Dish Sponsors Roush Racing Again

[Shipsnake]

It did suck hearing Michael Waltrip brag about the truck race in Daytona being in HD for the first time, while watching it in SD on dish.

 

[SarKen]

Now when NESN HD starts up on Dish, That will be cause for celebration.

:up

 

[SarKen]

If Biffle doesn't finish higher then tenth, nobody is going to see it anyway.

Or if he crashes or blows up he will get some air time.

 

[oldford]

It did suck hearing Michael Waltrip brag about the truck race in Daytona being in HD for the first time, while watching it in SD on dish.

Yep, just like when Don and Jerry tell us about how good the Red Sox look in glorious NESN HD.... "Soon"

 

[Mr Tony]

No one has SPEED HD, except Directv.

both Canadian satellite providers have it

 

[ArtWIS]

Ummm, no you are wrong. The All Star race is broadcast only on SPEED. although it is not a points race, it is one of the biggest races of the season

And D* also has Hotpass in HD for all the cup races.

 

[hendrix04]

I don't watch much racing but the whole sponsor thing always drove me mad. If you guys have so many sponsors why are you still showing ads?

The sponsors are to pay for the cars themselves (and they are major expensive to build and maintain due to wrecks, tires, ect). Commercials are to help pay for the people running the cameras and bringing the race to your tv screen.

 

[wetz73]

False, but nice try. How many of the races are exclusively shown on the Speed channel? Hmm?

As pointed out, just the All Star race and the Gatorade Duel. But, as also pointed out, Speed carries all of the practices and qualifying for all races. Speed also shows replays of the previous week's race during the week, which I watch on a regular basis. So yes, I can watch the race itself live in HD, but the rest of it is in E*'s compresso-vision, where D* provides it in HD.

 

[ripnbigc]

This week the truck race is on FOX, Saturday afternoon.:up

Not according to Speed's schedule. Tonight at 11:00pm ET, in HD for the lucky.

 

[TulsaCoker]

As Art said D* also have about 5 or 6 channels of HD incar cameras. It's their Hotpass.

 

[waltinvt]

Charlie started by selling dishes out of the back of a station wagon. In some ways Dish Network's vision has not grown beyond that and they continue to embarrass themselves in cheap & silly ways.

They sponsored a car with Roush-Fenway racing, yet allow a situation where many people viewing that car will see it in SD only. And unlike some programming, racing looks really bad in SD!

Beyond that the other half of Roush-Fenway is the World Champion Boston Red Sox and NESN-HD - another channel Dish is CHOOSING to carry ONLY in SD.

Oh, and in response to those that say the Sprint Cup races are not on SPEED-HD, while mostly true, they are on Fox (at least now) and there are still millions of viewers that can't get Fox-HD from Dish.

 

[millerwb]

I watch Speed quite a bit. I too would be happy with HD. Speed carries all of the Formula One races. In fact I only subscribe to the minimum channel package that includes Speed. If Speed HD shows up sometime, and if Speed HD shows up in HD only package, I will be saving some money in the future!

-Bill

 

[adamwilkes20]

80% of the time I am watching TV I am watching SPEED

 

[cosmo_kramer]

Yep, just like when Don and Jerry tell us about how good the Red Sox look in glorious NESN HD.... "Soon"

I do know that the NESN HD highlights shown on SportsCenter looked great on ESPN HD last year

 

[johninbricknj]

Not according to Speed's schedule. Tonight at 11:00pm ET, in HD for the lucky.

The Truck race is on FOX, Saturday at 3 PM est. Tonight at 11 is qualifying.NASCAR.COM : series : truck