MotoGP delayed on sky again [Archive]

discodan

14th July 2009, 13:02

As per the title - this weekends gp is delayed till monday morning when we will all be at work again.

I signed up for sky at the start of the year to watch sbk and motogp live, the rest of thier programs are shite. Has anyone ever had any luck getting out of thier 12 month contract with Sky before?

MIXONE

14th July 2009, 13:04

Yes it's real easy.
Just stop paying them!:done:

marioc

14th July 2009, 14:36

Fucks sake stupid Tour de France and cricket no doubt.
Sachsenring as well....

pritch

14th July 2009, 14:58

Fucks sake stupid Tour de France

Le Tour is great, it makes me want to go to France again.

Delayed coverage of Moto GP or SBKs, however, makes me want to phone the office, pinch my nose and say, "I dink I got da flu".

Duke girl

14th July 2009, 15:44

Just goes to show you what those who work at Sky Sport think of Motorcycle Racing, (Not Much obviously). The sooner they get a Only Motorsport Channel the better. The amount of Rugby they put on there is ridiculous especially when there is already an only Rugby channel.
About time Sky Sport got their act together when it comes to The World Superbikes and the Moto GP and put it on Live instead of delayed coverage which is not what we pay our money for.

boman

14th July 2009, 15:56

Afternoon shift. I get to watch it before I go to work. But you are right, it sucks that they keep doing this. Lets see them do the same to a rugby game huh.

:wari:

discodan

14th July 2009, 16:20

Here's an idea - all the bike fans should not pay the months subscription next month as protest and maybe then they will realise that we do exist.

I have even written to the owners of the superbike series to let them know what kiwis think of skys coverage of thier series.

cambridgedan

14th July 2009, 16:59

Kendog

14th July 2009, 17:20

Here's an idea - all the bike fans should not pay the months subscription next month as protest and maybe then they will realise that we do exist.

Problem is for a minority sport the minority that would do this will not cause Sky any issues.

As much as I love MotoGP it is a minority sport in NZ and will never get the same coverage as cricket, rugby, netball etc. I think the coverage they show is amazing i.e. the three race classes and build-up to each race.

cmoore

14th July 2009, 17:26

spookytooth

14th July 2009, 20:13

i prefer the delayed coverage ,its much easier to go to work late than stay up all night.Plus they cut a lot of the pre race crap out

roadracingoldfart

14th July 2009, 20:27

I have Telstra which is the same as SKy and even if i bitched directly to SKY from little old NZ , what good will it do ??
If its a complete race shown instead of the highlited rubbish on Peasant tele then im ok with it being other than live , i still record it no matter what to watch it when " i " want to watch it.

Paul.

lostinflyz

14th July 2009, 20:41

peasants!

look say fuck sky. pay 60 euro to motogp.com and you have live coverage of gp and wsbk. practice(gp only) qaulifying and race for the year online. god bless the net. and you get full replays of the lot whenever you cant be bothered. save a couple of hundred bucks a year

discodan

15th July 2009, 11:20

I agree, motogp.com is the most cost effective. I had issues with connection reliability last year that prompted me to get sky but it seems a bit better this year.

peasants!

look say fuck sky. pay 60 euro to motogp.com and you have live coverage of gp and wsbk. practice(gp only) qaulifying and race for the year online. god bless the net. and you get full replays of the lot whenever you cant be bothered. save a couple of hundred bucks a year

Badjelly

15th July 2009, 11:25

While I agree not getting it live is a pain...(what's the difference betrween taping it at 1 am or 9am) I am happy to be getting it....if i didn't have sky I wouldn't get to see it as full coverage. so...i can understand this is not a top selling/watched sport so being able to see delayed full coverage is awesome....for me.....

