Eurosport lose GP coverage from 2009

 Damn, Damn, Damn.

http://www.crash.net/motorsport/motogp/news/165442-0/eurosport_loses_moto
gp.html

http://www.pbmagforum.com/forum34/11475.html

After many years of successful collaboration, MotoGP rights-holders
Dorna Sports would like to announce that coverage of the MotoGP World
Championships will no longer be available on Eurosport from the 2009
season," read a statement from Dorna.

The decision is part of Dorna's new strategy of working with national
network broadcasters around Europe, always focusing first and foremost
on free-to-air coverage to bring MotoGP to wider audiences.

The BBC will be broadcasting both F1 and MotoGP next season, with *F1
certain to be given preference in the event of a clash.*

As somebody has pointed out, the BBC do have 125, 250 and qualifying on
BBCi but you can't record it.

Damn, Damn, Damn. This household is very, very unhappy about this.

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Well I'm able to record it from freeview. But with the BBC also
broadcasting F1, what's the betting that they'll only show 125 and 250
at selected meetings?

Cheers,
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 and I'll punch the man who says I'm not."

 On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:24:15 +0100, Julian Bond


Agreed.


Don't you just know it.


There was no qualifying available today from Assen on BBCi - it was
just bloody tennis.


As is this one.  

I might email Dorna about this.
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 On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:24:15 +0100, Julian Bond


I've just emailed Dorna expressing my unhappiness about this.

And, I see, there's already an online petition

http://www.petitiononline.com/13193346/petition.html
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 Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ

"I, a fan of Moto GP am devastated that ..."

You, a fan of Moto GP, seriously need to get a life, IMHO.

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My position was (and, to be honest, largely remains) one of complete ambiguity.