"Matt Murray" <mattm@optonline.net> wrote:
>I'm responding to several posts from the week-end.
>
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> 4) Available subscribers.
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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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