Lets be honest sky's coverage is an absolute disgrace.
Anybody else notice that NASN are showing the nationwide race at the same time sunday as sky are showing the delayed sprint cup highlights.
We really are getting screwed by both sports packages.
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Lets be honest sky's coverage is an absolute disgrace.
Anybody else notice that NASN are showing the nationwide race at the same time sunday as sky are showing the delayed sprint cup highlights.
We really are getting screwed by both sports packages.
i cant believe the bristol race isnt on live!!!. Bristol races are some of the biggest events of the year.
Who the hell watches A1 GP?
That series is a bigger pile of *@!" than bolting on 4 new Goodyears on your car at Atlanta! :p
according to BARB, 67,000 people watched Live A1GP on 24th February, and was rated 7th most watched programme on Sky Sports 2 of that week.Quote:
Originally Posted by JovialJooles
Gosh. I take it the Paint Drying Channel was off air that weekend... :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by cgs
i dont have figures for the California race because the website doesn't list ratings for Sky Sports Extra for some reason. i should be able to get ratings for any races shown on SS2 and SS3, but they take a few weeks to come through. if you wonder why this is, its because these are the final figures, not the overnight figures. they include anyone who may have recorded a programme and watched it later (within 7 days of its original broadcast)
Your entire argument is flawed by that comment! Nascar has nowhere near the reach of F1 globally, get real please. And as for others comments about A1GP, unbelieveable! I am a Motorsports fan generally, and a recent convert to Nascar prompted by Sky's coverage. Having recently joined this forum its clear to see that many members are as narrowed minded as those who simply follow other specialised forms of Motor racing. I.E. Ours is the best, we have the best drivers, ours deserves more coverage than any other.Quote:
Originally Posted by blown50stang
Work out the total hours Sky will give over to Nascar this year compared to other formula, and I think any detached view would say that Nascar is being given a fair crack of the whip. Sky is a SPORTS channel, not a Motor-Racing channel. It has made a fairly significant investment to bring people like me on board and it IS ONLY the volume of new fans that will dertermine whether or not the coverage remains. A small number of die-hard enthusiasts is NEVER going to support continued coverage, on Sky or any other channel.
Giving Sky constant abuse and a general hard time is not going to encourage them to stick with the coverage. Large viewing numbers will. Expect them to experiment with both the type and length of coverage this year.
Fee way bill , your missing the point mate, our argument isnt whats most popular in the Uk between the two motorsports , its we were told live races , also why did sky even bother to get the rights in the first place , they didnt do their homework and they have uneducated people commentating on the sport and by the looks of things they dont even have enough room to show it.Highlights of Bristol race is a p!!! take not much more than you get on channel 5 or us five , if they cant show it properly or at the very least as live when this happens then why the hell didnt they leave it well alone at Nasn.
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Since sky have lost a load of the footy now setanta have half the games, they have a load of cash to spend on other sports. if you look sky sports they have bought up lots of other sports recently.Quote:
Originally Posted by blown50stang
Highlights only? Bristol? Are you sure? :eek:
FreeWayBill, The fact is NASCAR fans got more coverage on NASN than on Sky. So why did Sky Sports out bid NASN if they were not serious about OUR sport?
And NASN still shows more NASCAR coverage than Sky. Could not do without NASN.Quote:
Originally Posted by NASCAR8
Considering new Bristol is a big pile of ****.
Not having the race LIVE isn't a big loss. A1GP @ Mexico will be much better to watch.
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Originally Posted by Speedworx
Ouch - can't say I agree with you there
I think the problem at bristol last year was the tyre. same thing as atlanta this year just way too hard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Speedworx
Do you know that NASN made a bid??Quote:
Originally Posted by NASCAR8
NASN can't be arsed to show the Nationwide series live anymore, nor can they be bothered to screen NASCAR Now (I guess because all NASCAR fans have pretty much cancelled).
Then we get SKY deciding not to show NASCAR live at Bristol. Not good enough.
i'll live with the "not live" showing for bristol. it's usually a crash fest and while that can be entertaining , sitting through the endless caution laps isn't.
a1gp season finishes soon (and the remaining races don't clash) so the rest of the nascar season should be shown live i would think.
Any clashes with the IRL/INDY/Champ/Whatever races?Quote:
Originally Posted by acorn
going by the tvtime on their respective websites
only 1 direct clash- 6th april
other partial clashes where nascar starts first
27th april(3.5 hrs before irl)
1st june(1.5hrs before irl)
12th july(1.5hrs before irl)
possible but unlikely clash where irl starts first
22 june(2.5hrs)
where there are other race day DATE clashes the early event should be finished before the other starts and as NASCAR has a higher profile i would imagine it will take priority(they might even show them on different channels but somehow i think irl will be shown as highlights or "as live")
27th April:
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MOTORING: Live NASCAR
On: Sky Sports 2 (512)
Date: Sunday 27th April 2008 (starting in 42 days)
Time: 19:00 to 23:00 (4 hours long)
An anytime alert is set for 15 minutes before the programme starts
(Dolby Stereo, Widescreen, Live)
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Marked By: 'Reminder: Live NASCAR' and 'Favourite: Live NASCAR' markers
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Copyright (c) GipsyMedia Limited.
