The Announcers Thread

aunty dive said:
Maybe time for this broadcaster to rewrite its affiliate agreements.
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The blame falls squarely on NASCAR with all this. They took the money and didn't care if they'd be prioritized.

This TV deal was destined to be a disaster, and sure enough, it has been.

NASCAR won't care since Xfinity ratings are up, especially now that Cup is experiencing historic ratings declines because the majority of the races are on cable only.
 
kkfan91 said:
The blame falls on CW for lying to people.
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I know it was in the original announcement, but did CW say that or did NASCAR say that?

NASCAR was STILL saying it was live on the app after it was known it would not be.

And NASCAR apparently doesn't have it written in contracts that these networks have to deliver everything they've promised.

From my understanding, the only reason FOX is launching a streaming app is because it was written into the IndyCar contract.
 
HoneyBadger said:
I know it was in the original announcement, but did CW say that or did NASCAR say that?

NASCAR was STILL saying it was live on the app after it was known it would not be.

And NASCAR apparently doesn't have it written in contracts that these networks have to deliver everything they've promised.

From my understanding, the only reason FOX is launching a streaming app is because it was written into the IndyCar contract.
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I stream on fox sports app all the time.
 
RaceCritter said:
CW cuts out and hiccups non stop. No other channel is doing it so it’s on them.
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I bet, if they put the races on the app, the viewing experience would be just fine.

Again, I'm a veteran CW viewer. I knew this would go down this badly because of that. I always had to use the app next day to watch nice cute pretty Supergirl because I either didn't have a CW affiliate or it was SD-only.
 
HoneyBadger said:
NASCAR won't care since Xfinity ratings are up, especially now that Cup is experiencing historic ratings declines because the majority of the races are on cable only.
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Yeah, but if Cup races were on broadcast Fox, the Fox affiliates would be doing the same thing the CW ones are - overriding the races to show the local teams - college basketball tournaments, baseball, etc. Living as both you and I do in NC, I'm extremely grateful Sunday's race was on FS1 with no local affiliates involved.

In a better world, everything from a source would be available across all platforms and deliver methods. I'm guessing one reason some stuff isn't is because streaming is much easier to steal than cable.
 
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