RAI announce their coverage of the Giro
by Monty. on Apr 26, 2010 2:37 PM EDT
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PrintRAI held a news conference today to release details of how when and where they will cover this year's Giro. First of all the infrastructure: they will have 150 staff and 26 assorted vehicles on hand, including mobile editing suites and the like. The details you want to hear:
22 cameras available around the course4 cameras on motorbikes
4 helicopters, 2 filming and 2 relaying pictures back to
1 plane high overhead to complete the relay for transmission
2 TV reporters on motorbikes (Andrea De Luca and Paolo Savoldelli - at least they didn't stick with Bettini who was a bit rubbish at it)
2 radio reporters on motorbikes
Their expected daily schedule (and don't try to set your watch by this) is:
9.00 - Tg Sport - RaiSport Più12.25 - Si Gira - RaiSport Più e RaiTre
13.45 - Anteprima Giro - RaiSport Più
15.15 - Diretta della tappa - RaiSport Più e RaiTre
17.00 - Processo alla Tappa - RaiSport Più e RaiTre
20.00 - TGiro - RaiSport Più
1.00 - Giro notte - RaiTre
TGSport is the regular morning sports news programme on RaiSport Più, so will have a couple of minutes beside football and other sports coverage.
Si Gira comes from the start, although not usually live. In the past there have been lots of Alessandra De Stefano's interviews with riders at the signing on, plus interviews with others involved in the organisation, including the ardoisiers and the guy who counts down the start at the time trials, and a few items about the start town. It's not all about podium girls, you know. This year it will be presented by Marino Bartoletti, who's done it for a few years, and Arianna Secondini who is new. I hope that they have her on the ground and not in the big sterile studio back in Rome that they have been using this year.
Anteprima Giro is usually just a replay of the day before's stage.
Diretta della tappa is the live coverage of the stage, with Francesco Pancani and Davide Cassani as commentators. Pancani's taking a while to warm up to the job, and he doesn't convey the excitement as well as Bulbarelli did. Well that's my view, anyway.
Processo alla Tappa is the after stage show, live from a mobile studio right beside the main podium. HOt and sweaty riders, their DS's assorted ex-riders, a few journalists and lots of heckling make this the model that every after race show should follow. Andrea Fusca has been given the boot, and the show will now be presented by Alessandra De Stefano. I like her but I used to like him too, so I hope that they don't change too much.
TGiro is an odd little beast, seemingly filled with the bits that didn't make it into the other shows. In the past they've had some nice interviews with the riders over dinner at their hotels, padded out with some really pointless rubbish. Which sprinter can autograph the most photos of himself in a minute was one. If presenters Alessandro Fabretti and Davide Cassani have had a chance to reflect on what happened that day and want to go into detail on something they didn't have time to during the live commentary then it's a great show. Zomegnan asked today if TGiro could be broadcast internationally over the web for fans everywhere (he also mentioned that a certain A Contador will be riding the Giro in 2011).
Giro notte. If you missed the live coverage and can't catch tomorrow's replay then this is the show for you. Probably cheaper than showing old Nino Pagot cartoons. Actually it's probably cheaper than showing the test card too.
Rai will also be reopening their dedicated Giro d'Italia web site too. They will be streaming the live coverage plus Processo alla Tappa, but no mentions yet of what georestrictions will be in force. And this year you will also be able to follow specifically the helicopter feeds or the moto-coverage, rather than being stuck with the camera view that the director has chosen. Enjoy that third helicopter trip around the babe sunbathing topless on the beach next to her married boyfriend. Plus select moments including Si Gira and Giro Notte will be available for on demand viewing.
Is there anything that they've forgotten?
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If there's anything better than the Giro
it’s Italian media coverage of the Giro. I really can’t wait.
"The only pain I got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is." Edvald Boasson Hagen
by Chris Fontecchio on Apr 26, 2010 2:41 PM EDT reply actions
Except the graphics perhaps
Although it’s love-hate relation.
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Apr 26, 2010 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions
i LOVE the rai sport piu coverage of the giro. LOVE LOVE LOVE it. and the full-up replay is, like, so nice.
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
This was Silverlight last year, right?
Hmm, I have a problem. Anyone want to buy me a new laptop?
Or, anyone got any ideas for a fun fund raiser?
Le sigh.
windows media player. or, it at least recorded that way for me.
btw, i have a spare laptop roaming around the house somewhere.
