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IndyCar Series: Season opener in St. Petersburg

am 24. Of on the 24th March 2011 at 07:24 │ Comments {1}

A partly chaotic and partly positive off-season is finally over - on Sunday evening, the IndyCar Series returns to the track. That should be interesting, because since the 2010 final has been done.

A quiet winter break is different: The IndyCar Series championship since the thoughtful decision in Homestead fans and media with a constant flow of news, as is otherwise uncommon even during the current season. CEO Randy Bernard has proven he knows how to deal with the last unremarkable single-seater series caused a sensation. Whether his ideas will work on the track that needs to be seen, though. Nevertheless: The start of the season 25 drivers are available, most of them are probably all year long to be there. A couple of old stars have made it back into the series, albeit sometimes at the last minute. Along with some interesting rookies they bring the IndyCar Series, the most likely starting field since CART times.

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TV Rights 2011: What is shown where?

am 14. From on 14 January 2011 at 10:30 │ Comments {7}

Who wants to see this year a lot of motor sport that can not avoid a good Internet connection. The number of streams increases, some series are no computers at all out of sight.

There are a lot of racing in 2011 on television, but you get some series still only about power. This is especially true for the U.S. series, where the situation eased somewhat. For as it currently ausssieht the ALMS in 2011 will show their race completely live on your own website. It looks bleak, but still off at NASCAR. The NASCAR race itself would like to show, especially for the international audience, like the Internet. ESPN and TNT have to draw but has no tolerance for FOX. The reason FOX is the only station that is transmitted not only via cable, but is also sold via the so-called "affiliates". And that FOX does not want the audience to take away and regional advertising revenues. NASCAR put there in a quandary. For one thing, FOX, along with Speed, one of the key partners, on the other hand, the contracts will run until the end of 2015 and wants you to wait so long not until one is present in the network. This also applies to sports, although good, but otherwise the right hinschwächelnde GrandAm series. Why do not the network via SpeedTV shows is not traceable.

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Also-rans: The News Happen

am 5. From on 5 January 2011 at 08:46 │ Comments {0}

# Of chairs at Ferrari. Chris Dyer, formerly chief engineer, is now replaced by Pat Fry, who will retain his present position as deputy technical director Aldo Costa, but at the same time. Dyer will stay with Ferrari, but according to PR release is its role in the coming days, "redefined". Ie: you do not really know where with out him. Costa and Fry get help but, as you Neil Martin of Red Bull has taken. Who was previously responsible Head of Strategic Operations for the Bulls, including the race strategy. This seems directly related to the disastrous mistake in Abu Dhabi to hang together. (Don)

# In Force India is obviously fire in the attic. Even over Christmas did not silence the rumors that the team is in trouble. Kind of weird, was the season for the Indians but not too bad and unpaid bills has not heard. Yes in 2011 to the first Grand Prix in India, should there be to find local sponsors. There are also jockeying for the cockpit. Sutil is a set of signed contract is not. Obviously one would like to get rid of Liuzzi, who supposedly waterproof but has a contract and would have to be bought out. Mercedes seems to not be conclusive. Only wanted to heave into the team, Paul di Resta, but now Nico Hulkenberg is free of a) has already shown his qualities and that b) the long term could be built as a replacement Schumacher. It has meanwhile disappeared from the network, the message "look" is given, which should go di Resta and Hulkenberg the Friday driver. Vijay Mallya wants to mid-January, apparently a final decision. That's pretty late, because the cockpit must still adapt to the driver. (Don)

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NASCAR: Problems with the rates

am 20. From on 20 October 2010 at 16:57 │ Comments {3}

The ratings have been falling for years of NASCAR. Also this year, is primarily concerned the Chase. What NASCAR is doing wrong? Where is she innocent?

The world of NASCAR is quite as shiny as they ausschaute still a few years ago. 2010 ABC has dropped out of the chase, instead of wearing just the ESPN race, not mentioning a few of the race, which still run on ABC. The loss of ABC is not quite as bad as one might think at first glance. ESPN reaches about 100 million viewers on ABC, the technical reach 16 million viewers is higher. But it's a sign, when a main transmitter dispensed in the United States on the NASCAR. However, NASCAR has never had much luck with one of the four prime transmitter. NBC was only a certain time in a position to achieve reasonable rates. The reasons for the decline are varied, but the question is whether this is really so bad.

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TV rights: MotorsTV cable away from Germany

am 29. From 29 September 2010, at 22:54 │ Comments {12}

Motorsport fans have it easy in Germany do not. Now is also MotorsTV flown in Germany from the cable program.

Update: MotorsTV has replied to my request and sent the following statement.

Cable Germany has unilaterally decided to stop broadcasting of TV engine. We are unfortunately not in a position to do something about it, and are forced to accept their decision after six years of brutal charisma of our channel on their cable networks. Motors TV is of course very interested in the German market, and regretted exceedingly that the subscribers of cable Germany no longer able to follow their preferred Championship on Motors TV. Germany's cable was not even willing to extend the broadcast at least until the end of 2010 to allow subscribers to track the season in 2010 until the end. Motors TV would like to point out that the station still receive the majority of the German cable networks and also part of the IPTV service from T-Online and is HanseNet.

