Any news on who may be televising GP in the States

Keshav · Feb 22, 2013

Here in NYC BeIn is available with all the second rate carriers like Comcast, Time Warner and Direct TV - but not with Fios (that I use) - but the Fios website is filled with demands by angry soccer fans threatening to switch carriers if Fios doesn't make a deal. There still hope. Worse comes to worse - I can download WSBK the next day from the usual source.

BJ.C · Feb 22, 2013

If ITV do as good a job as they did of F1, my vote is for them. F1 went to ..... when the BBC got it.

povol · Feb 22, 2013

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I dont blame US fans for not tuning in to Speed. The coverage is ..... Maybe they should invest in amping it up and advertising, doing a preseason preview, pre-race coversge, human interest stories, then maybe more people would tune in. Even then the GP product is ..... Who wants to see 4 euros (of the gayest kind; 3 spaniards and 1 proped up Italian clown) on only 4 win worthy bikes? Not one American in the lower categories, again, stacked deck with midget Spaniard premodonas. We may not be motorsport crazy, but we arent stupid either. Its a .... product on the field. Check out SX for comparison. ....... .... coverage of show with no rhyme reason, delayed, odd hours and trumped by nascrap game shows. The AMA prob gets more viewers bcuz the coverage is a little better believe it or not. Build it they will come. ATM, theyve built jack ..... And the "free" motogp preseason vid pass is what exactly? Oh, yeah, ..... I have that ........ and i've tuned in exactly zero because its like every preseason coverage, which amounts to jack .....

I dont think it has anything to do with the coverage, there simply isnt many actual bike road racing fans in the US. A huge majority of bike riders in this country simply dont give a .... about it. Look at bike week, you have hundreds of thousands of motorcyclist in one town for a whole week, and cant draw 10 thousand people to the biggest event on the AMA schedule. During the same week, 40-50 thousand show up for the MX race. Same thing at Deals Gap, we will ride an hour through the mountains at sun up to be together and watch the GP race while we eat breakfast. The restaurant will be packed, and we have to ask them if they will switch channels from CNN to Speed. Besides our group, there may be 2-3 others in the whole place that sit down and watch the race, out of 50-60 people at a motorcyle resort.

povol · Feb 22, 2013

Keshav

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Here in NYC BeIn is available with all the second rate carriers like Comcast, Time Warner and Direct TV - but not with Fios (that I use) - but the Fios website is filled with demands by angry soccer fans threatening to switch carriers if Fios doesn't make a deal. There still hope. Worse comes to worse - I can download WSBK the next day from the usual source.

Exactly what makes Fios superior, it certainly isnt their customer service.

http://www.customerservicescoreboard.com/Fios

Jumkie · Feb 22, 2013

povol

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there simply isnt many actual bike road racing fans ...

Agree, look no further than this forum. Its the season opener for the more exciting world motoracing series, at its a ghost town on the boards.

Ngads · Feb 22, 2013

Keshav

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Here in NYC BeIn is available with all the second rate carriers like Comcast, Time Warner and Direct TV - but not with Fios (that I use) - but the Fios website is filled with demands by angry soccer fans threatening to switch carriers if Fios doesn't make a deal. There still hope. Worse comes to worse - I can download WSBK the next day from the usual source.

lucky for me i guess, jersey city doesnt have fios so im stuck with comcast

povol · Feb 22, 2013

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Agree, look no further than this forum. Its the season opener for the more exciting world motoracing series, at its a ghost town on the boards.

And even if it were the season opener for GP. that forum would be lit up like a Christmas tree, but its still just a handful of people from the US.

Lyria · Feb 22, 2013

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If ITV do as good a job as they did of F1, my vote is for them. F1 went to ..... when the BBC got it.

