PHILIPRISING 7,298 Posted January 7, 2014 Hearn would be more suited to the individual competitions eg GPs, British final, rather than league speedway!! Unless of course he owned all the clubs in the league and turned it into more of a circus than it is at the moment! BRIGGO once talked to his mate Bernie Eccelstone about getting involved with British speedway. He had one criteria ... own all the stadiums and all the teams. Nothing less than total control. Bernie is an admitted advocate of dictatorship rather than democracy but, not surprisingly, he couldn't quite see a profit at the end of the tunnel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike.Butler 602 Posted January 7, 2014 well we don't want any of that 'team orders' funny business anyway... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ABS 231 Posted January 8, 2014 well we don't want any of that 'team orders' funny business anyway...No - it's far better to lose a race to qualify for a golden double!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weatherwatcher 664 Posted January 8, 2014 (edited) It would be nice to see someone. Get the iniiiative, get together thier own production team and sponsers. Open thier own Speedway TV Channel and show all forms of the sport. Elite League. Premier League. National League, Junior League. British Championships, GP and World Championships plus leagues from other countries and American Speeday. Long Track, Grass Trackand Ice Speedway. The list is endless. There is enough there to fill a weeks worth of viewing. What a dream. As long as it came as free to view and you didn't have to fork out another £10 or so a month to watch it. iF it was gone about in the right way, it would pay its own way with sponsership deals. Now that would be worth watching. And a round up programme on a Sunday, giving you all the weeks results and some rider features. Dream on it would make good viewing for all Speedway fans and maybe even bring in a few more to the sport.. But it is just a dream and will never happen. Are you looking EuroSport. You have got some of the best now, so go for the rest. Edited January 8, 2014 by weatherwatcher 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
topaz325 1,882 Posted January 8, 2014 Excuse my ignorance but whats going on....have SKY got the contract to show the Speedway but are awaiting a sponsor before finally comitting? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The White Knight 9,041 Posted January 8, 2014 Excuse my ignorance but whats going on....have SKY got the contract to show the Speedway but are awaiting a sponsor before finally comitting? Both SKY and the BSPA want to hold us in suspense as long as possible. :rolleyes: It's called Customer Relations. :mad: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weatherwatcher 664 Posted January 8, 2014 No it is the BPSA who have now got to find a new sponser. Sky are just offering a service to broadcast the speedway with them paying no sponsership money this year. If it ever happens. Seems no news is good news. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jenga 2,998 Posted January 8, 2014 lets hope its on morors tv or british eurosport. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marcelle 162 Posted January 8, 2014 lets hope its on morors tv or british eurosport. I dont care as long as its on at no extra cost. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LagutaRacingFan 1,950 Posted January 8, 2014 The BSPA only have themselves to blame for this diabolical TV deal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel Smith 5,713 Posted January 8, 2014 I'm hearing that speedway is going to be on the Fantasy channel. Guaranteed quality team riding 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PHILIPRISING 7,298 Posted January 9, 2014 The BSPA only have themselves to blame for this diabolical TV deal. WHY is it diabolical when you don't even know its terms as yet... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Humphrey Appleby 14,030 Posted January 9, 2014 WHY is it diabolical when you don't even know its terms as yet... If it was brilliant, it would undoubtedly have been trumpeted by now. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Agrotron 955 Posted January 9, 2014 So its done a deal to be shown on Disney Channel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
michaelcroucher 30 Posted January 9, 2014 It would be nice to see someone. Get the iniiiative, get together thier own production team and sponsers. Open thier own Speedway TV Channel and show all forms of the sport. Elite League. Premier League. National League, Junior League. British Championships, GP and World Championships plus leagues from other countries and American Speeday. Long Track, Grass Trackand Ice Speedway. The list is endless. There is enough there to fill a weeks worth of viewing. What a dream. As long as it came as free to view and you didn't have to fork out another £10 or so a month to watch it. iF it was gone about in the right way, it would pay its own way with sponsership deals. Now that would be worth watching. And a round up programme on a Sunday, giving you all the weeks results and some rider features. Dream on it would make good viewing for all Speedway fans and maybe even bring in a few more to the sport.. But it is just a dream and will never happen. Are you looking EuroSport. You have got some of the best now, so go for the rest. For this to happen the company would have to be mega rich. To broadcast over the TV is not cheap. The best way is to start out showing speedway over the internet but not live as you don’t need to have a broadcast licence, so I understand. By doing it this way you can see how many people follow the show. Once you have the figures of how many people are watching it you then can go out and get sponsors to show the speedway on TV. To do something like this takes months of plans and time but if the person had a team to put it all together then it can be done. You could have racing, interviews of riders, fans, team owners etc. etc. I had looked into something like this and found it would cost around £5000 for the first year. This would be buying camera, fuel to the tracks, website (but for myself to do not a company). Then you would have to get a solicitor to make sure that you can’t be sued by a company. This did not come into the £5000 this would be extra to have this on board. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
