BBC Coverage

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Originally Posted by acescribe

Otherwise- and until you compare the two, you do not realise the sound difference between Sky and the BBC, it is so so much better.

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The 5.1 surround on Sky is phenomenal, and almost worth paying for on its own. The BBC, having pioneered NICAM stereo and done so much to drive technical quality, have fallen behind other broadcasters: they don't even bother with 5.1 for flagship music shows such as The Voice.

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Originally Posted by henners88

I can't say I'm bothered by the supposed inferior sound on the BBC if I'm honest. I can hear the commentators fine over the faint sound of engines. I watched the Bahrain race on sky using a friend's tv, and barely noticed the difference. That might be because I wasn't looking for it of course. I watched the race on Sky yesterday and saw the first part of the highlights later on the BBC as I was trying to sleep and they didn't disappoint once again.

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You'll need a home cinema system to benefit from SKY Sports F1 HD's 5.1 audio. I find all the HD channels have far superior to their non HD stream (bbc/itv/ch4 etc)

BBC highlights were excellent, especially as they were only about two hours after the race. Another £30.25 saved this month :)

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Originally Posted by henners88

I'm not a huge fan of Joe Saward but his article concerning the suggestion F1 may go fully to pay per view in the UK is rather interesting with some good points IMO. I think even if you are lucky enough to have Sky, the thought of cutting the viewership down by nearly three quarters is a worry. The arrogance Bernie has shown by suggesting it is feasible is apparently worrying many in the paddock and this article sums it up in a blunt way.

Kicking animal bladders about

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At the end of the day, if the sponsors loose the viewers, they will vote with their feet! If they do that, I reckon the teams will deffo then form their own series, which will allow tracks that are not asked to pay through the nose, so the public get value tickets. FTA deals made with TV co's, and sponsors come back in their droves.....

Superb as usual, can't fault the coverage especially with the hour long forum afterwards. I really really hope they stick with it through to 2018 and aren't pressured to sell off their stake early.

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Originally Posted by henners88

Me too. I think if it goes off FTA, thats my hand forced and I will have to give up watching. :(

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I may still have an opportunity to watch it on Setanta Sports (depending on how peoples' arms are twisted in the industry) but, regardless, I wouldn't like BBC to loose their F1 slot. The coverage is spot on and has been consistently since they took over the coverage from ITV. This has been the best F1 TV package in my twelve years of watching the sport live on ITV, RTE and BBC. It would be a shame for greed to step in and pull the plug on coverage quality I thought we'd never get.

Awww does anyone know where James Allen has gone? Has he been dropped or something?

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Originally Posted by rjbetty

Awww does anyone know where James Allen has gone? Has he been dropped or something?

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I have wondered this on the practice session on Radio.

I would also like to know where he has gone.

Strange, I thought I heard Legard's voice on the practice session Saturday morning. Allen seems to have gone along to the race anyway. I can only speculate that maybe he's lost his voice or something?

So this was the first race that I watched both coverage of. I have to agree, the BBC has by far the better package. The pre and post race shows are much better.

The one very sore weakness in the Beeb's lineup, in my opinion, it this Garry who does their pit wall reporting. He didn't contribute a single thing that the main commentators hadn't already mentioned, he mumbles his words and is very hard to understand when there is no background noise, and he clearly doesn't know how to yell into his mic when the cars are going around him.

Annunciation is an important skill for a TV presenter/reporter. I have no idea whose idea it was to hire him, but he should be dropped IMMEDIATELY.