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2nd December 2015, 22:13 #11
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I have my reservations about the BBC being the ones who came up with the idea of approaching Sky. It has been a pattern across Europe where satellite channels have been picking up the rights and in some case all of the rights. I think the BBC tried to get out of their contract completely back in 2012 and Bernie gave the option of splitting he coverage. There were too many coincidences with what is happening with other countries around the same time.
The sad thing is this approach has ruined the following in countries like Italy, France and Portugal. Britain is down terms of viewers yet it's all being largely ignored because the money is there. It could still be a possibility that Sky do not renew their current contract and it makes you wonder where it will be offered. BT Sport is an obvious choice I think, but they need at least highlights on a FTA channel if F1 wishes to remain relevant in many of these economies..
Tänak drives level with Fourmaux, so no big push anymore.
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