Comments on: Phillip Island WSB Results (News) (Race Results)

By: Norm G.

Norm G. — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:11:48 +0000

re: “But that’s not Speeds job to do I guess.”

correct, once again that’d be OUR job.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 04:33:58 +0000

re:”When you watch SBK on speed you will see commercials for nascar and their dumb ass reality shows, but when you watch nascar they never promote SBK.”

This is because advertising during SBK races costs next to nothing for NASCAR, SBK doesn’t advertise during NASCAR races because that advertising time is far to valuable/expensive for them. Ditto NBA vs. NHRA.

Reality tv sucks but these channels have to do what pays the bills.

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By: Philip

Philip — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 00:29:57 +0000

It wouldn’t hurt to have an American in the series. I wathced every race when Spies was in it. But that’s not Speeds job to do I guess.

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By: Gutterslob

Gutterslob — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 02:13:42 +0000

I’m curious, though. Lets take Redneck Roundup out of the equation. How does SBK racing compare to other motorsport in the US, TV viewership wise?

I’m asking because, from what I recall, Superbike racing always had much lower numbers compared to Supercross, Motocross and even Speedway the last time I check, which was quite a few years ago when the numbers/ratings were healthier (can’t remember the year, but back then your local series was still called AMA SBK and Michael Jordan had just put his team in). Heck, even some truck racing series had higher numbers according to a mag I read at the time.

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By: Norm G.

Norm G. — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:06:11 +0000

re: “It’s not us.”

denial.

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By: blackcayman

blackcayman — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:01:27 +0000

This is going to be a sad year for watching motorcycle racing…I took the DVR back to Comcast. We kept the high speed cable internet and run Apple TV with Netflix and Hulu+. Thinking about adding a Roku but no solution for mc racing…. Money saved will pay for track days though!

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By: Gutterslob

Gutterslob — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 06:39:06 +0000

Well, BEIN broadcasts to countries outside the US as well, right? Like Latin or South America, for instance. Football/soccer is big over there, and the rest of the world, for that matter.

Besides, many premier motorsport series haven’t even started yet. You might get motorsport related highlights in future.

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By: T O

T O — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 06:27:05 +0000

It’s not us. I watched superbike and I loved watching speedway – that was a gas. I am not hooked up to Neilson ratings. Speed looks at the market as a whole and can see that other channels get good ratings on this reality crap and hop on the bandwagon to try to get better ratings rather than try to promote motorcycle racing. When you watch SBK on speed you will see commercials for nascar and their dumb ass reality shows, but when you watch nascar they never promote SBK. It’s even worse on ESPN. Watch a NHRA show and you will know when every basketball game in the world will be on. I can’t force myself to watch a basketball game but i doubt they will let you know about an upcoming NHRA race.

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By: goose

goose — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 04:06:28 +0000

I knew somebody did I just never heard anyone say the liked the moron. Everyone I know (OK, not exactly a scientific sample) considers him the worst thing about WSB.

It just gets hard to listen to him when he says something so dumb even his partner is embarrassed.

Goose

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By: Norm G.

Norm G. — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:13:05 +0000

re: “SPEED would rather broadcast a Bubba Redneck show than show any motorcycle racing.”

actually this is not about bubba redneck or any other color neck. what speed would rather broadcast are shows that simply get supported by viewers and generate revenue. thus, there’s really no way of getting around an observation here…

it isn’t so much that bubba shows like this are some huge “ratings bonanza”…? the reality we have to face is, in our failure to support, we’ve effectively cut off our noses to spite our faces. sure, on the net we pay “lip service” to these ideas when someone like me calls another on the carpet, but the data doesn’t lie.

speed doesn’t have to be embarrassed about their choice in programming, it’s actually US (you/me/we) that should be embarassed. yup, embarrassed that we let our numbers drop so low that we’re now so much “cannon fodder” for this kind of programming. i’ve only warned NUMEROUS times about our devaluing mentalities have i not…?

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2013/Feb/130221teevee.htm

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