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Post by Droog on May 21, 2020 8:40:06 GMT
I was thinking? I cancelled my Eurosport player subscription in March. I only use it for WSB and BSB so it was not worth keeping it at £40 per year. Eurosport isn't the most well funded of the sport channels and I was wondering how they are going to survive through this if their bread and butter sports don't start up again soon. They normally cover athletics and motorsports as well as lots of other sports that rely on a crowd of attendance. They must be in the shit by now?
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Post by mekon on May 21, 2020 10:05:51 GMT
At first I just watched their old WSB races etc but they don't seem to be really tapping into some of the classics. It's like WSB only began in 2001 or sometihng. No old races worth watching on their now as all they seem to replay is Imola 2001.
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Eurosport
May 21, 2020 11:19:47 GMT
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Post by neilf on May 21, 2020 11:19:47 GMT
They've showed some Foggy era races from the early/mid-'90s; full factory 750s and Ducati.
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Post by mekon on May 21, 2020 13:14:31 GMT
I just turned tv on and it's imola 2001 again. Fucks sake.
Good job I found my season review stash. Got 1993,4,6,7,8,9 2001, 2004, 2007.
Watched 2000 bsb the other day. Forgot Haydon was good at one point.
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Post by Eddie The Bastard on May 21, 2020 18:24:12 GMT
I was thinking? I cancelled my Eurosport player subscription in March. I only use it for WSB and BSB so it was not worth keeping it at £40 per year. Eurosport isn't the most well funded of the sport channels and I was wondering how they are going to survive through this if their bread and butter sports don't start up again soon. They normally cover athletics and motorsports as well as lots of other sports that rely on a crowd of attendance. They must be in the shit by now? Well, they might have slashed costs by saving on all the OB expenses. The channels are running, with adverts so maybe they are ticking over okay?
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Eurosport
May 21, 2020 19:41:57 GMT
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Post by Droog on May 21, 2020 19:41:57 GMT
I doubt their ad revenue is enough alone to keep them afloat? Wonder if they are able to charge the same for ad slots with there being no live coverage?
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Post by philthewindsurfer on May 22, 2020 12:36:07 GMT
I haven't watched any sport channel for a while now. I did look to see if I could cancel my BTSports part of my VM package, but think they threw it in for free a couple of years ago when I discussed price hikes with them. I guess plenty of people are still watching older stuff.
Regarding showing older WSB races, do they still have it on tape? It might be a rights issue, maybe they have no contract (and dont want to spend any extra money) with whoever owned the series back in the 90's.
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Post by neilf on May 22, 2020 13:07:17 GMT
I watched an episode of Whit and Friends the other day, which had Big Rob Mac as a guest, and they showed the '94 Brands round. I skipped the races as soon as I realised that the commentator was Roger Bernett! The rest of the program was enjoyable though.
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