I wouldn't be so sure..... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by TMorel
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I wouldn't be so sure..... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by TMorel
Henners, your criticism is harsh on Sky.
Sky is an easy target as they hold iron grip on sports rights.
If I were to point fingers then it's indefinitely at the BBC for colluding with Sky as Sky bid was similar to £50m offered by Ch4.
BBC still have a competitive coverage an envious compared to similar FTA/Pay TV coverage. Thouh if BBC keep F1 then it won't be long when we join our continental counterparts
Hard to believe but we have to accept that live and FP content will/is premium service.
Why?Quote:
Originally Posted by wedge
Don't be bitter - certainly not. You are a better man because you have clearly set your priorities to cost/expenditure very much in the right direction.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
But it hasn't happened yet, and it might still not. I believe free-to-air TV to be vital in any market of significance for any sport.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
Oh there will still be FTA as that is important for the sponsors but it will mostly be highlights just like we now have with football.Quote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
Live sport will come at a premium and I'm not against paying a few tenners a month for quality sports broadcasts.
Sky did OK for the first year but must improve.
I like how we get for the first time in years proper coverage of the winter testing and the F1 show is also a nice addition.
Expected more from Brundle's features pre-race but that may have to do with teething problems.
BBC losing Monaco is a bad thing and so is them possibly only having 9 races live this year as the Tba race doesn't materialize.
I don't have Sky nor cable. Track days have a higher priority for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
I loathe the Murdoch empire. I wouldn't touch The Sun with a barge pole though admittedly I'm partial to having a peek at my sister's copy of The Sunday Times.
All very well moaning about Sky screwing the fans over when it was the BBC who screwed the fans over. The option was there to deal with Ch4 - whose bid was similar to Sky - and keep F1 FTA but no, the BBC would rather keep FTA rights as their own card and collude with Sky.
Formula One could have stayed on terrestrial TV but Channel 4 bid was snubbed - Mirror Online
Revealed! Channel 4's last-ditch bid to keep Formula One on terrestrial TV - Mail Online - World of F1 with Phil Duncan
I don't like it either but have to accept the likelihood that it will happen in the UK.Quote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
That's how it is in some countries.
If BBC do keep F1 will it be of the same standard or will cost cutting come from the coverage?
Indeed there are sporting events like the Ryder Cup and Ashes that have a similar arrangement.
Yes, I agree completely.Quote:
Originally Posted by wedge
Sorry to repeat my previous question, but why is this so?Quote:
Originally Posted by wedge
There would certainly be cuts, you could be sure of that. How much, I wonder, could be saved by cutting all the red-button stuff, all the analysis, the presenter, and just showing a live race with two commentators and a pit lane reporter?Quote:
Originally Posted by wedge
As for the last point, I wonder what the viewing figures for the Ryder Cup and Ashes highlights on terrestrial TV are.
Unfortunately its going to be a different way of following the sport.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
Fortunately there's more to motorsport than F1.
I honestly don't know. Country specific, case by case basis? I can't remember what our Scandinavian counterparts reasoned.Quote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
Sky Italia have taken Sky UK as precendent and replicated a similar deal to us in Italy. Italy follows UK in F1 pay TV deal with SkyJames Allen on F1