SteveLyric2 Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Eurosport confirmed a 3 year SGP deal!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topcat Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Subscribe from £2.99 p/m? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambo Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 (edited) Saves me £25 per month as I get British Eurosport as part of my Virgin TV package. I used to have to subscribe to Sky Sports! Well done BSI-IMG-FIM From the FIM Press Release:- British Eurosport has signed a three year deal with BSI Speedway, an IMG company, to show live and exclusive high definition coverage of the FIM Speedway World Championships – FIM Speedway Grand Prix and Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup - in the UK and Ireland. BSI Speedway is part of the motorsports division of IMG Worldwide, the global sports fashion and media company. The season starts with live coverage of the Buckley Systems New Zealand FIM Speedway Grand Prix on Saturday 23rd March at 3.00am GMT with repeats and highlights throughout the weekend. British Eurosport will cover all rounds of the 12 race individual world championship including the 2013 British FIM Speedway Grand Prix from the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday 1st June. The deal also includes the right to broadcast the team world championship – the Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup – that takes place from 13-20 July across Europe. British Eurosport is part of the Eurosport Group, Europe's leading sports entertainment group. The channel is available on Sky and Virgin Media in the UK and in Ireland through Sky and UPC. Later this month the channel will also be available on BT Vision in the UK. Viewers can also get access to the channel via the Eurosport Player, a subscription player service available on PC, iPhone, iPad and Android devices as well as some connected televisions. Managing Director of British Eurosport David Kerr said, “We are really excited to add the FIM Speedway World Championships to our existing 45 round coverage of MotoGP, World and British Superbikes. Speedway will add a brand new discipline to our year round motorbike coverage and strengthens our position as the Home of Bikes.” Commenting on the new deal, Paul Bellamy, Managing Director, BSI Speedway, said, “We are entering exciting times for both the FIM Speedway Grand Prix and the Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup and we are thrilled they will sit alongside other world class motorcycling disciplines on British Eurosport. “We look forward to working alongside the British Eurosport team and welcoming them into the speedway family. I am sure the speedway fans, who have been waiting patiently for confirmation of the new UK broadcaster, will look forward to catching all the action on the channel that is now, undoubtedly, the home of bikes on TV.” British Eurosport’s television schedule can be accessed at tv.eurosport.co.uk and more details on the Eurosport Player can be found at www.eurosportplayer.co.uk Ends Notes to editors ABOUT EUROSPORT GROUP The Eurosport Group is Europe's leading sports entertainment group. Eurosport, the n°1 pan-European TV channel, broadcasts in 20 languages and reaches 130 million homes across 54 countries. Eurosport HD is the high definition simulcast of Eurosport. Eurosport 2 broadcasts to 62 million households in 18 languages across 51 countries. Eurosport 2 HD was launched in August 2009. Eurosport Asia-Pacific reaches 17 countries in the region and launched an HD channel in September 2011. Eurosportnews is the sports news channel transmitted worldwide. Eurosport.com, Europe's n°1 online sports destination, has up to 23 million unique users per month (comScore) across an international network of sports websites in 11 languages, including Yahoo! co-branded sites in Germany, Spain, Italy and the UK. The Eurosport.com free mobile applications are available in 10 languages. Eurosport Player, Eurosport's web TV service, provides LIVE and on-demand sports to fans' PCs in 52 countries and the Player mobile application is available in up to 34 countries. Eurosport Events is the group's expert division in the management and promotion of international sporting events. HOW TO GET BRITISH EUROSPORT British Eurosport and British Eurosport 2 are available on Sky channels 410 and 411 and on Virgin Media on channels 521 (HD 522) and 525 (HD 526). The channel will also be available on BT Vision later this month. Viewers can also subscribe directly to the Eurosport player. Subscriptions range from £2.99 to £4.99 per month, depending on the length of contract. Full details at www.eurosportplayer.co.uk Edited March 14, 2013 by Gambo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21st century heathen Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Happy with that. Eurosport is a cracking channel, and the comment about speedway now being aligned with other motorcycle sport is bang on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickthemuppet Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 I wonder who is going to host the programme. I take it that it will not be Nigel Pearson or Kelvin Tatum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris4gillian Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 (edited) I wonder who is going to host the programme. I take it that it will not be Nigel Pearson or Kelvin Tatum. I assume you mean commentate, Keith Heuwen hosted on Sky's coverage! Edited March 14, 2013 by chris4gillian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakesidelive Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 I wonder who is going to host the programme. I take it that it will not be Nigel Pearson or Kelvin Tatum. Eurosport have said that for the first GP, they will take the world feed commentary and that will be Nigel Pearson & Kelvin Tatum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emerald tyke Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Yes!! What a result ...can only do good for the sport (hopefully) that its on a very bike orientated channel, and its cheaper than having to subscribe to Sky SPORTS.....Wonder will this be reflected in that viewing figures will be down dramatically ( as if they not low enough already after last years rainoffs, bad racing etc) as folk not going to pay extra for SS just for the EL Meets??. I for one will NOT be paying extra to get the SS and will just watch the GPs on Eurosport. I will miss seeing and hearing Nige and Kelvin though , well maybe I will hear 'em!! Will Eurosport grab the chance next year when the Sky contract runs out for the EL Coverage?....hope so but maybe just a highlights show which can give tasty snips of good racing and cut out the rest!! Its the only way we can hope to "tempt" supporters back. Roll on NZ!