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**Pateeffelty** · 03-04-2011, 06:36 PM

You are correct about Speed TV in the US. It is one of the FOX networks, and as such is carried by both the major satelitte TV companies (DirecTV and Dish) as well as most of the cable companies across the states. I orginally had Suddenlink Cable but switched to DirecTV specifcly because Suddenlink (at the time) refused to pick up Speed HD and most of Speeds's NASCAR programming was being shown in HD. Of course, it hadn't made a difference for F1 because Bernie and Co. refused to show us F1 in HD until the upcoming season.

As for FOM doing their homework, I belive they did. Bernie was angling to squeeze every last penny he could from your purse and by selling EXCLUSIVE rights to just one network in your country allows that company to charge more money for it, so more money into Bernie's coffers. He could care less that the people who have the other company can't see it if they aren't paying HIM for it. I won't be shocked to see something like that happen here in the US in 2012-2013 time frame, right about the time the US Grand Prix returns.

03-04-2011, 06:36 PM	#3
Pateeffelty Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 423 Senior Member	You are correct about Speed TV in the US. It is one of the FOX networks, and as such is carried by both the major satelitte TV companies (DirecTV and Dish) as well as most of the cable companies across the states. I orginally had Suddenlink Cable but switched to DirecTV specifcly because Suddenlink (at the time) refused to pick up Speed HD and most of Speeds's NASCAR programming was being shown in HD. Of course, it hadn't made a difference for F1 because Bernie and Co. refused to show us F1 in HD until the upcoming season. As for FOM doing their homework, I belive they did. Bernie was angling to squeeze every last penny he could from your purse and by selling EXCLUSIVE rights to just one network in your country allows that company to charge more money for it, so more money into Bernie's coffers. He could care less that the people who have the other company can't see it if they aren't paying HIM for it. I won't be shocked to see something like that happen here in the US in 2012-2013 time frame, right about the time the US Grand Prix returns.
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