F1 leaving Speed in 2013?
10-12-2012, 02:27 PM
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F1 leaving Speed in 2013?
Just saw an article on SpeedTV.com saying F1 has switched media partners for 2013. Anyone know any details?
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10-12-2012, 03:02 PM
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Sounds like Speed is going away. Strong rumor NBC Sports won the rights, but no announcement yet.
http://www.usnews.com/news/sports/ar...er-this-season
http://www.usnews.com/news/sports/ar...er-this-season
The departure of F1 comes as Fox Sports moves closer to rebranding its motorsports network into a broad-based national sports network. Fox has not commented on the rebranded channel, expected to be called Fox Sports 1, but it is expected to be heavily utilized in the eight-year television contract announced earlier this month with Major League Baseball.
10-12-2012, 03:09 PM
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From Auto week...
The Speed cable channel will end its 17-year relationship with Formula One after this season, The Associated Press has learned.
Two people familiar with the negotiations said F1 was in talks with NBC for U.S. broadcast rights, and the contract would not be renewed with Speed. The people spoke Friday on condition of anonymity because there was no official announcement.
NBC did not immediately respond to a request for comment, nor did a spokesman for Speed.
The series' governing body, FIA, declined comment, noting that TV deals are handled by Formula One Management. The series is in South Korea this week for the Korean Grand Prix.
Speed partnered with F1 in 1996 in the network's first full season on the air. Speed moved to live coverage in 1997, and has expanded to live coverage of qualifying and practice sessions of the most popular motorsports series in the world.
Broadcasting from a studio in Charlotte, the booth of Bob Varsha, Steve Matchett and David Hobbs is considered by many fans to be the best in motorsports. The excitable trio breathes excitement into often single-file racing, and closely follows storylines and strategy despite being halfway around the world from most of the tracks.
The departure of F1 comes as Speed parent company Fox moves closer to rebranding the motorsports network into a broad-based national sports network. Fox has not commented on the rebranded channel, expected to be called Fox Sports 1, but it is expected to be heavily utilized in the eight-year television contract announced earlier this month with Major League Baseball.
It's not clear what NBC would do with F1.
NBC Sports currently broadcasts the bulk of the U.S-based IndyCar Series, and announced last month a deal with Robby Gordon to televise the inaugural season of his Stadium Super Trucks. Gordon inked a deal that gets 12 races televised—seven of them on NBC. The television contract for IndyCar is split between ABC, which owns the network broadcast rights, and NBC Sports, which airs races on cable.
Read more: http://www.autoweek.com/article/2012...#ixzz296qonCUM
The Speed cable channel will end its 17-year relationship with Formula One after this season, The Associated Press has learned.
Two people familiar with the negotiations said F1 was in talks with NBC for U.S. broadcast rights, and the contract would not be renewed with Speed. The people spoke Friday on condition of anonymity because there was no official announcement.
NBC did not immediately respond to a request for comment, nor did a spokesman for Speed.
The series' governing body, FIA, declined comment, noting that TV deals are handled by Formula One Management. The series is in South Korea this week for the Korean Grand Prix.
Speed partnered with F1 in 1996 in the network's first full season on the air. Speed moved to live coverage in 1997, and has expanded to live coverage of qualifying and practice sessions of the most popular motorsports series in the world.
Broadcasting from a studio in Charlotte, the booth of Bob Varsha, Steve Matchett and David Hobbs is considered by many fans to be the best in motorsports. The excitable trio breathes excitement into often single-file racing, and closely follows storylines and strategy despite being halfway around the world from most of the tracks.
The departure of F1 comes as Speed parent company Fox moves closer to rebranding the motorsports network into a broad-based national sports network. Fox has not commented on the rebranded channel, expected to be called Fox Sports 1, but it is expected to be heavily utilized in the eight-year television contract announced earlier this month with Major League Baseball.
It's not clear what NBC would do with F1.
NBC Sports currently broadcasts the bulk of the U.S-based IndyCar Series, and announced last month a deal with Robby Gordon to televise the inaugural season of his Stadium Super Trucks. Gordon inked a deal that gets 12 races televised—seven of them on NBC. The television contract for IndyCar is split between ABC, which owns the network broadcast rights, and NBC Sports, which airs races on cable.
Read more: http://www.autoweek.com/article/2012...#ixzz296qonCUM
10-12-2012, 03:13 PM
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10-12-2012, 03:53 PM
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An article I stumbled upon said something to the effect of Fox is planning to turn SpeedTV into a national 24/7 sports network a la NBC Sports (formerly Versus) and ESPN. It mentioned that this was the logical step to broadcast more MLB coverage they have been bidding on. Speed network is already in millions of households instead of having to setup a new channel and gain distribution.
