Freakin' Sky!

[Marknz]

Is it just me or does it seem rather hypocritical that after having had Sky tell us MotoGP fans for the last couple of months that they couldn't afford the rights to the seasons coverage, they now come out and tell us that they're going to give us a NEW FULL 24 HOUR sports channel called... wait for it... SKY SPORT 3.

You fuckin' bewdy... more coverage of cheerleading, grid iron, golf, basketball, (yea, I stole that from BRM... sue me ) , tennis, aussie rules, snooker and the 103rd re-run of the Mike Pero series from Manfield.

And then, get this, they have the kahunas to send me a letter to say I'm going to have to pay an extra $3 per month for the privilage.

Sky Sky Sky

[Yamahamaman]

Is it just me or does it seem rather hypocritical that after having had Sky tell us MotoGP fans for the last couple of months that they couldn't afford the rights to the seasons coverage, they now come out and tell us that they're going to give us a NEW FULL 24 HOUR sports channel called... wait for it... SKY SPORT 3.

You fuckin' bewdy... more coverage of cheerleading, grid iron, golf, basketball, (yea, I stole that from BRM... sue me ) , tennis, aussie rules, snooker and the 103rd re-run of the Mike Pero series from Manfield.

And then, get this, they have the kahunas to send me a letter to say I'm going to have to pay an extra $3 per month for the privilage.

Sky Sky Sky

Yup. Almost feel like telling them where they cans stick it.

[menace]

Tehehe well i think the most crapiest thing about sky is that when it rains hard i get "signal fade" grrr the point of sky is to watch it when you cant go out as in when its raining hard grrrrr....


Anyway i HAVE no porblem with watching bball, soccer or grid iron not a big fan of moto p...

[Two Smoker]

Tehehe well i think the most crapiest thing about sky is that when it rains hard i get "signal fade" grrr the point of sky is to watch it when you cant go out as in when its raining hard grrrrr....


Anyway i HAVE no porblem with watching bball, soccer or grid iron not a big fan of moto p...

How dare you swear like that........... LMAO :

[wkid_one]

snooker

I hope so - they have been slack at showing the Premier league for the last 4 years. They used to show the match of the week every Tuesday at 2130...I really miss that - PS - I am serious!

It is not just Moto GP that they 'can't afford' the rights to

[Marknz]

To: "Sky Web" ; ;
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 10:16 PM
Subject: Lack of Quality Motorcycle Road Racing on Sky Sport


> To Whom it May Concern,
>
> I arrived home tonight to be greeted by a letter from your company
> explaining why my monthly subscription was about to increase by $3.00 per
> month.
>
> Being just one of the many avid motorcycle road racing fans on your
> subscription list, I'm amazed that you have found the funding to be able to
> produce another new 24 hour sports channel and yet you still can't provide
> coverage of any of the elite road racing championships currently being
> televised around the globe. By my reckoning you're missing;
>
> 1. The MotoGP, 250GP & 125GP races that have the best riders in the world
> competing on a very regular basis on the best machinery in the world.
>
> 2. The Australian Superbike Championship, easily the best road racing
> championship in the southern hemisphere with some of the best young riding
> talent in the world racing the very latest showroom machinery.
>
> 3. The British Superbike Championship, the northern hemisphere equal of
> the Australian championship.
>
> and
>
> 4. The AMA (American) Superbike Championship.
>
> 5. The Isle of Man TT series, the annual Mecca of road racing with many
> Kiwis competing and, in the likes of Shaun Harris and Bruce Anstey, winning!
>
> There is no doubt at all that us road racing supporters are grateful that
> you have managed to maintain the rights to cover the World Superbike and
> Supersport championships even if it is no longer fully supported by the
> majority of the manufacturers and is considered to be a one make (Ducati)
> championship, And while I fully respect the fact that he is able to stay up
> till the wee hours to present the package, your front man for the show
> really needs to learn a lot more about his subject. But you are missing the
> best racing in the World in the MotoGP championship, and that was evidently
> proven in commentary that suggested that the first MotoGP race of the year
> in South Africa was arguably the best race of the last decade.
>
> As for the advent of Sky Sport 3, I really hope I'm not going to be
> inundated with more minority sports like cheerleading, snooker, billiards,
> salt water fishing, and rodeo. I would find it very hard to believe you have
> a greater demand for these sports than for good quality World Championship
> road racing.
>
> Yours Sincerely

[k14]

You forgot to mention the world trick dog championships and log rolling. Gotta loves thems sports, uhuhuh.

But seriously this is just a joke. I can't believe how nieve sky is. But I guess there isn't much we can do about it. We could cancel out subscriptions, but then we would miss all of the sports, so we can't win.

Ohh well, maybe they will put it on next year.

[Velox]

Flick an email to: sky@skytv.co.nz Then at least they'll know there's lots of us who are pissed off out there.
Does anyone know how we can actually see how it's going in MotoGP? (In video form).

[LB]

Marknz, you have hidden talents....that's a very very well penned message to Sky.

Let us know what the response is.

I haven't got my letter about the increase yet. we don't get sky Digital, so we don't get SS2 which means we're lucky to get half the WSB races. I think Sky is absolute crap, only have it for WSB and even then I'm thinking of doing away with it. Paying $50 per month to watch sometimes one, sometimes two rounds is bloody dear entertainment.

[danb]

Tehehe well i think the most crapiest thing about sky is that when it rains hard i get "signal fade" grrr the point of sky is to watch it when you cant go out as in when its raining hard grrrrr....


Anyway i HAVE no porblem with watching bball, soccer or grid iron not a big fan of moto p...

LMAO I don’t even have sky UHF - Prime is bad enough in signal (Guessing too many darn birds shitting on the aerial) - funny though all the people in otara have it mind you.....

[Marknz]

Thank you for your email and comments regarding the MotoGP season.

Unfortunately as with any sport, we don't have an unlimited budget. Although we tried to secure the rights, the asking price was just too prohibitive and the suppliers would not negotiate on the cost.

We aware that the races have been very exciting, and that supporters state that this years races are far superior to the Superbikes. However, it was not a choice of choosing one code over another as our contract is still valid for the Superbikes.

SKY has managed to secure delayed rights to the Motorcross GP, we start playing 'catch up' in June.

Television viewing is a very personal and subjective and not all the decisions we make will please all of our customers. But we will try again for the rights next season.

Regards,

[menace]

How dare you swear like that........... LMAO :

Well check out my sig and you might understand that bikes are not my first love...


Did i just say that out loud?

[Velox]

Bike Mart says that there'll be highlights on Shell Helix Motorsport on Sun afternoons. So that's something eh?
Marknz - I got a pretty much identical reply from Sky.