SPEED relaunch as FOX Sports 1 looks destined to happen

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But the promotional piece shows that Fox is far along in its planning for the channel, which it is positioning as a potential competitor to ESPN. The main theme is that, unlike others, Fox has the background to compete against the sports behemoth. Among examples: It highlights Fox as the company that broke the ABC/CBS/NBC broadcast TV monopoly in 1986 to launch its own TV network. It also points to Fox News, which launched in 1996 against a dominant CNN.

To underscore the notion that Fox Sports 1 plans to compete with ESPN, sources say the video includes a focus group of mostly men talking about their desire to have a competitor to ESPN. They complain about its perceived East Coast bias and programming like the ESPYs, sources say. When asked which network is best suited to offer competition, each answers “Fox.”
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League executives were especially intrigued by a plan that would run in-game advertising as part of a “double box” — an ad that runs in a box on-screen alongside the event footage, even during timeouts and other stoppages. When a game goes to commercial, a second box will pop up showing the ads, with video from the stadium or arena in a smaller box still on the screen.

League executives were told the channel will launch in August, but they expect its big coming-out party to be the following January, the week before Super Bowl XLVIII in New York.
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http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2012/11/26/Media/FoxSports1.aspx

So, networks can't do side-by-side commercials for NASCAR but they can do it for football and baseball where you don't miss any action during commercials?


While Fox hasn't officially declared their intentions with Fox Sports 1, all signs are that it will become a reality in the near future. The consensus all along has been that Fox would transform Speed Channel and its 80 million homes into Fox Sports 1. If that's the case, Fox Sports 1 would be in more homes (by just a handful) than NBC Sports Network when it launches. With Formula 1 leaving Speed for NBC Sports Network, the door is opening for Speed to make the transition. FS1 could hold on to the more attractive auto racing programming, while other events could be transferred to Fuel.
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http://www.awfulannouncing.com/2012...rging-about-fox-sports-one-cable-channel.html
 
Andy, if you ever had any doubt then you aren't as bright as I once thought you were.
 
FenderBumper said:
Welcome. Sadly, you missed Andys excellent pre-election work in the podium. ;)
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No, he didn't. haha. Andy CC's the forum and facebook on everything. Like Allen said, it's a long story.

Back on topic, ESPN needs some competition, but I don't know if this is the right answer. I think there are alot more technicalities to be figured out. As long as all the grand-am/ALMS/merged-series races are live and they keep 14 hours+ of coverage for the endurance races, I'm good.
 
Magnethead said:
No, he didn't. haha. Andy CC's the forum and facebook on everything. Like Allen said, it's a long story.

Back on topic, ESPN needs some competition, but I don't know if this is the right answer. I think there are alot more technicalities to be figured out. As long as all the grand-am/ALMS/merged-series races are live and they keep 14 hours+ of coverage for the endurance races, I'm good.
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I thought NBC might be able to break in to ESPN's empire, but the NHL lockout is completely killing them.
 
More on this..... Clay Millican, who does a few shows with SPEED, just tweeted about it, confirming that SPEED is being relaunched and that many of the racing themed shows (including all the shows he does) are being pulled.

It's looking more and more like the very little non-NASCAR racing SPEED airs will be off the air.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
More on this..... Clay Millican, who does a few shows with SPEED, just tweeted about it, confirming that SPEED is being relaunched and that many of the racing themed shows (including all the shows he does) are being pulled.

It's looking more and more like the very little non-NASCAR racing SPEED airs will be off the air.
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What are we saying here? That Speed/Fox will not be able to find time to broadcast a financially profitable show?Or that they are going to dump some shows that never made money? One thing you can be sure of , Money makers will find an outlet. Losers would have died anyway.
 
ted@economy said:
What are we saying here? That Speed/Fox will not be able to find time to broadcast a financially profitable show?Or that they are going to dump some shows that never made money? One thing you can be sure of , Money makers will find an outlet. Losers would have died anyway.
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It means that the relaunch is more drastic than everyone previously thought it would be. Everyone I talked to felt these shows would remain on FOX Sports 1 to fill open timeslots or that FUEL TV would be relaunched to a motorsports-themed network. Neither are happening.

At the same time, we know that NASCAR on FOX will remain the exact same (practice, qualifying and some races on FOX Sports 1 and the entire Truck season on FOX Sports 1) and that ARCA on FOX will also be on FOX Sports 1.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
It means that the relaunch is more drastic than everyone previously thought it would be. Everyone I talked to felt these shows would remain on FOX Sports 1 to fill open timeslots or that FUEL TV would be relaunched to a motorsports-themed network. Neither are happening.

At the same time, we know that NASCAR on FOX will remain the exact same (practice, qualifying and some races on FOX Sports 1 and the entire Truck season on FOX Sports 1) and that ARCA on FOX will also be on FOX Sports 1.
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So they are keeping the profitable shows (the ones people watch) and dumping the losing shows (the ones very few people watch) ? If there is a market for this programming ,won't other networks pick it up ?
 
ted@economy said:
So they are keeping the profitable shows (the ones people watch) and dumping the losing shows (the ones very few people watch) ? If there is a market for this programming ,won't other networks pick it up ?
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They might, but it's doubtful since there isn't an appropriate network for them. They'd rather air Honey Boo Boo :rolleyes:
 
A lot of Speeds nascar shows were pretty bad. I'm sure they will come up with new stuff to fill airtime. We may even see more Whelen and local racing, along with Grand Am / Le Mans.
 
I read an article yesterday that said Fox Sports 1 would be launched in August and there could be a Fox Sports 2 that is currently Fuel TV.
 
Bob Varsha opted to stay on at Speed (FoxSport, whatever) instead of following his other F1 broadcasting teammates over to NBC Sports. Wonder if he's rethinking that decision yet.
 
A lot of Speeds nascar shows were pretty bad. I'm sure they will come up with new stuff to fill airtime. We may even see more Whelen and local racing, along with Grand Am / Le Mans.
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I'm guessing automotive related programming will be greatly reduced in favor of the ball and stick sports. I hope the programs I like move to Velocity.
 
VaDirt said:
Bob Varsha opted to stay on at Speed (FoxSport, whatever) instead of following his other F1 broadcasting teammates over to NBC Sports. Wonder if he's rethinking that decision yet.
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If shows like SPEED Center go away, he will.

Hopefully Rutledge Wood goes away -- but I hope they keep some of the others for ARCA on FOX.
 
ARCA got their deal with FOX signed just in time. That could be huge for that series, just the exposure it would get from being on a mainstream sports channel again.
 
Rutledge and Digger two things I'll never understand why people hate as much as they do.
 
FenderBumper said:
Digger was overdone, and so is Rutledge. Even the drivers are getting tired of him.
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On Digger though people were on him from before he had the cartoon and the merchandise trailer and all that.
 
kkfan91 said:
On Digger though people were on him from before he had the cartoon and the merchandise trailer and all that.
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Fox had him popping up during races, and he always went thru that dumb routine before he would get the hell off the screen. I understand they wanted to attract a younger audience, but that was a dumb plan.
 
FenderBumper said:
Fox had him popping up during races, and he always went thru that dumb routine before he would get the hell off the screen. I understand they wanted to attract a younger audience, but that was a dumb plan.
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No dumber then footballs dancing robot.
 
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