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
to test it, just click below (the link monty embedded above)
http://www.giroditalia.rai.it/
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
heh
Yes, the live content needs Silverlight 2. I tried to have a look-see at the live calcio stream and it prompted for the dread thingy. Meh.
Annoying, cuz we don’t have any Windows computers at the Shack, and this is like the only app on the planet that I need, but can’t run.
Apple switched from 'PowerPC' processors to Intel a while back
and while it is possible to release ‘universal binary’ software that runs on both, sometimes new software is only for the new platform.
what ted said :-)
Most stuff runs fine. Silverlight 2, meh.
LOL, apparently, they may switch again soon. Complicated these computers are.
To AMD, is that more than a rumour now?
But it’s the same architecture as Intel so it wouldn’t require new software.
I think it's still a rumor
The article I saw more recently had it as “may,” so no confirm.
Right, it would be the same thingy for the software. Speculation says it might be faster and more better, but you know how that is.
thanks for this
i’m particularly looking forward to the processo alla tappa…always fun watching belligerent journalists grilling cunego or whoever about why they aren’t doing better, right after a 6.5 hour mountain stage. always fun.
"I was watching the Tour de France in 2005, just being a fan again. I thought, ‘you're a fucking idiot. You're a bike fan who gets to ride the Tour de France.'"
- david millar
yikes, Luigi Sgarbozza
I shudder at the thought…
"I was just trying to keep warm" - Ian Stannard on finishing third in KBK
Surely some of the old guys must have died off since last year?
A couple of them looked right on the edge
Sgarbozza
I always think if he doesn’t spontaneously combust before the giro ends then I will…
"I was just trying to keep warm" - Ian Stannard on finishing third in KBK
Gigi. The one who made poor Damiano look like he was going to cry. The one about whom Basso said “my kids can’t watch this because you’re so horrible to me” or whatever it was he said.
"I was just trying to keep warm" - Ian Stannard on finishing third in KBK
yeah that dude!
he’s my favourite one. the italian approach to punditry is something all nations can learn from. better than boardman anyway.
"I was watching the Tour de France in 2005, just being a fan again. I thought, ‘you're a fucking idiot. You're a bike fan who gets to ride the Tour de France.'"
- david millar
a good site to bookmark to get the replay times is the following. use the SINGLE YELLOW arrow to advance to the second page. unfortunately, they only show one day at a time. a bit irksome.
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
well I know Italian opinion's mixed to say the least
but I’m going to miss Bulba :-(
"I was just trying to keep warm" - Ian Stannard on finishing third in KBK
Alas, one of the reasons I like him
is he speaks in such an exaggerated manner that good or bad he’s relatively easy to understand.
But even then he’s nowhere near Phil/Paul/Carlton Kirby levels of idiocy
"I was just trying to keep warm" - Ian Stannard on finishing third in KBK
there's that
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
we shall see...
The justin.tv app is pretty new…not GT tested yet. Since the Tour of California is right in the middle of the Giro…having RAI access on my iPhone would make life much easier. I can make those long transfers to the next stage and hopefully not miss any Giro action.
the thing with Justin.tv
is that they’ve got a pretty clearly delineated process for handling DMCA complaints. So if a feed isn’t supposed to be on there, it’s not hard to get removed. In the case at hand, the question of availability via Justin.tv then turns on what RAI’s done with its North American rights. I’m fairly certain that broadcast rights were sold to Universal as part of a multi-year package and that that package included online broadcast rights. So then the question turns on whether you think that Universal (which knows a thing or two about broadcast rights) will have a problem with Justin.tv re-streaming their feed.
Last year
RAI was really quick to remove the Justin feeds of the Italian broadcasts. I had really poor luck with it, honestly. At that point, we had a windows computer at the Shack, so I could use the RAI feed directly, once I realized that the Justin thingies weren’t really going to be workable for seeing the race without interruptions. Since I was writing about it last year, the uninterrupted part was really key.
I am pretty sure Universal Sports will be showing the giro live in the US...
…at least I thought I saw commercials to that effect. Their website, however, just shows the race on the “future schedule”, but no details…
They will show it live on-line
and delayed on TV, they have a multi-year deal with RCS.
Quitter's People United member # 42
delayed and majorily edited on tv, losing almost half of the live stream
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
I'm sure we can
expect the Universal “Worst Social Media Intern in the the World” Bot to come by and post it any day now.
Any idea if it will be free?
They were charging for Boston and London marathons this year.
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