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[RedFever]

Any final news on who will broadcast the races in the USA? is it Speedvision again (finally my building got wired for DTV, so I already have this channel)? is it ESPN? or ABC? anyone has any official news? I saw a commercial on Speedvision the other day that said the channel is the home of Formula 1, but they made no mentioned of the Aussie GP.

[Smooth]

Speedvision has it. They will show Friday practice (Usually either a one-hour show with hightlights from both sessions, or just the whole second session), Qualifying and the race will be live!!

[Smooth]

btw, Red, go to http://www.speedtv.com , on the top of the index page is a drop-down menu with the programming schedule, though it doesn't show next weekend yet.

[Reversa]

http://www.speedtv.c...&cat=3&subcat=6

Formula 1
It’s fast, it’s furious and it’s dramatic. "Formula 1" is the pinnacle in four-wheeled motor sport. Yet it’s more than just man and machine pitched into battle around the globe; it’s about personalities, multi-million dollar budgets and a script that wouldn’t disgrace a soap opera, enjoyed by millions the world over. From Sao Paulo to Monza and from Silverstone to Monte Carlo, it sets pulses racing and adrenaline pumping like no other sport. Also known as Grand Prix Racing, Formula 1 is the highest echelon of racing in the world. Once again the SPEED Channel provides LIVE F1 coverage in 2002.

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Well, the program schedule points out the friday's practices... and they already have the ad... so, I think so.

[RedFever]

thank you guys, you made my day. I knew that there was no way ABC or ESPN would show friday and saturday drives, I am happy Speedvision got it again. Now I can't wait til Saturday!!!!!!!! even if Ferrari is racing the old car, it should be interesting anyway.

[dick]

Smooth, the last time I checked they do show Friday practice at 11:00 pm on Feb.28. Hopefully they will add the March schedule soon.

[BuonoBruttoCattivo]

Speed Channel's Oz Gp schedule is available at TVGuide.com. Plz check it out. Its all there, practice, quals and race.
Please go to this site
http://www.tvguide.com

[lgbalch]

My understanding is that Speedvision will not do all F1 races live, but that ABC will do Indy plus 2 or 3 others. Then we will be subjected to the constant Tony George- and IRL- mandated commentary that the F1 drivers are the "best road racers in the world". Almost as bad as NBC hyping the Daytona 500 as "the most important race in the world" with "the fastest cars in the world".

[Ross Stonefeld]

And for every season since 1996....SV has F1

[KinetiK]

Originally posted by Smooth
btw, Red, go to http://www.speedtv.com , on the top of the index page is a drop-down menu with the programming schedule, though it doesn't show next weekend yet.

Sweet! I was on speedvision.com this morning and noticed the same thing. I wonder how long before Fox sues the **** out of those guys who 'own' www.speedchannel' and have it directed to that evil yellow links page.

[stephwh]

Originally posted by lgbalch
Then we will be subjected to the constant Tony George- and IRL- mandated commentary that the F1 drivers are the "best road racers in the world".

OMG it was Eddie Cheever who said that what do you expect?

[goalposthead]

Originally posted by Reversa
...and a script that wouldn’t disgrace a soap opera.

I thought it was only NASCAR that was scripted. Hmm...;)


KinetiK, I guess the courts have proven in recent years that large corporations will always get to swipe internet domains from squatters. Gone are the days when a little imagination and $50 could make you tens of thousands of dollars in instant profit. It's sad really. My advice to the current owners of "speedchannel.com" is to take the first offer that comes along ($100 and a hot meal). The second offer will be $0 and a summons...

[Xodiac]

I doubt Fox would try and sue them, More likely they will just offer them a ****load of money if they really want it that badly. They are Speedtv as of now. I think they would happily take the cash. (I would)

Does anyone have any concrete information on if ABC is doing any races other than Indy? They used to carry Monaco years ago. Where did this information come from lgbalch. (excuse yourself)

[Ross Stonefeld]

Fox dont have to sue, they can claim the rights to the name. Just like if I were to become an A-Class celebrity i could bitchslap whoever has ross-stonefeld.com

[goalposthead]

Originally posted by Ross Stonefeld
Fox dont have to sue, they can claim the rights to the name. Just like if I were to become an A-Class celebrity i could bitchslap whoever has ross-stonefeld.com

I think this would still require a lawsuit since the person who owns the domain would still have a ownership contract with Network Solutions or whoever administrates it. But you're right, it would be an easy claim to assert since the current domain isn't being used for anything right now.

