OveFundinFan Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 So, does. BT have two different contracts ending at different times. One with BSI ending end 2021 and one with BSPromotors ending soon.?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 2 minutes ago, OveFundinFan said: So, does. BT have two different contracts ending at different times. One with BSI ending end 2021 and one with BSPromotors ending soon.?. Yes- got it in one !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickthemuppet Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 Perhaps BT want to get rid of all Speedway as starting in January they will take over WWE Wrestling.So perhaps they need to make changes as the contract is supposed to be costing them £2,5 billion. that is correct billions not millions and it's not even a sport 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flagrag Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 I had any interesting catch up with an ex colleague at the weekend who is now at BT and we was discussing Speedway and he advised of a couple of interesting things that BT were very happy with what they got and especially the viewing figures this year. Also he asked if I knew whether the deal has been signed with Eurosport as BT have just appointed a new head of media rights whom was non too happy that BT were losing Speedway so could be interesting times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 2 minutes ago, flagrag said: I had any interesting catch up with an ex colleague at the weekend who is now at BT and we was discussing Speedway and he advised of a couple of interesting things that BT were very happy with what they got and especially the viewing figures this year. Also he asked if I knew whether the deal has been signed with Eurosport as BT have just appointed a new head of media rights whom was non too happy that BT were losing Speedway so could be interesting times Does sound very interesting indeed. The word crops up 3 times, so I am interested in the interesting development. Very Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortythirtyeight Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 3 minutes ago, iris123 said: Does sound very interesting indeed. The word crops up 3 times, so I am interested in the interesting development. Very BT only want to cover speedway as it currently costs them pennies due to the B.S.P.A.'s incompetence in dealing with TV rights. This has to change and it was discussed at the A.G.M. last winter about going to a ' streaming ' channel with a committee set up to look into it. Pubicly nothing appears to have been progressed. BT will still want the coverage for nothing , or the peanuts they paid this year, certainly no where near the 1.2 million Sky paid. As speedway has no bargaining power ( i.e. BT has no opposition wanting to televise the sport ) it's anyone's guess where the B.S.P.A. intends to go next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 25 minutes ago, Fortythirtyeight said: BT only want to cover speedway as it currently costs them pennies due to the B.S.P.A.'s incompetence in dealing with TV rights. This has to change and it was discussed at the A.G.M. last winter about going to a ' streaming ' channel with a committee set up to look into it. Pubicly nothing appears to have been progressed. BT will still want the coverage for nothing , or the peanuts they paid this year, certainly no where near the 1.2 million Sky paid. As speedway has no bargaining power ( i.e. BT has no opposition wanting to televise the sport ) it's anyone's guess where the B.S.P.A. intends to go next. YOU cannot say that BT has no opposition when Eurosport are in the frame... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealdstone Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 Unsubstantiated rumours I have heard, suggest TV will be with Eurosport who are content with 7 teams. If this is true it may influence the decision as to which league some teams decide to race in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 3 minutes ago, Crumpet77 said: I hope it goes back to Eurosport, i can kick BT Sport into touch then and save a few quid. How can it go "back" to someone when they have never had it in the 1st place ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 2 minutes ago, racers and royals said: How can it go "back" to someone when they have never had it in the 1st place ? Not read any of Crumpets posts before? Par for the course..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 5 minutes ago, Crumpet77 said: They had the GP's so thought the term 'TV deal' was a general term. Which was a programme produced and filmed for them(and others) by BSI. Slightly different to a contract to show domestic British Speedway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortythirtyeight Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 49 minutes ago, PHILIPRISING said: YOU cannot say that BT has no opposition when Eurosport are in the frame... There has been no official approach by Eurosport as yet. Until that happens BT has no opposition. Bearing in mind the low fee BT paid , Eurosport , if interested, won't be offering much more and what will there be to televise? A Buster Chapman sponsored Premier Division??