MotoGP, like F1, has proper TV deals
While MotoGP and F1 sign over 100 TV deals a year, IndyCar is lucky to have one or two |
IndyCar is looking to sign one new TV deal with NBC. One. Talk about totally missing the boat.
Much like Liberty Media and Formula 1, Dorna, the motorcycle racing series' managing body, in 2018 sees an expansion from 91 to 101 broadcasters around the world, and you can bet that all of them liked what they saw on Sunday.
The final laps of the race featured several passes among the top six riders, with the action surrounding Dovizioso, Marquez, and Valentino Rossi heating up as the laps wound down. In the end, it came down to the final corner on the final lap, when cameras struggled to differentiate between the Honda and Ducati riders because they were so close to each other that they looked like one motorcycle.
This is the global TV empire that Bernie Ecclestone built for F1 while IndyCar was, and remains, asleep at the wheel
Country | TV Network | Language |
Albania | Top Channel | Albanian |
Andorra | Movistar F1 | Spanish |
Armenia | Setanta Sports + | Russian |
Asia | STAR Sports Channels | English |
Fox Sports Asia Channels | English | |
Australia | Network Ten | English |
Fox Sports | English | |
Austria | ORF eins | German |
Azerbaijan | Idman TV | Azerbaijani |
Setanta Sports + | Russian | |
Belarus | Setanta Sports + | Russian |
Belgium | Play Sports | Dutch |
Sporza | Dutch | |
RTBF La Deux | French | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sport Klub | Serbian |
Bulgaria | Diema Sport | Bulgarian |
Diema Sport 2 | Bulgarian | |
Brazil | Globo | Portuguese |
SporTV | Portuguese | |
Canada | RDS / RDS2 / RDS Info | French |
TSN / TSN2 / TSN3 / TSN4 / TSN5 | English | |
Central Asia | Setanta Sports + | Russian |
China | Various regional broadcasters | Chinese |
Croatia | Arena Sport | Croatian |
Czech Republic | Sport 1 | Czech/Slovak |
Sport 2 | ||
Sport 3 | ||
Cyprus | CytaVision | Greek |
Denmark | TV3+/TV3+ HD | Danish |
Estonia | TV6 | Estonian |
Viasat Sport Baltic | Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian | |
Finland | MTV3 | Finnish |
C More Max | Finnish | |
Sub | Finnish | |
France | Canal+[24] | French |
Canal+ Sport | French | |
TF1 | French | |
Georgia | Setanta Sports + | Russian |
Germany | n-tv[25] | German |
RTL Television | German | |
Greece | OTE Sport | Greek |
ERT | Greek | |
Hungary | M4 Sport | Hungarian |
Iceland | Stöð 2 Sport | Icelandic |
Ireland | Eir Sport 1 | English |
Channel 4 UK | English | |
Sky Sports F1 | English | |
Israel | Sport 5 | Hebrew |
Italy | Sky Sport F1 | Italian |
TV8 | Italian | |
RAI | Italian | |
Japan | Fuji TV Next | Japanese |
DAZN | Japanese | |
Latin America(except Brazil) | Fox Sports LatAm Channels | Spanish |
Latvia | TV6 | Latvian |
Viasat Sport Baltic | Latvian, Estonian and Lithuanian | |
Liechtenstein | SRG SSR | German, French and Italian |
Lithuania | TV6 | Lithuanian |
Viasat Sport Baltic | Lithuanian | |
Malta | GO | English |
Middle East and North Africa | beIN Sports | Arabic / English |
Macedonia | Sport Klub | Serbian |
Moldova | Setanta Sports + | Russian |
Montenegro | Sport Klub | Serbian |
Netherlands | Ziggo Sport Totaal | Dutch |
Ziggo Sport Go | Dutch | |
Ziggo Sport | Dutch | |
New Zealand | Sky Sport | English |
Norway | Viasat Motor and Viasat Sport | Norwegian / Swedish |
Viaplay | Norwegian / Swedish | |
Viasat 4 | Norwegian | |
Papua New Guinea | Fox Sports Asia Channels | English |
Poland | Eleven Sports | Polish |
Puerto Rico | ABC | English |
ESPN | ||
ESPN2 | ||
Univision Deportes Network | Spanish | |
Portugal | SportTV[36] | Portuguese |
Romania | Dolce Sport | Romanian |
Digi Sport | ||
Russia | Match TV | Russian |
Match! Arena | ||
San Marino | Sky Sport F1 | Italian |
RAI | Italian | |
Serbia | Sport Klub | Serbian |
Slovakia | Sport 1 | Czech/Slovak |
Sport 2 | ||
South Korea | SBS Sports | Korean |
Spain | Movistar F1 | Spanish |
Sub-Saharan Africa | Supersport | English and Portuguese |
Canal+ Sport | French | |
Sweden | Viasat Motor | Swedish |
Switzerland | SRG SSR | German, French and Italian |
Canal+ | French | |
Canal+ Sport | ||
Turkey | S Sport | Turkish |
United Kingdom | Channel 4 | English |
Sky Sports Mix | ||
Sky Sports F1 | ||
Ukraine | Перший автомобÑ-льний[41] | Ukrainian |
United States | ABC | English |
ESPN | ||
ESPN2 | ||
Univision Deportes Network | Spanish |