PHILIPRISING Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 THE rights are being purchased by Discovery who have various options where to show it... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehone Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 if domestic speedway is to be shown then surely it would make sense to have a highlights show instead of live. with all the moaning and compaints about the live meetings it has to be better to compile the best races from various meetings and show what the sport CAN offer, rather than letting people sit through 2 hours of boredom. if that encourages people to go watch a live meeting there is always the chance they will stay as regulars, any sport is better live 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 2 minutes ago, stevehone said: if domestic speedway is to be shown then surely it would make sense to have a highlights show instead of live. with all the moaning and compaints about the live meetings it has to be better to compile the best races from various meetings and show what the sport CAN offer, rather than letting people sit through 2 hours of boredom. if that encourages people to go watch a live meeting there is always the chance they will stay as regulars, any sport is better live I've always advocated same. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattK Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 Wouldn't a highlights show require broadcast quality cameras at every track, therefore substantially increasing the cost? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midland Red Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 10 minutes ago, steve roberts said: I've always advocated same. So have I - live speedway only keeps spectators away 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 Just now, Midland Red said: So have I - live speedway only keeps spectators away When there was a live meeting televised at Cowley my mate preferred to watch from home although the track was only half a mile away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwright71 Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 On 10/18/2019 at 10:35 AM, waytogo28 said: Agree completely IF and it's a big if, the quality of racing can be greatly improved, Only that will take me ( and I supsect 1,000s of others ) back on the terraces on a regular basis. Now you get, on average 2 - 3 real races in a match and that needs to get up taround 50% of heats to be VFM and offer true racing. In reality can't see how the quality of the racing can be improved ? Most clubs don't own their stadium, cant reshape their track, shale will stay the same, bikes will stay the same .Unfortunately We have what we have and its probably here to stay, that doesn't bode well for the future and the slow decline / death will probably continue as it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff100 Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 1 hour ago, iwright71 said: In reality can't see how the quality of the racing can be improved ? Most clubs don't own their stadium, cant reshape their track, shale will stay the same, bikes will stay the same .Unfortunately We have what we have and its probably here to stay, that doesn't bode well for the future and the slow decline / death will probably continue as it is. I think the racing isnt as good since clay was put on tracks go back to shale only 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedtiger Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 On 10/19/2019 at 2:39 PM, PHILIPRISING said: THE rights are being purchased by Discovery who have various options where to show it... As has been said by many before and proved right, I don’t think it matters who shows it...(certainly not on some obscure network)...live tv coverage is not the answer and will not be good for clubs or improve the sport unless tv companies are paying a substantial fee in excess of £1.5m...and then plus a huge amount of money invested in stadiums and presentation and sadly that will not happen. Whoever thinks just being on tv will save speedway is deluded. It hasn’t worked before and all the signs are it won’t work again. The hard fact is the combined losses of uk speedway clubs must be running into millions of pounds. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trotter65 Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 (edited) I haven't watched hardly any league racing in BT this season to be fair so cannot comment too much on the quality.. I would imagine that the same production team would be used for the Eurosport coverage so there would be no better or worse coverage of the actual meeting.. Eurosport as a whole though is a fine channel.. I can only assume those criticising it haven't watched too much of it lately because its tons better than the channel it used to be and would be a fine home for British speedway although Eurosport do hold rights for some things and sub contract out elsewhere Edited October 20, 2019 by Trotter65 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A ORLOV Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 On 10/19/2019 at 2:39 PM, PHILIPRISING said: THE rights are being purchased by Discovery who have various options where to show it... It was good when they had it before and showed the GPs on Quest, even though it was a week later as a lot more people have Quest than Eurosport and the tv company gets two channels showing it. They could do the same with coverage of British Speedway, even a next day repeat, as those not bothered about it being live could enjoy it. The important point is that a repeat on Quest increases the numbers who might watch it and then go to a local live meeting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A ORLOV Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 6 minutes ago, Trotter65 said: I haven't watched hardly any league racing in BT this season to be fair so cannot comment too much on the quality.. I would imagine that the same production team would be used for the Eurosport coverage so there would be no better or worse coverage of the actual meeting.. Eurosport as a whole though is a fine channel.. I can only assume those criticising it haven't watched too much of it lately because its tons better than the channel it used to be and would be a fine home for British speedway although Eurosport do hold rights for some things and sub contract out elsewhere Same here, have only watched meetings where Swindon were racing and a couple of GPs, and from the points posted have not missed many decent meetings. Previously I used to watch nearly every meeting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 50 minutes ago, Trotter65 said: I haven't watched hardly any league racing in BT this season to be fair so cannot comment too much on the quality.. I would imagine that the same production team would be used for the Eurosport coverage so there would be no better or worse coverage of the actual meeting.. Eurosport as a whole though is a fine channel.. I can only assume those criticising it haven't watched too much of it lately because its tons better than the channel it used to be and would be a fine home for British speedway although Eurosport do hold rights for some things and sub contract out elsewhere I have watched Eurosport recently, I watched the highlights of a SEC that I missed live... and their idea of highlights were to just show the last hour again as live, so from heat 17 or something. Eurosport always have been and still are a joke of a channel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Trotter65 said: I haven't watched hardly any league racing in BT this season to be fair so cannot comment too much on the quality.. I would imagine that the same production team would be used for the Eurosport coverage so there would be no better or worse coverage of the actual meeting.. NOT necessarily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buttons Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 16 minutes ago, PHILIPRISING said: NOT necessarily Well lets hope not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 I would prefer the more raw type of footage you get with premiere sports showing of the Elitesiren, minimal hype just show the action and have the basic commentary, if there was an option for switching off the comms on sky and by sport I would, not that I always hate that, just that I prefer to listen to the raw sounds of the bikes and atmospherics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 14 hours ago, Buttons said: Well lets hope not THAT'S unfair given that the company that handled the production this year did so on a fraction of the budget Sky would have employed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byker Biker Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 I really cannot understand why so many experts on broadcasting and running a Speedway are all in the same place at the same time surely you should be running your businesses not pratting about on a forum!!!!! Unless you understand broadcasting rights, licensing and the differences between: a production company, a primary, secondary and tertiary rights holder, news rights or a broadcaster then all of this has no validity in my opinion. Philip Rising has tried to give some informed pointers but deaf ears and stoney ground spring to mind ! So frustrating. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedyOne Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 So the news is now official. A 5 year deal with Eurosports. I would assume Pearson, Tatum, Quirk, Brandon etc will move with it, and the programme won't be much different? Eurosports have already got a fair bit of other motorsports, so I guess we'll fit in OK with their regular fare. I think the bg plus is that they're also opening up highlights to a free-to-air audience via Quest. Presume the highlights will just be the live footage rebroadcast with the gaps in between races chopped out, but I'd like to think the possibility exists for Quest to actually turn it into a real highlights programme within the 5 years. I've always thought a compact highlights programme would be a better way to present the sport to newbies. No idea on the money (but then I had no idea on the money from Sky's latter years or BT's contract). Hope there is money, or the chance to renegotiate, otherwise 2025 is a long time to wait for the next chance to do a deal. Overall though I think this is positive news. The BSPA now need to get their act together and not mess it up again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris4gillian Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 Finally it's been announced... http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/news.php?extend.37642 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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