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23 May 2020, 06:59 (Ref:3977831) | #26 | |
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Fans of the late Peter Griffin will be saddened to hear that Fox have shown the door to his son Andy who was part of the Ch7 motor racing telecasts back in the day and has been a commentator and sideline reporter for Fox League for many years.
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23 May 2020, 10:24 (Ref:3977857) | #27 | |
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Why the heck is it so expensive, what kind of race category is that which can't cover it's costs by commercial sponsorship and needs to rely on exorbitant hosting fees (i.e., astronomical ticket prices for fans) and exorbitant television fees.
The commercial value of the name on the side of the racecar for 14 rounds on free-to-air television should be enough to cover the running costs! If it's not, surely the commercial value is too low (perhaps due to being on subscription television) and the running costs are too high. |
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23 May 2020, 13:33 (Ref:3977878) | #28 | |
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It should be cheaper, but I guess they need to get the revenue someway and we know how important sponsorship is. I just hope the racing comes back. Must be hard if you can’t watch it, I just hope there is enough money to keep it going somehow
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Absolutely, all professional sport relied on the media rights accruing value and getting more every time they were renewed but we are now seeing what the sport owners did not and that is going to affect all sport. Foxtel were the golden handshake so to speak and their demise if it happens will leave the FTA media the only game in town. |
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24 May 2020, 03:14 (Ref:3977987) | #33 | |
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Until Tony came along the professional teams were funded by manufacturers and corporations and the bulk of the field were semi-funded privateers.
Obviously it will be unsustainable to keep the category at the professional , some say extravagant, level it has been at for 25 years without substantial tv income. Sponsorship alone cannot support the number of crew members or level of infrastructure required these days. There will always be an ATCC it just wont be as we have known it. Do they have to go back to volunteers making up the majority of the crew on race day ? Lets see. |
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24 May 2020, 03:44 (Ref:3977988) | #34 | |
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The championship has always had backings from manufacturers and that's what has contributed to the success of the series. As has the TV package no doubt, so let's hope they see sense and make sure the racing is on TV that everyone can watch down under. With tough times around the world, now is a good time too to cut costs.
I've always liked the V8 Supercars and no doubt it can and probably will survive, but it needs careful managing to make sure the grid numbers don't go down and teams can survive. No doubt I and others around the world look forward to V8 supercars returning, it is something that really wets the appetite. |
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24 May 2020, 10:24 (Ref:3978027) | #35 | |
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380k per annum per REC for the current foxtel contract isn't that great a deal when you consider the cost of running a team versus the displacement in viewership and sponsorship ROI.
Was it really worth it in the end? Of course not. |
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24 May 2020, 11:38 (Ref:3978044) | #36 | |
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Exactly, they’ve lost the audience by putting it behind a paywall. It hasn’t worked with F1 either has it? Lessons need to be learned. The series needs to keep the interest from the public if it is to survive
I don’t blame you guys being upset with this short sighted move. I’m just grateful that over here the BTCC has had to good sense to keep it on FTA. |
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Digressing but its a long time since Craig Lowndes was a $mil to drive .... didnt think it was good value then. |
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So Supercars need to get real with the actual value of their TV deal, given the current market conditions, taking on board that with limited TV exposure event and team sponsorship becomes nigh on impossible to justify.
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https://www.speedcafe.com/2020/05/25...to-air-future/
Seven had become the traditional place for the Australian Touring Car Championship prior to 10’s original, 10-year run as rights holder, and gained the Bathurst 12 Hour after most recently dropping Supercars. It has also returned to genuine domestic motorsport this year with a deal to show Australian Racing Group series including TCR Australia and the VHT Australian S5000 Championship, although it is yet to do so due to the postponements caused by the coronavirus. While parent Seven West Media is now led by former Supercars CEO James Warburton, who is known to still be enthusiastic about motorsport, the company carries a significant debt burden and is also reining in expenditure. Nine, which once telecast F1, does not have a strong recent history with motorsport and the Nine Entertainment Company, too, is hurting at present. Arguably promising for Supercars is that sentimentality does not mean much to decision-makers at the former Kerry Packer empire if recent moves to effectively swap cricket for tennis and to play tough with the Australian Rugby League Commission are any guide. Theoretically, the ABC and SBS are options but neither would likely deliver significant revenue to Supercars, if at all. It is debatable also as to how much reach the public broadcasters boast in practice, despite having the same availability as their commercial counterparts. |
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