Apparently they were surprised at MotorsTV just as the audience, even if KD announced the shutdown to the station well in the short term.

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Since Wednesday evening, contrary to the customers of the cable lights up Germany "premium package" an ugly yellow sign when they turn on MotorsTV. It says only tersely that the station is now no longer part of the package of cable Germany. Way is also ESPN Classic, which motor sport fans but rather cope. Both transmitter and KD is about to broadcast FOX Sport 1 +. The loss of MotorsTV is pretty harsh, because there is no way to the station via satellite or streamed to get into the house. This eliminates many of the fans racing series that you could only see on MotorsTV. Among them are:

- ALMS
- V8 Supercars
- Various GT series, including the live transmission of the GT3 European Championship
- British F3
- Car GP
- WRC

All these series are no longer receiving a legal copy of the Austrahlungsgebiet KD. Only customers of Unitymedia and T-Home can still see MotorsTV.

Interesting also that cables in Germany almost Stalinist fashion two transmitters off easily without the customer at least a few days earlier to inform you by treadmill. By mail, it would be gone, after all, one ends up with me every few weeks stupid spam mail A letter comes to advertising and Internet customers of cable Germany in the mailbox. If money for such nonsense as is also the way you could even announce what will change for the customer.

Unfortunately, racing fans are going to continue into the net and sent on a quest for more or less legal streams. I have both cable Germany, and MotorsTV asked for an opinion.

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Premiere: A1GP No more? / NASN: No NASCAR / Motor Sports: General News

am 9. From on 9 January 2009 at 19:00 │ Comments {3}

On a forum today appeared on the message that the premiere race of the A1 from the Taupo end Januare vermutlicht will show. At the same time announced NASN / ESPN America, that the NASCAR Nationwide will no longer have the program.

352x161 But first the positive messages. Toyota presents the new car on Thursday and has built a website for it. If you click on the picture above comes directly there, but there's still nothing to see at the moment. On Thursday at 13.00 clock the unveiling of the new Toyota will be streamed live. In addition, there will be a different goodies, including a chat. Nice idea from Toyota, but they are not the first to show the car. Ferrari has been doing this coming Monday.

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NASCAR Season 2008 - Review

am 18. From on 18 November 2008 at 13:34 │ Comments {2}

The NASCAR 2008 season is history. She was not bad and less boring than anyone might have expected with the introduction of the CoT. There are not a few who believe that the season with 36 races, plus Shootout and All-Star race is simply too long, but on the other side promises the many races that season long exciting. If you were to take only 25 races or 20 races at all, the cost burden would be lower but the master would have been fixed perhaps halfway through the season. On the other hand, lose some races more and more viewers. The races are long since sold out, not all, the TV ratings have been developed mainly in the last third poorly again and died towards the end of the chase to a new low. Nevertheless - the season was good and varied.
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NASCAR: Johnson ahead of title defense

am 10. From on 10 November 2008 at 18:26 │ Comments {3}

It was very impressive, which has delivered yesterday in Phoenix Jimmie Johnson, one of his favorite circuits. Pole position, led the most laps in the race and of course the victory, the team celebrated its been like winning the championship. Carl Edwards, the only remaining competitor, came during the entire race, not really moving. He fought hard, but took the most time-crunching fights with other drivers involved. But without the fighting in the midfield lacked the speed Edwards to Johnson also can endanger only partially. The Scandals of the evening but gave from ABC.
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NASCAR: And then there was Texas

am 3. From on 3 November 2008 18:22 │ Comments {0}

After the heart attack because of the Formula One finale was somewhat calmed down, the NASCAR race was just right. Just to make the heart beat again to push up. Although the race had only five Cautions, two of which are due to "debris" occurred, the race was surprisingly varied and it happened a lot. Provided the reason for Jimmie Johnson, who was in the second race in succession problems in the first round and a round dated back quickly. While Johnson fought back desperately to the port forward was gambled in terms of tires and fuel. In the end, would have won by a hair's Jeff Gordon, but it would also be the amazing Jamie McMurray, Clint Bowyer and Junior can be. The scene of the day but gave David Gilliland.
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NASCAR - NH race

am 16. From on 16 September 2008 at 09:09 │ Comments {1}

The race in New Hampshire has shown the same, how mean can be the Chase. As you win eight races in a year, dominated the season and then a broken stabilizer set in the first race of the Chase for the whole season on its head. Because when Kyle Busch broke a relatively simple part of the suspension of the stabilizer, the championship leader now wobbled around the track around in the New Hampshire when he would sit in a Citroen 2CV. You could not fix the error and Busch threw his lead by 80 points in the wall. But that was not the only surprise on the weekend.

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