So Channel 10 screws F1 fans.....

[tremolo]

Nice mate - nice.

[takai]

I have just fired off a quick email to Speedcafe about whether they might write an article on the issue.

As i see it this would give us a good article to refer people to when they ask, and also a way of being able to push it via a Motorsport friendly site.

Would be good to be able to point drivers and teams towards as well, especially STR/RBR and Dan/Mark. A quick RT from either of those would get TONS of views.

[bigmuz]

Yes. I am 100% sure that Mark Webber will cut his own commercial throat by publicly criticizing the broadcaster of the sport he lives in.

[tremolo]

THE Ten Network has outraged Australian motor racing fans after pulling its Formula 1 and Moto GP coverage from high definition (HD) digital channel One in a bid to boost "Super Sunday" ratings on its main channel.

Social media sites such as Facebook went into meltdown after Ten told fans they could now watch races on the main channel, which is broadcast in standard definition.

The new schedule will start this weekend when the Grand Prix circus descends on Bahrain, followed by next weekend's round of the Moto GP motorcycle series.

Ten will continue to broadcast race qualifying live on One HD the day before the race while the second and third tier Moto GP 2 and Moto GP 3 series will also remain on One in HD.

Aside from losing the live HD feed, fans have also been angered by the fact that races in some parts of Australia will be delayed in order to fit with Ten's 9.30pm telecast time.

Many fans have purchased live F1 timing and telemetry applications they run on second screens to coincide with the live race -- apps which will be rendered redundant by the delayed broadcast.

Last month The Australian revealed Ten was considering plans to move the delayed race broadcasts on to the main network forward to 9.30pm.

Just days later the network confirmed decision, but said that races will still be broadcast live on One in HD.

However, the struggling network has reneged on the decision as it scrambles to maximise advertising revenue and viewer numbers.

A spokesman for Ten said the decision would give more viewers the chance to catch races live.

"Yes, at the start of this year we did say all races would be live and in HD on ONE," the spokesman said. "That was before the decision was taken to run some races on TEN on Sunday evenings. That decision brings the races to a wider audience and - of course - is designed to lift our post-9.30pm Sunday audience numbers. We are, after all, a business!"

But race fans have been outraged at the decision to dump both live broadcasts Australia-wide and stop the high quality HD broadcasts.

Stewart O'Connell was one of more than 300 people to voice his anger on Ten's Facebook page.

"Absolute disgrace channel Ten....do you guys have any idea how to treat your viewers?"

Others said they would stream the races live from other sources.
"And you wonder why people rather download illegal shows and streams instead. tisk tisk, enjoy the rating drop," Aaron Westlake said.

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[itsnotagsr]

Anyone know where Lachlan Murdoch lives in Sydney? Someone should deliver a nice message to his front door.

[Impakt]

BTW you cunts in WA might also be able to get a VAST box which gives access to the free-to-air chans in eastern states via satellite. Will be SD + have ads, but at least it's live.

[willsy01]

Anyone know where Lachlan Murdoch lives in Sydney? Someone should deliver a nice message to his front door.

I'd prefer to deliver the message to his mrs.......with my dick.

[St00ge]

BTW you cunts in WA might also be able to get a VAST box which gives access to the free-to-air chans in eastern states via satellite. Will be SD + have ads, but at least it's live.

There ARE decent streams out there you know

[Greg Rust]

I'm about 5mins away from seeing a bloke in Dick Smith about cables, boxes and any other shit I need to hook PC to TV

Sent from my iCoyote using Road Runner

[St00ge]

HDMI out of FX card into plasma? maybe need a DVI to HDMi adapter if no HMDi out.

[spiller]

I went to dick smith today and bought a VGA cable before realizing my lap top has an hdmi outlet anyway. Stoopid

[SuperDave]

I am actually amazed at the replies guys - great work.

Figured many of you would simply go "who cares about SA and Perth"

I care because channel 10 could easily extend this to the east coast. And with big brother returning the 'good' old days of waiting 20 minutes for some useless show to finish would top the trifecta of pissing off motorsport fans. A stand needs to be made.

[St00ge]

What's happening with their MotoGP coverage as well this weekend? are they getting even more shafted again?

[tremolo]

I am actually amazed at the replies guys - great work.

Figured many of you would simply go "who cares about SA and Perth"

I didn't want to piss you off in the off chance you stopped posting pics of hot Perth birds

[bugle]

I care because channel 10 could easily extend this to the east coast. And with big brother returning the 'good' old days of waiting 20 minutes for some useless show to finish would top the trifecta of pissing off motorsport fans. A stand needs to be made.

Looks like big brother is on 9 thankfully

[GSRman]

they showed it 16 hours delayed last time...

[sammm]

There ARE decent streams out there you know

Better than SD broadcast quality? Links?

[tremolo]

Better than SD broadcast quality? Links?

x2

[St00ge]

The beeb feed from their website with a VPN is best quality I have had (but only 10 live races from teh BBC), You can find some decent SKY HD feeds that on my 55" plasma I can read the times and names still when on the couch, I consider that pretty good for making do, They pop up on VIPstand, and sometimes you can find a good justinTV link with a bit of luck.

[phreeky]

Please if anyone finds links to good sopcast streams when practice/quali/race is on, please post them. Sopcost streams are the fuckin' bomb. SD quality maybe not, but waaay beyond shitty little box videos embedded in a webpage and blown up to fullscreen, that's for sure.

Keeping in mind sopcast streams are often about 1min delayed, but that's SFA in the scheme of things.

edit: Here's a quick screenshot of a reasonable sopcast stream to give you some idea of the quality (assuming it's a good stream) - http://www.clubpoint.net/bluebird/.misc/Untitled.jpeg

[Greg Rust]

Yea Laptop hasn't got HMDI out but bought a VGA cable and going to use it into plasma and 3.5 into RCA for sound to amp

Ok so I just went to VIPBOX and started watching some table tennis and it was fine, so does this mean it will be ok for Q and Race or can they block us via magic and shit?

[St00ge]

Well VIPbox just links you to a bunch of other peoples streams that are out there.. But there is usually a couple of decent quality F1 feeds around come race time..

[phreeky]

sportlemon.tv is also another directory of streams served by various people

[hrd]

IAnd on Monday I will lodge a complaint with FreeTV Australia for a code of Practice violation due to placement of commercials.

http://www.freetv.com.au/Content_Com...aintStep1.aspx

"This Electronic Lodgement System can only be used for complaints under matters covered by the Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice. Code Complaints include program classification; accuracy, fairness and respect for privacy in news and current affairs; the amount of non-program matter on television; and placement of commercials and program promotions."

don't bother. Placement of commercials is about not placing advertisements for products and
services that are of particular concern or sensitivity in inappropriate programs. ie, no beer ads during Playschool. Its not about them placing commercials in a part of the race you wanted to see.

don't bother comlaining to them about the "live" thing either:

6.12 “Live sporting event” means:
6.12.1 live-to-air sporting broadcasts, including breaks immediately before and after the
broadcast;
6.12.2 sporting broadcasts delayed for time zone reasons and broadcast as plausible
“live”, without reformatting;

[St00ge]

^^

yeah they are not doing anything that they are not allowed to do, it is just fucked what they are trying to pull off..

[tremolo]

http://boycotttensport.com/

[XAC15T]

signed

[nastypaul]

signed and re posted.

[Greg Rust]

I've posted that link all over Ten's FB page, see how long it takes before I get a cease and delay broadcast.

[spiller]

lol rusty, good stuff mate