V8 Supercars back to TEN in 2015!!!!! (Merged x6) - Page 45

D.R.T. · 26 Mar 2015, 23:06 (Ref:3520097)

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Originally Posted by peckstar

Im looking forward to the best coverage v8s have ever had.

sorry if you have to care about something that doesnt affect you

Yet it does effect people Pecky. Teams, sponsors & fans who cant access the coverage.

Keep turning a blind eye. Its a great quality

peckstar · 26 Mar 2015, 23:09 (Ref:3520098)

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Originally Posted by D.R.T.

Yet it does effect people Pecky. Teams, sponsors & fans who cant access the coverage.

Keep turning a blind eye. Its a great quality

but why "look forward" to that? that's a really horrible thing to do

and then to be able to draw some conclusion about it. with almost no understanding of why a sponsor is involved

every fan can still access coverage.

ford71 · 26 Mar 2015, 23:27 (Ref:3520104)

I helped with the Foxtel install at home late yesterday. Poor dude would have been there til 9pm if I let him struggle on his own.
So just in time for Tassie, sweet!

My first problem I've come across is having to come to work while TCM pracs were on. Was kinda cool even seeing that on in the lounge as I was getting ready.

I foresee the next problem being nothing getting done around the house this weekend as I catch up on todays viewing and the rest of what the Tassie telecast brings

peckstar · 26 Mar 2015, 23:31 (Ref:3520106)

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Originally Posted by ford71

I helped with the Foxtel install at home late yesterday. Poor dude would have been there til 9pm if I let him struggle on his own.
So just in time for Tassie, sweet!

My first problem I've come across is having to come to work while TCM pracs were on. Was kinda cool even seeing that on in the lounge as I was getting ready.

I foresee the next problem being nothing getting done around the house this weekend as I catch up on todays viewing and the rest of what the Tassie telecast brings

it is a problem, there is so much coverage, upsets the wife and kids that i hogged the tv all weekend, plus the other motorsport shows that are on as well.
Reckon i can convince them to get a 2nd box

Reload · 27 Mar 2015, 00:02 (Ref:3520114)

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Originally Posted by peckstar

it is a problem, there is so much coverage, upsets the wife and kids that i hogged the tv all weekend, plus the other motorsport shows that are on as well.
Reckon i can convince them to get a 2nd box

I'm sure that you'll argue and argue and tell them that your right.

peckstar · 27 Mar 2015, 00:16 (Ref:3520120)

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Originally Posted by Reload

I'm sure that you'll argue and argue and tell them that your right.

you sound just like my wife, but she talks about me less and wants to discuss things with me that aren't about me.

Discuss the topic

Loving Friday practice coverage on Fox from tassie, unheard off.

We have truly been blessed

Reload · 27 Mar 2015, 00:27 (Ref:3520123)

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Originally Posted by peckstar

you sound just like my wife, but she talks about me less and wants to discuss things with me that aren't about me.

Discuss the topic

Loving Friday practice coverage on Fox from tassie, unheard off.

We have truly been blessed

I'm sure that many on here will see that first paragraph as being totally understandable.

D.R.T. · 27 Mar 2015, 00:45 (Ref:3520124)

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Originally Posted by peckstar

Loving Friday practice coverage on Fox from tassie, unheard off.

We have truly been blessed

Im with you mate. Watching practice is such intense pressure motorsport - blessed indeed.

What would we do without it

Buckshot · 27 Mar 2015, 00:51 (Ref:3520127)

The first of the highlights packages for both the V8s and Formula 1 this weekend will be make or break for me. I wouldn't be at all surprised if come Tuesday I've given up motorsport.

I can't see there any point even watching highlights packages when you've already seen the results plastered all over Facebook.

How is it a good thing when thousands upon thousands of long time fans walk away ?

peckstar · 27 Mar 2015, 00:52 (Ref:3520128)

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Originally Posted by D.R.T.

Im with you mate. Watching practice is such intense pressure motorsport - blessed indeed.

What would we do without it

sarcasim, nice, Not!

Watching practise is an enjoyable experience. Not sure why anyone would suggest other wise.

For someone who has rarely , if ever, said anything positive about v8 supercars (correct me if i am wrong) You certainly post a lot of negative comments, why do you bother? Is the goal to drive those that are interested away?

old fart · 27 Mar 2015, 01:28 (Ref:3520133)

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Originally Posted by peckstar

you sound just like my wife, but she talks about me less and wants to discuss things with me that aren't about me.

Discuss the topic

Loving Friday practice coverage on Fox from tassie, unheard off.

