Author Topic: What's up with SPEED channel? (Read 9445 times)

F-Red · « **Reply #15 on:** August 20, 2013, 10:27:56 AM »

It has everything to do with viewership. How many young and middle age people, do you think, have any interest in our motosport. Not many! Now that being said, if the Kardash****'s and the Bieberwipes were to appear
at these events, you can bet the bank, every cable network would be fighting for the rights. Head Bieberwipe has 40 million tweeter followers. Get my point? :hororr:

C-Leigh Racing · « **Reply #16 on:** August 20, 2013, 12:22:49 PM »

Got it F-Red, your right, just like everybody wants to race MX & not a safer type of racing like TT.
It is the crowd that draws them, mx is big even on the local levels, but what most racers dont know, those folks coming to watch want to see riders get broke up, cut up, parilized, do the death defying act or bikes & quads be destroyed. Folks love to watch stuff like that, the more gorry it is, more folks will come to watch & the bigger it is soon or later here comes TV.
Neil

Langbolt · « **Reply #17 on:** August 20, 2013, 01:06:20 PM »

OMG! It took us years to get Supercross & Outdoor MX Coverage in CANADA....we couldn't get ESPN or ESPN2 (thanks CRTC)....then we finally got SPEED with all the coverage and then some went to ABC or CBS.....but we could still watch it.....I don't know if they're going to make FOX1 or FOX2 available in CANADA....we can't get FUEL tv.....

I still can't understand with NAFTA (North American Free Trade Act) that we can't buy Direct TV or DISH....even though we can get the signal across the border.....I sure hope we get it available on one of our channels (Sport Net)

mrmoto · « **Reply #18 on:** August 20, 2013, 03:09:26 PM »

I fricken hate Fox anything. And during the first AMA National on the new station, just as Tomac and Roczen were dicing for the lead at Utah, they go to commercial. When the race comes back on Tomac had made the pass. RUINED is all I can say...

Then again, that same thing happened when it was Speed...

outsider · « **Reply #19 on:** August 21, 2013, 11:48:17 AM »

I rarely ever watch tv, and when I turned the tube on the other day to speed channel I was shocked. Hopefully it does no ruin the SX coverage, pretty much the only reason I have cable honestly.

FerrinMotorsports · « **Reply #20 on:** August 21, 2013, 12:48:25 PM »

Mav TV and Velocity...Mav is owned by Lucas oil...And they sponsor a lot of racing events....I just got an email from mav TV and they say they are going to add more and more grassroots racing events...Awesome!

GO OVRIT · « **Reply #21 on:** August 21, 2013, 02:16:10 PM »

Never heard of those channels.if I wonder if I get either one with standard direct tv? I guess Lucas Oil owns it then it's probably good.

stroberts22 · « **Reply #22 on:** August 21, 2013, 10:23:04 PM »

Use to love watching fuel when they had skateboarding, bmx, mx, freestyle mx and other extreme sports but now it basically a ufc channel and now they messed up my speed channel. I agree the programming has fallen off the last couple of years.

FerrinMotorsports · « **Reply #23 on:** August 22, 2013, 02:44:22 AM »

Velocity is channel 281...You will only get it with DirecTV if you have a HiDef Box........Mav TV was just moved by DirecTV and is on channel 214....Mav Tv has kind of a weird off shoot of Pinks with Rich Christensen...It's called won and done...

F-Red · « **Reply #24 on:** August 22, 2013, 06:36:10 AM »

Quote from: stroberts22;9495

Use to love watching fuel when they had skateboarding, bmx, mx, freestyle mx and other extreme sports but now it basically a ufc channel

^^ Agreed ^^ :friendly_wink: