tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post5507001119906604196..comments2024-02-01T00:37:24.768-05:00Comments on PTP: The Kentucky Derby Coverage Needs a RebootPull the Pockethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05082676049275768769noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-67036127381564572972016-05-13T16:52:28.412-04:002016-05-13T16:52:28.412-04:00This is all in a world where with rare exceptions,...This is all in a world where with rare exceptions, racetrack video coverage is mediocre. Even with Breeders Cup coverage, we only get at most one look at each horse pre-race, that in the post parade. There, we also typically don’t get shown any runner outside post position 10. Bad director, no biscuit!<br /><br />I really liked the overhead shot of the Derby start. But if you want to track the whole field through the race, you need several cameras with feeds available to more than one monitor. But viewers don’t normally have multiple TVs running. Yet it should be possible to show different views at a simulcast site or online. And why not immediate whole race replays including isolated views while the chatter and interviews are just getting started? Sure, it would take more bodies to do the job, thus more $$$. Any football game has more cameras; why not the Derby, too?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com