TVG is a real complete joke now !!!!!!

[satrabyk]

With the takeover of HRTV the only tracks they care about now are GP, SA and GG. They have abandoned coverage of the rest they used to cover. No longer will you see live races of AQU, TAM, HAW, TP etc.. It's more important for them to show post parades of GP/SA/GG. A complete joke now. Who needs them ????

[FrankieFigs]

Some (if not all) of those tracks you listed will be on HRTV in the future.

[lamboguy]

TVG is anything but a joke, they just put up $75 million to buy up HRTV in a game that is steeply declining

[tanner12oz]

Originally Posted by satrabyk

With the takeover of HRTV the only tracks they care about now are GP, SA and GG. They have abandoned coverage of the rest they used to cover. No longer will you see live races of AQU, TAM, HAW, TP etc.. It's more important for them to show post parades of GP/SA/GG. A complete joke now. Who needs them ????

Sa is the best product out there..i want them to show as much of it as possible.grainy video of nickel claimers running in snowsqualls in Illinois isn't exactly a big draw

[ronsmac]

Originally Posted by satrabyk

With the takeover of HRTV the only tracks they care about now are GP, SA and GG. They have abandoned coverage of the rest they used to cover. No longer will you see live races of AQU, TAM, HAW, TP etc.. It's more important for them to show post parades of GP/SA/GG. A complete joke now. Who needs them ????

I'm not going to call it a complete joke, but so far not so good with the merger. Hopefully things get better. At least from my perspective I hope they get better.

[davew]

many tracks cancelled due to weather, how do you know what their plans to cover are?

[Shelby]

Originally Posted by lamboguy

TVG is anything but a joke, they just put up $75 million to buy up HRTV in a game that is steeply declining

I completely agree.

[Stillriledup]

Originally Posted by lamboguy

TVG is anything but a joke, they just put up $75 million to buy up HRTV in a game that is steeply declining

I think racing fans might say "how does this benefit my pocket"?

[FrankieFigs]

Nothing TVG does benefits my pocket. The only thing that benefits MY pocket is what I do with MY money.

[lamboguy]

Originally Posted by Stillriledup

I think racing fans might say "how does this benefit my pocket"?

its pretty easy to pick up things with that station, i make plenty of money watching them.

[Robes]

Originally Posted by satrabyk

With the takeover of HRTV the only tracks they care about now are GP, SA and GG. They have abandoned coverage of the rest they used to cover. No longer will you see live races of AQU, TAM, HAW, TP etc.. It's more important for them to show post parades of GP/SA/GG. A complete joke now. Who needs them ????

TVG has been a complete joke for years,all they do is tout p4 and p6 tickets that have no chance,and then you have the 2 clowns Todd and Matt who think a horse racing show is the comedy channel, I love what they say when the horses are ready to break (((Todd. Quickly final thoughts who you like Simon I'll go withe 5 yeah the 5,Paul. The 6 yeah the 6 or maybe the 8)) meanwhile the horses are @ the 1/4 pole,who gives a rats ass who they like just give me scratches,updates on track conditions and such.

[RunForTheRoses]

I think TVG coverage is flawed in its presentation but I think it is a real positive that they picked up Gulfstream.

[Inner Dirt]

What used to irritate me was when they would skip races they had listed to cover or show them 15 minutes after they were over to spend time talking about nothing. Bob Baedeker is the one I hated the most he is nothing but a low class tout and came from a family of tip sheet sellers. If he picked a 3-1 shot that won he would not stop talking about it, and on the reverse if he tabbed a loser it would get no mention after the race was over, even if it was a 1-5 shot that never picked up it's feet. I have not watched TVG in years, I just watch the races on the TVG website.

[Canarsie]

Originally Posted by lamboguy

TVG is anything but a joke, they just put up $75 million to buy up HRTV in a game that is steeply declining

The 75 million you are writing about is equivalent to the NFL signing bonus. To set the record straight they didn't put up 75 mil in cash please show me where it states that. They are paying seven mil a year for broadcast rights of Stronach properties that they didn't have before. If you even deduct the 4.3 million they pay now the deal is valued at less than 42 million. Also I still think Gulfstream and others will keep their income that people wager on at GP and the lot. Maybe one of the knowledgable people who are sponsors on the board could provide info on this.

If Betfair (not tvg they are a pawn in all of this) decides to keep HRTV and pay the dime or so for each subscriber I would be shocked.



http://www.drf.com/news/tvg-acquires...ompetitor-hrtv

[wisconsin]

Originally Posted by Robes

who gives a rats ass who they like just give me scratches,updates on track conditions and such.

Obviously, you do. It's a network designed around an ADW. This was never kept secret.