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Will speedway disappear from TV following Eurosport merger?


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19 hours ago, Roger Jacobs said:

Except of course that speedway was only showing twice every three weeks - there'll always be something else that fills in for the filler ...

Kabaddi....😀

With Bomber guesting for the Punjab Panthers .

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14 hours ago, Neila said:

We’re letting you know that from 28 February 2025, the Eurosport
and TNT Sports brands will be brought together. All your existing sports content currently on Eurosport 1 & 2 will be available on
TNT Sports channels 1 to 4.

 

TNT Sports in the UK will become the new home for a host of live sports including Tennis, Cycling, Snooker and the Olympics. 

 

Any on-demand content currently in the discovery+ app is unaffected by this change.

 

Thank you,

Email from BT who I get phone and broadband with, I get free discovery via the app, reading this hopefully this will continue this season,  so I can still watch the speedway via the app on my smart TV 

I have read again this morning that all Sport on discovery App is moving to TNT so situation is not clear after the Email you got ??

 

15 hours ago, Neila said:

We’re letting you know that from 28 February 2025, the Eurosport
and TNT Sports brands will be brought together. All your existing sports content currently on Eurosport 1 & 2 will be available on
TNT Sports channels 1 to 4.

 

TNT Sports in the UK will become the new home for a host of live sports including Tennis, Cycling, Snooker and the Olympics. 

 

Any on-demand content currently in the discovery+ app is unaffected by this change.

 

Thank you,

Email from BT who I get phone and broadband with, I get free discovery via the app, reading this hopefully this will continue this season,  so I can still watch the speedway via the app on my smart TV 

 

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14 hours ago, AceBelle said:

Well that's good news for people with discovery App and those who have sky Q who get the App free 

Strange comment. Everyone gets the app free, you'll still need to pay between £20-£30.99pm for sports though 🤪

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Just now, Daniel Smith said:

Strange comment. Everyone gets the app free, you'll still need to pay between £20-£30.99pm for sports though 🤪

My reading of it you will still get discovery App on sky Q but no sports on it ? 

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On 1/28/2025 at 11:23 PM, 4thbender said:

Reports today suggest that Eurosport will disappear from screens in the UK as a result of a merger coming into place from February 28. Major UK sports channel set to be AXED from British TV screens after 35 years of broadcasting | Daily Mail Online

It's slowly disappearing in 'reality', not just the TV screen!

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6 minutes ago, noaksey said:

See the post from Flagrag over in the News Section

No decision yet on where the domestic speedway coverage will appear 

No news... news lol

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I wonder if when the TNT execs heard that they also had speedway, they said...

"Speedway? Is that still going?" 😀 

Just like, it seems, about half the UK population...

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5 minutes ago, mikebv said:

I wonder if when the TNT execs heard that they also had speedway, they said...

"Speedway? Is that still going?" 😀 

Just like, it seems, about half the UK population...

didn't they pull out of contract early when it was BT SPORT because of costs etc ? then Eurosport took over ? 

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12 minutes ago, noaksey said:

Indeed but many people presuming it'll be on TNT, might be another shock coming with no domestic speedway on TV. 

 

That would be quite a shock, like others have said it's quite a nice Monday night air filler during the summer, interesting times, coming on the back of the loss of Cardiff it's not great times for British Speedway.

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9 hours ago, noaksey said:

Indeed but many people presuming it'll be on TNT, might be another shock coming with no domestic speedway on TV. 

 

Maybe BSN will be sole coverage for premiership?

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On 1/29/2025 at 11:50 AM, cowboy cookie returns? said:

The best hope is that it ends up on quest, I’m certainly not paying additional monthly subscription to watch speedway on tv. 
 

If the truth be told I can’t see it being on TV anywhere once the current deal expires. 
 

We can definitely forget Sky the promoters certainly missed an opportunity with that golden goose & the sport is in a worse position then when Sky dumped it.

Interesting to see how few fans are aware of the one hour highlights programme on Quest that is free to air on the week we have a live British meeting. Also I have to say I prefer the pre pack highlights programme as it features a higher proportion of racing to waffle and drops dull races so would appeal to non speedway fans more.

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14 hours ago, mikebv said:

I wonder if when the TNT execs heard that they also had speedway, they said...

"Speedway? Is that still going?" 😀 

Just like, it seems, about half the UK population...

Not looked back through the pages but didn't BT sports and Warner Bros Discovery join up a few years ago?

I'm sure I received an e mail saying I was getting the discovery app added to my subscription due to this new partnership.

Is this not how it's TNT sports now?

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On 1/29/2025 at 11:40 AM, Haza said:

Time to get a fire stick I think .

Better off getting a nvidia shield as far superior and easier to navigate.

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39 minutes ago, coppinpr said:

this all sounds a little unclear as yet , Discovery owns the rights to the GP's outright,and I watch the GP's on Discovery, not Eurosport, I've not seen anything about this changing, only that if you watch on Eurosport you now need to buy TNT, much better to go with discovery+

I very much doubt that SGP2, SON2, Sprint Races and (who cares) SGP quali would be shown on TNT, so sticking with a variation of Discovery+ maybe seems like the best option. I assume the Discovery+ app will still be an option in non UK regions? Maybe that and a VPN subscription would be the way to go?

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TNT Sports needs the Subscription fees to pay the Champions League TV Rights ..  With the merger of BT Sports and Warner Bros it now means the joint venture will pay the rights costs of c. £305 million per annum, with £92 million paid in August 2024 followed by £153 million paid every February and August until February 2027. 

So zero concerns for the Speedway coverage or Eurosport and the thousands of viewers they may potentially lose. Simply hoping that a percentage sign up for the subscription and attract others through the access to the football. 

Speedway is unlikely to be featured on the TNT Sports channels most likely to be buried on the Discovery+ app or channels like last year. 

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