We have truly been blessed

Easter is just around the corner and it is most certaintly not about you!

peckstar · 27 Mar 2015, 01:59 (Ref:3520142)

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Originally Posted by old fart

Easter is just around the corner and it is most certaintly not about you!

not about the media package either

prac 2 about to start. live on fox

mayhem · 27 Mar 2015, 03:44 (Ref:3520154)

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Originally Posted by peckstar

Im looking forward to the best coverage v8s have ever had.

sorry if you have to care about something that doesnt affect you

But it does affect me Pecky, it affects all fans, especially in the mid to long term when sponsors see no value in sponsoring a sport that gets less week to week viewers than the midday movie and start walking away. I love the sport, I like V8 Supercars, but the Big Bash is a case in point where PayTV deals weren't as lucrative in the long term compared to FTA. And I predict this will be repeated in V8 Supercars.

Teams will eventually come to realise (if they don't already) that the pain relief of the Fox deal and its $$ isn't an actual cure to a larger problem. But let time be my witness... In the meantime Fox and the V8s should be looking at internet streaming (allegedly) going on.

peckstar · 27 Mar 2015, 03:52 (Ref:3520157)

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Originally Posted by mayhem

But it does affect me Pecky, it affects all fans, especially in the mid to long term when sponsors see no value in sponsoring a sport that gets less week to week viewers than the midday movie and start walking away. I love the sport, I like V8 Supercars, but the Big Bash is a case in point where PayTV deals weren't as lucrative in the long term compared to FTA. And I predict this will be repeated in V8 Supercars.

Teams will eventually come to realise (if they don't already) that the pain relief of the Fox deal and its $$ isn't an actual cure to a larger problem. But let time be my witness... In the meantime Fox and the V8s should be looking at internet streaming (allegedly) going on.

your suggesting that the teams and sponsors are not aware of this already.

No one expects the coverage to have as many viewers as the past. Everyone is aware of this. sponsors have signed on know this

mayhem · 27 Mar 2015, 04:04 (Ref:3520159)

Going to be hard to sell $1M sponsorship packages then, isn't it? So manufacturer support is drying, cut price sponsorship deals are more prevalent than ever, the next few years are going to be critical to the category.

peckstar · 27 Mar 2015, 04:10 (Ref:3520161)

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Originally Posted by mayhem

Going to be hard to sell $1M sponsorship packages then, isn't it? So manufacturer support is drying, cut price sponsorship deals are more prevalent than ever, the next few years are going to be critical to the category.

Was like that on FTA though,

so FTA would not save things

Mixer · 27 Mar 2015, 04:15 (Ref:3520162)

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Originally Posted by peckstar

so FTA would not save things

Nah Dick said he had Hungry Jack's until there was no FTA

But really, the fish was THIS BIG

mayhem · 27 Mar 2015, 07:47 (Ref:3520195)

So who planned to have a race meeting on the same weekend as the ICC World Cup final? Shocking planning, surely?

chavez · 27 Mar 2015, 08:32 (Ref:3520206)

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Originally Posted by mayhem

So who planned to have a race meeting on the same weekend as the ICC World Cup final? Shocking planning, surely?

Especially considering how the test day couldn't be moved or else it would clash with the World Cup.

Reload · 27 Mar 2015, 08:52 (Ref:3520217)

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Originally Posted by mayhem

So who planned to have a race meeting on the same weekend as the ICC World Cup final? Shocking planning, surely?

You mean the dream final between Australia & NZ which is going to dominate the ratings ?

Umai Naa · 27 Mar 2015, 11:03 (Ref:3520265)

Considering one of the minnows of the field had to buy a car and assemble it just to make it to the track on time, I too believe that the Tasmanian event could've been placed two weekends from now.

Buckshot · 27 Mar 2015, 11:26 (Ref:3520275)

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Originally Posted by Reload

You mean the dream final between Australia & NZ which is going to dominate the ratings ?

And there's their get out of jail free card for when they spin why the Tassie ratings are down on last year.

chavez · 27 Mar 2015, 20:13 (Ref:3520558)

For those without Foxtel there is plenty of Motorsport on FTA today.

Sprintcars on both ONE and 7 Mate, Dunlop Series from Adelaide on ONE and Highlands 101, also on ONE. And a documentary on Mercedes F1 on ONE.

On Sunday, Formula E on ONE, World Superbikes and Speedweek on SBS.

mayhem · 27 Mar 2015, 21:14 (Ref:3520602)

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Originally Posted by Buckshot

And there's their get out of jail free card for when they spin why the Tassie ratings are down on last year.

Ordinarily thatd be fair enough but as it was said earlier, the whole test day debacle was related by v8 boffins back to the world cup... V8 supercars canthave their cake and eat it too.

rich07 · 27 Mar 2015, 22:28 (Ref:3520642)

My TV guide is showing today's highlights at 830 tonight which is fine as I expected it to be later in the evening

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