SkyF1 vs Channel 4 coverage of F1

413x · 18 Mar 2021 at 11:20

chrcoluk said:
I dont know but if you dont have sky at all and you just want f1, then now tv is probably the best bet.

Was more out of interest. (I don't even have a TV licence so would be prohibitively expensive.

Apparently it's 43gbp if you're a new customer per month!
Insane amount.
But from some of comments on here and f1 message boards does. Seem a lot will pay even if f1 is only sport they watch

Apparently in USA F1TV Pro is only 80usd per year!

So **** they we can't have it here.
I'd consider it for that

GravyMonster · 18 Mar 2021 at 11:47

Seem a lot will pay even if f1 is only sport they watch

I am one of those people. I'm in the lucky position of being able to afford it, but with the state of modern F1, and it generally heading the complete opposite direction I feel that it should, I'm honestly considering just binning it off and watching the highlights on YT. It won't be an easy decision, as I've watched pretty much every race in the last 30 years

Deleted member 651465 · 18 Mar 2021 at 13:33

413x said:
Apparently in USA F1TV Pro is only 80usd per year!

I paid £59.99 for the year (subscribed via iOS app) whilst I popped over to Sweden.

MissChief · 18 Mar 2021 at 13:37

413x said:
Was more out of interest. (I don't even have a TV licence so would be prohibitively expensive.

Apparently it's 43gbp if you're a new customer per month!
Insane amount.
But from some of comments on here and f1 message boards does. Seem a lot will pay even if f1 is only sport they watch

Apparently in USA F1TV Pro is only 80usd per year!

So **** they we can't have it here.
I'd consider it for that

If you are considering Sky I have deals available in the home cinema stickied thread. 35% off the standard price.

Sky Signature is £30 (includes Netflix)
Sky Sports pack £30

£60, 35% off that is £39.

413x · 18 Mar 2021 at 13:43

GravyMonster said:
I am one of those people. I'm in the lucky position of being able to afford it, but with the state of modern F1, and it generally heading the complete opposite direction I feel that it should, I'm honestly considering just binning it off and watching the highlights on YT. It won't be an easy decision, as I've watched pretty much every race in the last 30 years

If it helps I prefer the highlights.
Genuinely I prefer them.

It feels much more exciting. With all the boring bits cut out, even dull races seem better. There's so little action you don't really miss anything.

you can watch them any time. I'm an outdoor type of person so the 13:00 races are really in the way.

413x · 18 Mar 2021 at 13:44

MissChief said:
If you are considering Sky I have deals available in the home cinema stickied thread. 35% off the standard price.

Sky Signature is £30 (includes Netflix)
Sky Sports pack £30

£60, 35% off that is £39.

It's too much for me. I don't have a TV licence. So that would add cost. Which I doubt you need for the f1 stand alone service?

MissChief · 18 Mar 2021 at 13:56

413x said:
It's too much for me. I don't have a TV licence. So that would add cost. Which I doubt you need for the f1 stand alone service?

If you don’t watch the race live you don’t need a licence. If you watch it at the time the race is being run, you do.

Bug One · 18 Mar 2021 at 14:46

Do you need a TV license if you watch it on a phone?

Feek · 19 Mar 2021 at 07:59

Bug One said:
Do you need a TV license if you watch it on a phone?

If you watch it live, yes.

mushtafa · 20 Mar 2021 at 07:55

I received an offer from Now TV for Sky Sports Month Membership at £20 per month.

That doesn't seem too bad, but I need to see what devices I can actually watch on, and see what it actually includes. I can't find if that's just the races live, or includes qualifying and on-demand stuff.

MissChief · 20 Mar 2021 at 16:08

mushtafa said:
I received an offer from Now TV for Sky Sports Month Membership at £20 per month.

That doesn't seem too bad, but I need to see what devices I can actually watch on, and see what it actually includes. I can't find if that's just the races live, or includes qualifying and on-demand stuff.

If it’s on sky sports you can watch it, but of course Now TV is only live streaming. There’s not usually full races or full qualifying sessions available on demand.

chrcoluk · 21 Mar 2021 at 13:17

mushtafa said:
I received an offer from Now TV for Sky Sports Month Membership at £20 per month.

That doesn't seem too bad, but I need to see what devices I can actually watch on, and see what it actually includes. I can't find if that's just the races live, or includes qualifying and on-demand stuff.

Anything thats on sky sports F1, you can watch on nowtv, which is pretty much all of sky's F1 content. So yes live testing, practice, quali and races. They will also schedule reruns on the f1 channel as well so in case you miss the event you can watch/record the full event again later.

I dont know about on demand stuff though.

mushtafa · 21 Mar 2021 at 17:38

The lack of on demand makes it useless to me. As much as I try to watch every race live, once we're allowed out again, I want to actually get out of the house!

chrcoluk · 21 Mar 2021 at 20:21

mushtafa said:
The lack of on demand makes it useless to me. As much as I try to watch every race live, once we're allowed out again, I want to actually get out of the house!

Then you want f1tv.

Bug One · 24 Mar 2021 at 22:40

Has anyone managed to get f1tv to work this season? Looks like they've finally found a way to prevent it. The Google payment gets denied.

413x · 25 Mar 2021 at 14:31

chrcoluk said:
Then you want f1tv.

Or the C4 highlights

413x · 25 Mar 2021 at 14:32

MissChief said:
If you don’t watch the race live you don’t need a licence. If you watch it at the time the race is being run, you do.

Just having sky/aerial connected means you'd need one. At least with on demand you are fine.

As you say, long as it isn't live

Ninco! · 27 Mar 2021 at 20:23

C4, already missing Ben Edwards, hopefully the new chap calms down (first effort). Also Billy Monger in the place of Coulthard who seems to be the taking the role of Lee McKenzie? Whether this is just for qualifying and Coulthard will co-commentate for the race (I hope so).

Lee McKenzie, I think she is brilliant although hardly features on C4 anymore.

this_is_gav · 28 Mar 2021 at 10:52

Ninco! said:
C4, already missing Ben Edwards, hopefully the new chap calms down (first effort). Also Billy Monger in the place of Coulthard who seems to be the taking the role of Lee McKenzie? Whether this is just for qualifying and Coulthard will co-commentate for the race (I hope so).

Alex Jacques commentated on the Pit Lane feed for F1TV last year, so he's not new to it and I doubt he's going to change too much. He's popular on the F2 and F3 feeds (both of which Sky carry). Here's him on F1TV covering the dramatic finish to the British GP last year with Alex Brundle.

If Coulthard is commentating it will be difficult as he's in Bahrain but most of the team (including Jacques and Monger) are in the UK. I expect it will be Jacques and Monger today with Coulthard pitching in every now and then.

Monger was pretty good alongside Jacques doing the F2 commentary yesterday. Billy is no Davide Valsecchi though (who brilliant, and about as close to Murray Walker as you'll get).

Ninco! said:
Lee McKenzie, I think she is brilliant although hardly features on C4 anymore.

Agreed. She should have got the main job instead of Suzi Perry when Jake Humphrey left the BBC.

Ben Edwards seemingly retiring is such a shame too. He's a fantastic commentator and I just hope he's taking a break.

413x · 28 Mar 2021 at 11:15

Ninco! said:
C4, already missing Ben Edwards, hopefully the new chap calms down (first effort). Also Billy Monger in the place of Coulthard who seems to be the taking the role of Lee McKenzie? Whether this is just for qualifying and Coulthard will co-commentate for the race (I hope so).

Lee McKenzie, I think she is brilliant although hardly features on C4 anymore.

I agree on both

SkyF1 vs Channel 4 coverage of F1

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