IMPORTANT news about watching F1 on sky this season

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The way sky will position the F1 channel will change on April 9th.

What does this mean for me? Well read on.

At the moment you only need the HD subs and Entertainment to get the F1 channel in HD. If you already have this (or any higher package that includes HD or Sky Sports) OR you sign up to this package BEFORE April 9th then you're ok, you will continue to get F1 in HD, or SD if you only have Sky Sports.

If you sign up to Sky as a new customer, OR you want the F1 channel and don't already have HD or sky sports then the only way you will get F1 on or after April 9th will be to take Sky Sports. It will no longer be available with the HD pack which is being split into separate packs.

In short, if you get F1 already, then you will continue to do so. If you don't, it will be cheaper to get it before 9th April. After this it will cost at least £41.50 to get F1 and even then only in SD.

I will try and answer any questions I can.
 
How will this affect us come renewal/end-of-contract time, I assume we can continue as is, but just to check they're not planning to spring this on us?

And if we alter the package at that point (e.g. to remove Movies) would that affect it?
 
Seems odd that they are creating this difference. I'm already unhappy about having to spend an extra £120 a year to get every race live in HD. If they change this so I have to spend more and take more useless channels then I would have to cancel the entire tv package and somehow cope with BBC's coverage. I wonder how long it will be before they change te current set up for HD subscribers.
 
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If you continue with your current package then nothing will change. As far as I am aware there are no plans to change that. If you ever remove the HD package then you will lose F1 (assuming you don't have sports) and to get it back you will need to take Sky Sports, which will be the cheapest way to do it at that time. Even then it will be SD only unless you also add HD.

In your case Skill, removing movies only won't change the F1 entitlement as long as you keep sports and/or HD.
 
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Well this is going to just plateau the Sky viewing figures for F1 then. No F1 fan wants live races enough to buy the whole Sports pack for it.

Does this mean the HD pack is going totally, and the channels will be tagged onto the packs they come with? I did always think it was a bit odd that the channels you get in the HD pack for the same price could vary wildly depending on what other packs you have.

How will you get SSF1 in HD after the 9th April if its only SD that comes with the Sports pack and its not in the HD pack?
 
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Can't say I'm surprised. Putting a sport channel into the sports package instead of the standard HD pack... I was surprised they didn't do it to begin with.

I've got the Sports and HD pack anyway, so no problems here anyway. :D
 
Skeeter said:
Well this is going to just plateau the Sky viewing figures for F1 then. No F1 fan wants live races enough to buy the whole Sports pack for it.

Does this mean the HD pack is going totally, and the channels will be tagged onto the packs they come with? I did always think it was a bit odd that the channels you get in the HD pack for the same price could vary wildly depending on what other packs you have.

How will you get SSF1 in HD after the 9th April if its only SD that comes with the Sports pack and its not in the HD pack?
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You could say that any serious F1 viewer will already have Sky for the F1 channel. In which case nothing will change for them.

The HD pack is being split. You can get Entertainment Extra+ which is £31.50 which gives the Ent Extra HD channels (45 of them) along with entertainment content on the 3D channel but you don't get F1. If you want your premium channels in HD (sports and movies, as now you can choose not to) it's another £5.25. Basically anyone with a premium pack with HD won't pay any more.

al4x said:
So to watch f1 in hd you need to spend how much? Sky +hd +sports?

That must work out pretty pricey per hour of f1

Pass!
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F1 in HD will get expensive. You need Entertainment Extra+ (£31.50) + sports (£21) +the premium HD paxk (£5.25).

I can see why they've done it, over 50% of Sky's viewers are on Entertainment extra and they want to tempt them into HD. Sky will also allow you tot ake ent. extra+ and get a +HD box free. That effectively means only paying an extra £5 per month tog et a free HD box and what channels you do have in HD AND 3D content from the channels you already have. Yes it sucks really, really badly for new subscribers who want F1 in HD which is why I've tried to give you notice.

If you're even considering F1 in HD, even in the slightest, ACT NOW. There's a thread in home cinema from myself offering Sky half price for 12 months as a new customer. I have no codes left but someone else has also posted offering codes. You get

Free Sky+HD box
Free standard set-up
Half price HD Pack (save £61.50)
Half price TV for a year (save up to £333)

That means as a minimum you could spend £5.12 on the HD sub and £10.75 on Entertainment and even if you get nothing else you'll still get some good TV AND F1 in HD. Assuming you don't change your package after the offer expires you'll be £10.25 for HD and £21 for Entertainment.
 
I suspect there's an assumption that anyone who wants HD will already have it. There are two races before this comes in, both on Sky. If someone wants F1 in HD they can get it before then.
 
******s. Simple - money robbing aholes.

I currently have Sky Sports HD which includes F1 (and watched 95% of the races last season Live.) BUT im moving out of my current house into a house of my won with the Mrs around April 9th...

I WONT be paying all that just to have F1.

Sad day ahead :(
 
So it seems Sky has a plan here, get in new customers on the cheap, change the package to milk as much money as they can, introduce adverts in all shows apart from the race, then introduce adverts during the race.
 
Tweaker said:
introduce adverts in all shows apart from the race, then introduce adverts during the race.
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This wont happen for any shows that are on at the same time as the BBC live coverage. There is actually less adverts this year than there were last year. They have clearly learnt that if Sky put an advert on while the BBC are on air viewers switch over and then never switch back.

Adverts in the Sky exclusive races are a real possibility though.
 
rhysduck said:
******s. Simple - money robbing aholes.

I currently have Sky Sports HD which includes F1 (and watched 95% of the races last season Live.) BUT im moving out of my current house into a house of my won with the Mrs around April 9th...

I WONT be paying all that just to have F1.

Sad day ahead :(
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So phone up early April when you can still get the full price HD mix that gets you F1? Doesn't matter when you get it installed its when you order it.
 
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