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Re: [ST] F1 and SpeedTV, it's official! This is good +10!
- Subject: Re: [ST] F1 and SpeedTV, it's official! This is good +10!
- From: "Roger Castillo" <madeditor75@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 10:47:54 -0600
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!"
>
> 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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