Lionsman66 Posted Tuesday at 09:09 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 09:09 AM (edited) Could we see British Speedway make a tv return? Edited Tuesday at 09:09 AM by Lionsman66 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noaksey Posted Tuesday at 09:45 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 09:45 AM Premier Sports most likely I'd say, when (if) they work out who would be paying the production costs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cheese Posted Tuesday at 10:56 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 10:56 AM 1 hour ago, noaksey said: Premier Sports most likely I'd say, when (if) they work out who would be paying the production costs Phil Morris mentioned a few weeks ago in the Speedway Star that they had turned down a good offer from Premier Sports to cover this season. I think their subscriber numbers would be too low for that to be worthwhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TB1 Posted Tuesday at 01:16 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 01:16 PM More chance of extra terrestrial tv than normal tv. If it was that good they'd be queuing up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flagrag Posted Tuesday at 02:08 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 02:08 PM 3 hours ago, The Cheese said: Phil Morris mentioned a few weeks ago in the Speedway Star that they had turned down a good offer from Premier Sports to cover this season. I think their subscriber numbers would be too low for that to be worthwhile. The exposure and viewing figures could possibly be less than BSN so not worth it as most sports fans will likely have a Sky sports and possibly TNT subscription but will not pay out an extra £10-17 a month for Premier sports. In fact back in June it was found at times there was a lot more people watching for free streaming on firestick and such like that than there was using official services Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noaksey Posted Tuesday at 05:03 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 05:03 PM 6 hours ago, The Cheese said: Phil Morris mentioned a few weeks ago in the Speedway Star that they had turned down a good offer from Premier Sports to cover this season. I think their subscriber numbers would be too low for that to be worthwhile. So a "good" offer was turned down and no tv contract was entered in to for this season. Doesn't quite add up that The ongoing question for any terrestrial or indeed cable tv channel is who is it envisaged will pay the production costs? 1. The BSPL 2.The tv channel 3. A combination of the above Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LagutaRacingFan Posted Tuesday at 07:51 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 07:51 PM If Premier Sports got British, Polish and Swedish speedway then I wouldn't mind paying £10 - £15 per month. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted yesterday at 08:13 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 08:13 AM On 9/8/2026 at 11:56 AM, The Cheese said: Phil Morris mentioned a few weeks ago in the Speedway Star that they had turned down a good offer from Premier Sports to cover this season. I think their subscriber numbers would be too low for that to be worthwhile. I don't know why you'd turn down a "good offer"? Could have Premier Sports & BSN both showing Premiership Speedway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cheese Posted yesterday at 10:42 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 10:42 AM 2 hours ago, szkocjasid said: I don't know why you'd turn down a "good offer"? Could have Premier Sports & BSN both showing Premiership Speedway? Maybe it was for a longer-term deal and they didn't want that? Figures I can find from 2022 show their subscription numbers as 222k. Unless that has very heavily increased I don't see much benefit from it. Those kind of numbers aren't going to help grow the sport much over time. If they have/had confidence that a deal with Sky, TNT, ITV etc was possible I think it makes sense to wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish McRaker Posted 6 hours ago Report Share Posted 6 hours ago Perhaps saying "good offer" was just a polite way of putting it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShanoXtra Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago BBC or ITV will know doubt get in and amongst it with Richard at the houses of parliament the other month and putting forward a case on how to grow the sport. More tracks to come back, more coverage for the general population to casually turn on TV and watch without subscriptions etc. It’s the only way to grow it. TNT and Sky get the sport subscriptions purely for football let’s face it. People still won’t watch speedway even if it is available to them because they are paying for what they want. BBC and ITV would feel more of a bonus free sport for a casual fan to pick up when bored and nothing else on TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilTheAce Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 1 hour ago, ShanoXtra said: BBC or ITV will know doubt get in and amongst it with Richard at the houses of parliament the other month and putting forward a case on how to grow the sport. More tracks to come back, more coverage for the general population to casually turn on TV and watch without subscriptions etc. It’s the only way to grow it. TNT and Sky get the sport subscriptions purely for football let’s face it. People still won’t watch speedway even if it is available to them because they are paying for what they want. BBC and ITV would feel more of a bonus free sport for a casual fan to pick up when bored and nothing else on TV. I was pretty sure ITV were coming on board next season. The play off finals were going to be shown on ITV but now not. So somethings happened. So I fear ITV stepped away now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTT Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago British Speedway has to be on ITV or Sky Sports imo. Premier Sports just doesn't have the numbers to grow the Sport and I can't see people signing up to TNT Sports just for Speedway tbh, BSN is great for die hards but that's not going to get new fans on board either imo. Pretty much everyone will have Sky Sports if they're a Sports fan as it's got everything you want so if British Speedway was going behind a subscription service then Sky is the best option as it's the most likely platform to get new fans on board but that boat has sailed unfortunately. Only other way I see the Sport growing is ITV4 because it's free to air, So let's see what happens next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTT Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 12 minutes ago, PhilTheAce said: I was pretty sure ITV were coming on board next season. The play off finals were going to be shown on ITV but now not. So somethings happened. So I fear ITV stepped away now Maybe they're waiting until next season for a stronger League featuring more teams as part of a British Speedway reset? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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