[196nautique]

Anyone have any knowledge of what to expect for live internet coverage?

Will we be able to get a pirated Sporza feed?

Will we be stuck with the same coverage we had for US Nats with 6 cameras and a feed that kept dropping out?

If Sporza does broadcast it live in Belgium, won't it be about 8 or 9 pm there?

I'm really hoping for a good live feed.

 

[jct78]

Anyone have any knowledge of what to expect for live internet coverage?

Will we be able to get a pirated Sporza feed?

Will we be stuck with the same coverage we had for US Nats with 6 cameras and a feed that kept dropping out?

If Sporza does broadcast it live in Belgium, won't it be about 8 or 9 pm there?

I'm really hoping for a good live feed.

not sure about an official US stream.

sporza usually broadcasts live, so it should be normal time in the US. 2-3pm PST or where ever you are.

it's gonna be a great day for sports with the super bowl kicking off shortly after.

 

[PDex]

The UCI will be streaming the men's juniors, U23, and elite races as well as the women's elite race live on their YouTube channel.

Complete broadcast schedule here: www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=ODM0NjU&LangId=1

 

[ms6073]

The UCI will be streaming the men's juniors, U23, and elite races as well as the women's elite race live on their YouTube channel.

So the UCI is going to provide/host a live stream here: UCI Channel ?

 

[PDex]

So the UCI is going to provide/host a live stream here: UCI Channel ?

That is my understanding from USA Cycling today.

IMO, it is sad that NBC or Universal can't put this on.

 

[Corndog]

I thought there had to be actual TV broadcast for the UCI to allow a World Champ event to take place in a country? Really a shame that NBC Sports didn't pick this up for the day. I guess having 40 min to an hour with no commercials just doesn't work for them.

Oh well, I'll be at the actual race Hopefully sober enough to remember what happens.

 

[thighmaster]

I will hope beyond hope that I don't have to listen to the American announcer who tries to make it into a monster truck/nascar event. Do our fellow country men really need things brought in that format? I guess we need the creation of excitement. I've learned about 15 words from Sporza, but let there be Sporza coverage please.

 

[the mayor]

The coverage on Sporza...and every other channel...will be the same that is on the UCI web channel ( UCI owns the rights)
USACycling has contracted a good sized crew for the camera work / upload. ( part of the contract for hosting Worldz)
This is the same crew that does work for Universal, NBC and other networks.
As far as a tv broadcast in the US.....there is no market for it.

 

[jct78]

The coverage on Sporza...and every other channel...will be the same that is on the UCI web channel ( UCI owns the rights)
USACycling has contracted a good sized crew for the camera work / upload. ( part of the contract for hosting Worldz)
This is the same crew that does work for Universal, NBC and other networks.
As far as a tv broadcast in the US.....there is no market for it.

is it the same crew that did the Olympic XC race?? i thought that coverage was awesome.

 

[the mayor]

is it the same crew that did the Olympic XC race?? i thought that coverage was awesome.

No. The Olympic coverage was done by a Euro based film contractor. A US based crew is hired for the US...
We can only hope they have some experience covering a bicycle race.

 

[Corndog]

Ugh... I'm sure it will terrible then. Cycling Dirt did the coverage for our UCI race and did one of the worse jobs I've ever witnessed this past year. No Colt = garbage. Bad camera placements, wouldn't take input from the organizers, just awful.

Hopefully whomever was picked will do better than the Nationals Coverage as well. I think for a while they just had the cameras switching at random. We all saw them cut to a camera with no one riding through. Brilliant.

You really need a group with experience in covering that type of action and enough camera to keep up with the pace.

 

[the mayor]

The problem is that the number of crews with that experience in the US is less than ZERO.

 

[pretender]

My how spoiled we've become.

 

[the mayor]

For reference....if you watch the races in Belgium....it is one company that is contracted to do those races.
They are very good at it.
If you watch the coverage of a World Cup in Spain or Switzerland....you will notice the coverage is not very good. You will also notice no spectators.....

 

[davemess]

As far as a tv broadcast in the US.....there is no market for it.

This is an instance where I think USAC or some other US cycling sponsor should have stepped up. There might not be much market, but it is a huge opportunity to introduce the sport to thousands of people.
Frankly I find it really odd that the UCI isn't more involved (paying for it). Most other minor-ish sports the World governing body controls a lot of the media. This allows for continuity from event to event. It would definitely be in the UCI's best interest to continue to grow cyclocross in the US (especially considering the recent Lance shenanigans), and they should have ponied up some dough.

 

[Corndog]

I think USAC is about tapped out regarding Worlds. They pretty much took the whole event over and are paying for it out of pocket. That includes the TV coverage costs. There is a good article on it right now on CX Mag. After Exergy imploded it was pretty much man up or it would go back to Belgium.

As an aside, I was really upset to see Exergy on the Nats banners... even if they did still manage to give USAC money for that event. I bet the stuff was already printed up and they just went with it.

 

[davemess]

True, USAC is putting a lot into this race, but they have some pretty big sponsors, that they could have tapped. (then again they are really busy going after OBRA )

I still think the Super Bowl date has a lot to do with it.