BBC possibly to drop F1 coverage...
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That's fine, but it will be sky's coverage and presenting team. Hardly a draw is it?
Unfortunately the alternatives aren't there yet. Can't wait for on demand tv to take of. So I can pay for what I watch and get rid of tv license.
Netflix is coming latter this year. So that will be the start, but I doubt will include that much.
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What a ridiculous situation. The BBC bit is obviously a half hearted attempt to convince sponsors and teams that there will still be a significant free to air audience. It's a joke that the BBC sport director announces this butchered coverage while also talking about how high the viewing figures are. How does that make sense? As for it being still free to air in Europe - nice kick in the teeth for the UK, the country that is the real home of the sport.
This.
I really hope viewing figures drop to such small numbers sponsors and advertisers start pulling out.
Hmm, maybe they're making a bigger noise than I expected.
Still don't see where it will go, though.
Sky getting F1 has been on the cards for ages really.
I don't like it, I'm not willing to pay for it, but lots of people have Sky already, lots of people have Virgin TV already (where you can get Sky Sports), and lots will be fine with half the races.
Zero F1 fans watching on Freeview/Sat will be happy, but it's not the end of the world. Watch half, listen to half on the radio (I know it isn't the same, but the excitement is still there).
Lots of us I expect miss some of the races anyway, we'll just have to make sure it isnt the BBC ones now!
I don't like it, I'm not willing to pay for it, but lots of people have Sky already, lots of people have Virgin TV already (where you can get Sky Sports), and lots will be fine with half the races.
Zero F1 fans watching on Freeview/Sat will be happy, but it's not the end of the world. Watch half, listen to half on the radio (I know it isn't the same, but the excitement is still there).
Lots of us I expect miss some of the races anyway, we'll just have to make sure it isnt the BBC ones now!
Yeah because top flight football in England died when it moved to Sky didn't it.
I'm actually quite glad about this decision, it could have been a lot lot worse if Five or someone had got the coverage. Sky don't do things by halves so those who are willing to pay will get decent coverage (I have Sky Sports anyway). We'll still have FP and qualifying on BBC as well. BBC looked to be losing F1 completely so this really isn't a bad call. Well done Bernie.
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Exactly the same here. Massively dissapointing news and goodbye F1 in my household afaik. I'm not interested in half a season.
There we go if you don't have subscription tv and you want to watch in hd, it will cost you £610 a year.
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/07/29/keeping-f1-freetoair/
That's £61 per race
And isn't hd £10 a month so still £49 per race in sd.
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/07/29/keeping-f1-freetoair/
That's £61 per race
And isn't hd £10 a month so still £49 per race in sd.
He's right, this is not going to kill F1 in any way shape or form. It's too big worldwide, and whilst it's massive in the UK, and a major part of F1 is based in the UK, the TV audience reduction of several million is not going to kill F1.
I was in the same boat with my Son. Now it's just "Oh Dad, not Formula 1"
When you put it like that, there's no way I'll be getting Sky for it. Of course, you could attempt to justify it through all the other content you'd be getting, but if you were not interested in Sky before, you're just tricking yourself.
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O think you underestimate.
Listening to sports on radio sucks, many people are not going to do it.
And even if you have sky/virgin it's an extra £14-35 a month for sky sports.
Again weekly fans are not going to just watch half a season, the only people who will do that is casual fans.
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I won't pay £30+ a month just to watch the Sky coverage.
The fact theyre keeping half the races on the BBC makes no sense either. Drop it or keep it. It's going to be annoying trying to keep track of which races are highlights, and which get full coverage.
Downloading for me then!
The fact theyre keeping half the races on the BBC makes no sense either. Drop it or keep it. It's going to be annoying trying to keep track of which races are highlights, and which get full coverage.
Downloading for me then!
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most people watch F1 for the racing, not the numpties in front of the camera though.
The only problem listening to Five Live on top of another FTA feed is that the audio will be out of sync, I tried it before when Murray was on Five Live a few years ago and it was unwatchable due to being 5-10 seconds out.
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