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Skriven 2005-03-05 08:26:00 av Michael Powell (1:2320/105.0)
Ärende: IRL NEWS AND NOTES 3/2/05
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 More programming notes, and it just gets better.  Here is the answer to
 the local advertising breaks. This one also includes radio & TV times. - Mike
 
1. ESPN2 to provide in-car camera simulcast of season-opening IndyCar Series
event: ESPN2 will provide viewers with a unique look at IRL IndyCar# Series
racing with a live telecast utilizing only in-car cameras during the Toyota
Indy 300 on March 6. The coverage will be a simulcast of ESPN#s coverage of the
race from Homestead-Miami Speedway.  
 
As part of the in-car camera only simulcast:
 
# ESPN2 will use in-car cameras in the cars of Patrick Carpentier, Scott
Dixon, Bryan Herta, Tony Kanaan, Danica Patrick, Tomas Scheckter and Scott
Sharp.
 
# The ESPN2 simulcast will feature no national commercial breaks and only five
local breaks. ESPN2#s local commercial breaks will be taken at a different time
than ESPN commercials to ensure viewers will be able to see race action at all
times.  
 
# ESPN2 and ESPN will utilize separate announce teams.  The ESPN2 simulcast
will feature Gary Gerould calling play-by-play and 1999 Indianapolis 500 winner
 Kenny Brack as the analyst.  ESPN#s coverage will pair commentator Todd Harris
with analysts Gil de Ferran and Scott Goodyear and pit reporters Dr. Jerry
Punch, Jamie Little and Vince Welch.
 
ESPN and ESPN2 first combined to offer a standard coverage and in-car camera
simulcast in 1994 with an Indy-style race from Nazareth, Pa.  It marked the
first time any network utilized the innovative concept. 
 
ESPN and ABC Sports# telecasts of the first two 2005 IndyCar Series races will
feature continuous coverage of race action through all national commercial
breaks with #Side-By-Side,# a split screen of the race and commercials. ESPN
will debut the new way of viewing open wheel racing at the Toyota Indy 300. ABC
Sports will utilize #Side-By-Side# on the XM Satellite Radio Indy 200 presented
by Argent Mortgage from Phoenix International Raceway Saturday, March 19 at 3
p.m.
 
In addition, ESPN360, formerly ESPN Broadband, will provide a live
split-screen simultaneous display of ESPN and ESPN2's coverage, allowing users
to see ESPN#s side-by-side concept and ESPN2#s unique in-car camera perspective
at the same time.  ESPN360 will showcase IndyCar content throughout the season,
with live and on-demand coverage of select IndyCar Series and Menards Infiniti
Pro Series races, plus extensive analysis and live action from the Indianapolis
Motor Speedway throughout the month of May.
 
***
 
The IRL IndyCar Series opens its 10th season of competition with the Toyota
Indy 300 at 2 p.m. (EST) on March 6, 2005 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The race
will be televised live on ESPN and broadcast by the IMS Radio Network and
indycar.com. The 2005 Menards Infiniti Pro Series season also opens on March 6
at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The race will be televised by ESPN2 at 4 p.m.
(EST) on March 17.
 


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