*** The SKY F1 2012 Coverage Thread ***

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Thread to discuss the SKY coverage of F1 in 2012.


2012 Coverage

Sky Sports F1 HD will get Sky customers closer than ever, with more action, analysis and information - on their TV, online and mobile devices - throughout the season.

This new home of Formula 1 will be the only place to enjoy live coverage of the whole Grand Prix season, including all practice and qualifying sessions and every race in the calendar.

The dedicated channel will be provided at no extra charge to all Sky TV customers who take both Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2 or the HD pack of channels. It will be found at 408 in Sky's on-screen guide, after a scheduled move of the Sky Sports channels. Sky Sports viewers without the Sky+ HD pack will receive a standard definition version.

The Sky Sports F1 HD channel launches on the 9th March.


The Team

Simon Lazenby - race day presenter
David Croft - lead commentator
Martin Brundle - co-commentator/analyst
Damon Hill - expert analyst
Natalie Pinkham - pit-lane reporter
Ted Kravitz - pit-reporter & magazine show presenter
Georgie Thompson - magazine show presenter
Anthony Davidson - practice session analyst/commentator
Steve Rider - interviewer/presenter GP Legends


Sky Sports F1
 
Glaucus said:
But you're forgetting the important part, he made it exciting and interesting. Something no one has achieved since.

The others are just boring and make mistakes. If they where caught up in the passion I could forgive it. But they just chat boringly.
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Agree. No one else has come close.
 
Skeeter said:
(The combined figures for Australia are the same as the BBC figures from last year).
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Are you sure?

Sky Live: 874,000 viewers
BBC Highlights: 2.7 million viewers (both official average figures from BARB)

Just before anybody wheels out the "they were not like for like because it was a different time of day" excuse:

2011 Aus GP on BBC1 Live was 2.13 million viewers.
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Skeeter said:
This is an utterly pointless point they are trying to make.

In 2011 the potential audience of the first race was every TV license holder in the UK (25m), while Sky have only 10m TV customers. Even if you assume that every one of those customers has either the Sports or the HD pack, that still means the potential audience for this years first race is only 40% of that of last years. The 75% drop figure is (deliberately?) misleading. It was physically impossible for Sky to get anything over 40% of last years figures when looking at pure viewers alone.

A more accurate figure would be a % of potential total audience.

2011 - 2.13m from 25m = 8.5%
2012 - 874,000 from 10m = 8.7%

And thats assuming all 10m Sky subscribers get SSF1, which they wont. The actual Sky figure is probably nearer to 10%.

So actually, when you look at the number of people who could watch the race live this year, a higher percentage of that potential audience actually chose to watch it this year than last year.

But that's a far more complicated and less headline grabbing story to run with...
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http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/03/22/uk-tv-audience-falls-one-million-sky-first-f1-race/
 
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Sky will be launching a new service called 'NOW TV' later this year. It might be another way of watching F1. Talk of expanding to offer sport.



Key features of the NOW TV experience will include:

  • Great content – the new service will offer some of Sky’s most popular programming. Sky Movies will be available from launch and the service will expand to offer sport and entertainment soon afterwards.

  • Flexible pricing – with no minimum contract, customers will be able to choose from a variety of pricing options. For example, people will be able to pay monthly for unlimited access to Sky Movies or rent a single movie on a simple, pay-as-you-go basis.

  • Easy access – the new service will roll out across a wide range of connected devices, including PCs, Macs, laptops, tablets, mobile phones, games consoles and connected TVs.

  • Ease of use – with immediate streaming through an intuitive interface, backed up by recommendations and editorial support, customers will quickly and easily find the content they most want to watch
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http://corporate.sky.com/investors/press_releases/2012/now_tv
 
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FOM have been producing the world feed since 2007 iirc rather than the terrible 'host broadcaster' coverage we used to get.
 
Skeeter said:
People might complain about the TV licence, but for the quality of coverage it gets us on everything the BBC does its dam good value for money.
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Exactly, but why do people still complain. :confused:
It also pays for the radio as well does it not?

Duke said:
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ROFL
 
DanTheMan said:
I think that I've had an F1 revalation this year and realised that Brundle isn't as necessary as I thought. Sky have over-professionalised the programme too much, I really hope the chemistry between them gets better over the season.

F1 is not just about the racing on track, the stories surrounding the individuals and the build up to the races are just as important to me, Sky just don't seem to have grasped that aspect enough yet.
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Quite agree. I like seeing what the drivers are like away from the track when they are more relaxed and not focused on racing, you get to see what kind of person they are.

Watching Brundle this weekend, he seemed out of sorts.
 
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