Thread: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. I
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Old 17-03-2010, 19:00   #1791
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
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Originally Posted by joff81 View Post
WTCC - Eurosport/Eurosport HD
SBK (superbikes) - Eurosport/Eurosport HD (better than Moto GP)
Moto GP - Eurosport/Eurosport HD
F1 - BBC
F3 series - Eurosport/Eurosport HD
GP2 series - Eurosport
indycar - Sky Sports
NASCAR (awesome IMO) open access (public broadcast)
A1 GP Sky Sports ???

all the above are awesome motorsport series and more like BTCC, World series by Renault, GT racing series, WRC, IRC etc that dont get aired and are pretty entertaining. they would be easy for ESPN to get deals and broadcast but they dont seem interested in nothing but football. look at the list you posted over half of it is dedicated to football and the rest is split between lost of minority sports (i do like NHL though).
its a shame that ESPN are not going for these as motorsport looks awesome in HD.
But is there a market

A1 GP - was setup to rival F1 which Sky but alot of money into.
NASCAR - Just tells you if Sky dont extend deal then was the viewing at the time of the day worth it. - so why would ESPN pick up left overs.

F1 - Will never go to a pay tv station it will always remain on a free to air broadcaster - There is a rule about this - I will try and dig it out but it goes for other sports a % of them have to be shown on free to air channels.

Yes agree its footbal football football - but the rights to those football leagues are cheap and its what most people watch - Serie A football has alot of UK followers and the fact the rights to these were up due to the Setanta Crash.

You got to look at there point of view what are current ratings, NASCAR must of beimng either asking for too much money or the viewing were that bad that all have rejected hence why its on Open Access.

Remember ESPN started June last year so not even a year yet and not even started.
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