The size of legal battle is dependent upon what a person is currently doing with the domain. If the owner of ross-stonefeld.com owned a huge chain of donut shop franchises called "Ross Stonefeld Donuts" then you may have a very good lawyer bitchslap fight on your hands...

[CONOSUR]

According to TV Guide, SPEED BUMP'S coverage of the Grand Prix Australia (for the USA) will be (all times EST) -

Thursday 28th - Friday Practice - Tape - 11:00pm - 60 mins.
Repeat - Friday 1st - 3:00am (Thursday late night)

Friday 1st - Qualifying - Live - 9:00pm - 60 mins. (No pregame/no postgame)
Repeat - Questionable - open listing Saturday 2nd TBA - 60 mins. - 12:00pm Noon

Saturday 2nd - Race - Live - 9:30pm EST - 135 mins. (15 min prerace/postrace in remaining time available)

Race repeats (120 mins.) - Sunday 3rd - 1:30am (Saturday late night), Sunday 3rd - 8:30pm, Monday 4th - 1:00am (Sunday late night)

Seems like there'll be some coverage, afterall. The downside is that Qualifying will be shown only once (I think, so don't miss it), and the PreRace show will be only 15 minutes. Other than those two things, it's hard to knock the coverage. It's in the US; it's live; and it's not the last minute!

Now, if only it were Thursday, the 28th...

[Smooth]

Sucks if they don't give us more than 15 minutes of pre-race, and if they cut off the post-race press conferences!!

[ForzaF1]

(15 min prerace/postrace in remaining time available)

Ack. It looks as if they are cutting out much of the pre & post race stuff! I really enjoyed those bits. Oh well at least it is on and on live!

Oh well they probably need the time for more insights into the subtle and intricate world of NASCAR "sumbitch dun blew a tar or sumthin'!"

I wonder if there is a SpeedVision 'Trifecta' this year (F1, WRC & CART on the same weekend) ?

[Smooth]

I just looked on Dish (my sat provider) and they list 1.5 hours for Qualifying (as they always used to do, to include the post-qualifying press conf.) and 2.5 hours for the race. (10:00pm EST - 12:30am EST) I have e-mailed Speed to see what happens if the race runs long, or if they will/won't give us the post-race boogie. I can't see them changing anything from last year, esp. if they are going to give us the post-q conference.

When/if I get an answer I will post it.

[tifoso]

Originally posted by Xodiac
I doubt Fox would try and sue them, More likely they will just offer them a ****load of money if they really want it that badly.

Who knows. . . bidbay was sued e-bay. They settled out of court yesterday I think. The really funny thing is bidbay bought their URL on e-bay.

[CONOSUR]

ForzaF1 -

2 hours and 15 mins of coverage compared to 2 and a half hours is all made up on the PreRace portion. The post race conferences and wrap-up should still be the same as it was last year. The races tend to run about an hour and a half, or so. We should be ok.

[Kiama]

You mean NascarChannel is actually gonna stop running Daytona reruns for a full 2 1/2 hours??

[CONOSUR]

Amazing, isn't it?

[lgbalch]

CONSUR:

SpeedTV broadcasts the Australian GP live at the time you give, but the duration is not 2 hrs 15 minutes. (The TV Guide popup is in error.) There are 3 hours set aside for the broadcast: 1/2 hour pre-race show, and 2-1/2 hours for race and post-race.

[Top Fuel F1]

Originally posted by lgbalch
CONSUR:

SpeedTV

That's the name for their Web site ( www.speedtv.com ); but it is actually called "Speed Channel". That name simply replaces the "Speedvision" name and it remains on the same channel on DIRECTV (Satellite). Must have been some legal reason to change the name. Else why go to the trouble of confusing people for no good reason?

