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    With the announcement today from Racing Victoria re it's joint venture with Telstra to provide digital content to the home and eventually a "you choose your camera angle" deal, have HRV or HRA or any of the "stake holders" looked at a similar proposal for us? Imagine sitting at home (although at the track would also be awesome) and watching the race with footage from a drivers headcam, especially if it was the horse that you backed. Then imagine at the racetrack the winners room providing the winning Owner a chance to wear an "Oculus Rift" or any other VR headset and watch the same race - almost feal as though you drove the winner yourself. (The Telstra deal here because part of their deal is to get the digital footage uploaded quicker and providing it to the stewards at HQ in all but real time as well)
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    I do not want to be specific and embarrass people BUT some of the HRV stories I read contain absolutely nothing that I would not know by watching the race and reading the results. Placings, trainers, times, margins, positions, statistics, breeding, owners etc etc.

    To make these stories interesting we need to hear from the connections, not that that guarantees enlightenment but it may tell us something we did not know - the quirkier the better (just IMO of course)
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    Great stuff Cody you did your best to tip us into a $21 winner

    http://www.harnesslink.com/Australia...rt-can-step-up

    The odds suggest not many/any of us listened even those of us who had enjoyed the read beforehand.

    http://www.harness.org.au/meeting-re...ic#BAC04061506
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    Reading HRNSW have scheduled two 'qualifiers' for Miracle Mile (Cordina and other one) on Vic Cup night.

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    Gareth Hall "So at this stage @TPMenangle will hold coca cola, Chariots and Cordina all worth 200k as Mile qualifiers on the same night as Vic Cup"

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    We might have to start a face palm decisions thread!
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    Dunno for sure but would also mean Miracle Mile and Hunter Cup clash the week after?

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    With the announcement today from Racing Victoria re it's joint venture with Telstra to provide digital content to the home and eventually a "you choose your camera angle" deal, have HRV or HRA or any of the "stake holders" looked at a similar proposal for us? Imagine sitting at home (although at the track would also be awesome) and watching the race with footage from a drivers headcam, especially if it was the horse that you backed. Then imagine at the racetrack the winners room providing the winning driver a chance to wear an "Oculus Rift" or any other VR headset and watch the same race - almost feal as though you drove the winner yourself. (The Telstra deal here because part of their deal is to get the digital footage uploaded quicker and providing it to the stewards at HQ in all but real time as well)


    I have just returned from overseas and just catching up and have seen this posting and it interests me greatly


    I wasn’t aware of this happening, however with the demise of TVN it would appear that RV has seen the writing on the wall that has been there for several years now, that being WIFI/MIFI / Broadband/DB radio ect. is where it is all going, and therefore had the foresight to take the steps to insure themselves of any SKY dominance happenings, one can only hope this has already began also at HRV months ago (with either Telstra, Optus or ANY satellite provider- not forgetting Foxtel is in partnership with Telstra also) at the very least, to understand where the next decade is taking us. In regard to Harness IMHO, TABCORP/Sky ( or is it SKY2) have a lot to answer for the overall placing ( in many forms of media and public perception) of our sport and I believe as our “partners” of TABCORP Parks in Vic & NSW that partnership should be called on for help in several area’s including the Press and including the placement of races, that need to be address with some serious discussions, I find it amazing and a insult that I am looking at a race from TABCORP PARK and then the screen splits to the dogs at UBET ( as a example) track and then have the harness go to Sky2 while the dogs also run late. There are several area’s of ways to go to help correct all this and the sooner a think tank is made on this one subject alone it will improve just where we are at.

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    With the 7WEST deal not coming on for a period of time and the ceasing of TB racing in Victoria this week ( and we thought we ( race clubs) own the product) this monopoly (TABCORP/Sky) with bring TB racing to a great disadvantage so hopefully we will have Harness to fill in their broadcasting gaps and take advantage of the situation and at the same time have talks to place long term broadcasting and promotion of Harness to its best advantage. ( can you imagine the national monopoly because of this stance, becoming with some fine maneuver's, to nothing more than a regional NSW broadcaster only) What a chance for corporate bookmakers to come in and take more of the market because if you have to listen to the radio to hear races why would you place any bet with the TAB when they as a group have deprived you of what you are entitled to in 2015.
    Victorians have battled long ago the Broadcasting problems and have it go to NSW and when you add this to the ridiculous paper coverage of Harness ( and TB on country races ) it is time for the Victoria Government to enter the talks and solidify our rightful place in the entire Racing market in Australia and not simply a pawn to a monopoly or other State Governments or NSW race clubs.

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