How To Watch: Hangtown
Friday, May 18, 2012 | 3:30 PM
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This year’s TV package from the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship is actually very similar to last year, just with a change with one TV network.
As before, every first moto will air live in two places—FUEL TV on your television, and Allisports.com if you want to watch online. The online coverage is FREE, too. That’s EVERY first 250 and 450 moto live all summer long on FUEL TV and Allisports.com
Last year, the second motos generally aired on SPEED, this year they switch to NBC Sports Network, which was formerly called Versus. If you haven’t heard of NBC Sports Network, that’s because the Versus name change only started in January—click around your cable and dish and you’ll see you probably have this channel, you just knew it by a different name.
The second motos generally air just a few hours after the motos take place at the track—this weekend they begin at 9:30 p.m. pacific/12:30 a.m. eastern.
The regular NBC network—not the NBC Sports Network cable channel—will also air a few live motos later in the summer.
On an international level, Lucas Oil Motocross will be simulcast throughout the globe, with over 24 hours of live racing showcased on SPEED Australia, ESPN Brazil, and ESPN Latin America. This will bring the most prestigious championship on the planet to over 40 million homes across those continents.
Additionally, 15 hours of post-produced highlight shows will be distributed to Extreme Sports Channel in Europe and the Middle East, Germany’s SPORT1, South Africa’s SuperSport, along with SPEED Australia, ESPN Brazil, and ESPN Latin America. This will expand the reach of the Nationals to over 65 million homes.
For more information about dates and times of these broadcasts, contact local satellite or cable providers.
TV Schedule
450/250 Moto 1
Saturday May 19 4:00PM EST - FUEL TV
Saturday May 19 4:00PM EST - Allisports.com
450/250 Moto 2
Sunday May 20 12:30AM EST - NBC Sports Network
Repeat Broadcast
Monday May 21 3:00PM EST - NBC Sports Network
Highlight Series
Wednesday May 23 12:00AM EST - NBC Sports Network
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Fuel tv- 12 consecutive hours of mx!
Thank you Racer X, for all the support you provide for a starving audience to the best sport on the planet. Seriously, Thanks...
What happened with Speed Channel?
There's no Fuel TV in Seattle. :(
An option to pay to watch the second motos live online seems like it would be in everybody's best interest. Make it happen.
It's going to be a long boring summer! No NBC Sports channel here on Dish!
No NBCSN channel up here in Canada on my dish. Disappointing to be completely snuffed out of the outdoors. NBC needs a brain transplant by taking this all away from us up here.
Having the coverage splattered over various networks and delivery systems is not a good thing. I know that MX Sports is doing the best they can, but live coverage is so overrated. I would rather have the choice to view it when I have time. I usually wait until it's archived on Alli (Just finding it is a chore) and then time shift the TV version. It would be sooo much better to have two shows, the 450s; Both Motos the 250s: Both Motos. I hope that at the very least, Alli will archive the shows more promptly.
I agree DanRad. I hate the way they split it up so much. Would football fans stand for having their favorite teams game split up like our MX races are? Hell no! I have Dish Network at work and we don't get Fuel or NBC Sports. I belive that the TV package we have been subjected to the last couple years is terrible. I would rather wait until the next day to be able to watch the entire race all at once. MX does not lend itself to live coverage so I say pass. SX, on the other hand, should be all live.
I'm lucky enough to have Fuel and NBS Sports but when I pull up the schedule up for NBC sports they show the Indy race listed instead of MX?
All these channels and they are going to split the motor and it looks like NBC Sports will not be showing the 2nd moto. They do have the highlight show listed.
Hey FYI- here in Austin on Time Warner, the NBCSN is airing the second motos from 11:30-1:30 PM on Saturday
Just when I thought our sport was going somewhere, this mess of a tv lineup shows up. No coverage in Canada and many of my US friends don't get it as well. Nothing has changed and MX outdoors still gets no respect from the networks, what a shame.
So Europe and South America get to watch it all live, and we effing don't? Laugh.
