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Built-By-Bones
03-05-2007, 08:24 AM
Mods please move if this is not the appropriate forum

Just got an email from local awesome photographer and hard core rallyist/rally supporter Rupert Berrington. Here it is.

Just got off the phone with Kurt Hansen, owner of RaceCentral TV. He
has just bought the US rights to the WRC and will start broadcasting
shows with the Mexico round. The official announcement is coming out
first thing next week. He said he will have daily segments about WRC on
his normal show and full WRC coverage on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and
Sunday with a ten minute wrap up on Monday. Natalie Richard will be on
the broadcast team!

It will be broadcast on the Comcast Altitude Network as well as
DirecTV 644 and Dish Network 410. There will also be live streaming and
Pod casts if I understood correctly.

Web site doesn't have anything yet except for the WRC logo but more
info should be coming.

www.racecentral.tv

www.racecentralmedia.com


FYI Kurt Hansen and Race Central TV are based in Denver. I was
listening to the NASCAR channel on AM950 on the way to the CU game this
morning when Kurt announced that he had bought the TV rights to WRC.
Called him when I got back home and he confirmed.
aurorasti
03-05-2007, 11:22 AM
It's about time. Speed doesn't seem to listen to their fan base at all. I am glad someone finally pick up WRC. It will give me some good racing to watch on Sundays again.
tronic
03-05-2007, 01:54 PM
good news, thanks for passing this along!

can somebody update this thread when programming schedule info is released?
Mark Gronowski
03-05-2007, 06:32 PM
That is good news. Thanks for the early heads up!
Goku
03-05-2007, 10:59 PM
SUUUUWEEEEEEET! I've been getting sick of waiting for someone in europe to put them on bit torrent. Half the time when they do the quality is bad, or the editing is bad. Cant wait!
Built-By-Bones
03-06-2007, 07:13 AM
SUUUUWEEEEEEET! I've been getting sick of waiting for someone in europe to put them on bit torrent. Half the time when they do the quality is bad, or the editing is bad. Cant wait!

Have you tried www.rallytorrents.com? I have been very happy with the downloads from there, nothing like a 30 minute wrap up of each day. But the files are huge, so even with a T1 line the downloads take some time.

But I am glad to see the WRC return to some TV coverage here in the US.
Goku
03-06-2007, 07:52 AM
awesome. My source has been mininova.org thanks :D