P T Preece Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 I find it really irritating that Eurosport have messed around with speedway this season. Why buy the rights when you are going to not fulfil them fully? It really is unacceptable and I wish Premier Sports had managed to keep Swedish speedway as their coverage was really good, they showed all the meetings and had a knowledgeable commentator who wasn't a nightmare to listen to. i have already installed Polish satellite television so that I can watch speedway from there in HD without worrying about finding a stream. Looks like I'm going to have to install Swedish as well if things don't improve. I have watched the Polish Eurosport version of the speedway so I can avoid Sam's pronunciations and general ramblings. How do you do that them, is it easy and do you have to pay for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickthemuppet Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 Not sure where you get that from.Maybe because i live in Hamburg(quite a coincidence really,seeing as i went to school in Wimbledon)which is one of, if not the main german tennis centre,but we get decent coverage of the sport here.Far far more than speedway gets Still disappointed that speedway isn't on..... Boris Becker said it on the TV this afternoon Isn't it ironic that when they could have been showing live speedway from Sweden they were showing a tennis match between Isner and Giron. . What was Sky Sports 3 showing at the same time . A match between John Isner and M Giron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted August 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 (edited) The Eurosport schedule is out for the Semi-final 1st legs on Tuesday 9th September. Eurosport Poland are showing it LIVE on Eurosport 2 for 1 hour before switching to Eurosport 1 for the remaining 1 hour. Now British Eurosport 2 we can only see it "delayed live " starting at 8 pm for 2 hours 15mins. Better than nothing I admit-but let`s see why it`s not live- 6pm and 7 pm they have recorded American football from the previous weekend. Surely they could just swap the programmes around-is that to much to ask ?? Have fired another email off to Eurosport !!!! This is what I wrote Hello thank you for your latest communication. I have looked at the next Swedish speedway schedule-which are the semi-finals 1st legs on Tuesday 9th September. Eurosport International(Poland anyway) are showing LIVE at 7pm on Eurosport 2 for 1 hour before switching to Eurosport 1 for the final 1 hour of the live transmission. British Eurosport are showing at 8pm on Eurosport 2 for 2 hours 15mins- ie "delayed live" On at 6pm are 2-1 hour recorded American football programmes from the weekend matches-can you give me one good reason why these programmes cannot be swapped around-with the result that like European Eurosport we could watch the speedway live Edited August 27, 2014 by racers and royals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 Here's the reply I received: "Apologies for the inconvenience but, in the end, we were unfortunately unable to provide coverage of the quarter-finals as previously stated. We take our coverage of the Elitserien Swedish Speedway from Eurosport International (the pan-European channel) and due to a schedule clash with the US Open they were unable to broadcast any coverage of the quarter-finals. We will, however, have coverage of the semi-finals (delayed, 19 & 16 Sept) and the final (live, 30 Sept & 1 Oct). The broadcast times will be available closer to the time on tv.eurosport.co.uk" Given the the repeat of Latvian GP today and the clash with recorded American Football it does suggest that speedway is quite low on their list of priorities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 Given the the repeat of Latvian GP today and the clash with recorded American Football it does suggest that speedway is quite low on their list of priorities. And anyone should be surprised by that? Speedway will be low on the viewers priorities too. Quite a lot of selfish and unjust moaning to be honest. Speedway's TV small fry. I'd love to know Swedish Elitserien viewing figures on British Eurosport, should imagine they haven't shown up with great numbers? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 True, but with the possible exception of the final I'd be quite happy with a delayed broadcast, and given the amount of airtime they have to fill that shouldn't be too difficult to accommodate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted August 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 (edited) The Eurosport schedule is out for the Semi-final 1st legs on Tuesday 9th September. Eurosport Poland are showing it LIVE on Eurosport 2 for 1 hour before switching to Eurosport 1 for the remaining 1 hour. Now British Eurosport 2 we can only see it "delayed live " starting at 8 pm for 2 hours 15mins. Better than nothing I admit-but let`s see why it`s not live- 6pm and 7 pm they have recorded American football from the previous weekend. Surely they could just swap the programmes around-is that to much to ask ?? Have fired another email off to Eurosport !!!! This is what I wrote Hello thank you for your latest communication. I have looked at the next Swedish speedway schedule-which are the semi-finals 1st legs on Tuesday 9th September. Eurosport International(Poland anyway) are showing LIVE at 7pm on Eurosport 2 for 1 hour before switching to Eurosport 1 for the final 1 hour of the live transmission. British Eurosport are showing at 8pm on Eurosport 2 for 2 hours 15mins- ie "delayed live" On at 6pm are 2-1 hour recorded American football programmes from the weekend matches-can you give me one good reason why these programmes cannot be swapped around-with the result that like European Eurosport we could watch the speedway live I have had a rely to my latest email as below " As the coverage is being split across the two channels and in order to ensure none of the action is missed, the decision was taken to broadcast the action delayed from 8pm on 9th September. It’s the same for the 2nd leg the following week, where we will be broadcast the action in full but on a delayed basis in order to protect it from potential live cricket and football overruns. " Whilst as a layman I can`t really see why if Eurosport in Europe are showing it live-British Eurosport couldn`t do the same-although I have been told that when They show part on one channel and part on another live in Europe It does cause problems for British Eurosport`s coverage, so maybe they are doing the right thing in this instance. Edited August 28, 2014 by racers and royals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdmc82 Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Couldn't Eurosport use Quest to show it live Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Losthammer Posted September 2, 2014 Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 How do you do that them, is it easy and do you have to pay for it. How do you do that them, is it easy and do you have to pay for it. Sorry I missed this completely. It was easy and simple. I www.satellitetveurope.co.uk who install throughout the country. I would definitely recommend him. It cost me about £450 which included 4 months subscription, dish, PVR box (the official NC+ model). After then it's just subs which you buy as a pay as you go setup. For what I want it's £135 for 6 months. