BBC vs Sky - The Story so Far

A few million in the UK a few million elsewhere. It all adds up. Before you know it you are IndyCar!

Depends how lucrative pay tv is.

I surprised to find that F1 which is w global sport trumped by the NFL via tv money.

Amazingly, the move to pay TV has resulted in a decline in viewer numbers! I guess no one saw this coming?? :rolleyes:

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UK coverage was split for the first time between the BBC and pay-TV broadcaster BSkyB in 2012, which led to viewing figures falling by 3.8 million to 28.6 million.

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Formula One TV viewing hits the skids | Media | guardian.co.uk

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Originally Posted by christophulus

Amazingly, the move to pay TV has resulted in a decline in viewer numbers! I guess no one saw this coming?? :rolleyes:

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I think the relatively limited decline in UK viewer numbers was always anticipated.
The important part of the article is this:

"However, it isn't all bad news for the teams. For the first time this year they will receive 63% of F1's total profits as prize money, meaning that they also benefit from the increased money brought in from TV rights sales. The deal with the BBC and Sky is understood to be worth $100m annually – a 25% boost on the price of the previous free-to-air-only coverage."

Kching $$$$
and that is what counts bottom line for the teams

I think Tamb is right for once. All teams look to the bottom line in F1 and anyone that thinks there is a noble purist team fighting for the rights of the common fan is living in cuckoo land.

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Originally Posted by Knock-on

I think Tamb is right for once.

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:eek: What are you saying about Natalie?

"'She's" no Lady ;)

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Originally Posted by Knock-on

I think Tamb is right for once. All teams look to the bottom line in F1 and anyone that thinks there is a noble purist team fighting for the rights of the common fan is living in cuckoo land.

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I think we all hope we count as fans but the reality is the teams don't do anything for the fans. This is why I enjoy stories like this and hope the sport drops in popularity, the sooner the better. It's in need of a wake up call before it completely sells out. The only losers in this are Sky for paying so much money for the coverage and only attracting a 4th of what they were expecting in terms of viewership.

I made myself unpopular with a BBC commentator recently when I said I preferred the indepth coverage on Sky. I think the Beebs coverage is slightly better quality because of the presenters but Sky offer a lot more.

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Originally Posted by Mark

A few million in the UK a few million elsewhere. It all adds up. Before you know it you are IndyCar!

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Exactly.