How Dakar rally is covered by media?

Question

Media coverage of Dakar rally is of extreme importance. I want to know that how Dakar rally is covered by media?

Answer 1

Over 190 different countries take the international feed of the event with a roundup of every day being made into a 26-minute program. This has been commentated on by Toby Moody for 10 years but Ben Constanduros Speaks on the 2011 edition. The Organisers provide 20 edit stations for various countries to produce their own programmes. There are 4 TV helicopters, 6 stage cameras and 3 bivouac crews to make over 1000 hours of TV over the 2 week period. In the United States, coverage can be seen on the Versus network.A television documentary Race To Dakar described the experiences of a team including the actor Charley Boorman in preparation for and entry into the 2006 Dakar Rally.