Me too.

peasants!

look say fuck sky. pay 60 euro to motogp.com and you have live coverage of gp and wsbk. practice(gp only) qaulifying and race for the year online. god bless the net. and you get full replays of the lot whenever you cant be bothered. save a couple of hundred bucks a year

Not a bad idea. I would need broadband, though. I'll stick with the 20th century technology for the time being. It's nice to know there are alternatives out there.

Bardman

16th July 2009, 07:42

Unless we get a race on saturday ie holand gp or early on sunday ie phillip island i have to tape them all and watch em that night after work, just have to avoid dialling in to motogp.com or WSBK.com that day to avoid seeing the results:yes:.
I do however think that when they are advertised on sky to be on at a certain time they need to leave as advertised. I was taping some racing one night and half way through they changed to a soccer match and switched the racing to another bloody sky sport channel:bash:

Badjelly

16th July 2009, 09:27

I do however think that when they are advertised on sky to be on at a certain time they need to leave as advertised. I was taping some racing one night and half way through they changed to a soccer match and switched the racing to another bloody sky sport channel:bash:

That's what really pisses me off and that's why I don't mind if they show delayed coverage. If it's scheduled for 9 am on a Monday morning, they're not going to bump it a the last minute for cricket or soccer or tennis.

CHOPPA

20th July 2009, 08:58

Just turned the TV on to watch the delayed motogp coverage and the fucken wankers showed the results on the news 2 mins before the start of the coverage!!! CU*TS!!

Tony.OK

20th July 2009, 10:34

Got up at 7 this morning, turned on puter and downloaded GP race by 7:30, then watched it before SKY even showed it:clap:
Cost me an extra $10 per month to get better broadband plan, SKY can kiss my :shake:
Another great race it was too...................:rockon:

Duke girl

20th July 2009, 10:58

Just turned the TV on to watch the delayed motogp coverage and the fucken wankers showed the results on the news 2 mins before the start of the coverage!!! CU*TS!!

YEAH you should have got in contact with Rod Cheeseman from Sunrise and told him NOT to put it on his Sports Report seeing that none of us have watched it yet due to delayed coverage of it been put on Sky Sport. I hate knowing the end results before having a chance to watch it.
I guess we need to learn not to put on the TV as well as the Radio until we have seen it for ourselves.

Badjelly

20th July 2009, 10:59

Just thought i would let you all no
Moto Gp at the sachsenring is delayd coverage AGAIN! will be showing on sky sport 3 at 9am monday morning

discodan beat you by a few days:

As per the title - this weekends gp is delayed till monday morning when we will all be at work again.

I signed up for sky at the start of the year to watch sbk and motogp live, the rest of thier programs are shite. Has anyone ever had any luck getting out of thier 12 month contract with Sky before?

Finn

20th July 2009, 11:55

Here's a technical fix for those of you who want to watch Sky Sports live without any delays. Simply re-install your Sky dish about 8000 klm's North.

CHOPPA

20th July 2009, 14:18

YEAH you should have got in contact with Rod Cheeseman from Sunrise and told him NOT to put it on his Sports Report seeing that none of us have watched it yet due to delayed coverage of it been put on Sky Sport. I hate knowing the end results before having a chance to watch it.
I guess we need to learn not to put on the TV as well as the Radio until we have seen it for ourselves.

I rang up and complained lol didnt even bother watchin the race..

Rcktfsh

20th July 2009, 15:57

To add insult to injury they cut the post race interviews out for the Moto Gp race. Awesome race though.

Duke girl

20th July 2009, 16:04

I rang up and complained lol didnt even bother watchin the race..

I know how u feel Sloan cos neither did I as what was the point!!!!!!!!:(:Oi:

pritch

24th July 2009, 14:13

Well y'all better stay away from your radios and TVs next Monday because SKY have gone for the jackpot. MotoGP, Superbikes & Supersport are all delayed.

I feel like taking a sicky even more than I usually on a Monday.

Devil

24th July 2009, 14:36

2:15am till 6:45am? Are they fucking kidding?
We have rugby replays on instead of the live races?
Christ.

