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07-24-2022, 10:23 PM
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TVG2 is underutilized and often times mirrors the programming on TVG. If you have good people there they could probably maximize the programming for both channels. But seeing how TV stations handle rebrands I would expect them to botch it somehow.
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08-25-2022, 01:14 PM
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08-25-2022, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by BarchCapper
RTN, RTN, RTN!!!!!! And no worries about breaking away for commercial mid-race!
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RTN is the best $15 I spend in a normal month.
"Let is Ride" is one of my favorite movies. My dad and I used to watch it every couple of years, now I watch it with my daughter. Jennifer Tilly and Terri Garr are both great as supporting actors to Richard Dreyfuss, and whoever wrote that book has definitely been to the race track a few times. Thanks for that quote in your sig line, that makes my day.
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08-25-2022, 03:40 PM
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On paper, I like that this will expose the game to more people out there.
But it's always gonna be in the back of my mind, when does the horse coverage start to get aced out. I feel like that's always how these deals turn out
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08-25-2022, 04:22 PM
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TVG already sponsors a Breeders Cup race and FanDuel does one too so does that mean FanDuel will sponsor 2 races then since they are together?
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08-25-2022, 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by DanBoals
RTN is the best $15 I spend in a normal month.
"Let is Ride" is one of my favorite movies. My dad and I used to watch it every couple of years, now I watch it with my daughter. Jennifer Tilly and Terri Garr are both great as supporting actors to Richard Dreyfuss, and whoever wrote that book has definitely been to the race track a few times. Thanks for that quote in your sig line, that makes my day.
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Past performances are no guarantee of future results. - Why isn't this disclaimer printed in the Daily Racing Form?
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08-25-2022, 06:49 PM
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DJ M.Walk
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I'm not really understanding this, what does RTN give you that an ADW can't?
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08-25-2022, 07:26 PM
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How is it going to reach more people if it lives on TVG2?
TVG1 is the only one offered to many people?
And unless they get rid of half the talking heads that take up actal race air time, we will get races being shown.
Am I wrong in this assumption?
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08-26-2022, 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Tom
How is it going to reach more people if it lives on TVG2?
TVG1 is the only one offered to many people?
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TVG1 is still going to be mostly horse racing (for now). The mornings and overnights will be more sports betting fare
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08-26-2022, 12:34 PM
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I hope that sometime in the near future, the people at RacingTV in the UK and at Equidia in France and the people at RTN here can get together so that we can have a reliable outlet for UK/Irish/Euro racing. It looks like it won't be making it on to the rebranded TVG at all based on when the sports related content will be shown. Currently the only UK/Irish/Euro racing available on RTN are the UK races from the 20 or so tracks owned by the Arena Racing Company and shown on the South African based TellyTrack channel.
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Past performances are no guarantee of future results. - Why isn't this disclaimer printed in the Daily Racing Form?
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08-26-2022, 01:58 PM
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The Voice of Reason!
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Originally Posted by The Arbiter
TVG1 is still going to be mostly horse racing (for now). The mornings and overnights will be more sports betting fare
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But that kills a lot of night races.
And tracks.
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08-26-2022, 02:10 PM
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TVG as a horse racing platform is a tax on the entire industry.
The money bet through their platform does not fully benefit the purses or offset costs at major racetracks that are the backbone of the sport. Second tier racetracks however depend on the reach of TVG in order to supplement their pools and make them viable. When you hear the expression "keep the money in the game", the phrase specifically strikes out at both TVG and DRF.
As for TVG's new sports-oriented focus and/or programming, this represents the only vector in which they can increase their business, margins, and bottom-line.
Expect that TVG will decrease their weekend focus on horse racing, relegating that programming to perhaps TVG2 which has absolutely zero broadcast (cable network) presence. Second tier racetracks will be featured on a Monday to Wednesday basis and will be squeezed for air time as the sports-focus continues.
There will be on-air talent impacts as Betfair will need to expand into sports-knowledgable and recognized talent. Aside from Dave Weaver who has a foot still in both camps, none of the other horse racing broadcast talent figure to make the transition. When I see the promotional video, I see a number of folks who are celebrating the loss of their own broadcast livelihoods.
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08-27-2022, 10:21 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ScottJ
TVG as a horse racing platform is a tax on the entire industry.
The money bet through their platform does not fully benefit the purses or offset costs at major racetracks that are the backbone of the sport. Second tier racetracks however depend on the reach of TVG in order to supplement their pools and make them viable. When you hear the expression "keep the money in the game", the phrase specifically strikes out at both TVG and DRF.
As for TVG's new sports-oriented focus and/or programming, this represents the only vector in which they can increase their business, margins, and bottom-line.
Expect that TVG will decrease their weekend focus on horse racing, relegating that programming to perhaps TVG2 which has absolutely zero broadcast (cable network) presence. Second tier racetracks will be featured on a Monday to Wednesday basis and will be squeezed for air time as the sports-focus continues.
There will be on-air talent impacts as Betfair will need to expand into sports-knowledgable and recognized talent. Aside from Dave Weaver who has a foot still in both camps, none of the other horse racing broadcast talent figure to make the transition. When I see the promotional video, I see a number of folks who are celebrating the loss of their own broadcast livelihoods.
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That will be a shame on monday's and tuesday's afternoon. Really like the show by Rich Perloff. Only time i watch the network at all. Probably will be zero if he gets pushed out
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08-28-2022, 06:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by shout1966
That will be a shame on monday's and tuesday's afternoon. Really like the show by Rich Perloff. Only time i watch the network at all. Probably will be zero if he gets pushed out
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Sounds like his show is safe for now. They kept emphasing the big block of programming dedicated to horse racing during the day. So it sounds like its the European and Australian racing that will probably be offloaded to TVG2
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