Hi
I am looking to purchase tdf dvd's or videos from the 1985-1991 era - mainly american cbs network coverage (from 1985-1989) and american abc network (from 1990-1991). Does anyone have any of this material or know a contact or persons that can help me. I am desperate for this material

www.worldcycling.com has DVDs of racing from some of this era, the 1989 TdF at least, maybe more, but I don't know if any of the footage was shot by CBS or ABC.

Your not going to find broadcast company videos because the company (CBS,ABC)does not own the rights to the coverage....

They would have purchased tape from a main broadcaster and only had a license to package it for a regional broadcast...so unless someone had taped it,it can't be shown again.....

After a few years it becomes an archive item,but the rights to the original tapes are still with the original supplier....so all tapes and DVDs made by another company would need to go through them

Hi Rex
thanks for the information, I have heard the same, Im pretty sure that the www.worldcycling.com tape you mention do not have the same ABC or CBS content.

I have seen some of the ABC and CBS clips on YouTube and was looking to download some of the files and put them onto dvd's but not sure how you go about doing this. Not sure if a HTML file can be put onto dvd discs to watch back through a dvd player/tv. Do you know if this is possible?

Hi Burningman
thanks for this information, I was kind of aware of the copyright restrictions on the release of this stuff, but as an alternative I have seen a lot of the CBS and ABC footage on YouTube, I was wondering if I can this downloaded YouTube footage onto a dvd so I can watch through a dvd player/tv. I dont know if you can copy a saved downloaded HTML file onto dvd? Do you know?