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There was an interesting article in today's RP on the subject of picture delays. Pro punter Mark Barratt has timed the various broadcasters and his findings were as follows;
BBC1 & Racetech - Live
TurfTV - 0.4 secs late
Channel 4 - 0.7 secs late
SIS - 2 secs late
Racing UK - 2 secs late
Betfair Radio - 7 secs late
At The Races - 8 secs late
(Freeview, Sky / Sky HD (/ 3D) delays the above by even further).
The delay from Perth on Saturday was timed at 6.2 secs (On ATR), whilst on Sunday the pictures from Folkestone were found to be 7.18 secs late at the off and 7.22 secs behind at the finish.
A stopwatch comparison between French coverage on ATR and RUK on the same day suggested ATR's pictures were 3.5 secs slower.
A Sky Sports spokesman said (about ATR) "Our pictures are channelled thousands of miles and there are seven stages from the racetrack to the sofa. The delay varies depending on many technical factors, but essentially all channels on the Sky platform are subject to some degree of delay. It is a concern as we want to provide the best possible service to people who subscribe to Sky, but we have had no complaints and we are not aware of people contacting us with concerns".
Betfair's head of media Tony Calvin said "Betfair has no control over the speed of pictures provided by broadcasters but we make our customers fully aware of the possible delays, both before and during bet placement. We have not noticed any decline in volumes or actives as regards in-running betting".
Under a separate headline, the RP feature described how there is an increased demand for hospitality boxes - especially for those owned by Arena Leisure (& for whom ATR provide the pictures).
Dave Roberts, managing director for Wolverhampton & Southwell, said "With the economic downturn we lost a lot of hospitality business and the in-running punters have filled a gap. They are a critical part of our business because they come to every meeting at Wolverhampton & Southwell, which means we have regular hospitality customers".
Kempton (A Racing UK track) recently quoted a punter a fee of £265 per fixture, on the basis that a deal was done to include almost all the venue's meetings. Wolverhampton charges around £500 to hire a box for an individual fixture, but that sum may have to be lowered if SIS continues to reduce the delay in its pictures, thus negating the advantage of trackside boxes over exchange shops.
Roberts added "There may come a time when this customer no longer exists. I don't really know what the next turn will be but whatever it is I will try to take advantage of it".
BBC1 & Racetech - Live
TurfTV - 0.4 secs late
Channel 4 - 0.7 secs late
SIS - 2 secs late
Racing UK - 2 secs late
Betfair Radio - 7 secs late
At The Races - 8 secs late
(Freeview, Sky / Sky HD (/ 3D) delays the above by even further).
The delay from Perth on Saturday was timed at 6.2 secs (On ATR), whilst on Sunday the pictures from Folkestone were found to be 7.18 secs late at the off and 7.22 secs behind at the finish.
A stopwatch comparison between French coverage on ATR and RUK on the same day suggested ATR's pictures were 3.5 secs slower.
A Sky Sports spokesman said (about ATR) "Our pictures are channelled thousands of miles and there are seven stages from the racetrack to the sofa. The delay varies depending on many technical factors, but essentially all channels on the Sky platform are subject to some degree of delay. It is a concern as we want to provide the best possible service to people who subscribe to Sky, but we have had no complaints and we are not aware of people contacting us with concerns".
Betfair's head of media Tony Calvin said "Betfair has no control over the speed of pictures provided by broadcasters but we make our customers fully aware of the possible delays, both before and during bet placement. We have not noticed any decline in volumes or actives as regards in-running betting".
Under a separate headline, the RP feature described how there is an increased demand for hospitality boxes - especially for those owned by Arena Leisure (& for whom ATR provide the pictures).
Dave Roberts, managing director for Wolverhampton & Southwell, said "With the economic downturn we lost a lot of hospitality business and the in-running punters have filled a gap. They are a critical part of our business because they come to every meeting at Wolverhampton & Southwell, which means we have regular hospitality customers".
Kempton (A Racing UK track) recently quoted a punter a fee of £265 per fixture, on the basis that a deal was done to include almost all the venue's meetings. Wolverhampton charges around £500 to hire a box for an individual fixture, but that sum may have to be lowered if SIS continues to reduce the delay in its pictures, thus negating the advantage of trackside boxes over exchange shops.
Roberts added "There may come a time when this customer no longer exists. I don't really know what the next turn will be but whatever it is I will try to take advantage of it".
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