A shame, but at the same time, Speed has generally sucked for quite a while since being purchased by Fox.
A shame, but at the same time, Speed has generally sucked for quite a while since being purchased by Fox.
10-12-2012, 04:30 PM
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An article I stumbled upon said something to the effect of Fox is planning to turn SpeedTV into a national 24/7 sports network a la NBC Sports (formerly Versus) and ESPN. It mentioned that this was the logical step to broadcast more MLB coverage they have been bidding on. Speed network is already in millions of households instead of having to setup a new channel and gain distribution.
A shame, but at the same time, Speed has generally sucked for quite a while since being purchased by Fox.
A shame, but at the same time, Speed has generally sucked for quite a while since being purchased by Fox.
a shame, but Fox bought SPEED to become the "NASCAR Channel" only to discover that people can only handle about 50 hours of NASCAR coverage a week before they get bored into a coma. so SPEED goes by by; not a huge loss, as the network has been on the decline for at least 5 years but still a shame. Speedvision was awesome, back in the day.
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10-12-2012, 06:42 PM
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This does suck. I agree that Speedvision was far superior to Speed TV.
I am not optimistic about who NBC will put in the booth, or whether or not they will broadcast practice and qualifying. Varsha was a little too much at times, but Steve Matchett was pretty good and Hobbs could always be counted on for a good line (how many of us use the term "clag" now?).
I kinda' see this as false positive: That is, NBC will carry F1 while there is momentum for the Austin and NJ races, but if interest should wane....
I am not optimistic about who NBC will put in the booth, or whether or not they will broadcast practice and qualifying. Varsha was a little too much at times, but Steve Matchett was pretty good and Hobbs could always be counted on for a good line (how many of us use the term "clag" now?).
I kinda' see this as false positive: That is, NBC will carry F1 while there is momentum for the Austin and NJ races, but if interest should wane....
10-12-2012, 08:36 PM
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Speed stopped bradcasting F1 live quali and races into Canada years ago but does show practice 2.
Hobbs and Machett lived in the F1 world so there comments come over was very accurate...hope the somehow survive the downsize elsewhere.
Hobbs and Machett lived in the F1 world so there comments come over was very accurate...hope the somehow survive the downsize elsewhere.
10-12-2012, 09:13 PM
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It can't be anything but good, or if it isn't, it's going to be real sad.
Already, the fact that they broadcast from some studio here in US is bull****. Even the broadcast in Finland sends 3 announcers (one is former F1 driver, Mika Salo). Granted, Finland us huge motorsports country, but still, it's a country of 5 mil people so money wise nowhere near of the tiny audience (in US) of Speed.
I don't mind the crew that much but they need to add someone more relevant (former driver) and send them to the races.
Already, the fact that they broadcast from some studio here in US is bull****. Even the broadcast in Finland sends 3 announcers (one is former F1 driver, Mika Salo). Granted, Finland us huge motorsports country, but still, it's a country of 5 mil people so money wise nowhere near of the tiny audience (in US) of Speed.
I don't mind the crew that much but they need to add someone more relevant (former driver) and send them to the races.
10-12-2012, 09:15 PM
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There is light at the end of the tunnel and it's not necessarily a train. There are places where one can either live stream or download a copy of the race from the Sky Sports or the BBC broadcasts and once you watch a race from either Sky Sports or the BBC you will realize how much better they are than Speed ever was. There is no way three guys sitting in a studio in North Carolina could ever be connected to the teams and the one guy Speed does have on the ground at the races is someone most of the teams don't really want to talk to. Watch a race from Sky Sports or the BBC and you will know what I speak of.
10-12-2012, 09:40 PM
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This is a symptom of a bigger problem. The ever important 18-34 demographic is not watching motorsports in larger numbers, and actually declining numbers. Advertising and sponsor dollars are getting harder to land as moving billboards are not enough. Soon, online will the the only way to watch motorsports, other than NASCAR. Who knew ALMS was (unfortunately) being a pioneer.
10-12-2012, 10:06 PM
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I'm not really interested in downloading and watching on a 15.6" screen. I've got 55" High Def, surround sound that makes it seem like I'm actually there when the volume is turned up during the pit audios.
DVR and I can watch whenever I want, still in HD.
DVR and I can watch whenever I want, still in HD.
10-12-2012, 10:17 PM
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I don't mind the Speed broadcast, crew etc. that much but after watching race here and there (Italy which I think was Sky, multi cameras etc and then of course in London I watched the BBC crew and man it's from a different planet, soo good.
The best would be if BBCAmerica just started broadcasting the BBC stuff live...