Television Coverage
Over 190 different countries take the international feed of the event with a roundup of every day being made into a 26-minute programme. This has been commentated on by Toby Moody for ten 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 four TV helicopters, six stage cameras and three bivouac crews to make over 1,000 hours of TV over the two week period. In the United States, coverage can be seen on the Versus network (now the NBC Sports 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.
According to Gert Vermersch, the media coverage of the Dakar rally, particularly in Europe has been decreasing. This has been triggered by the fact that the new South-American edition of the race has proven to be less spectacular, at least in regards to the scenery as the original edition.
Read more about this topic: Dakar Rally
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