witchnut 0 Posted November 2, 2005 Anybody out there think that a weekly 30 min saturday speedway round up program would be viable on a UK terrestrial television channel, and that it could be both sufficiently interesting for speedway fans and also be accessable enough to create interest for non-speedway fans and convert a few. My proposed program would contain: International news, with pics, video clips and short interviews with those involved UK news, with pics, video clips and short interviews with those involved Weekly feature, pick from: a team, a rider, a country, a GP, history, an incident Elite table positions noting any exciting changes and a few "heats of the week" purchased from Sky, ReRun wherever Premier table as above Conference table as above Whats happening in the following week, in the UK, and abroad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robyn1972 0 Posted November 2, 2005 Anybody out there think that a weekly 30 min saturday speedway round up program would be viable on a UK terrestrial television channel, and that it could be both sufficiently interesting for speedway fans and also be accessable enough to create interest for non-speedway fans and convert a few. My proposed program would contain: International news, with pics, video clips and short interviews with those involved UK news, with pics, video clips and short interviews with those involved Weekly feature, pick from: a team, a rider, a country, a GP, history, an incident Elite table positions noting any exciting changes and a few "heats of the week" purchased from Sky, ReRun wherever Premier table as above Conference table as above Whats happening in the following week, in the UK, and abroad. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Would Sky allow it though? I had a feeling that somelone had said before that in the past when Sky have been aproached for permission for other TV companies to film at EL tracks they had refused. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
witchnut 0 Posted November 3, 2005 Would Sky allow it though? I had a feeling that somelone had said before that in the past when Sky have been aproached for permission for other TV companies to film at EL tracks they had refused. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Channel 4 ran a highlights program for one season, as I remember they were using Sky footage and graphics. I would have thought Sky would be glad of the revenue from re-selling the highlights, after all its not competing with their live coverage and they ould agree on transmission times that were mutually acceptable. Matt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richspeedway 327 Posted November 3, 2005 i would't mind that as think speedway need a magazine programme like that as you see on sky most other sports have them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mylor 0 Posted November 3, 2005 I like the idea whichnut but the more i think about it the less likely I think it would happen, for speedway at least. Methinks you'd need a good sized office full of people spending a lot of time on the phone negotiating to buy clips and arranging interviews and the video-ing thereof. Would any terrestrial channel get any meaningful return on investment from such an outlay? Would Sky? I do applaud Sky's editors for the way they can put a sequence of clips together, some of them only minutes old, to close their programmes. A real shame that this talent isn't employed for a highlights show. Fingers crossed. Let's hope I'm wrong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SwineTown 4 Posted November 19, 2005 Cant understand, given the viewing figures, why SKy dont run something anyway. Thousands would watch it and it would allow them to cover the whole sport and pick and choose what they wanted to include. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tape2tapevideo 0 Posted November 25, 2005 We have been down this road so many times, however T2TV are working on it. We are getting more and more footage on TV every week, even during the close season as news becomes available. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
one of clubs 116 Posted November 25, 2005 Would ITV 4 not be interested in screening the aforementioned? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shazzybird 10 Posted November 25, 2005 World of Sport on a Saturday afternoon used to feature a lot of speedway when I was a kid just before the wrestling, oh those were the days it worked then so why wouldn't it work now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tape2tapevideo 0 Posted December 15, 2005 All I will say is that T2TV have been working with Media Answers and Motors TV and a programme is due to go out on January 1st. Hopefully this will be the 1st of many. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M.D 462 Posted December 15, 2005 All I will say is that T2TV have been working with Media Answers and Motors TV and a programme is due to go out on January 1st.Hopefully this will be the 1st of many. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ken, do Motors tv have a contact email so we can email them after the show and make them aware the programe was watched and enjoyed by a wide range of people? Mark Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tape2tapevideo 0 Posted December 16, 2005 Ken, do Motors tv have a contact email so we can email them after the show and make them aware the programe was watched and enjoyed by a wide range of people? Mark <{POST_SNAPBACK}> they do and a forum too http://www.motorstv.com/site/home.php?lg=2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shazzybird 10 Posted December 16, 2005 All I will say is that T2TV have been working with Media Answers and Motors TV and a programme is due to go out on January 1st.Hopefully this will be the 1st of many. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Wow what a way to start the New Year ........... Many thanks Ken, good luck with the project Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanTheMan 0 Posted December 17, 2005 sounds good, i'll be watching, and i think we should all let them know how much we enjoy it too, thats if we do enjoy it, which im sure we will Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