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunty Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Would you say that Eurosport is more accessible or less accessible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Eurosport have said that for the first GP, they will take the world feed commentary and that will be Nigel Pearson & Kelvin Tatum. NO it won't ... same as last year for the first one Steve Johnson and Aussie guy whose name escapes me for a moment. Hopefully messrs Pearson and Tatum will resume from Bydgoszcz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGP Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Yes!! What a result ...can only do good for the sport (hopefully) that its on a very bike orientated channel, and its cheaper than having to subscribe to Sky SPORTS.....Wonder will this be reflected in that viewing figures will be down dramatically ( as if they not low enough already after last years rainoffs, bad racing etc) as folk not going to pay extra for SS just for the EL Meets??. I for one will NOT be paying extra to get the SS and will just watch the GPs on Eurosport. I will miss seeing and hearing Nige and Kelvin though , well maybe I will hear 'em!! Will Eurosport grab the chance next year when the Sky contract runs out for the EL Coverage?....hope so but maybe just a highlights show which can give tasty snips of good racing and cut out the rest!! Its the only way we can hope to "tempt" supporters back. Roll on NZ!!!! BSI license the SGP/SWC deals, but the EL is handled by GoSpeed, who still can't find an outlet for their Polish Speedway. I think it's a bit too early to start talking about the domestic side of things, however, I personally feel the EL will remain in the hands of SKY, but don't expect any 'long-term' deals; perhaps leaning more towards a rolling year-by-year kind of contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytsejam Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Eurosport have said that for the first GP, they will take the world feed commentary and that will be Nigel Pearson & Kelvin Tatum. Arghh!!!...every silver lining has a cloud, but hopefully after the first GP and Eurosport have been reminded about these 2 shouting clowns, they will get their own commentators in. Excellent news though that the GP's will still be shown live on TV and well done to Eurosport for landing the deal. Its a shame you can't just subscribe to Eurosport and tell SKY to shove it, but to get Eurosport TV you have to have SKY sports too And before anyone says, its no use me subscribing to the Eurosport player, because I live in the middle of nowhere and my broadband connection isnt fast enough to sustain live TV on my computer, without it keep buffering all the time 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruiser McHuge Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 NO it won't ... same as last year for the first one Steve Johnson and Aussie guy whose name escapes me for a moment. Hopefully messrs Pearson and Tatum will resume from Bydgoszcz is it Steve Brandon ?....Johnno is quite good actually.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foamfence Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 This looks to be very good news to me, those who don't/can't subscribe to pay TV systems, can get this at a very affordable price, it's certainly tempting to me, are there any snags? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazeaway Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 NO it won't ... same as last year for the first one Steve Johnson and Aussie guy whose name escapes me for a moment. Hopefully messrs Pearson and Tatum will resume from Bydgoszcz Why hopefully? They are awful commentators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruiser McHuge Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Why hopefully? They are awful commentators. in your opinion.....not everybody holds that view.....i think that they are perfectly ok, especially Pearson ...let's face it , some speedway races can be pretty dull and its not easy to make them sound half exciting..i cannot think that many would do a better job than Nigel Pearson...in my opinion. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 is it Steve Brandon ?....Johnno is quite good actually.. NO Brando is TV floor manager but will do most of the interviews this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5 FURROW Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Why hopefully? They are awful commentators. Now we have got the GPS on tv I take it people including you are gonna moan about the commentators 1 week ago everyone was moaning cos it looked like that the GPS weren't even gonna be shown get a life or are you a born moaner 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakesidelive Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 NO it won't ... same as last year for the first one Steve Johnson and Aussie guy whose name escapes me for a moment. Hopefully messrs Pearson and Tatum will resume from Bydgoszcz I'm quoting what i saw on the Eurosport UK twitter feed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazeaway Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 in your opinion.....not everybody holds that view.....i think that they are perfectly ok, especially Pearson ...let's face it , some speedway races can be pretty dull and its not easy to make them sound half exciting..i cannot think that many would do a better job than Nigel Pearson...in my opinion. I've only heard one alternative in recent times and that was Darren Fletcher and he wipes the floor with Pearson. I don't hold with the attitude that it needs to be made to sound exciting. Two blokes screaming and shouting doesn't necessarily make you think "Wow this is good" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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