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ABC Sports Continues Innovations In Indy 500 Coverage
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05-24-2004 11:00 PM |
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 ABC Sports Continues Innovations In Indy 500 Coverage A "pan cam," which has the ability to pan 180 degrees from its spot atop an IRL IndyCar® Series car in the 88th Indianapolis 500, is one of the innovations planned during the ABC Sports' broadcast of the race May 30. The network broadcast, which begins at 11 a.m. (EDT), will use 70 cameras total to bring the action of the 2.5-mile oval into homes of millions of viewers worldwide. Also used for the first time will be the "Strada Crane" -- an 87 foot jib arm used in Turn 3. Cars will go underneath the camera as they enter the corner. It is the same type of crane used to film the movie "Titanic." The network is celebrating its 40th consecutive year of covering the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing," and its broadcast and production team mirror that experience. Starting Grid | Pit Stop Challenge Brackets | Andretti Green Transcript | Wednesday Photos | More Coverage | Gate, Grandstand Info. | Tickets | Event Happenings Read Full Story 
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05-25-2008 04:17 PM |
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ABC Sports Coverage-The worst coverage ever Innovations? You have to be kidding me!! How about the headache from side by side with commercials running? So a causual fan clicks off the race thinking a AD is running not a RACE. How about the graphics VOMIT covering the screen? The announcers are BAD!! I really want to know a tenth of a centermeter difference on a tire. Comming out of a commercial missing a crash? If this is INNOVATION, the need to lose their JOBS, ASAP!! This is the worst COVERAGE of a major sporting event of ALL TIME!!
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05-25-2008 10:44 PM |
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Appreciated side by side coverage I for one disagree with the guy who said the side by side coverage was bad. I totally aprreciated being able to see what was happening in the race at the same time the commercial is running, and will show appreciation to those ads that sponsored it. He must not be a die hard Indy 500 fan. As for the broadcasters, when have any of them been perfect?
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#4
05-26-2008 02:41 AM |
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Coverage Melinda, I think you have it right. For years, we had Paul Page (who was a part of the Sid Collins era of radio coverage and was good) but he was paired with Bobby Unser (yawn) and Sam Posey, who never won a thing in his life. Not that Eddie Cheever is the most ebullient personality but they could have brought David Hobbs back in with his excellent knowledge of the race history. Other than that who you gonna get? All the other past champions who weren't in the race are in Charlotte getting ready for the Coca-Cola 600? And I thought the piece with Paual Dana's widow and Sam Schmidt was very poignant. I liked the coverage. And I had to watch it on AFN in Saudi Arabia where we didn't get the side-by-side AT ALL! Be thankful you got to see it.
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05-26-2008 05:17 AM |
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Here is an idea... I too appreciate the side-by-side to at least see the action going on while the commercials play. However, my biggest gripes are with the length of time these stayed up. They should have limited them to 3 (4 at the max) commercials per break. They also should have given us the last 25 to 30 laps uninterrupted (ok, I take even last 20 laps). How is this for an innovation. Instead of commercial breaks while broadcasting a race, display a scrolling banner of logo and text for the sponsors of the broadcast. This way we see 100% unbroken racing, and can appreciate those sponsors who buy into that type of advertising.
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05-26-2008 10:39 AM |
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re: ABC Sports Continues Innovations In Indy 500 Coverage Quote: Originally Posted by IMS PR A "pan cam," which has the ability to pan 180 degrees from its spot atop an IRL IndyCar® Series car in the 88th Indianapolis 500, is one of the innovations planned during the ABC Sports' broadcast of the race May 30. The network broadcast, which begins at 11 a.m. (EDT), will use 70 cameras total to bring the action of the 2.5-mile oval into homes of millions of viewers worldwide. Also used for the first time will be the "Strada Crane" -- an 87 foot jib arm used in Turn 3. Cars will go underneath the camera as they enter the corner. It is the same type of crane used to film the movie "Titanic." The network is celebrating its 40th consecutive year of covering the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing," and its broadcast and production team mirror that experience. Starting Grid | Pit Stop Challenge Brackets | Andretti Green Transcript | Wednesday Photos | More Coverage | Gate, Grandstand Info. | Tickets | Event Happenings Read Full Story
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05-26-2008 10:40 AM |
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re: ABC Sports Continues Innovations In Indy 500 Coverage Quote: Originally Posted by IMS PR A "pan cam," which has the ability to pan 180 degrees from its spot atop an IRL IndyCar® Series car in the 88th Indianapolis 500, is one of the innovations planned during the ABC Sports' broadcast of the race May 30. The network broadcast, which begins at 11 a.m. (EDT), will use 70 cameras total to bring the action of the 2.5-mile oval into homes of millions of viewers worldwide. Also used for the first time will be the "Strada Crane" -- an 87 foot jib arm used in Turn 3. Cars will go underneath the camera as they enter the corner. It is the same type of crane used to film the movie "Titanic." The network is celebrating its 40th consecutive year of covering the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing," and its broadcast and production team mirror that experience. Starting Grid | Pit Stop Challenge Brackets | Andretti Green Transcript | Wednesday Photos | More Coverage | Gate, Grandstand Info. | Tickets | Event Happenings Read Full Story
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