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Post by INDY22IAM on May 27, 2022 10:42:03 GMT -5
Does anyone remember when they announced that the Indy Car and the Speedway were dropping ABC for NBC that NBC said they were going to give us more coverage? How quickly that falls off in only I think their 3rd season. I remember ESPN coverage of both Qualification days and all the telemintry they showed. Then they would cover all of the Carb day from start to finish. Now if we want to watch anything but the 500 we have to buy Peacock for $5.00 a month or $10 for premium. Disappointed with how quickly they dropped their promises.
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Post by Gary Davis on May 27, 2022 14:40:08 GMT -5
I hear you on that. NBC is bunk. They show waaay to many commercials for one thing. They show to much side/side racing as far as I'm concerned. I will watch the 500 as I haven't missed a yr yet. Also...I think ESPN covered GREAT racing, sure miss Thursday and Saturday night thunder. Watched Bobby Ciconi race a lot on ESPN(Saturday night thunder)..I think Dave Dispain loved to interview him a lot. Now I have FLO racing to see some good competition.
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Post by drums01 on May 27, 2022 18:07:58 GMT -5
I totally understand what your saying. I remember some time ago, when we could get all of Indy, Formula One, World Rally, the LeMans Series, and NASCAR (both series and truck) on basic TV channels and basic cable. I also remember when we could watch Barret-Jackson on basic cable as well. Can't forget world super bike either. I have to say that racing has taken a big hit on mainstream television / main cable TV.
Now some of it is on speciality premium pay channels or Pay Per View. I believe that call this G-R-E-E-D......
Ben / DRUMS01
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Post by Gary Davis on May 27, 2022 18:40:02 GMT -5
Man...I feel the same way Ben. Comcast has really taken TV over.
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Post by indycals on May 27, 2022 21:00:47 GMT -5
Thank all the people that wanted to cut the cord and pay only for the programming they want. The content providers outsmarted them.
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Post by INDY22IAM on May 30, 2022 9:24:25 GMT -5
Yes, I believe if you want to get everything you are interested in. You are paying more than you did with cable. I always wanted some company to offer an ala carte type programming packages. You pay 50.00 you get to choose 45 channels any channels. 100.00 you get to pick 90 channels. and somewhat so on. There is no big money probably doing it this way but what you would have is a lot of satisfied customers. No money in that thou is there.
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Post by indycals on May 30, 2022 15:15:27 GMT -5
You pay 50.00 you get to choose 45 channels any channels. 100.00 you get to pick 90 channels. and somewhat so on. There is no big money probably doing it this way but what you would have is a lot of satisfied customers. No money in that thou is there. Yep Something like that would have been the way to go, but no, everyone wanted to 'cut the cord'. |
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Post by indy on Jun 1, 2022 10:18:43 GMT -5
Peacock is one of the few streaming services we use. I bought it for IndyCar but the little lady watches it a lot, too, so the $10 or so a month goes over well in my house.
In some ways ABC/ESPN might be better than NBC. I have been rewatching late 90s IRL and CART races that were on ESPN/ABC, it is amazing how short most post-race coverages were. More than a few had winning driver interviews over the radio on a cool down lap. The epic 1997 Portland finish had nothing post race, only a quick note to catch more on rpm2nite. ESPN sometimes was great - I remember 1995 Indy 500 coverage all month long. But sometimes it was not always great, ESPN built their subscribers on quality motorsports programming but quickly shifted their priority to major stick and ball when they got those contracts. We saw the same thing with Fox, too, when Speed became FS1.
Jordan
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