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woofers Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 Well I hope it stays with BT, they’ve done a decent enough job. Can’t see that the cost thing is massively significant, it’s not as though British Speedway did a magnificent job investing the Sky money, would you trust the current committee to do any better? Anyway, I also watch the GP’s and all of the Moto GPs so quite happy to have them all in one place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArthurRudge Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 Do BT Sport have the domestic speedway next year as well? Could well do with a complete revamp out with the old in with the new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 2 minutes ago, ArthurRudge said: Do BT Sport have the domestic speedway next year as well? Could well do with a complete revamp out with the old in with the new. No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flagrag Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 My worry with Eurosport getting UK league racing is that we could be taking a step backwards in coverage. This year the coverage has been very good UHD pictures,strong presentation and well produced. BT have also been very accommodating with showing play offs on alternative dates than planned. Eurosport actually are host broadcaster for very little sport they buy in coverage like the GPs from IMG With the Olympics in 2020 I can see Speedway getting bumped often and as their core sports of Cycling,Snooker and athletics will always come first. I understand that Eurosport have dangled the carrot of pan Europe coverage but I am not convinced there will be that much interest from other countries and I cannot foresee there being large increases in overseas sponsorship. If I was asked to give my professional advice to BSPA I would accept at lesser bid from BT as feel they can showcase the sport better and I feel the sport does owe them some loyalty as it was BT that gave it a platform when they made a mess of the Sky deal 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 7 minutes ago, flagrag said: My worry with Eurosport getting UK league racing is that we could be taking a step backwards in coverage. This year the coverage has been very good UHD pictures,strong presentation and well produced. BT have also been very accommodating with showing play offs on alternative dates than planned. Eurosport actually are host broadcaster for very little sport they buy in coverage like the GPs from IMG With the Olympics in 2020 I can see Speedway getting bumped often and as their core sports of Cycling,Snooker and athletics will always come first. I understand that Eurosport have dangled the carrot of pan Europe coverage but I am not convinced there will be that much interest from other countries and I cannot foresee there being large increases in overseas sponsorship. If I was asked to give my professional advice to BSPA I would accept at lesser bid from BT as feel they can showcase the sport better and I feel the sport does owe them some loyalty as it was BT that gave it a platform when they made a mess of the Sky deal If i was asked to give my un-professional advice to BT it would be let Eurosport have the British Premiership and in addition to the GP`s and SON meetings do a deal with the Extraleague for 1 Friday/1 Sunday match + play-offs(about 18 matches and then do a deal with the Swedish Elitserien to show 1 Tuesday/ 1 Thursday + play-offs(about 20 matches) They would end up the whole of top Speedway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealdstone Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 The BSPA have a great capacity for making a right ruddy hames of everything , then blaming someone else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flagrag Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 (edited) Racers and royals That would be good but honestly do not see that happening especially with Poland unless PZN change their view of having the coverage officially available in the UK. I do wonder why the viewing figures are so much better for the GPs and Speedway world on BT than when Eurosport had it last, it’s down to commitment with proper modern studio presentation and not knowing whether it would be on TV or whether the Tennis had over run or they had changed to another sport Edited September 30, 2019 by flagrag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwright71 Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 49 minutes ago, flagrag said: My worry with Eurosport getting UK league racing is that we could be taking a step backwards in coverage. This year the coverage has been very good UHD pictures,strong presentation and well produced. BT have also been very accommodating with showing play offs on alternative dates than planned. Eurosport actually are host broadcaster for very little sport they buy in coverage like the GPs from IMG With the Olympics in 2020 I can see Speedway getting bumped often and as their core sports of Cycling,Snooker and athletics will always come first. I understand that Eurosport have dangled the carrot of pan Europe coverage but I am not convinced there will be that much interest from other countries and I cannot foresee there being large increases in overseas sponsorship. If I was asked to give my professional advice to BSPA I would accept at lesser bid from BT as feel they can showcase the sport better and I feel the sport does owe them some loyalty as it was BT that gave it a platform when they made a mess of the Sky deal BT Sport also have no problem binning Premiership speedway matches that are in their schedule at a moments notice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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