MTBcut vs Wyn TV: Val di Sole

 I agree, how funny would it be listening to Wyn and Rob Warner on the mic. I wouldn't even watch for the DH any more!

 rob, wyn and adam brayton. That would be the ultimate combo of comedic downhill commentators.

 and then get CG in there after he has done his race run. ft william was good as!

 Wyn Masters always makes me laugh, he's a funny fucker in e

 haha gee, "how did this appened?!" he's funny :d

 hes such a boss hahaha

 "ya lookin ta git on top of sum box?" man I couldn't stop laughing...

Seriously though, why restrictions on filming 4x? UCI are idiots!

 when he asked gee who the hottest girl in xc was i said emily batty and then he actually answered emily batty!!

 holy cow ku22in. you should go on oprah with that shit

 i know right?!!!

 yeah, i just looked up her facebook. Gee knows his stuff for sure!

 I'll tell you why they restrict 4x filming. In 2007 Mt Saint Anne the Yeti team were filming with Clay Porter for their pod-casts or what ever and in one of the rounds Graves was knocked out because of a crash caused by one of the other riders riding over a gate, this was not spotted by a marshal. The Yeti team captain Damien Smith was really annoyed and as he had the offence on camera he claimed to have video evidence to use against the UCI, in the end nothing came of it but maybe there has been another recent occasion of attempts to use video evidence against the UCI.

 more like they want to keep the footage for themselves (as they have a deal with freecaster) and want the footage to be unique

 i couldnt find anything on freecaster either?

 freecaster will have the complete replays up in a few days, which is what they have the rights too, filmers are free to film anything else though

 The UCI aren't 'footage Nazis'. They own the rights to the events, and production companies pay huge amounts of money to the UCI to be able to broadcast them (which isn't a bad thing because that's what keeps the sport going and so it doesn't crowd up the event or ovesaturate the DH filming market by having multiple companies there at once). You have to respect the companies and the jobs of the people working for them, because it costs the companies a LOT of money to broadcast sporting events of even this scale. To put it into perspective, one camera is $85,000 and they had 13 of them on the track in Val di Sole. The OB van where everything is edited LIVE costs around $3,000,000. They have around 200km of camera cabling. Camera operators, directors, etc. have to be paid. You get what I mean.

 Chilli, you are wrong. That's not why. The reason is, Freecaster Pay the UCI big money to have exclusive rights over the 4X coverage. therefore no-one else is allowed to cover it. Same thing with DH finals. Videogs are only allowed to film the last corner and finish line. Freecaster have exclusive rights over the rest of the track.

 Cheers, I din't know that.

 sweet bail