Eurosport, terrible professionalism.

[AceBelle]

9 hours ago, R87 said:

No thank you.  Hell will freeze over before I pick streaming an amateurish production over getting off my backside and actually going to the venue. 

I have a season ticket for b/vue also as well as for BSN 😜

[IainB]

15 hours ago, mikebv said:

But who is now going to take on the mantle of just switching programme channels at the drop of a hat, completely screwing up your recording of it? 

Or joining a meeting 3 heats in because the tennis over ran? 

Or even not showing the speedway meeting at all live but putting it on later, (when the Kabaddi has finished)...

Add to this who are now going to consistently show the wrong captions for riders, teams, tac subs, scores, rising stars etc?

Big shoes to fill...

It is indeed a sad day, Eurosport have been letting me down for more years than I care to remember, right from day one back in the mid 90's. Premier Sports seem the rightful heirs to their crown for anybody willing to pay their fees

[IainB]

Last year Discovery+ showed:

17 Premiership meetings, including all of the play off legs

1 British Final

10 SGP's

3 SWC's

3 SGP 2's

1 SWC 2

8 SGP Quali's (meh)

2 SGP Sprint Races (meh)

That's 35 actual meetings, for a price of £6.99 p/m based on a 6 month subscription that worked out at an amazing £1.19 per meeting. Even at £30.99 p/m that's £5.31 a meeting for "world class" Speedway (plus all of the other sport that will be shown), compared to BSN who plan to show 58 meetings (of varying standard) in 2025 for £250, working out at £4.31 a meeting the TNT subscription starts to look more appealing and competitively priced, it's just a bit of a bummer that Eurosport used to be free (included) for Sky/Virgin subscribers and now isn't, Discovery+ was included at no extra cost for Sky customers and now the sports won't, you could get the Discovery Standard subscription for as little as £3.99 p/m.

Edited yesterday at 03:58 PM by IainB

[flagrag]

I have reached out to a few contacts at TNT and WBD about the situation. 
At present the UK league racing is very much up in the air with options being considered.

Do they use league Speedway as a cheap rights acquisition that’s UK based in the summer to help fill TNT schedule this will require an enhancement to production standards and costs on producing each meeting e.g More Cameras, better lighting, UHD coverage, new graphics etc 

The other option is to remain as it is and look to cut some production costs bit further but then this will only be broadcast online via Discovery + which may upset fans and sponsors. It should all be decided in next few weeks once a few more things away from Speedway are sorted 

[AceBelle]

1 hour ago, flagrag said:

I have reached out to a few contacts at TNT and WBD about the situation. 
At present the UK league racing is very much up in the air with options being considered.

Do they use league Speedway as a cheap rights acquisition that’s UK based in the summer to help fill TNT schedule this will require an enhancement to production standards and costs on producing each meeting e.g More Cameras, better lighting, UHD coverage, new graphics etc 

The other option is to remain as it is and look to cut some production costs bit further but then this will only be broadcast online via Discovery + which may upset fans and sponsors. It should all be decided in next few weeks once a few more things away from Speedway are sorted 

thanks for update although it doesn't sound promising ??