It think this will be a MX Sports blunder! To go with NBC must have involved a little something for MX sports. I am sure Davey thought this would be the way to go, but I believe Speed Channel would have done a fine job. When they brought the outdoor racing to Speed I didn't hear to many complaints other than the split veiwing. I am curious though why the change and what did NBC offer?
While moto is more significant to many of us here than stick and ball sports, its ratings don't compare. I'm sure MX Sports is doing its best. NBC Sports is the network of the Tour de France, and is a good sports network. Some places have SPEED, some have NBC Sports. (Around here, more have the latter.) If you have a DVR or other recording device, you can watch whenever and in whatever order you want. Complain all you want, but this is as good as its been for MX, and soooo much better than it used to be. Far too many whiners (on any and all subjects) out here.
Hey big question. So is Big bikes on first on Fuel at 3:00 Central time. and small bike at 4:00. Or is small bikes on first then big bikes. ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
self154: you don't know what you are talking about at all, so why even comment.
@wrench- So they are showing them before they happen?
Man, I hope slicknick610 is gearing up for the outdoor season!
sef154, you are entitled to your own opinion but don't be a clown. Stating an opinion is not whining just because it conflicts with your own opinion. Sure, the current package is better than the races not coming on at all, or coming on months after the fact. But after they moved to ESPN2 the TV package was very good. It was consistant and both motos from both classes aired in the same 2 hour show. Splitting the classes is fine - splitting the motos sucks.
You mean ESPN2 in the middle of the night after a hockey game - if the game didn't run late and the time was fill with post-game commentary? Bullsh!t. Today's coverage is far and away better. @klrman1, I'll comment as I please (though I should really find more interesting people to converse with). You just stay in your fantasy world where a sport with a relatively small demographic should get some kind of huge TV package. I'm sure DC doesn't know what he's doing and you could come up with something better, right? I don't know why I bother. I'll just kick back in my LazyBoy, turn on the 50 incher, and watch full coverage of every moto this summer. I'll leave the whining and badmouthing to you boys. Enjoy!
And as for "splitting races" isn't that what you get when you aactually GO to the race? Oh, the horror....
what a joke ! i get these channels but this is so stupid, i remember watchin on espn years ago with art and david bailey when they showed it all at once for 2 hours. that was like 1998 . someone call me and ill show you how to program our sport it seems like a monkey could do a better job. idk if davey calls the shots on this but im sure hes gonna get an earfull. our sport once again gets the ugly girl deal untill then ill be trin to find this new channel then dvr then dvr again so i dont have to stay in front of my tv all day and night.does anyone care about our sport, ill be at unadilla with some hard questions for you davey.
A least it is something, I think they should make it a pay perview event without taking any of the free coverage already provided. I agree when you go yo lie event you will have to wait for the 2 nd moto, i'll wait for the 2 nd no problems here, I am following the MX1 and MX2 world championships on MX-Life TV for 70 eur for the all season including the MX of Nations, interviews, .... everything is live and you can watch it over and over again during the winter time. during withdraw. We need a package like this.
This coverage totally sucks! splitting motos by 8 hrs? really?I realize that if just classes are split it cant be live but to not know who won without looking online and spoiling excitement cmon, We would be better off with no tv internet and read cycle news a week later or wait 6 months and maybe it would be on wide world of sports. Versus had the outdoors several years back and the coverage of mx was pre-empted by anything including the previously mentioned tour de france, that thing takes forever it cut way into their race coverace, basically if it is an abc cbs nbc it is gonna be a joke, just as cbs always airs sx the day after. Do we get 4th string commentators or are we at least going to have some who knows what a berm tabletop and scrub is anyone know this?,SPEED get it? SPEED SPEED
That new Red arrow guy looks like he would be hard to pass.He rides a really wide bike.
This coverage of motocross is bull chit..In california i don't get fuel tv i mean for a price via DIRECT TV............. this is a joke beyond belief.......................CH2,4 WOULD BE NICE...What coverage lol lol lol lol lol....
