What is RAI doing to the Giro?!

donrhummy

First we hear that they're forcing RCS to cut back summit finishes and then this: I called RAI to find out the schedule for the Giro, and I find out they're not showing ANY of the Giro until monday! They're skipping the first two stages for soccer! :x

The start of the national tour of italy can't get any TV time?

iainf72

Do you mean football Don?



It's on Eurosport though...

donrhummy

iainf72 wrote:

Do you mean football Don?



It's on Eurosport though...

LOL, yes, sorry. "European" football.

aurelio_-_banned

donrhummy wrote:

LOL, yes, sorry. "European" football.

Mmmm. I guess "European" football is so-called because in involves kicking a ball around using the feet. So why do they call that funny American game 'football' when it mainly seems to involve carrying and throwing the ball, as in Rugby?

blazing_saddles

donrhummy wrote:

First we hear that they're forcing RCS to cut back summit finishes and then this: I called RAI to find out the schedule for the Giro, and I find out they're not showing ANY of the Giro until monday! They're skipping the first two stages for soccer! :x

The start of the national tour of italy can't get any TV time?

What? it's not on either RAITRE or Rai Piu?
That would be seriously amazing and bad.

If Rai aren't transmitting the race live, then where are Eurosport going to get their pictures from?
They can only take the same live feed. :?

Eau Rouge

Hang on now, whats RAI showing instead of the cycling?

The only football I can see on Sunday is Mayo v New York in the Connacht GAA Football Senior Championship, but I'd be amazed if anyone in Italy has even heard of football, let alone wants to watch it.

Italian clubs haven't joined the Magners League yet, and Munster have already won it anyway, so I doubt they would show that over the cycling
There is some League football on over the weekend, but do the Italians even play Rugby League?

There is a full AFL schedule over the weekend, but it's Ozzie Rules, it will be on stupidly early in the morning.

Neither the NFL, CFL nor the colleges play football over the summer so it can't be them.

So thats, Gealic Athletic Association football, Rugby Union football, Rugby League football, Australian Rules footabll, National Football League football (aka 'American' football) and Canadian Football League football. Could you be more specific about which one RAI is showing instead of the cycling?

oops, forgot one, Association Football, soccer for clarity. Thats the one the Italians fix isn't it? Doubt RAI would be showing that....

blazing_saddles

Nice bum steer there, Don.

From RAI's website:-
RAITRE Sabato
16:25Lido di Venezia 92° Giro d'Italia 1^tappa 17:50
Domenica
15:05Trieste 92°Giro d'Italia 2^ tappa Jesolo Trieste
15:05Giro diretta
15:05Giro all'arrivo
15:05Processo alla tappa 18:00

Usual morning shows, too and its on Rai Piu.

Looks suspiciously like Giro coverage to me. :oops:

donrhummy

Sorry, I should specify: This is RAI international in the U.S.A. I called them directly and looked on the TV guide and both have no Giro until monday. It might be diff. in europe (you lucky bastards!)
http://www.international.rai.it/tv/pali ... 0509.shtml

donrhummy

I'm still annoyed that RAI won't have the Giro till stage 2 (What's that about?) in the U.S., but at least they signed a deal with Universal (the night before!) so it was watchable online here. How did everyone else watch it in the UK?

campagone

Yeah, here in Europe it was on Rai 3 and Eurosport.

dave_1

yes, the Giro is being run into the ground, I see 1100 accredited journos this year, 600 last year hmmm....wonder why? All that media attention is the last thing the bike racing needs eh

donrhummy

Dave_1 wrote:

yes, the Giro is being run into the ground, I see 1100 accredited journos this year, 600 last year hmmm....wonder why? All that media attention is the last thing the bike racing needs eh

What does that have to do with anything? I was talking about RAI, not RCS and other media. RAI is ruining the Giro (for those of us in ther US especially) but RCS is not. RAI has nothing to do with journalists from newspapers and other tv/online media.

avalon

Dave_1 wrote:

yes, the Giro is being run into the ground, I see 1100 accredited journos this year, 600 last year hmmm....wonder why? All that media attention is the last thing the bike racing needs eh

Are you being sarcastic?
Difficult to tell with you. :?

dave_1

apologies, wrong thread...media related...yes, the Giro has seen a near 50% increase in journos seeking accredidation

ms_tree

Did anyone else notice that today's stage the graphics were in English?
No i]testa della corsa[/i] nor inseguitori. Yesterday they were in Italian so is this only 'cos TheTwit is in the race and it's being beamed to the US?