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I hear you there. Could you use Peacock with a VPN? For as expensive as it is, it’s still a good deal compared to MXGP-TV with the amount of racing considered.
The VPN route worked in the past, but it seems like they've managed to put a stop to that.
MXGP-TV is a really great value. You get EMX, WMX, MX2, MXGP, and MXoN. Saturday and Sunday racing. Plus the broadcast quality is superior to what Feld offers. Very few hiccups on the MXGP side.
If I purchase the early bird pass for MXGP-TV it's $155.99 CAD.
The early bird special for SMX was $130 USD.
Umm I could be wrong but the WSX rounds weren’t aired live in the US from what I remember
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For someone new that might be interested in signing up, it's a very steep price. The international pass also does not have a monthly option, so if you cancel you'll still be out $180, unlike Peacock where you're free to sign up and leave when you want without much of a penalty ($5). Plus, some people might just be interested in SX or MX, and without a monthly option, the price is even steeper since you're paying $180 regardless of what you watch.
They could at the very least offer an SX package, an MX package, and an SMX package that includes everything at different price points. A per-race option for people that want to check it out wouldn't be difficult to add either.
At the same time, the way we watch TV is changing. Streaming Services are where we’re all headed:
While I’m sure the FCC will mandate that there’s always some sort of “free tv”…& I’m betting very few of us have a “digital antenna” that’s needed to get the current outgoing version of “free tv”…since you can now stream local tv over the web (but, wait, that’s seldom free for the home user, right?But, ultimately…here’s the point…
As Streaming becomes the norm, we’re going to have more opportunities to watch our races live; and, yes…often we will have to pay for that privilege.
Over the last..,what…5+ years…I’ve watched races live from all over the globe…on my phone, on a tablet, on a laptop, on my office computer, on aircraft, in the car (passenger seat, of-course…), on USN ships (snatched from satellite) and…still…even on network tv.
Modern Tech has changed the paradigm.
It’s not bad if you watch all the classes. I only watch MX2 and MXGP for the most part. No time for all of it with the Nationals and my own riding/racing during the summer. You do get almost double the events with the SMX package, but less classes when it’s an EMX round of MXGP.
Foreign conversion rates, taxes, regulations, etc. Doing business internationally isn’t as simple as just collecting the money from your customer and flipping a switch.
I don't know how those things work, but how is it that the following streaming services can be offered at the same price for the US and Canada as well as the rest of the world, yet Feld/MX Sports can't do it for SMX? The only difference is that you have to pay the exchange rate between USD and CAD for those streaming services.
-F1 TV Pro is $80 in the USA and Canada.
-NBA League Pass Premium is $89.99 in the USA and Canada.
-Flo Racing Yearly Pass is $150 in the USA and Canada.
-Netflix Premium is $19.99/month in the USA and $1 more per month in Canada.
-Disney+ is $10.99/month in the USA and $1 more per month in Canada.
Most streaming services are being offered at comparable rates across the board, no matter which country you live in.
Cue in SMX at $5/month in the USA and $180 USD for the rest of the world.
There might be more to it, but based on that information alone, it looks like they're taking advantage of the rest of the world more than anything else.
I love watching the races but if I had to choose between actually riding at a track and watching the pros race 100% chance I'm going to go riding. I don't think they're even giving too much back to the sport they're not selling bikes they're selling energy drinks why would anybody buy a bike if they can't afford it and got no place to ride it anyways.
People that have cable tv live in the country, outside of areas that high speed cable internet is provided. Most satellite provided internet is not fast enough to stream hd. By switching to streaming only is a big FU to anybody rural. This new age tech is a joke, every weekend someone is on here bitching about peacock not working meanwhile cable tv has been working flawlessly all these years.
Yes. I haven't had cable or an antenna for a few years. The quality of on air programming is terrible. And I don't care about our local sportsball teams, so I don't need it for that, either.
The people who complain about paying $4.99/month for Peacock never had to call a 900 number to get results or wait two weeks for the race to be tape delayed on ESPN 2 at 3AM.
Maybe the current situation isn't ideal for everyone, but having complete coverage Live for less than a dollar per day is something we shouldn't take for granted.
in order for any sport (or anything really) to grow it must be accessible to the common man
people who don't know moto or SX will watch it if it's easy to watch and already on their current TV format, not having to search on youtube or another type of outlet.
TV coverage is paramount if the audience.is to grow.
stupid shit like curling has coverage why not MX / SX??
I have a production company and work in TV. It comes down to price and coverage. Curling costs $20,000 to produce and MX/SX is in the $300,000. Viewership is about the same.
A major factor on why cycling is growing and able to put it on those networks is to the manufactures investing back in. You can go all across the world and rent a bicycle from a bicycle shop at a fair price. Along with that are 1000's of learn to ride programs or high school programs. NICA (a high school cycling program) in UTAH alone has 7,500 members. Supported by Trek, a manufacture of bikes.
Moto manufactures do little to nothing in supporting it's own sport. Southern California is a prime example of this with all the track closures. In the manufactures own backyard, they didn't even try to help track or land closures. Fox gear, who helped pala is honestly the only major showing of industry support.
You think if I went to Specialized, Trek or any other major cycling brands headquarters, that they wouldn't be near trail system that they helped open or keep open?
My point is going on World Wide TV for the past 30 years didn't help grow the sport. If it did why does manufactures sell 50% less bikes then they did back in the 90's. We need more than TV rights to save this industry.
That you need more than TV-Rights is true. But 30 years ago I was buying VHS-tapes from the previous AMA season. Just to show that we've come a long way, and it's mostly the American market that got delayed TV coverage in the past 15 years. About +10 years back CBS Sports had a recap from the 450 class on Sunday and SPEEDTV on Monday from the 250cc. Little later live shows, first on FOX Sports and latter on NBC Sports Network. For MX you had NBC SN and MAVTV who divided the first and second moto among them both. The saddening is that at this moment recaps, delayed replays or live on TV are all non-existing.
The self-protecting also needs to get out of the window, FELD/MXSports telling teams and privateers what they can and can't show from their sponsors is ludicrous. This made Dodge RAM leaving RCR Suzuki, ton of CBD brands and now they are battling with our Only Fans supported racer Logan Karnow. More money into the teams pockets means stronger teams with more money to sign riders, replacement riders, ... means a better product to sell for FELD and MXSports. If the product is legal, their is no reasonable explanation to make teams or privateers to cover it up! The last we need is that all riders/teams/privateers need to race in FOX or SHOT like they are doing in the UFC.
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