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--- Son Nguyen <[email protected]> wrote: > ACK!!! > > In case you haven't seen the latest... Speedvision is about to > have 24/7 coverage of NASCAR and sales of Earnhardt's paraphernelia. > No more F1, Touring Cars, rallies, etc... > > So much for Speedvision's promise to provide more coverage of > grassroot motorsports... I suppose NASCAR could be considered > "grassroot", depending on how you look at it... > > Son > 90 GLI > > Check this from the Business Journal: > > Sports network needs home for new NASCAR effort > Erik Spanberg Senior Staff Writer > Fox Sports has quietly begun scouting Charlotte-area sites for its > proposed > NASCAR cable network headquarters, eyeing a February launch > coinciding with > the Daytona 500. > Area real estate sources say Fox wants as much as 50,000 square feet > to house the network. Target sites include Huntersville Business > Park, home to Joe Gibbs Racing and other teams, and Twin Lakes > Business Park. > "It certainly would make sense (to have a Charlotte headquarters) > from a lot of perspectives," says Paul Brooks, NASCAR vice president > of broadcasting. > "Because so many drivers and teams are in that area, it would make > producing and creating the shows much easier." > Brooks says the presence of Charlotte-based NASCAR Images, an > archival video source, also works in the area's favor. NASCAR Images > is jointly owned by NASCAR and Fox. > The idea for a NASCAR network began two years ago, when the stock-car > sanctioning body completed a $2.8 billion broadcast contract with Fox > and NBC/Turner. That deal began this year. With viewership at an all- > time high, Fox and NASCAR executives have again turned their > attention to starting a cable channel. > The plan is to convert Speedvision, an existing cable network > reaching > 41 million households, to the NASCAR Channel. By comparison, The Golf > Channel, launched in 1995, reaches 37 million homes. > A name hasn't been selected, but it is expected to include NASCAR. > NASCAR has already licensed its name to Fox for a motorsports cable > channel. > Fox parent News Corp. owns a third of Speedvision and is negotiating > for an > 80% stake with other shareholders. > David Hill, Fox Sports chairman, says the deal should be finished by > August. > "We haven't finished the acquisition yet," Hill says. "I don't think > the ink's dry on the paper until August so we can't do anything yet. > We're doing a heck of a lot of planning." > Industry experts say the revamped Speedvision will emphasize NASCAR > while incorporating other forms of racing and automotive collectors' > shows. > Speedvision generates $75 million per year in revenue, with annual > advertising gains of 40% to 50% the past five years. It became > profitable last year. > > > > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to > [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your > message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
