Gutted at this news. F1 is one of the very few things I bother to watch on TV nowadays, along with Champions League and Top Gear. If BBC are only showing half the season which tracks would you prefer to get rid of if you had the power. I'd choose Bahrain, China, Malaysia, Spain, Monaco, Valencia, Hungary, Singapore, Korea, Abu Dhabi (if it wasn't a possible season decider).
Yes, the old bag at the 'top' of the beeb is who is really to blame - not Bernie (for a change). A woman who isn't interested in motor racing - who would have thought! It's probably down to him that there is anything on the BBC at all next year - they wanted to ditch it entirely. I think it really sux, but it's not the end of the world, I guess. During practice coverage today, Crofty said that the 'extended' highlights will be shown on the Sunday evening of race day (will be a bit late for the Montreal, Brazilian and US GPs then....) so we won't have to avoid the news for too long to not hear the result. Yes, I made a small error in the thread title, but I was flamin' fuming at the time. JD
Very saddened by this news, I have sky but I like watching F1 on my PC with my headphones on, don't want to watch it on sky downstairs!
Very Dissapointed... Right. I have a lot of family members and friends in the F1 and racing industry, whether its working at HQ in MK or engine and screw makers and i'm a hardcore fan. anyway I know what I'm on about. I disliked ITVs coverage purely because of the Moby soundtrack but hated the adverts. When it was switched over to BBC it was like "reborn" with tons of new features and it has evolved into something thats really good. Ratings have increased since it has been on the BBC. But BBC were loosing money on this and the only way is to not bid when the contract expires, but the question is why did they do this join deal on the last season of their contract? I know sky wont show ads during races, but it means alot of people wont be able to watch it. I know the sport needs to generate money as racing does cost the teams. Williams boss said it takes roughly 22 million per race (2 million per team) to get a driver, cars, staff, etc) but surely then the sponsors should pay more not the tv broadcaster. It seems to me that Murdock may have paid bernie a few extra bob back in hand... either way i'm dissapointed along with Jake and Martin and many others. Although we get the British race, and the main races of the season, but each race is different. Is there a way out of it? Yes BBC need to sift through things it needs to show and things not too show. As mentioned before, bbc needs some ads.... ps. Pirelli are angry about the move over too
Bernie 'Del Boy' Ecclestone sales pitch to FOTA '...would be “good for the sport” with “a lot more people viewing and a lot more opportunities for people to view” the action...' How exactly?
Well, seeing as the beeb decided to alter its Freesat HD signal, rendering my 11 month old Freesat HD box HD-less too, I'm inclined to stick 1+1 digits up at them and just watch/download it from somewhere else entirely, especially as I'm not going to get Sky.
that is exactly what ill be doing, id rather watch a stream on veetle or sopcast than pay for sky sports . . . . . . if it dosnt coincide with the footie (you know it will) then it will be yet another excuse to go down to the pub and imbibe some alcoholic beverages
Hey pal - have you tried a rescan? Thats what I had to do on my parents Humax Freesat HD boxes. Get BBC One HD, BBC HD, ITV HD and C4 HD now.
It's a simple statement - without subscribers paying overinflated fees (and yes, they are overinflated - Sky's packages are typically double the cost of those offered in other European countries) for channels that carry more advertising than the free-to-view terrestrial broadcasters are allowed to get away with (as high as 20 minutes advertising per hour during peak time on Sky One for example), Sky wouldn't have the ability to outbid everyone else. The position of F1 fans here is no different from those of other programmes which Sky noticed were popular on free-to-view and choose to snap up. If you're a Sky subscriber, you're part of the problem. Agreed - for those who make use of free-to-air TV and radio. No thanks! The last thing I want to see is the likes of Wonga appearing during BBC News' coverage of the US budget deficit or WeScrewYouOverAnyCar.com during a new Top Gear episode...
