If Sky tried that they would end up with events clashing and would then have to show other live motorsports on the standard sport channels or start delaying things.
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If Sky tried that they would end up with events clashing and would then have to show other live motorsports on the standard sport channels or start delaying things.
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Do you mean you guys pay about £40/m for a TV service, and you STILL get adverts into it all? And you really pay for it?
I mean, I like F1 etc, but I'd rather not watch it at all than be milked like that, it's hilarious.
In fact, I'm down to watching the highlights on iplayer these days.
I mean, I like F1 etc, but I'd rather not watch it at all than be milked like that, it's hilarious.
In fact, I'm down to watching the highlights on iplayer these days.
Just when I was thinking about caving and getting sky just for the F1 coverage they pull this.. Thanks for letting us know Misschief, it has firmly made up my mind not entertain the idea any longer.
Sky TV is not worth it at all, they'd have to pay me to take it all, minus the F1, to watch their cruddy adverts whilst you are PAYING for the channels - why don't I just bend over and take it. I can't see them not gaining any more customers over time, and, conversely, losing some after the grandad rights to F1 are lost due to people moving house and starting a new contract etc..
Money grabbing bastages!
Sky TV is not worth it at all, they'd have to pay me to take it all, minus the F1, to watch their cruddy adverts whilst you are PAYING for the channels - why don't I just bend over and take it. I can't see them not gaining any more customers over time, and, conversely, losing some after the grandad rights to F1 are lost due to people moving house and starting a new contract etc..
Money grabbing bastages!
Nothing's changed? The package you nearly bought is still available?
Soldato
I've never understood some of the attitudes here on F1 on Sky. Some people don't want to have a load of extra TV channels, its mostly ***** that is shown on them anyway. I just want to watch F1 live, no other Sky nonsense, certainly not paying more than £30 a month for it...
I guess if you're not constantly glued to the TV, and don't want to waste cash on Murdoch's rubbish, you don't deserve to watch F1 live.
I guess if you're not constantly glued to the TV, and don't want to waste cash on Murdoch's rubbish, you don't deserve to watch F1 live.
Or perhaps were just realistic? F1 is now on a premium service, so it comes at a premium price. Whinging about it won't change that. There's certainly no reason to try and build some moral high ground because you don't want to pay.
Anyone who didn't see this coming 10 years ago has been deluding themselves. Free F1 is not a right. We had it good for a long time, but sadly that's come to an end. It doesn't make you look big and clever too 'stick it to the man' by not paying, and it doesn't make those who are paying stupid and glued to the TV. Its just a choice. If you don't want to pay, fine, I don't blame you, its quite expensive, but that doesnt some how make you 'better' than those who do and give you the right to try and waltz around here looking down your noses at us.
F1 is on Sky, get over it.
Anyone who didn't see this coming 10 years ago has been deluding themselves. Free F1 is not a right. We had it good for a long time, but sadly that's come to an end. It doesn't make you look big and clever too 'stick it to the man' by not paying, and it doesn't make those who are paying stupid and glued to the TV. Its just a choice. If you don't want to pay, fine, I don't blame you, its quite expensive, but that doesnt some how make you 'better' than those who do and give you the right to try and waltz around here looking down your noses at us.
F1 is on Sky, get over it.
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I am curious where you get the '10 years ago' statement from?
Soldato
What! BBC have been doing it for years but now it's on sky it's called "premium service" lmfao.
I remember your posts before you got sky
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What! BBC have been doing it for years but now it's on sky it's called "premium service" lmfao.
I remember your posts before you got sky
The BBC have been doing it better for years too. I watch F1 on Sky at my gf's place, but we still both prefer to watch it on the BBC when we can.
I remember the posts too
Soldato
What I want to know is about the Rugby Union.
Currently not all matches are televised, but those that are are split between Sky Sports and ESPN. Hence I have both Sky Sports and the extra tenner for ESPN.
Next season Rugby Union is going to be on BT Vision, but so far there's no news on what packages will include the channel or how much extra it will cost.
Currently not all matches are televised, but those that are are split between Sky Sports and ESPN. Hence I have both Sky Sports and the extra tenner for ESPN.
Next season Rugby Union is going to be on BT Vision, but so far there's no news on what packages will include the channel or how much extra it will cost.
This.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.
The BBC have been doing it better for years too. I watch F1 on Sky at my gf's place, but we still both prefer to watch it on the BBC when we can.
I remember the posts too
I haven't watched a race on the BBC since Sky got it.
Soldato
The thing is you have to want the other channels as well, if you don't then f1 is very poor value.
The question for f1 is how many viewers that want the other channels also watch f1, I suspect that the f1 audience will continue to shrink and the teams business models will have to change.
F1 is gambling by forsaking it's roots. Something it will regret.
The question for f1 is how many viewers that want the other channels also watch f1, I suspect that the f1 audience will continue to shrink and the teams business models will have to change.
F1 is gambling by forsaking it's roots. Something it will regret.
The first attempt at an F1 channel on Sky years ago. It folded after 1 year.
Look around you. F1s roots have gone. The number of races in Europe is only going to reduce. We very nearly ended up with no British GP a couple of years back.
And we only account for 5% of the TV audience. The teams sponsors do not care about a 1% change in the UK.
I know it might suck for us and people get annoyed at it, but im just telling it how it is. The UK is not the centre of the commercial F1 universe, we don't get any special privileges. F1 coverage was always going to go the same way as Football, Cricket, Rugby, and even F1 in most other countries and end up on a subscription based TV service. We were lucky it took so long.
I know it sucks, and this new packaging sucks even more, but there's nothing we can do about it. I hate that its on Sky, but I don't see any point in wasting my energy crying about it and holding onto false hopes that the BBC will magically reverse its budget cuts and get all live coverage back.
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Soldato
That's really quite cool. Especially for one-off things like F1 and/or champions league. How good quality do the streams on those things go?
So, for each race on sky it would effectively cost £9,99 everytime I wanted to watch it?
That's on top of the £8.99 per month fee for NOW TV?