The Daly Planet: Gentlemen, Start Your Computers!
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
http://dalyplanet.blogspot.com/2008/06/gentlemen-start-your-computers.html

The summer of NASCAR racing on TNT is upon us once again and this time things
have changed. While it is true that the same on-air bunch will return, this year
there will be something very different for the fans. Gentlemen, start your
broadband computers!

TNT is unleashing a wickedly smart concept that is going to open some eyes among
tech-savvy fans. Beginning this weekend, TNT and NASCAR.com are teaming-up to
deliver fans directly into the race broadcast as never before.

The concept is called RaceBuddy.
--
Crusader

Crusader wrote:

eh, hopefully it's not just another gimmick that takes away from
"broadcasting the race"




further down the article there's this:

This season pit reporter Lindsay Czarniak has also been given a feature
that will appear somewhere in the ninety minutes of the pre-race
programming.


90 MINUTES OF PRE-RACE?!?!?!? arrrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhh!!!





one thing I see that I really like is this:

In response to the last season's issues involving post-race interviews,
TNT will continue to partner with NASCAR.com and use TNT's on-site
announcers to handle the online post-race show on NASCAR.com. Yes, you
heard me correctly.

This season, when the TNT broadcast is over, the full crew of announcers
will switch-over to NASCAR.com for a post-race show that will once again
be offered to fans free of charge. Now, when time is tight on TV, the
rest of the top finishing drivers and those involved in race issues will
be talking live on NASCAR.com immediately after the race. How about that?

"Crusader" <cru357 (AT) sbcglobal (DOT) net> wrote

"Crusader" <cru357 (AT) sbcglobal (DOT) net> wrote

I saw that blog the other day and was kinda surprised nobody commented on it
in here. The link below lets ya kinda-sorta test it out

http://www.nascar.com/promos/tnt/

Likely to see server/speed issues if too many logon.

--
Tom in Bristol...skeptical about 'convergence'




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Tom Duwe wrote:
Likely just get the feed 15 seconds late...

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"SG" <spaamtrapper (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

Yeah, like that idiotic gopher cam thing. The networks must think we're a
bunch of morons.



We already have this, and it's on SPEED.

How about not talking about Dale Earnhardt Jr. every 12 seconds, now that
would be great!

"Crusader" <cru357 (AT) sbcglobal (DOT) net> wrote

And the pricing is?

On Jun 5, 5:59 pm, "just bob" <kilby... (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote:
Free, open the link.

"TS02_05champ" <tonystewart02_05champ (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote


Thanx TS for taking over 'the hand-holding' duties
CRU