Originally Posted by clewsy:
“There are also the transmission costs that could be pricey. We don't know if they have been asked to stump up a massive amount more?
They probably have a lot more viewers on Freeview than they realise or get recorded. Just look at how many are complaining and this is very much out of the casual viewer of motorsport window.
I suspect the biggest loss is tgsr EPG slot as 240 is buried away. They really should be allowed to keep 71 to operate the IP channel on. It may even help push that side of the platform?
I wonder if that IP service could cope for the major events they show or peak viewing. There could be times when 100k + all try and hit the service at once.”
The top audience for Motors TV in the most recent BARB figures was 23,000 (and that includes Sky and any other platforms it is on). The 10th most popular show only garnered 10,000. That was a relatively good week but only produced a 0.02% share with a daily reach of 84,000 (0.14%) and weekly reach of 353,000 (0.6%).
Just how many are complaining given there are only around 20 posts in this thread, not all complaints and some repeat posters.
I suspect the decision has been based purely on cost versus returns.