So many things to agree with above. BT as a company is one I have always had problems with - inefficient, incompetent and too big and arrogant to care. Eurosport are being squeezed by Sky and BT, but there's plenty they could do a lot better - I still haven't forgiven them for the first year I took their app you had to click on a link that told you the race winner to access the catch up service - that's a special kind of stupid...
But hey, even if the BBC took MotoGP back they wouldn't show Moto2/3, so there doesn't seem to be a happy solution... I agree with Jamie that the future is probably direct relationships vs traditional broadcasters. You can see it in the TV/Movie market already, with Netflix/Amazon/Disney/Apple/Britbox/Disc and others to come. However, that will be expensive if you go for all of them, and is just a ball ache to keep on top of. The price of the MotoGP app feels poor value for c.18 races a year (the archive is only a nice to have for me), even if it is a very niche market compared to teh broad appeal of Netflix et al. But, as has been said above, committing to BT for 2 years also feels like a stitch up...esp when their crappy BT box lasts 18 months tops (both boxes I've had stopped working properly before the contract ended).
I don't mind BT's coverage but every time they up the price and remove other channels from my package I can't help thinking that it's to help them pay for 22 millionaire fuckwits to shout at a man in a black shirt for 90 minutes, and that the supposed clause in BT's contract to guarantee a British rider isn't worth very much (not that giving Bradley the slowest bike on the grid would be much better, and he's reported to be lobbying for the test position anyway).
So, still not sure what I'll do, but one piece missing before I decide - I don't think I've seen anyone confirm if I'd have to suffer ads on the MotoGp app - I am hoping that the one redeeming feature of that price is being ad free????
Cheers
But hey, even if the BBC took MotoGP back they wouldn't show Moto2/3, so there doesn't seem to be a happy solution... I agree with Jamie that the future is probably direct relationships vs traditional broadcasters. You can see it in the TV/Movie market already, with Netflix/Amazon/Disney/Apple/Britbox/Disc and others to come. However, that will be expensive if you go for all of them, and is just a ball ache to keep on top of. The price of the MotoGP app feels poor value for c.18 races a year (the archive is only a nice to have for me), even if it is a very niche market compared to teh broad appeal of Netflix et al. But, as has been said above, committing to BT for 2 years also feels like a stitch up...esp when their crappy BT box lasts 18 months tops (both boxes I've had stopped working properly before the contract ended).
I don't mind BT's coverage but every time they up the price and remove other channels from my package I can't help thinking that it's to help them pay for 22 millionaire fuckwits to shout at a man in a black shirt for 90 minutes, and that the supposed clause in BT's contract to guarantee a British rider isn't worth very much (not that giving Bradley the slowest bike on the grid would be much better, and he's reported to be lobbying for the test position anyway).
So, still not sure what I'll do, but one piece missing before I decide - I don't think I've seen anyone confirm if I'd have to suffer ads on the MotoGp app - I am hoping that the one redeeming feature of that price is being ad free????
Cheers
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