BBC gives up on all bar moto GP...

Below is a reply i got from the BBc reguarding there pee poor web coverage of motorbike sports...


Hi Jas,

Thank you for your email.

BBC Sport is reconfiguring its coverage of Motorsport to better reflect
its rights portfolio. Our plan is to focus more of our attention on our
two big properties within Motorsport, namely Formula One and Moto GP.

We simply cannot take on significant new projects like F1 - to which we
will be devoting a lot more of our editorial time and budget from the
2009 season onwards - without something having to give. This has led to
a reorganisation, which will, unfortunately, impact on other parts of
our output. The plan is for F1 to become a 'top-level' page in its own
right, and not be a sub-section of Motorsport, with Motorbikes also
doing the same, but re-branded as Moto GP. We will still have a
Motorsport section for anything else we choose to do, but this area will
not, as a default position, carry reports of World Superbikes. Of
course, if anything happens within World Superbikes to justify a one-off
story, we would consider covering that, but we won't be carrying regular
reports as we have in the past.

It's worth saying that this editorial review is not just limited to
motorsport. We won't be carrying reports of the IPL in cricket as a
default this year, and there are other sports too which are demanding of
our attention but which we simply cannot afford the resources to cover.
Like any other company, the BBC is affected by the economic downturn and
we simply cannot cover everything, so have to prioritise and be
selective. And, specifically in the area of motorbikes, it makes clear
sense to reflect those areas where we boast a strong rights portfolio.

Yours sincerely,

Lewis Wiltshire,
Live Sports Editor,
BBC Sport Interactive.

Jas...

[Mr Speirs]

what??? The BBC are affected by the economic downturn??? Sooo do we not have to pay the TV license any more or have I missed something?

WSB and IPL? Apples and oranges? Apples and giraffes?

How do you get to be Live Sports Editor when you know nothing and care less?

Because you're good with budgets presumably. *sigh*

Originally Posted by Mr Speirs

what??? The BBC are affected by the economic downturn??? Sooo do we not have to pay the TV license any more or have I missed something?

I guess they're making less money selling BBC productions to overseas networks since this unpleasantness.

I never used the BBC sports website anyway so I won't notice them doing anything differently. If the MotoGP and F1 sections are really good I might become a regular visitor. I'd rather they just did those two things innovatively and thoroughly, if the alternative is a watered down look at the entire world of motorsport.

[fizzwheel]

I was looking at the BBC F1 website, its looks really good. I'll look at motogp.com if I want motogp stuff. Not fussed if the BBC dont cover it on the web.

Originally Posted by Tiger 55

WSB and IPL? Apples and oranges? Apples and giraffes?

How do you get to be Live Sports Editor when you know nothing and care less?

Because you're good with budgets presumably. *sigh*

I don't follow you.

He's giving examples of sports/series' they won't be able to report on in the same way as they once did. They won't be covering WSB, and to illustrate the fact that it's not just motorsport that will be affected, they won't be covering the 20twenty IPL either.

[Biker Biggles]

Beeb is currently undergoing a big "modernisation"program and just like others before it there will be a downside.It will turn to ratsh1t.

http://www.worldsbk.com/pubb_EN/index.php