Rgds;

[lgbalch]

Speed Channel has now posted their schedule through March 31 http://www.speedtv.com. It appears they will broadcast qualifying and the races live, but practice will not always be live. They also are devoting 3 hours of broadcast time to the races, which is clearly enough time for a half-hour intro as SpeedVision used to do, plus the race and post-race. In addition, there will be a half-hour "Formula 1 Preview" program before the Oz GP race time block, presumably to bring everyone up to date on the off-season and preview the whole season. Here are broadcast times for live (L) and re-broadcasts ®, through 3/31. All times are EST.

Australia: Practice- Th 2300-2400 (not L); Fr 0300-0400 ®
Qualifying- Fr 2100-2230 (L); Sa 0200-0330 ®
Race- Sa 2130-0030 (L); Su 0100-0400 ®; Su 2000-2300 ®; Mo 0100-0400 ®

Malaysia: Practice- Th 2400-Fr 0100 (L)
Qualifying- Fr 2400-Sa 0130 (L)
Race- Su 0130-0430 (L); 2030-1130 ®

Brazil: Practice- Fr 2000-2100 (not L); Sa 0100-0200 ®
Qualifying- Sa 1100-1230 (L)
Race- Su 1230-1530 (L) Note no ® this evening. Maybe they'll do it Monday.??

Clearly they don't have a consistent Practice and rebroadcast policy, but at least qualifying and races will apparently all be live.

[mika911]

It's a bit hard to have consistent times for practice for Australia, Malaysia, and Brazil when they happen at such different times.

Maybe once we get back to Europe, they will be more consistent.

[TheDestroyer]

Well it looks like the NASCAR channel, oops Speed Channel, has already started mucking with F1 coverage...

The beautiful thing about Speedvision was that I was GUARANTEED to see ALL F1 races LIVE.... So much for a good thing... This could be the slippery folks for F1 coverage in the US... ABC's coverage of the Indy F1 GP SUCKED!!!

F1 fans helped build SV... Now that they've landed NASCAR syonara F1...

[Top Fuel F1]

Originally posted by Top Fuel F1


That's the name for their Web site ( www.speedtv.com ); but it is actually called "Speed Channel". That name simply replaces the "Speedvision" name and it remains on the same channel on DIRECTV (Satellite). Must have been some legal reason to change the name. Else why go to the trouble of confusing people for no good reason?

Rgds;

Yes, and to be totally complete on this: Speed Channel is also on many Digital Cable services. However not in my area. Anyway the less expensive way to get it is via DIRECTV (Satellite) at this point in time. Not to mention the reception is a lot clearer.

[Xodiac]

ABC may have had lousy announcers, but the feed they showed was the same feed you would get at the track Diamondvision screens. Speedvision, when they reshowed the race, gave us the usual "World feed" which included different graphics and perhaps less in-car shots. I would rather have the in-car shots and updated graphics even if it means lousy announcers. I usually know what's going on more than the announcers do, they miss a lot of stuff us fans see.

[Top Fuel F1]

Originally posted by Xodiac

Does anyone have any concrete information on if ABC is doing any races other than Indy? They used to carry Monaco years ago. Where did this information come from lgbalch. (excuse yourself)

Yes, on the Speed Channel F1 GP program itself they said ABC had Monaco, Monza, Canada and Indy for 2002.

[Top Fuel F1]

Originally posted by Xodiac
ABC may have had lousy announcers, but the feed they showed was the same feed you would get at the track Diamondvision screens. Speedvision, when they reshowed the race, gave us the usual "World feed" which included different graphics and perhaps less in-car shots. I would rather have the in-car shots and updated graphics even if it means lousy announcers. I usually know what's going on more than the announcers do, they miss a lot of stuff us fans see.

Yes, and unfortunately Speed Channel picks up the generic feed from the country in which the race orignates. So although DIRECTV (Satellite) is digital you get a relatively poor picture .ie garbage in, garbage out. I guess if digital TV took on error correction capabilities like a CD-ROM has they might be able to improve on what is feed to them. The other problem with using this feed is that the announcers are slaved to respond to what they are seeing while you looking at it at the same time.