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Re: Speedvision Q & As (might be long)

To: "Team. Net" <autox@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Speedvision Q & As (might be long)
From: "George Ryan" <quad4fiero@webzone.net>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 06:49:26 -0500
"Matt Murray" <mattm@optonline.net> wrote:

>I'm responding to several posts from the week-end.
>
> <snip>
> 4) Available subscribers.
> <snip>

What about the second largest "dish" network? They showed Speedvision
for about a week, then it was yanked due to contractural issues (so we are
told).

> <snip>
>
> 6) Politics of getting Speedvision.
> Fox owns 33 percent of
> Speedvision and Outdoor Life (hence all those Fox Sports
> Net ads). Believe it or not, some people do not like
> Rupert Murdock.  :^)  And for that reason, refuse to every put
> anything from him on air. Plus there is a money issue.
> Some nets pay to go on a system. Guess who gets the
> channel allocation. FWIW, TCI signed an agreement
> a while ago saying that their systems can carry Speed.
> Obviously, demand, system capacity, and other real
> variables come into play. So keep bothering the
> system GM,saying "I want my Speedvision". How
> did MTV get carried in the beginning? ......
>


Good points, but again, why not the Dish Network?  BTW, the local TCI
aired SpeedVision for a short while, then dropped it for a religous network.
Stated reason - - not as large a viewing audience!!

> 7) Autocross on Speedvision?
> Not often. Matter of fact
> almost never. I can count on one hand segments that
> had actual autocrossing on. Usually, a quick example
> of a marque club running. Believe me, I'd know when
> we air it.  "Heyyy, they used the "A" word!!!!"
>

And we are working on that, right??

> <snip>

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