BBC possibly to drop F1 coverage...

sunama · 15 Nov 2011 at 23:15

Concorde Rules said:
If this is true then they might as well not have bloody bothered at all.

That's what I'm thinking.

I think the purpose of such a tease would be to show F1 viewers what they are missing. AND, if they like what they see, they can see more by paying for SKY. They are almost using the BBC to advertise F1 and SKY.

Anyway, lets hope this is not the case.

arknor · 15 Nov 2011 at 23:22

sunama said:
That's what I'm thinking.

I think the purpose of such a tease would be to show F1 viewers what they are missing. AND, if they like what they see, they can see more by paying for SKY. They are almost using the BBC to advertise F1 and SKY.

Anyway, lets hope this is not the case.

werent they on about sharing commentators etc? if they do expect sky to be mentioned a lot

sunama · 15 Nov 2011 at 23:55

I think BBC have left the commentary team wide open.

I believe that the BBC might be intending to basically do away with their own commentary team and just use SKY's coverage.

But...nothing has been decided or mentioned, officially.

If they did use SKY's commentary team, it would be an even bigger advert for SKY.

koolpc · 16 Nov 2011 at 09:32

How many will be paying to watch it on Sky?

I am a big F1 fan but no way will i pay sky to watch it.

arknor · 16 Nov 2011 at 15:24

koolpc said:
How many will be paying to watch it on Sky?

I am a big F1 fan but no way will i pay sky to watch it.

ill probably get my parents account info and set up skyplayer so i can stream it

clv101 · 16 Nov 2011 at 17:42

koolpc said:
How many will be paying to watch it on Sky.

Not a chance.

visibleman · 16 Nov 2011 at 17:53

Tweaker said:
Heard some very troubling news from a very reliable source, the BBC will only be getting 4 live races, not 10, then there will be highlights shows only, not full races.

Anymore info on if this is true?

therealnerd2 · 16 Nov 2011 at 18:09

I'll probably pay for Sky sports with my Virgin subs.

That is assuming my wage increases by 100% as expected

utajoker · 16 Nov 2011 at 18:27

koolpc said:
How many will be paying to watch it on Sky?

I am a big F1 fan but no way will i pay sky to watch it.

have sky anyway so no problems here

i shall be enjoying live f1 next year.

Glaucus · 16 Nov 2011 at 18:39

Ain't paying, going to do what duke has done

Kol · 16 Nov 2011 at 18:55

Given how I'm working most of the races and seldom watch them on TV it would make little sense for me to pay Sky and watch them on delay when there are alternative sources, but I have it anyway so will happily pay for it.

Flibster · 16 Nov 2011 at 20:14

koolpc said:
How many will be paying to watch it on Sky?

I am a big F1 fan but no way will i pay sky to watch it.

Already have Sky. Already have Sky Sports too. Was primarilly for A1GP, but there's other stuff on from time to time that's interesting.

sunama · 16 Nov 2011 at 20:22

If you've already got SKY, then its no big deal. But, what if you don't have Sky and the only reason you would be getting SKY is for F1. Spending all that money, just for 18-odd F1 races, seems a bit pricey.

Glaucus · 16 Nov 2011 at 20:23

sunama said:
If you've already got SKY, then its no big deal. But, what if you don't have Sky and the only reason you would be getting SKY is for F1. Spending all that money, just for 18-odd F1 races, seems a bit pricey.

10 races really and even if you have sky, the sports channel are a fair amount extra. Why can't they just do pay per view.
At least it looks like free on satellite is pretty easy.

sunama · 16 Nov 2011 at 20:40

Pay per view might actually work out cheaper.

I must say that this was an excellent business move by SKY....but obviously they shafted the terrestrial viewers, in the process.

Flibster · 16 Nov 2011 at 21:07

Actually, the BBC have shafted the terrestrial viewers. Sky just picked up the pieces.

I'd personally love to have something like F1 Digital back. That was excellent, just poorly subscribed to.

Duke · 16 Nov 2011 at 22:31

Flibster said:
I'd personally love to have something like F1 Digital back. That was excellent, just poorly subscribed to.

Yep (not that I had it before, but it sounded very good for the time).

Hxc · 16 Nov 2011 at 22:36

F1 Digital sounded like it was way ahead of it's time, I reckon it'd to pretty well now.

Psycho Ned · 16 Nov 2011 at 22:50

I subscribed to F1D+ when they did a season ticket late in the one year it ran on Sky. Considering it was almost a decade ago it took until the BBC took over to get anything like the same level of coverage again, it was superb stuff.

Still don't get 8 different streams on the red button even now, that's the level of coverage Sky really should be aiming for next season.

~Mike~ · 17 Nov 2011 at 21:58

koolpc said:
How many will be paying to watch it on Sky?

I am a big F1 fan but no way will i pay sky to watch it.

Not me. Never going to give my money to those cheating, lying *********.

I am also a big F1 fan, its a shame that the BBC had to drop the coverage, its been excellent. Never did like it when it was on ITV.

I hope this is a huge fail for Sky and they make a massive loss.

Then it can return to the BBC.