Burrt Badger

24th July 2009, 16:47

denill

26th July 2009, 17:33

Christ guys, it wasn't that long ago that the only coverage we got was in Magazines. At least we get it same day or thereabouts.
We are a minority Sport, compared with Rugby, Cricket etc. BUT, we get a far better deal than the ALL conquering Softballers. They are going for a fourth straight World Championship. How much coverage of that have you seen????

Well said. But guess we're just showing our age Burrt???

You're right though. Had to wait a month before the Mags came out.

Yikes. The BAD old days........................ :laugh: :laugh:

steve74

26th July 2009, 21:03

oh for f@*k sake, the w@#kers have us over a barrel. I love my bikes and my league and if wasn't for the league i would have gone and bought a freeview box long ago. I have missed the last 3 motoGP races because sky delay them. I have no problem at all with them playing the major sports and giving the minority sports a back seat but why the f@*k cant they put it on one of the highlights channels. Christ its only 4 hours out of there precious little highlights channel to keep us happy. twats!!!!

sorry, getting wound up again!!:girlfight:

roogazza

27th July 2009, 10:07

If I didn't love the bikes so much , I'd take my $85 subscription and walk.
Luckily for me as I am retired, my Monday mornings can now be spent watching TV.
Much prefer live though, even in the small hours. Gaz.

nudemetalz

27th July 2009, 10:30

I see they've even stopped the replay in the evening - 6.30pm til 7.00pm tonight h/l's from Britain is all we get :angry2:
Thinking seriously about getting rid of Sky Sport.

robboh

27th July 2009, 23:52

FRACK FRACK FRACK.

I didnt even know it was on COZ it was delayed and I didnt see it on the EPG. I thought they were on summer holidays, so I wasnt specifically looking out for them.

$%@$#@%@#

At least they are doing highlights (grumble, since I prefer the 125's / 250's and Supersport racing usually).

At least the F1 wasnt delayed as well!

I emailed sky about this after their last few efforts in delays a few months ago and got some waffly BS reply back about scheduling conflicts etc (funny how its almost ALWAYS some BS cricket match that NZ arent even playing in!!!!)

/rant off.

denill

28th July 2009, 07:09

If I didn't love the bikes so much , I'd take my $85 subscription and walk.
Luckily for me as I am retired, my Mondays mornings can now be spent watching TV.
Much prefer live though, even in the small hours. Gaz.

Hey, but your guy did good Gaz. :shifty: :shifty:

roogazza

28th July 2009, 09:04

Hey, but your guy did good Gaz. :shifty: :shifty:
Yeah Bill, tough race for everyone aye, but i bet Vale is relieved ?
Your man is in a bit of a hole at the mo, but as we know it can all change real quick. Gaz.

motorcyclesonline.net

29th July 2009, 20:58

Heh Paul
Everybody has to ring Sky when the races are delayed and tell them that it's not good enough
Ringing once isn't enough either - ring them 10 times - it's a 0800 number - make the barstards pay for the privelige of not doing their job

They hate me - write to Kiwi Rider & BRM - they do log all calls & complaints

They see my customer number start flashing & know that it's GP & SBK time

RING THEM NOW

Regards
Bill

I have Telstra which is the same as SKy and even if i bitched directly to SKY from little old NZ , what good will it do ??
If its a complete race shown instead of the highlited rubbish on Peasant tele then im ok with it being other than live , i still record it no matter what to watch it when " i " want to watch it.

Paul.

Kendog

29th July 2009, 21:12

Everybody has to ring Sky when the races are delayed and tell them that it's not good enough
Ringing once isn't enough either - ring them 10 times - it's a 0800 number - make the barstards pay for the privelige of not doing their job

They hate me - write to Kiwi Rider & BRM - they do log all calls & complaints

They see my customer number start flashing & know that it's GP & SBK time

RING THEM NOW

Regards
Bill

Don't forget it's a minority sport, why would they want to show the races live?