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If you want to know the what, why, and how MavTV plus came about and the failures along with many more details that will answer most or all of the questions, do yourself a favor and listen to the first 15 minutes of this podcast by Jason Weigandt. It won't make you "like it", but hopefully it will help with some understanding.
https://racerxonline.com/2022/07/06/exhaust-podcast-past-present-future
https://racerxonline.com/2022/07/06/exhaust-podcast-past-present-future
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Money got tight
NBC dropped programs
It was believed MAVTV would be robust enough to handle it, and they, unlike Peacok, have no geo boundries and which country it could be played in.
Some good and some bad to MAV vs Peacock.
It was ALL predicated that the app would work.
It failed.
They knew they could not fix the issues.
Instead they took a drastic step and moved to flo sports.
No excuses for MAVTV for those who paid for it.
MAVTV took a hit and made the move to flo sports.
MAV likely lost on the deal with flo sports to honor what subscribers were paying at MAV.
People at MAVTV have lost their jobs.
MAVTV + has been shut down and more will lose jobs.
If you have an annual sub you will be refunded, and if you have a monthly sub it will not charged past July.
It’s easy for all of us to say these major companies SHOULD pay MX Sports to stream these races but to me it sounds like the Covid cuts finally hit our niche sport in the broadcasting world and the nationals were left without much options. Instead of just saying they will be strictly on cable television through MAVTV, they were optimistic and also offered a streaming service without realizing how much demand it would actually have on their servers and offering an internet stream only caused massive backlash since the vocal internet users rely on the internet stream.
Just hoping things get ironed out for next year. I’ve been able to watch all the races so far this year, albeit with some hiccups, on my computer through the legit sources so I am at least thankful for that in the end.
At this point, I am over it. I will watch the race live until my MAV+ subscription runs out and then catch the highlight shows after the fact. I did not sign up for Flo.
It all seemed like a good idea at the time!
Thus the scramble to find a new network package in a short time frame.
You don’t have to signup for Flo but you won’t be able to stream the race.
Mavtv plus ends on the 27th of July.
...or con-men. Take your pick.
This experience has left me skeptical of all things associated with Lucas Oils.
Pit Row
Talk about complete and utter failure. Heads should roll. Sorry.
I’m not even tuning in anymore. I’ll just read up on it afterwards.
The biggest questions I still have is why was it from Weege and why did it take so long?
From where I sit MX Sports and Davey Coombs in particular were still riding a wave of good PR. They did an awesome job of getting through Covid and giving us a series to watch even at the height of the wackiness. In addition to that even though sometimes people don't agree with everything MX Sports does most of us believe that DC and company truly love the sport and have its best interests in mind.
This streaming clusterf@#k is nothing, but ignorance and ignorance can be cured with experience. If DC would have jumped out in front of this right away most of us, me leading the charge would be of the opinion of "Call the dogs off they are working on it."
This fiasco is a textbook example of how not to handle a crisis right after a textbook example of how to handle a crisis with the Covid disaster.
We just want an UNINTERRUPTED race. How freaking hard is that? If we're paying a fee to watch...fees should give us 35 min of racing (per moto).
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