Prime TV

Rant...

Prime TV (New Zealand) is a national free to air TV channel, broadcasting on UHF and through Sky TV.

For a couple of years now, Prime has been the sole local television station that has been broadcasting MotoGP, mainly at god-awful hours in the morning, but thats what happens with stuff from the other side of the world.

At the begining of 2006, Prime was purchased by Sky TV, the local Pay TV provider, and in doing so, obviously have controlling rights over MotoGP broadcasting in New Zealand.

Strangely, MotoGP no longer appears to be being broadcast on free to air TV, other than highlights on BP Ultimate Sports Sunday.

But strangely, its being broadcast on Sky Sports2, which would cost $99 installation and $46.61 per month base fee, and $15.14 per month for the sports channel. So the chance to watch the MotoGP live on television would cost me approximately $500 a year to watch 18hour of racing.

If I had $500 to waste on Sky, I still wouldn't, as it is a pathetically overpriced system, which I cant even record because of stupid DRM garbage.

I can purchase a 35€ subscription to the Official MotoGP website, that includes videos, and the ability to view the entire race. Or if I was willing to spend a little more at 99.95€, I can get high resolution footage of the MotoGP, including a replay of the entire round.

Sure that's around $300 for the year, and I don't get pointless channels like I would on Sky, but the products you get is somewhat more in depth and quality.

Check out the MotoGP Pay site