I disagree, I thought the BBC did a better job, and with ITV you have to put up with stupid advert breaks, at least with the BBC you don't have them, though I never liked Eddie Jordan much on the BBC, Martin Burndle and DC as commentators were awesome too.

yamaka46 · Feb 23, 2013

I'm with Lyria on this. BBC is still good and having seen the season opener last year on Channel Ten (which is basically the Sky coverage) and the rest of the F1 races on BBC, I'd say the BBC with Coulthard & Edwards as commentators are doing at least as good a job.

Arrabbiata1 · Feb 23, 2013

Jumkie

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Agree, look no further than this forum. Its the season opener for the more exciting world motoracing series, at its a ghost town on the boards.

'Heeeere's Johnny!!!'

BJ.C · Feb 23, 2013

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I disagree, I thought the BBC did a better job, and with ITV you have to put up with stupid advert breaks, at least with the BBC you don't have them, though I never liked Eddie Jordan much on the BBC, Martin Burndle and DC as commentators were awesome too.

yamaka46

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I'm with Lyria on this. BBC is still good and having seen the season opener last year on Channel Ten (which is basically the Sky coverage) and the rest of the F1 races on BBC, I'd say the BBC with Coulthard & Edwards as commentators are doing at least as good a job.

I will bow to your much more recent knowledge. I left the year after the BBC got GP and the coverage was bloody awful - you had to red-button it for most races and often, for no reason, they would drop the 125s and 250s, no post-race interviews, etc. The same with F1 - it wasn't a patch on Murray

I liked ITVs F1 coverage, but then I didn't have anything else to judge it against at the time.

Andy Roo · Feb 23, 2013

Jumkie

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Agree, look no further than this forum. Its the season opener for the more exciting world motoracing series, at its a ghost town on the boards.

I get awesome coverage for every race! :yahoo:

Mates coming over - beers - super chilli chicken wings ready to go

Recycling bin currently empty.

Free band between races.

Australia Australia Australia I love you

L8Braker · Feb 23, 2013

Roo...I hear ya...have one for me! ....and I thought it was Aussie Aussie Aussie...oie oie oie

Andy Roo · Feb 23, 2013

L8Braker

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Roo...I hear ya...have one for me! ....and I thought it was Aussie Aussie Aussie...oie oie oie

If anyone ever hears me do that ridiculous call please stab me or throw a brick to wake me up.

I like to use the Monty Python (Son of a naked vicar) version using the whole word. followed by a drunken, "this 'ere's the wattle, the emblem of our land, you can stick it in a bottle, or 'old it in ya hand".

Aussie x 3 is for racist prepubescent bogans.

Also, watching Super pole 1 - cleaning house furiously (which looks funny when you're a cripple) and pre heating the oven. Coverage (all day) started at 10:30am and runs to 5pm. I'll toggle between TV and here to provide you my ever deteriorating analysis...

BJ.C · Feb 23, 2013

But it's SBK... not real racing

Production bikes with second-class riders.

Andy Roo · Feb 23, 2013

Almost bit on that you .... stirring ....... :whistling:

Then I simultaneously realised 2 things

1. You were .... stirring

and

2. I posted in the wrong thread

Lyria · Feb 24, 2013

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I will bow to your much more recent knowledge. I left the year after the BBC got GP and the coverage was bloody awful - you had to red-button it for most races and often, for no reason, they would drop the 125s and 250s, no post-race interviews, etc. The same with F1 - it wasn't a patch on Murray

I liked ITVs F1 coverage, but then I didn't have anything else to judge it against at the time.

Have to say I've only seen a few bike races and all on the BBC, so I have nothing to compare it to either. I find it good enough I still want to watch it and am counting down the days to the new season thiough.

As for F1, at least the BBC got rid of James Allen, he was annoying, then they got Jonathan Legard, not much better. Putting Martin Brundle with DC was inspired and brilliant. Then the BBC lost half it's live races to Sky and you only got delayed highlights. That finished it for me, I HATE watching races that way. Hence motogp began to attract me instead and you guys got me here. Aren't you lucky?

BJ.C · Feb 24, 2013

I agree about Brundle and DC - two ex-racers with personality and analytical ability.

Any news on who may be televising GP in the States

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