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I haven’t seen the figures, but does anyone know what C4’s viewing figures were with the old team and when “competing” with the Beeb for viewers? I’m just wondering if this is all a made up story really in that viewing figures for C4 haven’t dropped at all
The Post reported this a few days ago: http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/steve-lyle-channel-4-viewing-figures-in-line-with-last-years-coverage/1902786/#newsArchiveTabs=last7DaysNews
However, there was a report elsewhere in the press a day or so after the Royal Meeting ended which stated that C4 lost 500,00 viewers and that the channel blamed it on the tennis.
Agreed, very poor coverage.
I sat through all 5 days and even with top class races and a few personal wins I felt flat at the end of each programme.
Camera views in much of C4 racing leave a lot to be desired and for sure the whole field should be visible for much of a race. Gok Wan was not as good as last year but he is preferable to some of the old-fashioned journalists or eccentrics from previous years. Rishi Persad, however, should have taken the week off with his irritating, for him and us, hay fever.
In fact, none of the programmes was as good as last year. The Morning Line was OK, though.
