Mackhammer Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 I'm hearing that Sky have announced they will NOT be showing the GP's this year :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LagutaRacingFan Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 Disappointed but not surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamond@heart Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 I'm hearing that Sky have announced they will NOT be showing the GP's this year :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: Its all over twitter from a number of riders which probably means it is true!! Hopefully ESPN will take it up, otherwise I will have to try and find it somewhere on the internet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woz01 Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 The speedway family twitter feed announced it earlier but thats a fan thing and nothing official. Fans and riders have just jumped over the tweet like its the end of the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCookie Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 'Speedway Family' on Twitter would seem to be the most appropriate place for an announcement such as this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flagrag Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 Can not comment on this information at the min but will not be on ESPN as they have sold all their current rights to BT today Such a shame that BT sports is not launching until July Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screm Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 Surprised and disappointed that Sky wont be showing the GPs,what chance now that the Sky deal for showing EL speedway will go the same way after this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziggyman17 Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 I'm hearing that Sky have announced they will NOT be showing the GP's this year :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: thats me dropping sky... cannot justify all that money to watch a bit of football.. gps do be on every 2 weeks from may to september, not paying sky to watch cricket and other such rubbish through out the summer.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman2006 Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 (edited) Would still like to see Sky show the British GP as a one off. As its in this country. Be a bit of a poor show if they didn't.. Edited February 25, 2013 by Starman2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziggyman17 Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 nigel pearson on twitter saying no concrete information yet.. said last season was the best in years and this coming season could be the best yet.. he is hardly going to say that if its definite that sky have dropped the gp's... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiesta Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 I'm sure BSI have contingency plans if no deal can be struck incumbent broadcaster. The viewing figures held up well even on the minor SS channel. I am pretty sure that they will do a deal with a UK broadcaster to show the GP's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted February 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 I'm sure BSI have contingency plans if no deal can be struck incumbent broadcaster. The viewing figures held up well even on the minor SS channel. I am pretty sure that they will do a deal with a UK broadcaster to show the GP's. I hope you are right - but - I have my doubts. :sad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backless Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 <p> <br />Would still like to see Sky show the British GP as a one off. As its in this country. Be a bit of a poor show if they didn't..<br /> <br /><br /> </p> It's not theirs to show. Do you think BSI is going to say "no, that's fine, drop us in the crap but feel free to show the (apparently) biggest GP of them all (apart from Terenzano, obviously). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudleywood4eva Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 Once again the speedway fan gets shafted. This rumour has been ongoing for months and now it finally seems the deal has fallen through. Still at least a representative of the grand prix, bsi or sky have released a statement... oh they havent? Ah well in that case i will pretend im not a member of this forum or twitter and subscribe to sky sports this summer for me and my family to watch our favourite sport speedway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazeaway Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 Why on earth should SKY release a statement? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted February 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 Can not comment on this information at the min but will not be on ESPN as they have sold all their current rights to BT today Such a shame that BT sports is not launching until July Why on earth should SKY release a statement? I think what Dudleywood 4eva is getting at is that SKY have not officially announced, one way or the other, whether or not they will be covering the GPs on their Channels. Flagrag states in an earlier Post, as shown above that there is still some doubt as to which way the decision will go. Either BSI or SKY should say something in my opinion - WE are their Customers after all. We must wait and see I suppose. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudleywood4eva Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 Why on earth should SKY release a statement? Well at least communicate something to viewers who pay good hard earnes money. Thats why. Its still on the sky sports website and folks are expecting it to be screened. I think what Dudleywood 4eva is getting at is that SKY have not officially announced, one way or the other, whether or not they will be covering the GPs on their Channels. Flagrag states in an earlier Post, as shown above that there is still some doubt as to which way the decision will go. Either BSI or SKY should say something in my opinion - WE are their Customers after all. We must wait and see I suppose. Exactly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backless Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 Sky haven't issued a press release detailing ANY of the sports or events they're not covering. As far as their website is concerned, it also includes Olympics news - how much of that did they cover? I think what Dudleywood 4eva is getting at is that SKY have not officially announced, one way or the other, whether or not they will be covering the GPs on their Channels. Flagrag states in an earlier Post, as shown above that there is still some doubt as to which way the decision will go. Either BSI or SKY should say something in my opinion - WE are their Customers after all. We must wait and see I suppose. Unless you turn up at a GP venue, you're not a customer of BSI. Presumably they're sorting out a deal elsewhere. Preferably a temporary solution for the early part of the season & then BT Sports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted February 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 Well I won't be lashing out on BT Sports - unless it is shown FREE on Virgin - I won't be watching it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penchev Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 Well on a positive note, fans may return to the terraces, on a saturday night without the option of sitting in watching the grand prix. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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