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moxey63 Posted September 2, 2014 Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 Knew it wouldn't be long. When it took over coverage, Eurosport was praised as speedway's saviour. Some bleated it was much better camera-work than than the countless hours SKY had given over the years. SKY was dead - finished - capput. Eurosport was our new friend, we would share our picnics. Yet, now, when examined a little more in detail and with the passing of time, the channel all over the place. Suppose it has much in common with speedway, both are well suited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles Posted September 2, 2014 Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 Knew it wouldn't be long. When it took over coverage, Eurosport was praised as speedway's saviour. Some bleated it was much better camera-work than than the countless hours SKY had given over the years. SKY was dead - finished - capput. Eurosport was our new friend, we would share our picnics. Yet, now, when examined a little more in detail and with the passing of time, the channel all over the place. Suppose it has much in common with speedway, both are well suited. Err remind me, when did SKY show the Swedish league? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted September 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 I fired another another email off to Eurosport the other day " Thanks XXXXX for the prompt reply-I can accept the reasoning behind the decision.just one last question regarding my emails and responses. Are Eurosport aware that the semi-final 2nd legs are split over 2 nights (1 match on each) Tuesday 16th and Wednesday 17th September(I mentioned this in my first corrected email). I hope you have this covered in your scheduling." This was their reply " Thanks for the info, we have raised this with our programming team in Paris and are awaiting a response." This worries me somewhat-the state of play is that we are missing the QF`s , seeing next Tuesday(9th) semi-final 1st leg on delayed live. seeing the following Tuesday (16th) semi-final 2nd leg match 1 on delayed live and probably ?? missing the Wednesday 17th semi 2nd leg match 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted September 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 (edited) Good news finally-semi`s 1st leg on Tuesday 9th September on "delayed live" at 8pm and one of the 2nd legs on Tuesday 16th at 8.30pm and the other on Wednesday 17th at 8.15pm both "delayed live" Edited September 4, 2014 by racers and royals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiheke1 Posted September 4, 2014 Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 Err remind me, when did SKY show the Swedish league?Sky are showing it in nz this season. Must be bought off eurosport as we still get sam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickthemuppet Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 Eurosport have taken the Swedish Speedway play-offs off on the last two tuesdays so they could put the earlier US Tennis open rounds on. Then tonight they are not going to show the Mens Final live at all. Instead they are showing Australian Rules Football. They sure have a funny way of scheduling their different sports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandonbee48 Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 Eurosport have taken the Swedish Speedway play-offs off on the last two tuesdays so they could put the earlier US Tennis open rounds on. Then tonight they are not going to show the Mens Final live at all. Instead they are showing Australian Rules Football. They sure have a funny way of scheduling their different sports. 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickthemuppet Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 So what is the point of showing the earlier rounds if you are not going to show the final. Why bother at all . Especially as Sky Sports show it every day sometimes on 7 courts at a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandonbee48 Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 So what is the point of showing the earlier rounds if you are not going to show the final. Why bother at all . Especially as Sky Sports show it every day sometimes on 7 courts at a time. 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 Boris Becker said it on the TV this afternoon Can't always believe Boris. Kerber is ranked no.8 in the world,Petkovic no.17,but it is probably Lisicki who is only no.31 is maybe the bigger "star" as she is the girlfriend of a famous german tv star so is often in the news(papers) and Germany are in the finals of the Fed Cup against Czecho.As it is a few days after you wrote this reply(which i had missed until now)there were two similarly sized articles in the paper.One about Matten Krögers attempt to win the German Speedway Final and another about a 15 year old tennis players at the US Open.The thing was though that the prominence of the tennis article was much better as the photo of the young girl was about 5 times bigger than the small pic of Matten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickthemuppet Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 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. Many thanks brandonbee on your summing up of TV and Speedway. Can anybody explain that as Speedway is such a minority sport why has there been more Live Speedway on the Television this year than any other year before. Now with Bet365 Elite League matches you can watch Speedway every night of the week. I know this is business but when they perfect it ,all these armchair matches will eventually kill people appetite to go and watch live.as it is gradually doing now. All live Speedway should be taken off the screens so that if people want to see Speedway they will have to go to the track. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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