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Why did sky put the gp 'behind the red button'. That is twice recently this has happened, do you think they are getting fed up with the series

Cannot blame them not bothering where they show it . Total Dross this season. Do not even set the video now ,just go and watch Clewsy at Berwick he pass more riders in 4 Heats than happens in a whole GP :rolleyes:

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Cannot blame them not bothering where they show it . Total Dross this season. Do not even set the video now ,just go and watch Clewsy at Berwick he pass more riders in 4 Heats than happens in a whole GP :rolleyes:

Clews in the GPs,they wont know what hit them. ;)

 

I dont think there was anything sinister about Sky putting saturdays GP on the red button,remember it started on normal Sky for the 1st hour before changing.I think it has more to do with the amount of other sports Sky covered live that day,Spanish football and the like.

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Why did sky put the gp 'behind the red button'. That is twice recently this has happened, do you think they are getting fed up with the series

Can't speak for Sky , but i'm certainly bored with it .

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It's certainly a pain in the arse if you pay out for SKY+ and want to record it and then they do the press the red button thing!!!!!!

 

Even worse for us one Virgin who can't use the red button....................I watched the last one on a live feed link posted on here where you can also chat to other fans as you watch........................along with a few others from here................

 

RP

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Hope Sky not going to 'pull the plug' on Speedway....my only chance of seeing any.!

 

I do attend the Gp in Cardiff every year so far and a few meetings at Sheffield and Newport when I can, so because I am speedway starved as regards LIVE meetings I'm grateful to Sky for what they do for the sport....pity the sport or rather the organisers of the sport cannot seem to provide a fair racing track for racers who wanna race!!.. Not GATE and be in front all the four laps. BORING! and not good for the sport.

 

They are actually cutting their noses off to spite their faces!! NO dirt, no passing, no passing, boring racing, boring racing== NO SUPPORTERS!! End of.

 

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The question starting this Thread was: Has Sky Had Enough Of The Gp

 

I don't know about SKY - but I have. It is VERY boring and so predictable. :rolleyes::rolleyes:

 

I agree too with the 'Saint' who stated: "Total dross = Ole Olsen's idea of speedway". :approve:

 

Slick Tracks, No Dirt, No overtaking and most Races won from the Gate - Says it all really. :blink:

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.....so I asked them about the red button thing, this is what came back:

 

Hi Keith

 

Thanks for your email about Speedway.

I was sorry to read of your unhappiness with the broadcasting of this sport.

Due to other scheduling committments, and the sheer volume of sport we are showing, we have to utilise all of the Sky Sports channels. We also have to make use of the red button facility to show certain fixtures.

I have taken note of the points raised in your email and passed these on to Sky Sports.

Kind regards

Angela Hart

Viewer Relations

 

 

If I could be bothered we would have a follow up that says Thanks, but what are they going to do about it!

 

Guess I should just shut up and watch Andy 'yawn yawn' Murray or even worse, the Germans kicking around!, and be greatful for all this sport they are showing!

 

At least they answered!

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.....so I asked them about the red button thing, this is what came back:

 

Hi Keith

 

Thanks for your email about Speedway.

I was sorry to read of your unhappiness with the broadcasting of this sport.

Due to other scheduling committments, and the sheer volume of sport we are showing, we have to utilise all of the Sky Sports channels. We also have to make use of the red button facility to show certain fixtures.

I have taken note of the points raised in your email and passed these on to Sky Sports.

Kind regards

Angela Hart

Viewer Relations

 

 

If I could be bothered we would have a follow up that says Thanks, but what are they going to do about it!

 

Guess I should just shut up and watch Andy 'yawn yawn' Murray or even worse, the Germans kicking around!, and be greatful for all this sport they are showing!

 

At least they answered!

 

That's a cop-out by Sky. They've always had plenty of sport to show on a Saturday night. It's obvious that speedway's just not important enough in their priorities now.

 

Rob McCaffery

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The question starting this Thread was: Has Sky Had Enough Of The Gp

 

I don't know about SKY - but I have. It is VERY boring and so predictable. :rolleyes::rolleyes:

 

I agree too with the 'Saint' who stated: "Total dross = Ole Olsen's idea of speedway". :approve:

 

Slick Tracks, No Dirt, No overtaking and most Races won from the Gate - Says it all really. :blink:

 

They don't want dirt on the tracks as it covers the sponsors to easily when it sticks to riders/fence etc

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They don't want dirt on the tracks as it covers the sponsors to easily when it sticks to riders/fence etc

 

If they don't start providing a RACING track we won't have a sport to either sponsor or televise!!.....maybe all riders could start tightening sprocket, clutch etc before the race to get their sponsors name seen before the race ( as 'Grin' and Gollob seems to have perfected!!), as surely their leathers/kevs are wiped off between races!! and can't the track staff tear off a banner trackside each time they become unreadable. Doesn't seem to be too much to ask and all so WE as supporters of this great sport could have some RACING to actually watch!!

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Yip, have to agree, GP's are gash at the moment. Gate and go nonsense, that no matter how much the sky crew sugar coat it, we can all clearly see the racing is poor.

 

I used to love coming in from work on a Sat and watching the gp, now it doesnt bother me if I miss it.

 

Do you think people at sky/fim read these forums in order to see what the fans think?

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maybe this is a tactic to get Virgin customers to switch to SKY? Virgin are about to steal an enormous march on their competitors as the broadband speeds they provide as standard become alarmingly faster than anything that anyone else can provide.......Under these terms I would fully expect a dirty fight to be waged where things like speedway would be caught in the crossfire

 

either that or like some of you are saying Ole is killing world class speedway and this is just one of many side effects...................... as it is, even when he does move on, the years of slick tracks will have made the GP field gating tart heavy and we probably wont be able to get back to a smattering of Lorams and Bombers in the field for some years

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