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Heard that with Comcast trying to buy NBC that the plans are to change Versus(a NBC owned channel) into a competitor to ESPN. That may be an opportunity for some of our favorite racing series to land some TV time. ESPN has most of the good properties locked in so they may be looking for things to fill time. Good news for the IRL too.

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I know its a long long shot but wouldn;t it be kool if they brought back Thursday night Thunder Wow thats telling how old I am lol Know a lot og people on here has no idea what I am talking bout :10:

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http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/200912...us_comcast_nbc

Versus was already controlled by Comcast before this announcement... Directv and Comcast had a little disagreement about pricing and now I don't get the Versus channel... It is Directv or Dish Network out here in the country... No cable. That is definately not good for the IRL. Oops sorry they don't care if rednecks watch.:2:

As for the comcast turning Versus into another ESPN... it is going to be a few years before they can accomplish that, and that is a big if at best. Just my opinion.

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I have Direct Tv so I'd probably not get to see it,since Comcast and Direct are in a pissing match over the NFL:16

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Watched sprint car racing on versus last weekend. ascs race, motosports hour is the name of the show, watched a wingless race on there also back in the sumer some time. They do an decent job with short track racing at least they know it exists.

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Just added a DVR to my DirecTV configuration. When I called in the order the lady I talked to said that she had handled a number of cancellations of service due to the Versus deal.

Because of the NHL? "A few."
Because of college football? "A few."
Because of the IRL? "Never heard of it."

Seems a bunch of folks were steamed about missing out on "bull riding". And they were not just from Texas and Oklahoma either.

Whooda thunkit??

BTW, she thinks Versus will be back before too long. For whatever her opinion is worth.

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When I saw the story on the news last night about Comcast purchasing controlling interest in NBC my first thought was.. "OH CRAP, NOW I WON'T BE ABLE TO GET NBC ON DIRECTV".

What ever happened to the ANTI MONOPOLY LAWS that kept big business in check in this country? (that was not intended to be political, if the moderator sees it as such, please remove and accept my apology)

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When I called and emailed about the loss of the channel I was very vocal about Indy Car Racing being one of the two things I would miss.

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Originally Posted by darnall:
When I saw the story on the news last night about Comcast purchasing controlling interest in NBC my first thought was.. "OH CRAP, NOW I WON'T BE ABLE TO GET NBC ON DIRECTV".

What ever happened to the ANTI MONOPOLY LAWS that kept big business in check in this country? (that was not intended to be political, if the moderator sees it as such, please remove and accept my apology)

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When I called and emailed about the loss of the channel I was very vocal about Indy Car Racing being one of the two things I would miss.

Darnall,

After reading Fishburger's other post, I am interested in hearing what they said to you when you mentioned the Indy Car Racing?

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Originally Posted by darnall:
What ever happened to the ANTI MONOPOLY LAWS that kept big business in check in this country? (that was not intended to be political, if the moderator sees it as such, please remove and accept my apology)

There is mention about that in the article I posted earlier...

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I use to sell/install satellite dishes, way back to c-band and they HAVE to carry networks (local) and the networks HAVE to allow them to do so, believe it or not that was attached to a cable friendly bill. As far as what they gain with NBC, they gain the NFL, NASCAR and quite a few other things plus now have the "power" of being a network, even if that power is less than what it use to be.......

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Originally Posted by Bill Gardner:
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/200912...us_comcast_nbc

Versus was already controlled by Comcast before this announcement... Directv and Comcast had a little disagreement about pricing and now I don't get the Versus channel... It is Directv or Dish Network out here in the country... No cable. That is definately not good for the IRL. Oops sorry they don't care if rednecks watch.:2:

As for the comcast turning Versus into another ESPN... it is going to be a few years before they can accomplish that, and that is a big if at best. Just my opinion.

I have DirectTV also Bill, 1 reason I went to it was to watch races on versus. I was a little pissed when they no longer carried Versus. That and all the races from versus I had on DVR won't play either.:7:

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I use to have Dish Network, when I signed up I had Versus and Big Ten Network......4 months later they dropped them from my programming. 1 month later I dropped Dish Network from my "payment programming".

I now have Comcast and am anxiously awaiting the chance to get AT&T UVerse or whatever it is.

I hate paying for TV.....but there is nothing worth watching on free TV anymore.

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Originally Posted by FishBurger:
Just added a DVR to my DirecTV configuration. When I called in the order the lady I talked to said that she had handled a number of cancellations of service due to the Versus deal.

Because of the NHL? "A few."
Because of college football? "A few."
Because of the IRL? "Never heard of it."

Seems a bunch of folks were steamed about missing out on "bull riding". And they were not just from Texas and Oklahoma either.

Whooda thunkit??

BTW, she thinks Versus will be back before too long. For whatever her opinion is worth.

I'm hip about the IRL thing.

I've found that you have to go beyond saying IRL and say to the uninformed about them being "Indy Cars" - "you know, the cars that race in the Indy 500". Then I usually get the uhhh....ohhh...yeah...OK.:2:

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Originally Posted by jim goerge:
I know its a long long shot but wouldn;t it be kool if they brought back Thursday night Thunder Wow thats telling how old I am lol Know a lot og people on here has no idea what I am talking bout :10:

That was the good ol days forsure. i miss those days.

Jarod

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SpeedTV needs to put more racing on that channel. I went through the TV guide, and it was just car/garage shows and more stupid shows, They need to put more sprints and late model racing on SpeedTV

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Originally Posted by Seadog:
I'm hip about the IRL thing.

I've found that you have to go beyond saying IRL and say to the uninformed about them being "Indy Cars" - "you know, the cars that race in the Indy 500". Then I usually get the uhhh....ohhh...yeah...OK.:2:

That's kind of what I figured out in dealing with them...when i said "Indy Cars" they somewhat knew why I was upset.

I must compliment DirecTV about something they did for me in May. On about lap 45 of the Indy 500 my local ABC affiliate had a transmission problem which kept the DirecTV customers in my market from being able to see the race... the customer service rep at DTV unlocked the ABC east coast feed for me which allowed me to watch the race without seeing the locally aired commercials. Giving a customer a national network feed is a bit of a no-no because the local advertisers don't get their commercials in your face but she understood how big a deal it was to me and helped me even though the problem was not theirs.

I have had nothing short of great service in my 5 years with DTV and I understand that Comcast bullied them out of carrying Versus.

Hopefully IZOD will help the IRL have more network overage next season so we won't be at the mercy of Comcast.