Kritz Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Will become Fox sports 1. Will show baseball and some football. F1 will be shown by NBC starting next season...http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-baseball-fox-tbs-20121002,0,3675669.story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kritz Posted October 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 F1 to NBChttp://www.foxnews.com/sports/2012/10/14/nbc-sports-group-beats-speed-for-exclusive-us-media-rights-to-formula-one/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblosser Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Damnitall, no more 24 hour Barrett-Jackson channel...What will we do?OK, they had about 5 hours/week of racing, I'll give 'em that.As long as they show motocross, I'm good. That and F1 are/were the only things I watch on Speed, and someone will pick up F1.***edit: Looks like Kritz already found F1 for me. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kritz Posted October 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 F1 was the only thing I liked there to be quite honest. The Velocity channel is better IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twowheelsnake Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Well they did actually show the Rolex series and Continental tire Challenge series as well. Wonder where those will go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmh_sprint Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 I only hope that NBC is smart enough to hire the Speed F1 team. Varsha, Hobbs, Matchett and Buxton are second to none. I wonder what happens to MotoGP and WSBK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2fat2fly Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Where will AMA ,WSB and MotoGP roadracing be shown? Or will it be on at all anymore? That's the only reason I watched Speed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jschaf Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Speedvision's coverage of motorcycle racing left a bit to be desired anyway. I love the way the most important pass in the race would usually occur during one of their numerous commercial breaks & when they came back they would only tell you about it, not show you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrome Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Where will AMA ,WSB and MotoGP roadracing be shown? Or will it be on at all anymore? That's the only reason I watched Speed.+1 to thisI'm with time warner and have to pay extra for my speed channel. The only reason i have it is for the races. One more way to save if i can cancel this!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twowheelsnake Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 They'll just scatter all the above mentioned race series to 5 different channels. Good news from your friendly cable company! You can get those 5 channels as a package! That package will cost you $14.99 a month! Isn't that great?! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpoppa Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Where will AMA ,WSB and MotoGP roadracing be shown? Or will it be on at all anymore? That's the only reason I watched Speed.This.For AMA, I wonder how much of their $$ comes from TV? Probably not too much as the tv ratings aren't great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgetz524 Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 I only hope that NBC is smart enough to hire the Speed F1 team. Varsha, Hobbs, Matchett and Buxton are second to none. I wonder what happens to MotoGP and WSBK?Agree, except for Machett, I can't stand him: "Advantage Fox Sports 1, 4 more races to play, Gentlemen" in his annoying accent, looking over his reading glassesjust hating... a little bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVTPilot Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 This.For AMA, I wonder how much of their $$ comes from TV? Probably not too much as the tv ratings aren't great.It's a good question. Given that the AMA TV fan crowd is certainly a narrow niche in the market, I wonder how much the ratings suffered due to way SPEED has broadcast the races? I understand the tape delay concept given the potential for a red flag to excessively extend a race. But to broadcast them at literally at the end of the day on a weekend long before DVRs became commonplace in the home makes viewership difficult. Granted, I would be fine with SPEED keeping the status quo with AMA, WSBK, and MotoGP racing, but if/when they move, I would like Velocity cover it. They seem to do very well supporting other motorcycle-oriented programming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidersDiscount Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 AMA will be fine as they are owned by France and DMG, they may still be midnight showings like this year but they will still be on TV. MotoGP and WSBK are a different story and TBD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidersDiscount Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 I only hope that NBC is smart enough to hire the Speed F1 team. Varsha, Hobbs, Matchett and Buxton are second to none.Third to SkySports and BBC Love the Euro coverage of the F1 races. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmh_sprint Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Third to SkySports and BBC Love the Euro coverage of the F1 races.Where are you picking those up? Murray Walker was the best! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgetz524 Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Third to SkySports and BBC Love the Euro coverage of the F1 races.Yes, Thank the racing Gods for racingfor.me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snot Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Where will AMA ,WSB and MotoGP roadracing be shown? Or will it be on at all anymore? That's the only reason I watched Speed.We have speed for this reason only.... this sucks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuikAccord Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 We have speed for this reason only.... this sucks!Me too. Although I recorded the Isle of Mann races on a different channel recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDBGoalie Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 I've split the MotoGP video pass three ways for the past few seasons. Worth every penny IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tall_tracy Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 This is disappointing... no Barrett-Jackson, SBK, MotoGP & off-road racing... booo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snot Posted October 17, 2012 Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 Me too. Although I recorded the Isle of Mann races on a different channel recently.Channel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester3681 Posted October 17, 2012 Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 Yeah, I gotta be honest, not going to miss Speed. Almost none of the shows I watched on there are on anymore, and I didn't set my DVR for them either. Velocity is my "car channel" of choice, and I still watch the Power Block on Spike TV Saturday mornings, mostly because Courtney Hansen makes my weiner firm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twowheelsnake Posted October 17, 2012 Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 Channel?It used to be discovery HD but could be the velocity channel now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snot Posted October 17, 2012 Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 Thanks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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