Fox Sports 1 Replacing Speed? Not so fast...
08-12-2013, 04:57 PM
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Drifting
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Fox Sports 1 Replacing Speed? Not so fast...
http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/s...rint-cup-speed
Looks like those of us with DirectTV, Dish, or Time Warner Cable may not see the racing that was on SPEED and supposed to be on Fox Sports 1...
Looks like those of us with DirectTV, Dish, or Time Warner Cable may not see the racing that was on SPEED and supposed to be on Fox Sports 1...
08-12-2013, 10:36 PM
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Safety Car
I wasn't expecting the racing that I watch (Grand Am, Continental, ALMS) to make it to FS1, anyway. The only thing we need less than more (any) NASCAR coverage is more NFL, NBA, and Golf shows.
08-12-2013, 10:37 PM
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Racer
08-13-2013, 12:09 AM
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Drifting
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They actually announed this past weekend that the USCR and Cont. Challenge would be on FS1 and FS2 as a 5 year contract.
I can see the phased-in increase in rates since it will now carry soccer, college football, etc... Which will undoubtedly draw hire ratings then sports car racing, Pink Slips, or Barret Jackson.
I can see the phased-in increase in rates since it will now carry soccer, college football, etc... Which will undoubtedly draw hire ratings then sports car racing, Pink Slips, or Barret Jackson.
08-13-2013, 07:08 AM
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you forgot ufc too...
btw the last road course race to be televised on Speed will be road atlanta on thurs at 9:00pm
also interesting - 3:00am sat theyre showing history of hte scca with sam posey
btw the last road course race to be televised on Speed will be road atlanta on thurs at 9:00pm
also interesting - 3:00am sat theyre showing history of hte scca with sam posey
08-13-2013, 12:21 PM
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Burning Brakes
Greed will eventually be their undoing but they will be so rich in the end it will only hurt the viewers and advertisers. They raise the cost and assuming the carriers give in they will put the channel in a higher package group to recoup the cost and add their percentage of extra profit. The end result is fewer people will receive the channel. Fewer people will mean less advertising benefit. Some viewers will become disenfranchised and drop the carrier altogether. Millions of people have kicked cable and satellite to the curb already and that number is growing every day.
I dumped them a couple of years back and could not be happier. Between the free over the air broadcast, Netflix, and the internet I get all the entertainment I need and don't spend the extra $60 to $100 per month. No more elevated volume on commercials and no more PPV UFC commercials when you least expect them.
Why do you think ESPN put racing on ABC this past weekend? They need the viewership!
I dumped them a couple of years back and could not be happier. Between the free over the air broadcast, Netflix, and the internet I get all the entertainment I need and don't spend the extra $60 to $100 per month. No more elevated volume on commercials and no more PPV UFC commercials when you least expect them.
Why do you think ESPN put racing on ABC this past weekend? They need the viewership!
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08-13-2013, 03:00 PM
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So much NASCAR crap on SPEED anymore not really gonna miss all that much. And as long as my international soccer stays on Fox Soccer Channel (FSC), can't imagine much will be on the new Fox Sports 1 channel that I'm just gonna die without.
08-13-2013, 05:22 PM
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08-14-2013, 10:52 AM
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Safety Car
I do loves me some NFL football, but only from 1:00pm to midnight on poor weather sundays. My rhetorical question of the day is "who the hell has time to watch all that other crap?" Aren't they fixing their Corvettes for the next race?
08-14-2013, 08:45 PM
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Fox ruined the channel and chased their core viewers away. Once NASCAR popularity started dropping the viewership dropped and they started getting desperate. Now we have another ESPN wantabe which will fail even quicker.
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08-14-2013, 09:24 PM
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Race Director
NBC is the next one which will be raising their rates to the cable companies. Besides their contracts with Indycar and F1, they just agreed to a huge contract with NASCAR.
The extra money they paid up for the NASCAR contract didn't seem to make sense to me. Especially when you consider that attendance and ratings, have been declining, and both ESPN and TNT, declined to bid for the NASCAR programming.
Here's the story on the IMSA/United SportsCar Racing deal.
http://www.autoblog.com/2013/08/12/c...al-fox-sports/
The extra money they paid up for the NASCAR contract didn't seem to make sense to me. Especially when you consider that attendance and ratings, have been declining, and both ESPN and TNT, declined to bid for the NASCAR programming.
Wow, if that's the case then I (not sarcastically) am thrilled. I actually would prefer another college football show to the rest of the crap on speed. I was home sick a few weeks ago and tried watching some of the drivel (two guys garage, Gearz, etc) and it was painful; that crap can all go the way of the dodo.
http://www.autoblog.com/2013/08/12/c...al-fox-sports/
08-19-2013, 09:02 AM
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Safety Car
Thanks for the link. Any news on what happens to the rest of this season in Grand Am and Continental? I did a search for "Rolex" and "Grand Am" now that FS1 is on the air and nothing came up...
08-19-2013, 11:27 AM
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Drifting
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08-19-2013, 02:58 PM
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08-20-2013, 09:20 PM
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Safety Car
My Dtv autorecorded the Kansas race for me. Searching for the next ones revealed nothing. When's the next scheduled race? I'm afraid to go to the website because I still am in the middle of RA and don't want to accidentally see who won the last two...
08-21-2013, 01:35 PM
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laguna seca sept 8 at 5pm on fs1
lime rock (time and channel not announced)
