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Will a network be covering Live events this year, or is everyone going to have to buy a subscription?
Supercross on TV
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That's what I'm wondering. I looked around yesterday , didn't see anything posted yet which is weird considering season starts Jan 7
I did see where NBC is scheduled to have it.
Guess that means it will bounce back and forth between CNBC, and the USA network.
But I've not seen anything confirming that.
Don't mean to sound snarky, but this has not only been covered multiple times on here, but a simple Google search brought up all the information. Live in Peacock, and across the NBC family of networks on cable.
https://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/2022/10/04/peacock-to-stream-all-sup…;
International viewers:
https://www.supermotocross.tv/intl
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Ya know... the sport gets screwed with these "tv packages"...
Free and live on YouTube is the best media package we could have if we want our sport to grow.... and they could make big bank being shown there... yt is just like Amazon, Netflix, etc, and are thirsty for original, high quality programming, and muchhhh more so for Live action....
But no... the powers that be went with the package they thought would put the most cash in their pockets, with no regard to the health of the sport....
I feel the same way but they have to get a Tv/streaming package to pay their employees. Yes, most of the income is based off ticket sales but they still need ad sales to offset costs. Still should be paying riders more imho but that’s a different conversation. I’m just glad both series are combined now and everyone is working together. These pre-series shows they’re doing have been great. Reminds me of football and basketball mid-week analysis. Hopefully teams start releasing contract numbers and we get taken more seriously from non-moto viewers.
I already have Peacock so I’ll be watching there.
That said, the article says this
“NBC, USA Network and CNBC will provide coverage of all races, including the SuperMotocross World Championship Playoffs and Final, throughout 2023 and beyond. ”
So for people that don’t choose to get Peacock, they still haven’t said what races, times, channels etc.
You would think by now something would be posted.
You do realize that NBC/Peacock paid multi-millions for the rights to broadcast SX/MX/SMX which has allowed Feld/MXSports to pay more in purse money and pay more than was paid in MEC for SMX....YouTube isn't going to do that...
They still want to charge me US tax in the UK.. thats BS
TV Broadcast
https://racerxonline.com/2022/12/20/full-2023-supercross-motocross-and-…
Yip, hit submit payment before noticing that, annoying for sure.
So majority of rounds are only on Peacock? I know I will be downvoted but that blows for us in the sticks with crappy internet (I get it I’m in the minority but you would think they could find a slot of the multiple NBC channels that aren’t playing any new programs like they did last year)
Thanks Maverick.
I’m going to pass this on. I’m glad I’ve got Peacock.
Feld is still polishing NBC's shaft I see. I bet the racers feel the same way.
So only 6 rounds on NBC and USA network? 11 rounds on Peacock only is that right ?
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Wow couldnt even get more than 6 races on races on CNBC or USA live?? Possibly the worst TV deal since the OLN days.
Ill pass as an international customer on buying whatever feed they presented, ill find the races the next day on Youtube. What a joke.
Looks that way.
Peacock did this last year too but if you go to their app it still doesn’t show any upcoming SX races. They show college hockey clear out to February but no SX.
You’d think they would want to at least list it a little earlier.
I watched the World races on YouTube. IMO the picture quality sucked.
But the price was right.
Actually only 4 live SX broadcasts on NBC/USA, and only 1.5 live MX broadcasts on NBC (Unadilla looks like 450 only on NBC).
31 total events, only 7.5 available live on TV. 23.5 are on Peacock only.
So....you guys would rather go back to MAVTV?
Weird. That's not what the press release said:
"NBC, USA Network and CNBC will provide coverage of all races, including the SuperMotocross World Championship Playoffs and Final, throughout 2023 and beyond."
Hopefully they just haven't figured out which network will be broadcasting the individual rounds yet.
I don't mind watching on Peacock, it's just that I rarely watch SX live. And if I remember correctly, with Peacock you can either watch live, or else you can't watch from the beginning until about an hour after the event ends. I wish my TiVo could record a Peacock stream.
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Everyone knows this isn't the way to go. Putting it behind a paywall on a channel that isn't on regular cable TV is something that is understandable, but putting it on an online platform?! 54% of the people watch Supercross and Motocross are above 45 years old. In general 31% is above 55 years old, the question is: "Are they gone do the effort to make it happen with peacock". About 10% of the viewers are under 25 years old, are they gone pay to watch while there are tons of other free alternatives... They pull supercross and motocross off the telly and created something for the core fans, who are like I mentioned not sure bait.
It will also prevent from riders such as Adam Cianciarulo "I’ve said it a couple times, my dad, or anyone, nobody in my family raced. It was one of those deals where, I don’t even know, I just saw Jeremy McGrath on TV and just wanted a bike and it turned into all this." Source: RacerXOnline.com
This will create a sport where kids from riders, hoop up with daughters from riders and their children will be the next future stars. Then maybe it's time to ask yourself if this "Amish way" is the correct way and if you aren't failing in promoting your sport. Both side of the ponds by the way.
I get what you’re saying but even though currently the age demo is higher in SX/MX, and the likelihood of a kid catching a race as they’re scrolling through channels is dwindling, the trend is leaning towards streaming platforms. Meaning that more TV screens are broadcasting streaming services than cable so in theory, they have a better chance of watching it.
Furthermore, Peacock has an entire section dedicated to sports and live sports (both motorsport and ball sports) so it fits in line with NBC’s marketing strategy.
Projecting that more people will be watching streaming platforms in the future is based on recent trends (see below) and although it’s taking away the free aspect of watching a race etc, it’s where we are headed and if we don’t act now we will forever be a backyard sport that will never be taken seriously.
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/18/1118203023/streaming-cable-broadcast-tv
A lot of sports are going the Pay-Per-View route or Stream packages, but that also means that real sport fans who used to spend 20 bucks extra on top of his normal cable subscription, for all the extra sport channels are now paying hundreds if not thousands of dollars a year. While live sports will soon going to turn out to be the golden egg. It's about the only thing people watch live, they don't fast forward the commercials because they are watching it live and that makes the commercials again worth their money. While devices, digital cable TV subscriptions or streaming packages who aren't blocking fast forwarding can't guarantee how many people watched their commercial. But I don't know how that goes in the United States, are or aren't you guys blocking fast forwarding commercials?
And Streaming is indeed already here, its already the future with Netflix, Amazon, Disney, Apple TV, ... But it needs something like Netflix that combines a lot of sports together with a good application that works easy almost every smart TV. Because all the different streaming subscriptions going from MXGP: 130 euro, AMA: 122 euro (130$), Isle of Man TT: 22 euro (23$), NBA League Pass: 110 euro (116$)... It gets expensive soon.
Things are going south for the pay to watch subscriptions. Wall Street is throwing fits about it.
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