ten has switched coverage to its main channel.
Unlike One, Ten broadcasts only in standard definition, after previously promoting the 2012 Formula One season as being "Live and in HD".
According to some advertisers, motorsport would be confined to Ten at 9.30pm on Sundays.
Hundreds of diehard fans have taken to social media, vowing to pirate race feeds online, using overseas file-sharing services.
Ten said last week that the move had been made for commercial reasons, but by Friday the network was refusing to comment further as the furore grew.


A Ten spokesman said advertisers were told weeks ago about the shift, but sponsors denied this.
According to one of the broadcast's biggest sponsors, Swisse Vitamins, which also supports Formula One driver Mark Webber, it was not aware of the move until contacted by Media on Friday.
"Swisse contacted Network Ten when we received a call from The Australian," a spokesman for the company said.
"We have been informed that it is only live on the east coast at this stage but that the network is looking at all options."
Shannon's Car Insurance, a division of Suncorp Metway, also denied it had been told several weeks ago, saying it had been contacted by Ten earlier last week.
"We have already passed on the concerns expressed by some enthusiasts directly to Channel Ten and will continue to review the situation, as we do with any sponsorship," Shannon executive manager of marketing Mark Behr said.
More than 650 people flooded Ten's Facebook page with complaints about the move, many threatening to use pirated live feeds of races from overseas.
Motorsport forums, and even Ten's Facebook page, have since been alive with viewers trading advice on how to source live F1 feeds on the internet.
TV networks are under increasing pressure over live and HD sport, with Rugby League fans attacking channel Nine on Friday for showing a delayed telecast of the Anzac Test match between Australia and New Zealand.
Ten has experienced a similar backlash from MotoGP fans.
Some angry fans called for F1 and MotoGP advertisers to boycott Ten and an online "boycott Ten" website is quickly gaining hundreds of signatures.
The network made the call to move the live broadcasts from its HD network to the main channel at 9.30pm on Sundays in a bid to boost audiences on its "Super Sunday" nights.

[darockk]

Channel 10, hurry up and give up the f1 rights to foxtel.

Imagine F1 in true HD, live and no commercials.

[laurie]

darockk, on 26 April 2012 - 02:33 PM, said:

Channel 10, hurry up and give up the f1 rights to foxtel.

Imagine F1 in true HD, live and no commercials.

Yep well said would be good on Speed HD

cheers laurie

[Mark Haynes]

The rot in Australian TV started a long time back..this will force people onto "other" means to watch their coverage, thus making Ten's position even worse.
Once the major advertisers like Shannons & others such as Swisse think twice about spending their dollars on Network Ten things may change.
For now we have to put up with it or stop watching altogether which would be a shame as the F1 has actually been quite interesting this year... I mean 4 races, 4 different winners?

Ad free on Foxtel for both F1 & MotoGP would be a great move but it isn't going to happen any time soon, its one of the reasons why I signed up for Foxtel way back in the 90's.
Now with Foxtel just showing the World Superbikes there is less reason for me to even have Foxtel. I think SBS has a World SBK highlights package thesedays anyway.

Maybe IPTV might show promise but for that you need decent Internet, something that still does not exist at many places in Aus.

[Baboy]

Quote

Network Ten is committed to bringing Formula One and MotoGP to more viewers and building motorsport’s television presence in Australia.
This was achieved successfully on Sunday night (April 22), when running Round 4 – Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix on TEN produced a 46% increase in viewers in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane compared with the same round last year.
As a result, Network Ten’s broadcast of Formula One and MotoGP will remain live on TEN in the Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane markets.
But we recognise that viewers in Adelaide and Perth want live sport. We acknowledge the concerns expressed by some viewers in those cities about the delayed telecast of Sunday night’s race.
Network Ten has, therefore, decided to broadcast Formula One and MotoGP in Adelaide and Perth live on ONE. Viewers in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane will continue to receive the broadcast live on TEN.

Wankers

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This was achieved successfully on Sunday night (April 22), when running Round 4 – Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix on TEN produced a 46% increase in viewers in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane compared with the same round last year.

There wasnt even a Bahrain Grand Prix last year  



Double wankers


http://boycotttensport.com/

[miata]

MotoGP is getting the same treatment, in spite of the fact that Casey Stoner is WORLD CHAMPION! Moto2 and Moto3 live in HD, MotoGP in SD!! They've completely lost the plot, we really do have to maintain the pressure.

[Wags]

Well I'm in Adelaide and are glad we will get it on 'one', but it sucks for the eastern states, crappy sd.