Thanks Davey and MX Sports for nothing! What did he say, "there was a little problem with scheduling because we are the new kids on the block". Wanting to compete with stick and ball sports? Ain't happening! I noticed when looking at various cable and dish companies that NBC Sports was up there in the Premium Price Packages. What were they thinking? Yah, I am venting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Before you know it, MX Sports will be selling Dodger Dogs and Pennats! lol
could anyone tell me why on two diff channels??,,and does it really have to be aired live??,,i mean taped and aired a few hours after or the day after the race would seem like a more solid packaged show instead of this sloopy two channel hours apart package,i know it was done last year and it also blew and i b!tch&d and moaned about it without asking why,,this season before i b!tch about it i would like to know why its set up this way
ESPN2 Definitely had the best coverage! I've got old recordings from the 1990's that I recently started watching again. Everything on one channel.....two motos each for the 125's and 250's.
It seems the people running motocross in this country could not pour pee out of a boot with directions on the bottom. Next we will have the motos split into 2 sections all on different stations which would equal a total of 8 channels . WTG
Watch the first motos LIVE on allisports.com and/or Fuel TV and then...wait 12 hours and watch the other motos at midnight-thirty on another obscure TV network that is hopefully available in your area! Sounds...awesome, right?
@DanRad @rdub934 I Agree!!! this is so dumb an looks like I'll only be able to watch first motos on @Allisports. Mx Ratings are gonna go down for sure not cause of lack of people wanting to watch but cause its split so its too hard to keep up with it an ALOT of us dont have NBC Sports Network, So stupid how could they do this to us fans i'm so bummed
@rdub934 @chico @ DanRad I have been watching this sport closely for 20 years and what you are saying is dead on. FB fans would not have been able to grow, nor would nascar without engaging fans in a better way. I dont see how this is okay, and Mx agrees to this. How the heck is this logical? They are excluding certain fans based on their geography and satellite/cable provider. Terrible concept. It cannot be as simple as money although, if it is I think this setup makes even less sense. I was looking forward to watching both, as many were and now we are forced to DVR or just wait to view highlights online.
Can someone tell me why it isnt possible to watch all races online? I would b more than happy to throw some $$ in there for sure. I mean the GP´s have been online for ages now and the whole season all races including the mxon is about 90 usd.
Been trying to contact Alli but never any sort of answer its just silent and not even any official about anytthing. All we hear is how great a nation and how far ahead of everyone else and so on but in this matter its so oldschool it hurts
Do we get to see the Women's racing online this year?
I have to pay another 5 bucks a month to get the two channels listed:(
Use this to find out if you get NBCSP, just punch in your zip and you can see your providers channel numbers.
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/30092015/ns/sports/
I went to allisports.com and found that you need to install Silverlight player to watch online so get it installed beforehand.
And to answer my Q, the Womens 2nd moto will be online.
DC, I know and appreciate all you do for our sport, but really, this TV package sucks. To have to wait for 8 1/2 hours to see the 2nd motos? And a lot of people won't even have access to the new NBC Sports channel? Personally, I think the perceived advantage (of increased exposure to possible new fans) of having races shown on a major network (i.e. CBS or NBC) is way overrated. How many people in this country today don't have either cable or satellite TV? Sure hope this isn't a multi year contract.
i guess they only want a few people to watch this..versus???online??? serious!!!
"Let Brock bye" Never forget that one!
^ whoops wrong thread-how did I get here?
Sorry! I live in Canada... In Quebec to be more precise! So, by the way, sorry for my english. I just don't have acces to nbc sports network so I think the tv coverage is a pretty bad deal this year. I've been watching, and recording motocross for several years and it's the first year that i'll be hoping to catch 2nd moto on utube... Bravo!!!
Oh wow that is a scary thought! A multi year contract? I was still hoping for Davey to chime in on why the change. Why don't they just make it Motocross 2012 the mini series, they can show a 1/2 hour of racing each week. I still haven't figured out if you air a race @ 12:30 in the morning, what ads want to get plugged in a that time slot? I am sure there is a grand plan for all this well over my head so lets hear it. I am still thinking about if I want to shell out more money for another program package to watch 12 motos.
@bucky- have another cup of joe, your still dreaming!
