FOX to move races to SPEED

Reading John Daly's blog, it's more about throwing out an idea more than anything else at this point. Mike Helton has nothing to do with the TV side of NASCAR and the current contract doesn't expire for a few more years. Hill sees the popularity of NASCAR sliding and is looking to offset that by moving it to cable where they can make money off sponsors and increasing subscriber fees.
 
MRM said:
Reading John Daly's blog, it's more about throwing out an idea more than anything else at this point. Mike Helton has nothing to do with the TV side of NASCAR and the current contract doesn't expire for a few more years. Hill sees the popularity of NASCAR sliding and is looking to offset that by moving it to cable where they can make money off sponsors and increasing subscriber fees.
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I highly doubt FOX will be back. SPEED's ratings will be right around TNT, if not less. If FOX goes through with this for the next contract, ESPN/ABC or someone else will pick up their races.

The next contract will be interesting, I have a feeling there could be several networks in there: TNT, NBC/VS, FOX/SPEED, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2, CBS.
 
It won't make a difference for me. I'm one of the few people here who like the FOX broadcasting team. If FOX does move some of it's contracted races to SPEED, it will essentially be a FOX race with identical coverage - just on a different channel.

I would just wonder if SPEED would go with a FOX pre-race show or their Raceday. Not that I would watch either way.
 
I would like to be a "flie on the wall" in the room where France and the Boyz have discussed this next TV contract scenario...Do ya think they have the nutz to ditch all the networks and start their own NASCRAP NETWORK.......
 
I'd gladly pay for commercial free broadcasts. You'd think that at $95 a month for cable that'd be the case, but noooooo...
 
MELROSEMAFIA said:
I would like to be a "flie on the wall" in the room where France and the Boyz have discussed this next TV contract scenario...Do ya think they have the nutz to ditch all the networks and start their own NASCRAP NETWORK.......
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I thought that was what SPEED network was supposed to be when they first started?
 
All for the money.

The move would allow SPEED to use live NASCAR broadcasts to increase the license fee that cable and satellite operators pay each month, which is currently around 30 cents.

Look for the increase in your cable and sat bills.
 
mike honcho said:
I thought that was what SPEED network was supposed to be when they first started?
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cable in general was suppose to be that way..and it was that way for a while.......nothing ever turns out the way it's suppose to....I wish we were like Holland...they have all the commercials all at one time, that was back in '84-'89.
I brought a dutch friend home with me and she laughed her ass off that you could set a clock by our tv shows.
 
MELROSEMAFIA said:
I would like to be a "flie on the wall" in the room where France and the Boyz have discussed this next TV contract scenario...Do ya think they have the nutz to ditch all the networks and start their own NASCRAP NETWORK.......
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Actually, if they did start their own Pay-Per-View Channel with NO commercials and the option to view the in-car camera of your favorite driver, also some actual decent commentators, I would sign up for that.
 
nascage said:
It won't make a difference for me. I'm one of the few people here who like the FOX broadcasting team. If FOX does move some of it's contracted races to SPEED, it will essentially be a FOX race with identical coverage - just on a different channel.

I would just wonder if SPEED would go with a FOX pre-race show or their Raceday. Not that I would watch either way.
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I like Fox coverage too. Moving it to speed? I don't know about that. Everyone can't afford to get the extended coverage that gets you Speed. If they carry races it will probaly really go up.
 
Spike said:
I thought Speed was in most basic packages.
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Problem is, a network becomes in demand enough (or demands more money for carriage), it can be moved up.

Look what happened when VS got IndyCar and NHL and their viewership exploded... DirecTV wanted to pay the same for carriage rights and wanted to move it to a third-tier.

A lot of my friends suddenly found Current on a third tier because Comcast and DirecTV think people will pay $30/month more to watch Countdown (along with the absurd package Current had to sign saying they would not do podcasts for their shows).

SPEED gets NASCAR, DirecTV moves it to a sports package. The only network this won't happen to is ESPN.
 
And remember, the people who own SPEED own DirecTV. Comcast moved VS AND msnbc up to a digital-tier, DirecTV would do the same with SPEED (just like they did with FuelTV and every other FOX owned sports network that got national events).

NASCAR's got their heads up their asses on the online streaming though. Every other sport (even the NFL) lets ESPN, CBS and NBC stream coverage online, NFL and MLB let the national events go online for free. Turner Sports is stuck back in the 20th century.
 
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