The rumour is that the commentary teams may well be the same.
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The rumour is that the commentary teams may well be the same.
Good news if true, Mark :up:
Henners you just reminded me of a horrible James Allen moment.
Suzuka, 2007 (I think)
"What a wonderful piece of gamesmanship from Lewis Hamilton" - oxy moron at its best!
You mean forum participation?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
Few years ago live F1 rights were moved to pay channels, which I haven't bothered getting.
When watching through sopcast thingies the lag is about 5 minutes, that pushed me away from the forum live chats. When I watch the free version which airs 3 hours after the event, I stay away from the forums during that 3hours + race time, and after that it's already pointless to post to five page tirades about whoever Hamilton hit in that race. :D
You might indeed end up with less participation.
Biased, yes, but oxymoron - no. Gamesmanship for a person they are pushing the limits of tolerance, to the other it is regarded as cheating.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bezza
Apart from the recent athletics debacle, you could say the same for Ch4. Danny Kelly has been surprisingly very good replacing Gary Imlach for the NFL coverage.Quote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
I was thinking in terms of participation in the live chats which go on during the races. It may be that some without live coverage will still want to follow the race.. But in terms of forum participation, you may well be right, I think there will be at least some here who will lose interest in following Formula 1 closely if they can't watch every race live.Quote:
Originally Posted by janneppi
The entire production teams should be the same. Just give them two sets of uniforms and tell them to remember to wear the correct one at the correct race!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
Or is that far too sensible?
This is my virtual letter to the BBC, thanking them and Bernie Ecclestone for being too greedy and doing illegal stuff: (to sad piano playing in the background)
Dear BBC
You are meant to be the national broadcaster, someone who people can turn to in times of sadness and despair, to lift out spirits.
You have been accused of dumbing down in the past, but I could forgive you, until July of 2011.
That will go down in history as the month that the BBC (British Betrayal Corporation) signed a deal with Sky.
Why, or why, BBC, did you do it?
You say it is in the fans interest. Take the person who hasn't got Sky and has watched F1 since it started, they can't follow a whole season, nor can his son, his grandson, and so on.
Oh, and what will we have to 'look forward to' in the place of live BBC races, endless repeats of Keeping Up Appearances and Eastenders?
Well done, BBC, you may have some of the season, but in some ways, whats the point - you have robbed us of the sport that we love.
I also remember you, our beloved BBC, saying you'd never cut a contract short - well, you have done!
Bernie - shame on you!
So, BBC and Bernie - F1 will never be the same again, thanks for nothing!
Ummm...the year is 2011. Why complain about the BBC/Sky, etc. You can watch a live stream of all F1 races from the Internet in HD, regardless of the provider.
Best of all, it's FREE! A GOOGLE search can do wonders!
Martin Brundle expected to join Sky TV's new Formula One commentary team
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/mot...tary-team.html