jeffster Posted May 3, 2017 Report Share Posted May 3, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 03/05/2017 Premier Sports, the UK subscription sports channel today announced it had secured Swedish Elitserien and Polish Ekstraliga television rights in the UK and Ireland. The channel which operates on the SKY, Virgin and Premier Player platforms will be broadcasting 4 hours of Speedway coverage most Tuesday evening over the summer with live coverage of Swedish meetings followed by delayed commercial free coverage of both Sunday matches from the Polish league. Coverage of both leagues will begin on Tuesday the 9th of May. The leagues which are considered the top 2 in the world feature the best in the sport with household names such as Tai Woffinden, Greg Hancock and Chris Holder featuring. Also worth following are the exploits of up and coming young guns Bartosz Zmarzlik, his Polish compatriot, Patryk Dudek, plus Emil Sayfutdinov and Jason Doyle. Richard Sweeney, General Manager of Premier Sports commented, “It is great news that Speedway is returning to Premier Sports in HD to compliment our other motorsports coverage. We feel a Tuesday evening appointment to view the best leagues in Europe will prove very popular with Speedway fans in the UK. We are especially delighted to finally bring Polish Speedway, which is considered the finest in Europe to viewers in the UK for the first time”. To launch the 2017 Speedway coverage, Premier Sports is offering customers their first 2 months subscription for only £1 using promo code SPEEDWAY. This offer is available on the Sky platform only. Visit www.premiersports.com for more information. Offer ends 17th May. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Goddard Posted May 3, 2017 Report Share Posted May 3, 2017 Pleased to announce that I will be providing the commentary once again too on both leagues and I will be taking tweets during the live Swedish broadcasts again! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
severnsider Posted May 3, 2017 Report Share Posted May 3, 2017 Excellent news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted May 3, 2017 Report Share Posted May 3, 2017 Great news especially Sweden- I have just tried to subscribe via the website and it doesn`t appear to be working !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB252 Posted May 3, 2017 Report Share Posted May 3, 2017 Already a Premier subscriber for the excellent NHL coverage. Shame the Ekstraliga won't be live but brilliant news all the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted May 3, 2017 Report Share Posted May 3, 2017 Pleased to announce that I will be providing the commentary once again too on both leagues and I will be taking tweets during the live Swedish broadcasts again! Welcome back Dave! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSC67 Posted May 3, 2017 Report Share Posted May 3, 2017 Great news , something positive to talk about for a change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRackBandit Posted May 3, 2017 Report Share Posted May 3, 2017 Superb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haza Posted May 3, 2017 Report Share Posted May 3, 2017 Good news but won't be subscribing - -had Polish league been live on Sunday's would defiantly subscribed but not for delayed coverage will continue to watch via the Internet . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB252 Posted May 3, 2017 Report Share Posted May 3, 2017 Good news but won't be subscribing - -had Polish league been live on Sunday's would defiantly subscribed but not for delayed coverage will continue to watch via the Internet . Already a subscriber so it's good for me, but I can see your point re the Polish League. I'll probably still watch live on the Internet on a Sunday where I can as well. Problem for Premier is that, throughout the summer on a Sunday evening they show a live NASCAR race. Speedway is an insignificant and rather embarrassing tadpole compared to NASCAR, so it's unlikely that it'll ever usurp the NASCAR from it's live slot, unless they lose the rights. They could maybe squeeze the first Sunday afternoon match in live, and who knows what will happen with the non Sunday live matches? Maybe a live opportunity there? For now, it's a start and the Ekstraliga is finally on UK TV, and hopefully it can only help move it towards a regular live slot on a UK channel going forwards if it's well received. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flagrag Posted May 3, 2017 Report Share Posted May 3, 2017 The Polish league was offered to Sky sports again but only on the host broadcasters I think N+ terms. Unless anything has changed since Feb they refuse to provide a clean feed so with no commentary and options to cut to UK presentation like how C More do Sweden. Due to this the only way to do a live match would be send own comms team and have own satellite uplink from track a very expensive option. So I expect that Premier sports will get a tape of meetings and then Dave Goddard will add his comms on Tuesday mornings so can cut out any meeting delays and Polish interviews. It is good that there is finally a better version to view Extraliga but could be so much better 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted May 3, 2017 Report Share Posted May 3, 2017 at last the british public gets to see speedway at its best , I got NC+ over a year ago and even though I don't speak a word of polish I watch more of it than I do English tv, sadly it will show how bad our product is promoted is in comparison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner47 Posted May 4, 2017 Report Share Posted May 4, 2017 Tried to ring them but they don't open until 09-30. So went online and signed up for £1 a Month, but there was no terms and conditions, no mention of length of contract, so I assume I can get it for £1 for 2 Months then just scrub it. But just to cover myself I put it on a card I rarely use, so if there's a problem I'll just cancel the card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flagrag Posted May 4, 2017 Report Share Posted May 4, 2017 RMC - Yes the Polish broadcaster always got a clean feed from Elite league as well as dirty feed with graphics only and the edit cut if they wanted. I would say it is a bit more difficult for them to produce a clean feed in Poland than UK as don't have the benefit of BT media switching but to nothing that couldn't be done In a couple of hours work. It will be interesting to see what Premier sports get I suspect it will be full dirty broadcast then will edit and over dub UK comms 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB252 Posted May 4, 2017 Report Share Posted May 4, 2017 at last the british public gets to see speedway at its best , I got NC+ over a year ago and even though I don't speak a word of polish I watch more of it than I do English tv, sadly it will show how bad our product is promoted is in comparison The thing that always strikes me is how clean and tidy the stadiums look in Poland. They look impressive and the sort of place where people would want to watch sport. To me that is the single biggest factor holding British Speedway back (apart from the promoters). Our stadiums are no longer fit for purpose. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted May 6, 2017 Report Share Posted May 6, 2017 (edited) The thing that always strikes me is how clean and tidy the stadiums look in Poland. They look impressive and the sort of place where people would want to watch sport. To me that is the single biggest factor holding British Speedway back (apart from the promoters). Our stadiums are no longer fit for purpose. When you go to Torun it is a very basic stadium , it's just concrete steps with plastic seats all round with a fantastic roof and the gap in between the two look like coloured boards but wow what a stadium , it just make you want to be there , it amazing , we have nothing over here anywhere near Edited May 6, 2017 by THE DEAN MACHINE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted May 6, 2017 Report Share Posted May 6, 2017 In Poland its a big sport. Not in UK. Be mad to invest in stadia like Torun. Its a great stadium but gets used 25 days in 365. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Lion Posted May 6, 2017 Report Share Posted May 6, 2017 Pleased to announce that I will be providing the commentary once again too on both leagues and I will be taking tweets during the live Swedish broadcasts again! Good to see the return of the best commentator in the business. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk127 Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 Good advert on Premier website with Tuesday night is speedway night and they have a clock counting down to the start of the match. For £9.99 per month it does not seem over the top for what you appear to be getting. Hopefully viewing figures are good. Be interested to see the Polish match that follows the live Swedish fixture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 Good advert on Premier website with Tuesday night is speedway night and they have a clock counting down to the start of the match. For £9.99 per month it does not seem over the top for what you appear to be getting. Hopefully viewing figures are good. Be interested to see the Polish match that follows the live Swedish fixture. You can watch Polish matches from yesterday now if you want http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=83762&page=4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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