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20 Dec 2004, 05:07 (Ref:1183593)
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CBS/NBC Deal Reached
According to the Champ Car website, CCWS has reached a deal with CBS and NBC to air 6 races in the 2005 season.
Here's the link for the article Basically CBS will air 4 races (Milwaukee, Portland, Cleveland, and Toronto) and NBC wil air 2 (Long Beach and Montreal) Kudos to Champ Car for pulling this deal!  
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20 Dec 2004, 05:24 (Ref:1183596)
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Im not trying to put this deal down or anything because I dont know anything about either network.
But how can having a series split on 2 or even 3 different networks be good for the series itself ? I know here in australia we now get our aussie rules football code split on 2 channels and it just makes it confusing as to what channel you should be watching. are any real benefits from splitting the races up ??? But Im glad they are (or have) got some godd TV for 05 
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20 Dec 2004, 06:05 (Ref:1183606)
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I agree that having the series run on 3 networks (CCWS will have races on the 2 networks plus a cable channel to be determined later), but maybe spreading it out can help increase the fanbase by attracting new viewers.
Over here in the US, this is not an unusual practice, for both NASCAR and the IRL airs races on network TV and cable during their seasons. And Champ CArs has done this in the past as well. I try to look at the positive of things :-) |
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20 Dec 2004, 10:37 (Ref:1183778)
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I think that it was important to air the races live, and in some cases, like with CBS, it would interfere with golf.
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20 Dec 2004, 17:55 (Ref:1184170)
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.....and don't forget the NFL!
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20 Dec 2004, 18:11 (Ref:1184181)
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Most of the Champ Car season is run during the football off season. The NFL only runs 16 weeks, not including playoffs and the Superbowl. Playoffs are a 1 game elimination format, so the NFL is really a non-issue. Baseball, Hockey and Basketball are much longer seasons.
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20 Dec 2004, 20:38 (Ref:1184326)
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I see the downside of a network split but I beleive the upside outweighs it by a longshot. It seems likely to me that more people will be exposed to Champ Car by accident on the major networks than will tune in on purpose with the cable setup of either Spike or Speed. Compared to this time last year........
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20 Dec 2004, 21:12 (Ref:1184371)
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CBS has a lot of its identity wrapped up in golf, which is why 2112's comment is appropriate - at least moreso than in commenting on the other sports coverage.
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21 Dec 2004, 04:30 (Ref:1184611)
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I didnt take into account a wider spread of viewers , I guess that could really be a good thing.
anyway I hope it works out for the best. does anyone know if the champcar site will be running race director again in 05 ? (my only chance of seeing live races  )
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21 Dec 2004, 13:59 (Ref:1185001)
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You can hold on a day can't you Marcus? Atleast it wasn't as bad as me with the 2002 season, the Fontana race was delayed until *FRIDAY* And thursday lunch I accidently glanced at a website that stated "Vassar wins thriller"
Damn Tasmanian TV (Yes, we do have power down here :P ) Cornsarnit.
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21 Dec 2004, 18:48 (Ref:1185226)
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As long as ChampCar is still shown live(ish) in Britain, I'm a happy guy.
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21 Dec 2004, 22:33 (Ref:1185431)
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