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8th August 2008, 02:40 #21
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We get Versus on Charter. If your cable system doesn't get it, hopefully you can get a satellite dish. If both of those aren't happening, there's the streaming video.
"Risk sweetens everything" - Peter Revson (1939 - 1974)
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8th August 2008, 03:28 #22
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Originally Posted by mlittle
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8th August 2008, 03:49 #23
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8th August 2008, 04:05 #24
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Originally Posted by mlittle
Sure, Spike had these cards, but they failed to play them well.
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8th August 2008, 04:41 #25Originally Posted by DrDomm
Gary"If you think there's a solution, you're part of the problem." --- George Carlin :andrea: R.I.P.
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8th August 2008, 05:26 #26
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Originally Posted by garyshell
If Gary doesn't get to see the races, there might be a problem..............:champion:car Continuing since 1909
http://www.youtube.com/user/champcar4ever
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8th August 2008, 05:31 #27Originally Posted by jimispeed
That is what I thought!!!!!
<big ol' grin>
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8th August 2008, 10:18 #28
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Talking about the ratings. There is a difference between Spike and VS. VS is a sports channel while Spike has almost all scripted shows. I will give you one thing to think about with this whole thing. The NHL. It was on ESPN had a lockout and then went to VS. http://www.andrewsstarspage.com/NHL-...TV-Ratings.htm
Versus's regular season coverage of the NHL is down about 170,000 viewers from games that ran on ESPN and up about 60,000 viewers from games that ran on ESPN2. And this is including the fact that many fans were driven away by the fact they had a whole year canceled. VS has the NHL and college football including games from BCS conferences the Pac 10 and Big 12 and fringe sports like bull riding. It is also growing every year ie thier football coverage has gone from 9 games 2 years ago to 23 this year. Also when Spike did their coverage they did not have any pre or post race shows like VS is going to have or a weekly Firestone Indy Lights telecast, at least 10 hours of ancillary programming each season, extensive coverage of all Indianapolis 500 qualification days, and more yet to be worked out. This is not going to a nothing station for no reason other then no one wants you. This is going to a network that is willing to give you more exposure on thier station then if you were on an ESPN or Speed station.
And for those who don't get VS here is an article for you http://mvn.com/irl/2008/08/07/to-ind...ew-tv-package/
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8th August 2008, 13:08 #29
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I posted this on the other thread about this topic, thought I'd post it here too and see what you guys thought over here.
I'm not all that thrilled about this. The optimist in me wants to think that this is going to end up being a really good thing. But then I think about CC and Spike, and I just don't know.
You know something just occured to me. Vs has the America's Cup, and The Tour de France (plus some other cycling stuff), now they have the IRL. Add a plane race or two, some CORR stuff, etc. and Vs will get back to the old SpeedVision days. That could work out to be awesome! We've all been wanting a Speed2 that has MOTORSPORTS on it not NASCAB, right?The overall technical objective in racing is the achievement of a vehicle configuration, acceptable within the practical interpretation of the rules, which can traverse a given course in a minimum time. -Milliken
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8th August 2008, 13:21 #30
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Wow, what an impressively bad piece of news. Tony has officially made American open wheel racing a footnote.
We just had a channel shuffle here on Comcast in central Connecticut a few weeks ago so I had to double check, but yes, we do indeed have Vs. here. Who knew? Looks like I'll get to watch the races, if I can stomach a couple more years of this formula. The lack of innovation is killing my interest.
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