When is austar getting speed channel

Anyone in sydney have foxtel and wanna help out a fellow motorsport fan PM if interested. Joined: Sep 25, Messages: Likes Received: 0.

Joined: Dec 10, Messages: 3 Likes Received: 0. Canceled Austar 2 weeks ago they tried to offer a discount for the next 6 months told them not good enough.

Joined: Jul 31, Messages: Likes Received: 0. Unfortunately following protracted negotiations which began prior to the launch in November, we have been unable to reach an agreement with Premier Media Group for carriage of the channel.

We will consider any new proposal presented by Premier Media Group, and have not ruled the channel out for the future, but as it stands today we have no plans to launch SPEED. We acknowledge that there are a number of passionate motorsport fans such as yourself that subscribe to our service and we are certainly not happy about the difficult position we are in.

BigFatDave , Feb 17, Joined: Jun 3, Messages: 81 Likes Received: 0. Received a Austar survey in my email yesterday. I think they will have regretted sending it to me. Stefan52 , Feb 17, When I wrote to complain I was told that negotiations were still under way.

Its's now February; Speed Week in Daytona has already started and we're already missing races. Superbikes fans are also going to miss out, as are fans of Sprintcar and Motorcycle Speedway. In the meantime I've contacted PMG and received a pro-forma letter acknowledging my complaint but nothing since. It would be great if the NT News could jump on the bandwagon as well; there's not much one lone voice can achieve, especially when you end up talking to a pre-recorded message or receiving a pro-forma letter.

Us Motorsports Fans, and I'd reckon there's a fair few of us living in Rural Australia, need all the help you can give and we can get. BigFatDave , Feb 19, Joined: Nov 21, Messages: 77 Likes Received: 0.

Great initiative to write to your local paper. I have emailed Rebecca Heap as well and although she did not bother to reply to me, a customer service person contacted me to offer a discount for 6 months. Not the result I wanted but a little saving I suppose. But in 6 months time with no speed channel away we will go. The customer service person said " we do not advertise this, but we are willing to give you a discount for being a long time subscriber". So to all of you get on the email and send to Rebecca Heap and see how long she will put up with the motorsport community continually demanding speed channel.

I believe from past articles motorsport is second only to AFL in popularity in Australia. Nonetheless motorsport fans are generally sports fans and if they decide to leave Austar what will their reaction be. Joined: May 13, Messages: Likes Received: 0. I sent 6 E mails before getting a reply some weeks ago, and surprise surprise, it was identical to BFD's.

Fast Mike , Feb 19, If more and more people voted with their wallets and canceled AUSTAR instead of excepting their bribes of six months reduced fees maybe they will take some notice of the motoring public.

Joined: Oct 31, Messages: 33 Likes Received: 0. Stefan52 , Feb 23, Joined: Jun 15, Messages: Likes Received: 0. Foxtel rumors suggest a bid for Austar. Bobsledding, luge , and skeleton events were shown during the winter months especially since Daytona champion Geoff Bodine began his support of the International Bobsleigh Federation FIBT events, including a fund-raiser with automobile racing stars until when Universal Sports took over.

Werner Jr. Under their management, Speedvision became the fastest growing cable network of all time while delivering the highest male viewing audience per household of any cable or broadcast network in existence. In August , they negotiated to acquire the stakes owned by Cox and Comcast , thus giving them majority ownership.

On February 11, at p. ET, Speedvision relaunched as Speed Channel. News Corp. However, with the increased NASCAR programming, viewership is at all-time highs, with the channel being added to many regular cable lineups.

In its nearly seven-year existence under its new name, Speed has made an effort to show more live races. From — and in and , Speed broadcasted select Champ Car races. The network's coverage of the truck series' Florida Dodge Dealers for February 18, scored a Nielsen rating of 2. Another Speed staple is WindTunnel with Dave Despain , a live call-in show that has been on the network since February Speed made news with the firing of network president Jim Liberatore, who had been with the network since Fox bought it in when it was still Speedvision, reportedly because Liberatore had wanted to reduce the number of NASCAR-related shows on the network, and the network brass wanted more NASCAR-related programming.

Liberatore is now attempting to start a new network called The Racing Network, which will be closer to the original Speedvision. However, the organization's programming continues to draw viewers to the network. Sometime in , the change became official, as the word "channel" was dropped from its logo.

Speed HD is a p high definition simulcast of Speed that launched on February 8, DirecTV was one of the first to carry this new channel. It accompanied the launch of the standard-definition version of the channel.

Speed has also been criticized for narrowing its offering of professional motor sports, in particular after it quit coverage of WRC. Some races are even broadcast months after they take place. Fans have also been critical of Speed because coverage and programming has become very NASCAR-centric with hours of pre race shows, re-runs, and talk shows leaving little room for other events to be broadcast live.

Speed is primarily a satellite and digital cable network, although many areas in the U. It is also available in Canada and in Brazil. Racing coverage, particularly that of Formula One, is sometimes subject to blackout outside the U.

In the spring of , Speed launched Speed Mobile, where fans can download ringtones and mobile wallpapers made by Speed to their mobile phones. Speed launched in Australia on November 1, on Foxtel in both standard and high definition.

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