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[Brendo]

Is it just me or has there been bugger all media coverage of this?
Obviously SBS has been showing the highlights package, but as a keen
reader of newspapers and watcher of TV news, I don't recall seeing
much about it at all.

Is this due to a) apathy of media owners, b) a very small target
audience that makes the cost not worth the revenue, or c) they just
don't get it?

I would have thought that a 'World' event in our backyard (well, SA's
backyard) would have at least pricked the interest of a few 'out of
the cycling world' outlets.

Brendo

 

[Elmo]

Brendo wrote:
> Is it just me or has there been bugger all media coverage of this?
> Obviously SBS has been showing the highlights package, but as a keen
> reader of newspapers and watcher of TV news, I don't recall seeing
> much about it at all.
>
> Is this due to a) apathy of media owners, b) a very small target
> audience that makes the cost not worth the revenue, or c) they just
> don't get it?
>
> I would have thought that a 'World' event in our backyard (well, SA's
> backyard) would have at least pricked the interest of a few 'out of
> the cycling world' outlets.
>
> Brendo

It's competing against world soccer, world rugby, world cricket and
world tennis. The one that sells the most alcohol wins.

Elmo

 

[Bob C]

Elmo wrote:
> Brendo wrote:
>> Is it just me or has there been bugger all media coverage of this?
>> Obviously SBS has been showing the highlights package, but as a keen
>> reader of newspapers and watcher of TV news, I don't recall seeing
>> much about it at all.
>>
>> Is this due to a) apathy of media owners, b) a very small target
>> audience that makes the cost not worth the revenue, or c) they just
>> don't get it?
>>
>> I would have thought that a 'World' event in our backyard (well, SA's
>> backyard) would have at least pricked the interest of a few 'out of
>> the cycling world' outlets.
>>
>> Brendo
>
> It's competing against world soccer, world rugby, world cricket and
> world tennis. The one that sells the most alcohol wins.
>
> Elmo
Every night during the tour, there was a wrap up of highlights of the
days racing on SBS, and the last day was televised by Channel 10 in
Sydney - the whole race in fact.

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Bob C

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[Brendo]

On Jan 29, 1:47 pm, Elmo <[email protected]> wrote:
> Brendo wrote:
> > Is it just me or has there been bugger all media coverage of this?
> > Obviously SBS has been showing the highlights package, but as a keen
> > reader of newspapers and watcher of TV news, I don't recall seeing
> > much about it at all.
>
> > Is this due to a) apathy of media owners, b) a very small target
> > audience that makes the cost not worth the revenue, or c) they just
> > don't get it?
>
> > I would have thought that a 'World' event in our backyard (well, SA's
> > backyard) would have at least pricked the interest of a few 'out of
> > the cycling world' outlets.
>
> > Brendo
>
> It's competing against world soccer, world rugby, world cricket and
> world tennis. The one that sells the most alcohol wins.
>
> Elmo

Granted, there is a bit of sport on in Australia now. So do we try and
learn the unenlightened, or just make a promise to buy $hitloads of
beer to be on par with the other sports?
Brendo

 

[Christo]

"Brendo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
On Jan 29, 1:47 pm, Elmo <[email protected]> wrote:
> Brendo wrote:
> > Is it just me or has there been bugger all media coverage of this?
> > Obviously SBS has been showing the highlights package, but as a keen
> > reader of newspapers and watcher of TV news, I don't recall seeing
> > much about it at all.
>
> > Is this due to a) apathy of media owners, b) a very small target
> > audience that makes the cost not worth the revenue, or c) they just
> > don't get it?
>
> > I would have thought that a 'World' event in our backyard (well, SA's
> > backyard) would have at least pricked the interest of a few 'out of
> > the cycling world' outlets.
>
> > Brendo
>
> It's competing against world soccer, world rugby, world cricket and
> world tennis. The one that sells the most alcohol wins.
>
> Elmo

Granted, there is a bit of sport on in Australia now. So do we try and
learn the unenlightened, or just make a promise to buy $hitloads of
beer to be on par with the other sports?
Brendo


Channel 10 showed Sunday's stage in it's entirety, only to break away for
the news before the presentations could be shown.

Christo.

 

[Adrian]

Bob C <patnbob@unwired> writes:

> Elmo wrote:
>> Brendo wrote:
>>> Is it just me or has there been bugger all media coverage of this?
>>> Obviously SBS has been showing the highlights package, but as a keen
>>> reader of newspapers and watcher of TV news, I don't recall seeing
>>> much about it at all.
>>>
>>> Is this due to a) apathy of media owners, b) a very small target
>>> audience that makes the cost not worth the revenue, or c) they just
>>> don't get it?
>>>
>>> I would have thought that a 'World' event in our backyard (well,
>>> SA's backyard) would have at least pricked the interest of a few
>>> 'out of the cycling world' outlets.
>>>
>>> Brendo
>>
>> It's competing against world soccer, world rugby, world cricket and
>> world tennis. The one that sells the most alcohol wins.
>>
>> Elmo
> Every night during the tour, there was a wrap up of highlights of the
> days racing on SBS, and the last day was televised by Channel 10 in
> Sydney - the whole race in fact.

....and on the Monday following a long weekend away at Bright I
discovered that the "daily" setting of the video recorder really only
meant "monday to friday". Bugger.

There are also a couple of 4 minute snippets on SBS' website
http://www20.sbs.com.au/podcasting/index.php?action=feeddetails&feedid=85&catid=2

> Bob C
Adrain

 

[jcjordan]

Elmo wrote:
> Brendo wrote:
>> Is it just me or has there been bugger all media coverage of this?
>> Obviously SBS has been showing the highlights package, but as a keen
>> reader of newspapers and watcher of TV news, I don't recall seeing
>> much about it at all.
>>
>> Is this due to a) apathy of media owners, b) a very small target
>> audience that makes the cost not worth the revenue, or c) they just
>> don't get it?
>>
>> I would have thought that a 'World' event in our backyard (well, SA's
>> backyard) would have at least pricked the interest of a few 'out of
>> the cycling world' outlets.
>>
>> Brendo
>
> It's competing against world soccer, world rugby, world cricket and
> world tennis. The one that sells the most alcohol wins.
>
> Elmo
Every night during the tour, there was a wrap up of highlights of the
days racing on SBS, and the last day was televised by Channel 10 in
Sydney - the whole race in fact.

--
Bob C

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and in Europe on Eurosport for the third year in a row it was shown live. At least the SBS highlights were quite good. Since 2005 when 10 got the rights the highlights have consisted of 25min of ads and 5min of racing.

I did not see the last stage on TV, did they screw it up again this year by putting ads on for the last two laps prior to the sprint finish?