I've only seen the Speed Channel ad with the NASCAR pit crew changing the
sign....and a quick shot of a NASCAR race. I've seen that one about a
hundred times. Maybe I missed the ad you are talking about? They are
still running the older Speedvision (as opposed to Speed Channel) promo ads
too with F1 and other series..could it have been one of the old ones? I
was TV-less over the past weekend..what did Bob Varsha say about F1? I
certainly hope you are right that they will continue to carry F1, WRC and
other events. Some of the old plane shows were ok, the boats shows were
pretty bad....all the more reason why I got Tivo.
See this link:
http://charlotte.bcentral.com/charlotte/stories/2001/10/15/story6.html
for the following quote (which neither proves or disproves what's going to
happen):
"George Pyne and Paul Brooks, executives at sanctioning body NASCAR, will
lend expertise to the network.
"We don't think it can be just NASCAR 24 hours a day out of the gate,"
Brooks says. "It will have some other racing elements. That's probably the
right mix to get us started."
Adds Liberatore: "We're a niche, but within that, we have to be as broad as
possible. We want to be the mall. Some go for GNC, some go for Cinnabon.
You need both."
And, I think it was the new issue of GrassRoots Motorsports that listed the
3PM-midnight NASCAR programing slot, fyi
At 11:52 AM 1/21/02 -0500, you wrote:
> > Fox Sports, who paid NASCAR huge money to broadcast their
> > events, bought Speedvision from its founder late last year for $100
> > million, moved the offices to Charlotte NC from Stamford CT, will
> > rename it Speed Channel (you can see the ads now on
> > Speedvision and during the Super Bowl..here's a hint, you don't
> > see any F1 in them) and will eventually be all NASCAR. You
> > may have noticed that a couple Fox Sports NASCAR shows are
> > already running on Speedvision.
>
>Actually, that is untrue. The new Speedchannel ads in fact do have quite a
>bit of F1 coverage in them, especially the one featuring the ochestrated
>music. They show the F1 startline crash from Belgium a few years ago in it
>and a few other select crashes from other races. I have noticed that some
>special interest programs have increased, such as seeing Formula Cadet
>(serious kids karting). Vintage "Archive Ads" have been playing too... and
>featuring a lot of British stuff (Austin Metro, BMC 1100/1300 and Triumph
>TR7 I have all seen over the weekend).
>
>Yes, the NASCAR stuff has increased. Will it dominate? Probably, will we
>still get F1, Le Mans, and SCCA RunOff events? Yes. It isn't like I would
>watch half the things on speedvision in the past anyway. The boating shows
>were pretty lame, except Ship Shape which was only interesting if you wanted
>to learn to do fiberglass repairs (which I did). The airplane shows weren't
>that good either. They accounted for at least 2-3 hours of time each day on
>Speedvision... typically morning through midafternoon.
>
>I don't think Speed Channel will get rid of their core motorsport programs
>like F1. I found it pretty interesting that people were emailing Bob Varsha
>at the Barrett Jackson auction asking whether F1 will be broadcast! And if
>Speed Channel does eliminate F1 and Le Mans, well I'll get rid of the
>DirecTV too (also bought solely for F1) and find alternative satelite means
>of viewing Formula1.
>
>Don't worry until Feb 11... or until they announce that Bernie Ecclestone
>gave the F1 TV Rights for America to ABC!!!!!!!!!! (I refuse to watch F1 on
>ABC!)
>
>Cheers,
>
>Kai
William Whitmoyer
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