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So as asked on the other thread who would fans like as the main presenter of the show and as the main regular guest ? The commentary will remain the same with Nigel and Kelvin as that's the BSI world feed

Obviously any person or company that sponsor the sport is good and as Hurricanes has confirmed may not bring vast amounts of cash in but if the club don't have to pay to transport any shale this year will save few thousand over the season Does seem from little web research that they are a small company doing quarry transport bit like the new co promotors business

I am surprised nobody has mentioned about the new team sponsors H Jordan haulage not exactly the large well known name the club were mentioning.

I don't see any reason why BSI could not use Sky sports at Cardiff as the host broadcaster even though they have no live rights. In fact this is the most common sense option as Sky Speedway production team have many years experience and know which crew to use along with OB facilities partner Telegenic. A lot depends on who the UK broadcaster is as Premier sports in fairness are mainly a rebroadcaster and produce very little themselves just a bit of non league football and some rugby league. Upto BSI and Steve who they use really to cover Cardiff

Shall have to see was just a suggestion it would obviously need clubs agreement as well

Very possible few more premier meetings this season maybe even a couple of Saturday shows as well

Sky do not produce the Cardiff and UK World Cup coverage it is done by BSI with Steve Saint in control all Sky do as host broadcaster is arrange the broadcast facilities which they don't own anyway. I am sure Telegenic Sky's usual on provider for Speedway will be more than happy to deal direct with BSI and Steve. If not I'm sure SIS Live or Visions ob would jump at the chance as Cardiff you could be looking at 100k plus with amount of cameras and rigging required. All that Sky did at Cardiff and Kings Lynn was presentation, pit interviews and comms which they had own truck for but still used world feed pictures. If it does go to Premier sports unfortunately it won't be same quality as they are only an SD broadcaster and at low bandwidth so although they will get HD feed will be down converted for broadcast

From the plans that the council published and the council reports I saw when approval given it was clear that that the five a side football, velodrome and possible Golf driving range business were private unconnected businesses to the Speedway and that they were acting as agents to sublet sections of the land. Obviously I can't comment on any possible council wrangling as don't live in the city but relatives who do say heard nothing public about problems that they know of.

As a Speedway fan I will be very happy if BSI can do a deal with another broadcaster but want to make clear that the door is not closed on Speedway at Sky for good. With many people here disappointed that a possible deal has fell through

The land around the stadium is empty for one main reason the state of the UK economy no businesses are interested in building sports facilities at present. The club have offered the land back to the council if they want to build football pitches,basketball courts or even a children's play area but the council don't want to and can't afford it.

Can not comment on this information at the min but will not be on ESPN as they have sold all their current rights to BT today Such a shame that BT sports is not launching until July

New Science- There will 1 or 2 less Darts events on Sky in the next 12 months and its not just events being cut its the production costs as well with a few less cameras next season for Rugby and championship/league football

The elite league on a meeting by meeting basis is quite a lot more expensive than GP coverage. Each week costs 40-50k a week depending on location and what facilities are required.

I know that I have seen in the programmes that both Coventry and Leicester have a DJ to play the music and they take requests and birthdays by text and Twitter I think

There will be cutbacks in coverage for darts,Snooker, Rugby union ,show jumping,ten pin bowlingand imported programmes from the US. But as has has happened with Greyhounds coverage the door is never bolted shut and can be reopened if terms change.

The ad revenue last year for GP coverage and league racing was more than acceptable it is kind of a shame that it was Monster energy that decided to back the GP series and World Cup. As they don't spend their advertising budget on tv ads and prefer new media and online instead along with extensive sponsorship. If it had been Red Bull the ad revenue for Speedway coverage would have been even higher at present they just have their short 15 sec ads to remind people their are other energy drink brands than Monster. Asking around there is a number of people within Sky sports who really wanted the GP to return even certain board members but with the cutbacks and rights having to be renewed Speedway has had to be cut back along with some other sports

Sorry to hear of your bad experience Star Lady with Sky sales who I am going to be honest are only interested in signing customers up and adding products. If customers want to make their views to Sky about speedway the best way is via customer services and the higher level customer solutions who do feedback things to whole business but remember Sky sports is actually a separate company to Sky tv who deliver the service

I would think that the whole point of these tourist boards sponsoring GP rounds is for tv exposure to attract people to their city as you say speedway fans that follow every GP will go anyway it's trying to attract the armchair viewers who may go Gorzow,leszno or wherever for a holiday

Backless - Transfer day on Sky sports news got very good figures especially in the peak evening. Slot. I won't give you the costs of that day as will depress you more except that it was substantial but would pay for one elite league match. I have had a chance to look at some of the ad revenues for when GP broadcast and is good considering what it is up against on other channels. What does surprise me is the various tourist boards and development agencies that sponsor GP rounds never follow this up with rv adverts to back up their marketing campaign.

From what info I can get it is likely to be be on par with Polish league coverage with a 8-10 camera production in HD with OB facilities provided by Rekord from Czech republic What doesn't seem Clear is whether British Eurosport which we get in UK will take this coverage

I can assure that there is quite major cutbacks happening for financial year 2013-2014 which affects not only rights but other things as well like live inserts into Sky sports news. They wanted to use 29 live sat uplink trucks to cover transfer window but were told by the Bean counters this had to be cut back to 18 and meant some trucks driving between grounds. At the end of the day Sky have 4 sports channels to fill and do need lower ranking sport to help fill the schedules, in fact a deal has been done in the last week or so for Greyhounds to return to Sky after previously been cut this was done by the tracks and SIS producing the coverage themselves but will not be full glitzy coverage as before and may not even be in HD The Ice Hockey and Netball coverage is brought as a package from Televideo services who produce the programme themselves using own lower class broadcast kit hence why not in HD and they resell this onto Australian for netball and US/ Canada for ice hockey. Speedway could return if the price was right but I understand very well BSI have their price they want for it but at present that is higher than what the negotiators at Sky want to pay the problem is this team don't really know the sport they have just facts and figures no matter how much the production team and certain people give their imput the decision lays with money guys. I have put in a suggestion which I know is being looked into which would cut Sky's production costs and could make it more attractive package but would need some cooperation from some individuals and BSI, it's not for me to say more on here but as a fan I want it to return to our screens

The Eurosport you receive via your Sky or Virgin box is British Eurosport which does not feature the GP highlights not sure whether they will do the European championships. Although yes as a successful business Sky does play very hard ball in negotiations over rights but is already reorganising schedules to fill the Speedway slots for Gps with Superleague being asked for 7pm Sat games for tv broadcast. Just be realistic would be my suggestion for GP fans

Another thing that has just become clear Is that this match is now going head to head with Leicester city live on Sky sports at Derby which will affect the crowd no doubt. Even more reason for a guest for Leicester at the top end, the excuse about track time for Blackbird is poor as the team I hear are having a whole week of practice if they want

I think that the Leicester management should have a bit of a rethink on this and look to bring in an elite league heat leader to guest in place of a reserve to make it a little more even. It's clear from comments on here and Facebook already there is a. Number of fans from both clubs put off by the mismatch of riders and look back at other premier vs elite challenges the premier team always brings in a guest I believe Darcy Ward guested for Somerset last year against Swindon.

I visited Leicester a few times later in the season and must say there seemed to be a better atmosphere in the stadium with the new guy Rob he seemed to provide entertainment and got a few interviews with good questions. Unlike the guy before who used to ask same question what do you think to our track and the fans. Hopefully as Hurricanes has said both will be involved on the centre green to get best entertainment and atmosphere.