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MOTORING: Motor Racing: Indy Racing League
On: Sky Sports 2 (512)
Date: Sunday 27th April 2008 (starting in 42 days)
Time: 23:00 to 01:00 (2 hours long)
Indy Racing League - Kansas Speedway.
(Dolby Stereo)
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Copyright (c) GipsyMedia Limited.
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Originally Posted by JovialJooles
I do for one, the drivers get paid to race in that series.
OK, So Sky Sports have let us down AGAIN. Do any of you guys know how we can see the Bristol race LIVE now Fox has gone from TVU?
It's not all bad there doesn't appear to be any input from the studio this week.
best coverage from Sky yet! no interuptions from unknowledgable arses in London!
Have to say it wasn't that bad ---- felt odd skipping the ad breaks though - felt as I was missing something suddenly seeing the number of laps left dropping, but it would have been the same afect had I actually watched an ad break.Quote:
Originally Posted by cgs
Weird - not sure I would like it this way all the time. But I think we saw all the laps that would have been broadcast live - just the breaks snipped out.
Can't really complain about that can we?
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Cancelled my Sky Sports sub last night!Quote:
Originally Posted by NASCAR8
Yeah, that'll show 'em :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by althepodracer
Cancelling your subscription is the only way you can actually affect them. In the wallet. Sure, one does nothing, but if enough cancel, things can be changed. (I refer you to the NASN/ESPN issue in Dec 05 as an example).Quote:
Originally Posted by colinspooky
Didn't wait up last night to watch.
Let Sky+ record it, and watched it tonight.
Was difficult not to go into auto pilot and look at NASCAR.COM at lunch today, otherwise that would have ruined the result for me.
The show was longer than the advertised two n' half hours, so maybe a few emails from us to SKY Sports must have worked. Did seem odd missing the adverts, but overall I enjoyed the coverage. No inane comments from the UK studio team, just the US commentary all the way through, Darrell voice was quite amusing, strange not to hear him yelling every five minutes.
Anyways, back to live-feed in two weeks at the other half-miler.
Still glad it is on SKY, less recording hassle, better pic, better sound.
Ouch, thats a DNF in the pick em's. Childress Racing 1-2-3, where did that come from
If people don't watch it on sky, the coverage will get worse. Look at the effect everybody cancelling NASN had!!
Down Here I pay AUS$110 a month to watch NASCAR on Foxtel and I used to get all three series. Now a 'free-to-air' station has bought the rights to the Nationwide Series and is broadcasting it on a HD exclusive channel. I have to go out and get a AUS$200 HD tuner for my TV so I can watch (I can't bear to miss the road races) and I'm freakin' miffed about it!
It's only money and it's worth it for all the other things you can watch now
;)
Yeah, I know. I tried telling myself thatI didn't need to see the Nationwide races but that lasted about a week and a half.
saddens me to see the empty stands at Nationwide and Trucks - we really enjoyed those races when we went to Charlotte last year
especially as the Trucks can produce some really good racing- I've skipped the Trucks at Daytona the last couple of years but if I make it out there again next year I'll try and go to the Trucks as wellQuote:
Originally Posted by colinspooky
noticed the acres of empty stands at Atlanta for Nationwide and especially the Sprint cup series (although the cold weather may have had something to do with that)- added to an incredibly tedious race probably wouldn't have encouraged people to stick around either
on the subject of TV I'm getting rid of Setanta- it's unlikely I'll get to watch enough Nationwide races to make it worth keeping, and they've lost the BTCC as well so there's little point in paying £9 a month- and NASCAR Now seems to be on less as well
in this april's sky sports mag that has just arrived, for 27th april i have to make a choice.... watch live nascar at 7:00pm on ss2 or irl at 7:00pm on ss2. hang on a mo, that's the same time and channel i hear you say. perhaps we're going to get picture in picture or more like they've cocked up and as normal haven't proof read what they've written before printing it.
I saw this too, hopefully with all the bandwidth you have with digital broadcasting, they will give us the red button for NASCAR and green button for IRL. Anyway, back to live on Sky, just keep our fingers crossed.Quote:
Originally Posted by acorn
As we get into the season, hopefully the more people who watch the races Sky will give us priority. Sky only care about ratings, and for that reason will always go with the sport that brings in more viewers because it gives them more revenue.