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Re: [ST] F1 and SpeedTV, it's official! This is good +10!



drool.....

Now if they'd just replay this weekend's opening SBK race...

Roger
'00 ST
Austin, TX




>From: "Jack Hays" <rude@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, motolist@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [ST] F1 and SpeedTV, it's official! This is good +10!
>Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 07:19:09 -0600
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>Off motorcycle but excited and thought some of you would like to know
>unless someone else has beat me to it.
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>    SPEED Channel, Formula One Ink Three-Year Deal
>   Written by: Erik Arneson - SPEED Channel Public Relations
>   Charlotte, NC ? 3/4/2003
>    The excitement of F1 is now confirmed on SPEED for three years (Photo:
>    Allsport) SPEED Channel  President Jim Liberatore announced today that
>    SPEED Channel has reached an unprecedented three-year agreement with 
>the
>    FIA Formula One World Championship, making SPEED the television home to
>    the complete 16-race Grand Prix racing schedule in 2003, including
>    September's United States Grand Prix in Indianapolis.
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>    "Formula One events, fans and history are the bricks and mortar that
>    form the foundation that this network was built upon," Liberatore said.
>    "We have known for many years that F1 deserves to be presented to its
>    fans in a comprehensive manner worthy of the title of the world's most
>    popular racing series. This coverage includes Formula One's past,
>    present and future. With the addition of "F1 Decade", F3000 and
>    continued coverage of every event including practice and qualifying, we
>    are providing this passionate fan base the coverage it deserves. What's
>    more, they will no longer need to wait until hours before the season's
>    first green flag to know where to tune in!"
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>    The deal, SPEED Channel's fifth with a major racing sanctioning body in
>    the last six months, begins with this weekend's live qualifying and
>    racing coverage from the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. Since
>    announcing the addition of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at the end
>    of September, SPEED Channel also has inked deals with USAC, ASA and the
>    IHRA for programming in 2003 and beyond.
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>    The F1 deal also includes broadcast rights for the Formula One season
>    ten years removed from the current season, allowing SPEED's F1 Decade 
>to
>    air races from the 1993 season this year.
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>    SPEED Channel's coverage from Australia begins with live Thursday
>    evening qualifying at 10 p.m. ET. Race coverage begins Saturday evening
>    at 9:30 p.m.
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>    Former F1 mechanic Steve Matchett and play-by-play man Rick DeBruhl 
>will
>    join veteran analyst and former F1 driver David Hobbs in the broadcast
>    booth. Peter Windsor will provide reporting from the paddock.
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>Jack "Rude Dog" Hays
>972-952-5065
>"I'll see you on the Dark Side of the Moon"
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