Why are FanVision out of F1?

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I was chatting to one of the operational directors of FanVision in Monza this year and whilst I won’t bore you with the entire  minutia of the conversation, there were some pertinent items that are worthy of note.

In 2012 FanVision’s portfolio of sporting series included NFL, US College Football (often attracting 40-50,000 fans to a game) NASCAR and F1. The pictures and sound are put out locally at each venue via traditional methods of  transmitting on radio frequencies.

Of course F1 venues present unique difficulties for such a  localised broadcasting network not experienced at an oval bowl – whether for cars or America’s version of rugby ;). Maths was not my strongest subject and so I can only guess that at Monza for example, the ‘acreage’ the 5793m long track but it must be a few square kilometres.

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