World Superbike Gets New Television Home In The US
Motorsports
fans are used to watching intense World Superbike races on SPEED
TV, but all that will change this year. With the opening round of
the series quickly approaching, the league came to an agreement
with the beIN Sport Network, which is owned by Time Warner Cable
and Al Jazeera. The station mainly airs international soccer, and
World Superbike will be the only racing competition it owns the
rights to.
Rumors began circulating that the series would be dropped from
SPEED's lineup last week. Superbike Planet reports that viewers
started questioning why they could not find the race on the
channel's programming schedule, and inside sources claimed that the
station has no intention of airing World Superbike this year.
"All motorcycle racing is in trouble on SPEED, now and in the
future," one source told the news outlet.
In the meantime, motorsports enthusiasts will have to
make do with the beIN Sport Network and live streaming from the
channel's website. It remains to be seen whether this online option
will only be available to subscribers and how many rounds will be
aired beyond the opening round.
