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Anyone know if the 2020 TV deal with Eurosport is for domestic speedway only or if it includes GPs, SON and other FIM events?

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This week's Speedway Star has an interesting 4-page feature story about the future of sports & speedway on television.

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6 minutes ago, krompa said:

Any idea if Premiership will be live on TV every 2 weeks or every week?

we think 2 weeks ? not confirmed yet tho ???

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However often it is  broadcast live , there is still no confirmation that it will be on Free to Air channels ( only the suggestion that a highlights prgamme will be ).  The BSPA were more concerned about the income stresm for the clubs than who could see it free.

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25 minutes ago, waytogo28 said:

However often it is  broadcast live , there is still no confirmation that it will be on Free to Air channels ( only the suggestion that a highlights prgamme will be ).  The BSPA were more concerned about the income stresm for the clubs than who could see it free.

It is always about the money. They could limit the match coverage to one heat at  4 am and they'd be happy. It's got nothing to do with serving the fans. Last time Eurosport had the GPs they only used the free Quest channel when there was no room on Eurosport. A highlights programme of any sport bar football would be a first on Quest which is otherwise almost totally a "Best of Discovery" factual channel.

We shall see. Things could have changed. Hopefully that's true.

 

 

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Makes you wonder how good the Eurosport TV deal actually is if GB can't afford to run behind closed doors where Sweden can run to crowds of 50... Of course we'll never know but it can't be that good of a deal

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17 minutes ago, iainb said:

Makes you wonder how good the Eurosport TV deal actually is if GB can't afford to run behind closed doors where Sweden can run to crowds of 50... Of course we'll never know but it can't be that good of a deal

its about the % of TV meetings in these circumstances though or rather the % of none TV meetings with no crowds.  Much less fixtures in Sweden and Poland.  Whereas in this country they'd have to have run many loss making none televised meetings without crowds, to maintain the integrity of the competition.

Of course they could have thought outside the box and arranged a much reduced competition which was affordable within the TV revenue and would still fulfill the contract. Had they have done it quickly enough it might have been one of the first live sports to appear during lockdown and who knows what the audience might have been.

But they didn't. Or maybe you're right and the TV deal isn't worth a bean so it wasn't worth trying to secure the income from it? Either way someone dropped a bollock.

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2 minutes ago, enotian said:

Of course they could have thought outside the box and arranged a much reduced competition which was affordable within the TV revenue and would still fulfill the contract.

Isn't this what Sweden have done? I believe not everybody is riding against everybody else... Not sure what the setup is but they are on track

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12 minutes ago, iainb said:

Isn't this what Sweden have done? I believe not everybody is riding against everybody else... Not sure what the setup is but they are on track

Sweden has 8 teams and they are meeting the other teams just once- so that makes 7 matches. In order that each team rides 4H and 4 A  they have introduced an extra round where the teams will have a " derby match " which means they meet 6 teams once and 1 team twice. Mind you they are having QF`s with all 8 taking part.

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Was GB planning on running a full complete league season from August does anybody know?

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21 hours ago, iainb said:

Was GB planning on running a full complete league season from August does anybody know?

No. Premiership 1H/1A. Championship regional divisions plus play offs.

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Hi just been told by a BT staff member that, sometime in the future, Eurosport will no longer be available as part of BT or Sky packages (not sure about Virgin Media}. Is there anyone who can confirm, or deny this, or give any more information on this. I am wondering if it will be available independently in the same way as Premier sports. Any info appreciated. Thanks

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On 8/13/2020 at 9:00 PM, iainb said:

Makes you wonder how good the Eurosport TV deal actually is if GB can't afford to run behind closed doors where Sweden can run to crowds of 50... Of course we'll never know but it can't be that good of a deal

Don't think that's fair or accurate.

I've read on here and from various Clubs own comments that a PL home / away you can budget 15k and a CL home/away you can budget 10k.

So, lets say a PL Club is getting a share of 50k - would cover 3 home and away, 100k would cover 6 home and away.

Barely scratches the surface of a full season.

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