Ferrari Mailing List: The Original SpeedVision

[Larry (l02turner]

Hi Yaâll,

    I was browsing the available channels on Comcast Cable (I donât subscribe to all of them) and the #âs start at 02 and go all the way to 989 or so.    Lots are duplications â there must be 10 or 20 MLB channels and 10 NBA channels, Hockey, B âBall, etc. â there are a LOT of channels I would not watch even if I did want to spend the money for the packages.    Thereâs some networks that seem to be dedicated to presenting some truly bizarre programming (IMHO).

 

    The thing that I thought odd was in all of those channels there was Speed several times (2 Speed HD for some unknown reason) and several other âextremeâ sport channels but I never saw anything that even remotely looked like the original SpeedVision â which had a lot of programs featuring Porsche and Ferrari â the kind of programming not seen elsewhere.

 

    At the time when SV was bought (gobbled up?) by that âotherâ network, I thought SV must have been doing something right to attract a buyer willing to pay what I thought was a decent price.   And yet not a single other network has stepped up to produce anything resembling the old SV.  

 

    Is there a reason why someone would not want to replicate what I believe was a profitable format that Iâm not seeing?

 

Have a nice week --

LarryT

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