Ace86 Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 I am all for Setanta showing Polish or Swedish speedway, would make great viewing no doubt about it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Brown Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 How is it not big enough? they could have the Monday night speedway as usual and show a PL meeting either Fri Sat or Sun they have 3 channels dont forget. And ofcourse more people watch cricket on sky, thats because it is on more often everytime you go onto Sky there is a cricket match. Its a terrible sport. Plus in addition to racing why not have a speedway round up program. It could talk about speedway from CL, PL and EL and even take in some of the foreign leagues. It would be like a football style goals round up program with all the highlights and news. Lots of cost and very few viewers and therefore little advertising revenue Its costs a fortune to broadcast live and if there is no return then it will not happen Whatever you may think of cricket it pulls in the viewers and therefore the advertising revenue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballinger Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Lots of cost and very few viewers and therefore little advertising revenue Apart from the average 80,000 that watch everyweek, according to the official viewing figures. Speedway regularly ranks in the top 5 of Sky Sports weekly broadcasts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben91 Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Would be good for sure, but a cautionary note, once you have subscribed to Setanta, they are a bugger to cancel. I had a free month's viewing on a freeview box which you had to claim once you had cancelled your subscription, which I did, got my months free viewing then they started to take money again, so I have had to cancel the direct Debit and have a logn converation with a man from Setanta about whether i meant to cancel or to quote him, was it "an error of judgement" anyway rant over, but beware Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Isn't Setanta free on cable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryW Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 (edited) It's all to do with track preparation i would imagine . I've seen Leszno on the telly and there seems umpteen racing lines , likewise Bydgoszcz is universally accepted as the most entertaining GP normally . Then you see some EL tracks and they're as bald as a coot . I'm not sure it's all to do with track preparation. I have seen a good few matches from Poland where the track was uber-slick, but the racing was still good. I think the biggest factor is the shape of the tracks. Most of the Polish tracks are big and wide, and are in stadiums where they are the primary tenant, so the tracks take up whatever space they need, rather than being squeezed into the inside of a dog track or into a small area outside of a football pitch. Isn't Setanta free on cable? Not sure I would say "free", but it's included with the XL TV package that Virgin Media provide. Edited January 16, 2009 by HenryW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flagrag Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Speedway is still one of the top five most watched sports on Sky behind Football, Rugby Union,Super League and then sometimes cricket depending on the type of match. It has been proved that Sky viwers like fast action sport as the 20/20 cricket gets on average 20,000 more viwers than 2 day games One thing that Sky doesnt like about speedway is it can decide to run on alternative days to suit their programme schedules and also they would like to upgrade the Elite league coverage to HD but they can not get the tracks to invest in the new lighting required for this as most dont own the stadium I am all for Setanta taking on the Polish speedway but I think they may have cooled on this chance now with the change in the money world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Brown Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Apart from the average 80,000 that watch everyweek, according to the official viewing figures. Speedway regularly ranks in the top 5 of Sky Sports weekly broadcasts But in the scheme of things its not a lot which is why the footy, superleague, rugby union etc get the sorts of programmes that I suspect speedway can only dream of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 You might as well watch videos on Youtube, the quality is about the same as Setanta outputs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattK Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 Plus in addition to racing why not have a speedway round up program. It could talk about speedway from CL, PL and EL and even take in some of the foreign leagues. It would be like a football style goals round up program with all the highlights and news. The main problem with a round-up programme is that you need cameras at every meeting - it wouldn't be cost effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattK Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 Apart from the average 80,000 that watch everyweek, according to the official viewing figures. Speedway regularly ranks in the top 5 of Sky Sports weekly broadcasts I don't understand why someone like Five doesn't come in for British speedway. I think it would fit their profile well. Imagine having speedway on proper telly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugwash Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 You might as well watch videos on Youtube, the quality is about the same as Setanta outputs. Yes, it only has to be raining here and the picture quality is terrible. Saying that the pub next door to me shows Premiership football on a Bulgarian Satelite channel and if the picture quality is bareaking down on Setanta, I can go next door and it's perfect on the pub TV. Why is that? Don't know yet if the pub will be able to tune in to Polish League Speedway, as they've only had this Sat thing for about 4 months. I'm pretty sure it's beamed in via Polsat. (Anyway when it's not showing football it's all 'buteros, buteros, whiskers full o meaty goodness, chris waddle, scorchio, scorchio' channel nine stuff) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Snackette Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 Apart from the average 80,000 that watch everyweek, according to the official viewing figures. Speedway regularly ranks in the top 5 of Sky Sports weekly broadcasts The problem for speedway on TV, is not audience numbers but the make up of the audience itself. Sports such as cricket, rugby union, golf , eventing attract a far greater proportion of the higher socio economic groups. These are vital in generating advertising revenue, which is the major driver in Sky's business model. All the sports listed above have significant numbers of viewers in the A, B, C1 classification, whereas speedway ( admittedly my information now being a few years out of date) has traditionally had a much higher percentage of C2, D, and Es. This type of audience which traditionally has a much lower net disposable income, is far less attractive to advertisers and thereby the advertising slots during speedway broadcasts are less easy to fill, not attracting the premium that other sports can generate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manchesterpaul Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 All the sports listed above have significant numbers of viewers in the A, B, C1 classification, whereas speedway ( admittedly my information now being a few years out of date) has traditionally had a much higher percentage of C2, D, and Es. Spare us a fiver guv'nor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 So no one is any nearer knowing whether setanta are interested in showing the polish league or not,wonder if the swedish will be available online like last season where it dissapeared half way through the season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted March 21, 2009 Report Share Posted March 21, 2009 Emailed setanta regarding the rumoured polish league coverage,no reply forthcoming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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