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Just to bring it to the top. http://www.malmotv.se/live-sections/live/index.1.html Hope I've got it right. Regards. Alan.

He's a tall lad who has a very calm style on the bike. -as opposed to say Peter Kildemand. I'll be interested to see what you say when you get to (i think) heat 18 when he came down on the apex of tuns 3 and 4 and the lad in blue who had taken him on the inside- i thought absolutely fairly and without contact was excluded. I yelled "hometown " decision. See what you think. Sign him up anyway for your 10% Agents Stable. Take care and join you for Allsvenkan later from a very wet USA. Alan.

Well that's their total programming for the day then.

Thanks for the company guys. Regards. Alan.

It's always Nicki to blame even if it's Tommy Pedersen who fell off. What happens when the TV company allocate 3 and a half hours for coverage. Races expand to fill space available. "Speedway coverage will resume following the midnight epilogue"

I don't think it would be a bad idea if we all sent Kanal a "thank you" for the coverage to encourage them to carry it again next season. Wednesdays wouldn't be the same without my "pigeon" ad for NordicBet.

Have to say I think that is a ridiculous exclusion. Ref got it the wrong way round.

I'll always enjoy a meeting and there has been some good racing, but the fact that Holsted have to do more to lose it, than win it, leaves it all a bit flat. Last night's Swedish meetings were both nail biters with some wonderful racing, PLUS it's all still in the balance. Hope they take a look at this for next year because it has been very entertaining throughout the season. Plus the BEST stream in speedway. Anybody who beats Nicki around here- even a retuning and not yet up to total match fitness Nicki, deserves credit. Well done Bogdanovs.

Nicki's back Nice ride. Splendid sunset.

Maths was never my strong point anyway- except for counting my change. I'm not rooting for any team so as long as we get some good racing and no one gets hurt, that's all I really care about.

I take your word for it. But again, it bears out Ghostwalker's point, to my mind. Bit daft if a team makes the final but can't win it.? What about "the dreaded joker"? They can't win even with that? Anyway, i'm just so glad to see Michel Bech alive and well after that horror spill in Poland. My admiration for these guys is total!!

Weather looks pretty good.

I think the answer is "Yes" but there are a lot of permutations that need to happen for say, Munkebo to win it. Holsted must be favourites with home track advantage plus 4 points in the bag to start with. I'm just going to settle down and enjoy the racing and rely on the graphics man. Join you soon.

Just to bring it up front, today at 5.15pm UK the final. http://kanalsport.dk/ A bit of background in google translate. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=da&u=http://www.speedway-league.com/&ei=7mf8S7ntEcL68Aaxw_TyBQ&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCAQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Ddanish%2Bspeedway%2Bleague%26hl%3Den Join you all later. Regards. Alan.

To quote Mandy Rice-Davis "Well he would, wouldn't he ? " He can always earn extra as a circus clown. !! Very enjoyable. Thanks for the help on a stream and join you in Denmark tomorrow. Well, not those who have to work. Regards. Alan.

Maybe not quite as large but still a good crowd here also for what seems like a chilly night.

Gotcha.

I was going to say "Either a rut or a chain." Now we know. Bad luck for Rory.

Honours so far to "The Indians" They wouldn't be allowed to have that nick-name here as it would be construed as "disrespectful". More nonsense here than in a party political broadcast. The University football team here in INDIANA were force to change to "The Crimson Tide" or face a $100,000.00 fine. You couldn't make it up! So i'm cheering for THE INDIANS. Yours came out green with sound. Enjoying it anyway. Thanks to BOTH of you.

Great sound but just a green screen. I'll get there eventually PERFECT! What would we do without you.! Thank you.

Thank you R and R. Just going to post that I had a "shakey" stream here. http://u-peak.me/eurosport2.html But i'm sure yours is better.

Add in "jokers" and I have invited an accountant to keep the score for me. But, I am forgetting- we have the graphics man to keep us right up to date. Sorry you can't join us. Sure you will enjoy the repeat. All the best. Alan.

Most sports are so much better "live" when you are there than on TV. I've often joked about our sport that we should have 'Smellovision" I remember , many, many, years ago now being taken to my first ice hockey game in Canada and being absolutely amazed at how much faster it was "live" than seeing it on the television. The "swoosh" of the players skates and the noise of the the crowd in the indoor arena. I put my name on the waiting list for a Maple Leafs season ticket that night. ( Never did get the chance to buy one- they were gold then and gold now. The only sport I have been to "live" that I thought "this isn't as good as on tv was when I was taken to the US Open Golf. Golf fans are real fanatics to stand in one spot to watch one part of one hole all day Being TOTALLY dependent on TV (streaming) for my speedway my only wish is that I were Bill Gates and could jet over every day to watch it live. I think we need tv more than tv needs us. Other than in Poland I wouldn't imagine there are great "bidding wars" going on for the rights. Denmark, Sweden and Poland appear to get good attendances to their "tv" meetings. The only one that people seem to stay away from is the UK. However the attendance at Swindon last night (least said the better ) seemed reasonably good from what I could see. Some people won't go "because its on the telly" but without the exposure to potential new attendees it will become even more minority than it is now. As our good friend Ghostwalker says sponsors are also getting exposure ( as my dear old Yorkshire uncle used to say "nobody does owt for nowt") and that has to help revenue income for the teams. In the early 1950's we got 8 -EIGHT! heats of speedway from the Wembley World Final on a Thursday night and that was it.For the year! What promoters need to do is to embrace it, welcome it with open arms and use all the new media outlets available to spread the gospel. I'll continue to do my bit by firing off e-mails to the tv stations here and boring everyone I know by telling them to come over to the house and watch it with me. All the best. Alan.

Because sports programming is their BUSINESS. They pay for the rights to broadcast an event. They then send out their sales force to convince advertisers that they can deliver viewers to those advertisers. Big Brother IS watching you. They know if your set is tuned in to their programming. They pay "focus groups" to review the response to ads. The programming, whether speedway, tennis or any sport is a secondary consideration. Advertising revenue pays their bills and if there is any left over that is called "profit". which makes the shareholders happy - or unhappy if there isn't anything to distribute. They are not a public service broadcaster. Speedway gets shunted aside because (unfortunately) our sport does not produce a lot of viewers- or as they view it- does not deliver a lot of viewers to advertisers. I worked for many years in media advertising here in the USA. Believe me there is no sentiment involved at all . Just hard nosed business (monetary) decisions. Regards. Alan.

The main reason they are not showing the Men's US Open tennis final is that they didn't have the rights ! It's on Sky right now. Often happens that one channel wins the rights for the early rounds and the big boys outbid them for the latter rounds and finals. Regards .Alan.