ATR New Look - Booth to be dropped

[Posts: 659Joined: 14 Jul 2007, 10:19Location: Doncaster]

New Graphics, HD Ready, New Studios, New Programs Schedule from middle of next week plus the booth is to be dropped as the main anchoring of racing.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/racing ... ds-newsxml

[Posts: 849Joined: 14 Jun 2009, 23:52Location: Croydon]

Thanks Steve, look forward to seeing it

[Posts: 668Joined: 21 Apr 2004, 20:36]

Excellent. All we need now are replacements for Thommo, Cooper and Bryce and we're sorted.

[Posts: 849Joined: 14 Jun 2009, 23:52Location: Croydon]

and Matt Chapman of course

[Posts: 257Joined: 09 Jun 2012, 14:35]

Will there be an option to watch ATR without HD?

I ask this because I do my video reading on -2x from the winning post but on HD there is too big a jump between images and doesn't run well.

[Posts: 78Joined: 29 Aug 2011, 15:03]

New Graphics, HD Ready, New Studios, New Programs Schedule from middle of next week.

Clearly this is not good news if you like to watch the review of the previous days racing (without split screens, crawlers and voice overs that plague the live coverage) instead of tedious chat and over-analysis of what might happen in the future.

No way ATR can show everything in 45 minutes, so I guess a lot of meetings just won't get shown again.

I know you can see the races on various websites, but you need a very good PC and broadband connection to get a decent picture. The only hope is that there will be some sort of red button facilty where you can play reviews yourself. A longshot, and I bet Virgin Media wouldn't provide the facility for at least a year anyway.

Instead we have 4 (why four?) news bulletins and two previews.

9.00 News Bulletin
9.15 Racing Review
10.00 News Bulletin
10.15 Raceday Preview
11.00 News Bulletin
11.15 Raceday Preview
12.00 News Bulletin
12.15 Race Day Live
5.30/9.30pm Stateside

[Posts: 659Joined: 14 Jul 2007, 10:19Location: Doncaster]

Matthew Imi said on ATR today they want to be more racing news focused and the HD is HD ready not going to HD at the moment.

[Posts: 1505Joined: 30 Oct 2007, 14:08]

I bet Ricky lake is positively brimming with excitement.

[Posts: 2167Joined: 06 Dec 2003, 19:04Location: Luton]

indeed, 0/52 dross from wolves or some other gaff in glorious HD


One is positively wetting one's self


Still some folks will love it and that's what counts


enjoy


Ricky

[Posts: 2167Joined: 06 Dec 2003, 19:04Location: Luton]

ps where's this phuggin like button .........

[Posts: 78Joined: 29 Aug 2011, 15:03]

Matthew Imi said on ATR today they want to be more racing news focused and the HD is HD ready not going to HD at the moment.

Prefer to watch racing rather than chat about racing.

Can't wait for an update on what Frankel had for dinner every day (probably four times a day)! It's going to be repetitive.

[Posts: 3568Joined: 08 Jul 2009, 22:10Location: Wexford]

Will The Form Factor, Irish Angle etc still exist?

[Posts: 78Joined: 29 Aug 2011, 15:03]

Will The Form Factor, Irish Angle etc still exist?

"Get On, Get In, Form Factor and Irish Angle will be accommodated within the new rolling news format but without their own specific programme identities"

Sounds like it's just going to be "ATR News 24" channel in the mornings.