Ungreatful. Yea...Im sure its not intentional but this bloooows. Fuel? Not available... right outside of Pgh. with Comcast!!! Wtf? I can see trying to get it on a more prominent chan. but your goin backwards brotha. If you had to go to Fuel wasn't it
possible just to stay on SPEED? The 2 chan. thing sucks, the network(s) suck, time diff. sucks & whos ever in charge pretty much sucks. I love this sport & appreciate anyone trying to better it so somethin is better than nothin...but alota people are getting nothin. If you cant buy the Bentley then keep your Beemer. Dont buy the damn Pinto. Someone has to do a better job. In my line of work when you go backwards you get ur pink slip. FIX IT!!!
MX Sports really crapped the bed on this one. Moto 2 is on @ 12:30 am on a station that needs another cable upgrade to view. Speed was legit. Thank you ALLISPORTS for being there, guess I get to miss the results everyweek end. :(
dislike. ($^&%**^%#$)
Now I see what Davey Coombs ws talking about, you can't please everyone, because people are never going to be satisfied! Seriously people be thankful that we at lease get to watch racing at all, plain and simple we as a supporters of the sport are very fortunate that we can at the very least watch our sport on hte media that we get. Thank you Davey Coombs and MX sport, for giving us racing on a weekly basis, because not too long ago when the sport was in it's infancy, we were lucky to even get a glimps of the sport when it was covered on "wild world of sports". appreciate what you have people, the way the economy is these days, we are lucky we even get to watch both motos, so grow put a lid on it and watch the da-gum....Braaaap!
when will the 2 motos be uploaded?
Way to blow the TV coverage!!!!!!! I'm trying to watch the second motos on NBC Sports and instead I get bicycle racing! What a waste !!!!!!!!!!!
Moto 2 is supposed to be on now and all i'm seeing is bicycling :( Hope nbc didn't bump it. First moto's were awesome. Love the new format on allisports with the different cameras (though i didn't use them much took to long but a good idea). anyway you guys complaining, it could be alot worse. I'm just hoping they didn't bump it by where I live, kinda by Redbud. I agree with doct, yeah it got a bad time slot, and it's looking like it's gonna be bumped, but same day coverage, that is great. I remember years ago when espn2 did nationals and sx and they were usually on at 3 am. I read this round got a bad time slot but the rest are supposed to be better. Stop complaining people, just watch the races and they will get better. They are teh best they ever been. I am bummed it looked like nbc decided to bump mx. That I am bummed about. The first 250f moto was what mx is all about!!! Wow what a race!!!
Thanks DC for the Bicycle Racing at 9:30 on NBC.
WTF- why am I watching cycling? I stayed-in on a saturday night and purposefully didnt look at twitter or facebook all day because I wanted to watch the second moto's and be surprised and now this bullsh*t- and i bet when they finally do put the Second moto's it wont be form the beginning, or it will be bumped completely- how hard is it to know this stuff ahead of time?
I thought the sport was growing, this coverage is just sucks because I don't get either channel. I could actually watch my favorite sport of MX last year. I pay extra for speed, but I guess I can drop them. I recorded all the mx races, watched them a few times during the week and recorded them to tape or DVD to watch years later. Relegated to the internet, I guess apple TV and no speed.
So now if I cant see the live streaming because of this crazy thing called work, I only get to see highlights, great job promoters!!!!!!!! Thanks for tanking MX!
This is the most ridiculous coverage I have ever seen!!!! And I don't get the NBC Sports Network channel here in Houston. And I refuse to buy it! Who ever is responsible for this; YOU SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
who the hell put this package together??,doesnt make any sense at all,,put it on one channel,doesnt have to be live,tape and air later or the day after,what a sloppy mess this makes the sport look like,,and of course the 2nd motos were pushed back 30mins do to the bike race,(seen that one coming),,just wait till august when the tour starts ya aint gonna see any of the 2nd motos,,,,nice way to start the season,
Hey doct and eli949494? Why don't the two of you go off and go skipping out in a field somewhere! Y'all are perfect for each other!!!