Mark, this is not a matter for levity. You should be reporting the BBC to the police!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
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Mark, this is not a matter for levity. You should be reporting the BBC to the police!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
I have to say I do. Whilst we have a sky subscription it is only a farly basic one + HD, but I would NEVER buy a Sky Sports subscription as it's a ridiculous amount to pay unless you're a football fan and even then I think there's probably good reason not to pay......Quote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
Other than the cost of HD, I think Sky is fairly reasonably priced considering all the content you get, especially if you pay the extra pound for the news channels so you can see Fox :D
As in do care or don't care?Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
I do care, hence not paying money for Sky Sports.Quote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
Ah, I see. Good for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
I care about the phone hacking revelations but it does not stop me paying a full Sky subscription. I never have and never will buy one of NI newspapers, unless there is suddenly a world shortage of toilet paper because that's all they're good for in my honest opinion. Like Mark said, I have a Sky subscription because of the content, not because I'm a fan of Murdoch & Co. If there was another provider that had the same levels then I might consider changing but until then I'll stick with what I've got.
So with me having a Sky Sports subscription you might ask why I still don't like the idea of F1 on Sky? It's simple, we as F1 fans suffered probably the worst levels of coverage in recent times when we got stuffed up with ITV coverage. Poor presenters, a very poor commentator (James Allen) and some of the worst directors and ad breaks in the history of TV. Oh how we rejoiced when the BBC announced that it was taking over again and our faith was richly rewarded with what has been perhaps some of the best sport, let alone F1, coverage we have ever seen. I sincerly doubt that Sky will manage to achieve the same levels the BBC F1 team has. Christ the BBC even won a BAFTA for it.
I hope that Sky proves me wrong, I hope they keep the same presenters and commentary teams and that they make as good a job of it as the BBC have. I know that if I didn't already pay for Sky Sports because of football, cricket, golf etc then I wouldn't be adding it just for F1 coverage but perhaps a few people need to look at the bigger picture here too. When you pay for Sky Sports it's not going to be just for F1 is it? It will give you a darn sight more than that.
next yearQuote:
Originally Posted by Hawkmoon
Parr wants social media push for F1
Parr wants social media push for F1 - Yahoo! Eurosport
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Formula 1 teams and the sport's commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone should work together to try and better improve grand prix racing's exposure on the Internet - and especially in social media.
That is the view of Williams chairman Adam Parr, who feels that although Ecclestone has done an amazing job in making the sport successful at events and on television, more could be done to expand its profile online.
"What I feel very strongly is that as a sport what Bernie has created at the events, the quality of the events, the places we go, the standards we operate to, everybody is blown away," explained Parr.
"If they come to F1 and have been to tennis, or squash or golf or anything else, this is a different level and the logistics of what we do is phenomenal.
"The second thing is that on the media side, the historical side of creating the global audience we have, the quality of the TV feed and the race direction, which is a very difficult task, is unbelievable; and it's world-class.
"The thing I do believe is that social media, the Internet and even pay TV, how it has grown up in the last decade, must change the landscape. Not only how you communicate with people and how you distribute content, but also economically what is possible.
I can not see any think possitive about this move.
The only way I will get sky again is if they do a SKY Motorsport channel..to include Indy car Nascar, F1 WTCC DTM and so on. But there won't be. Figures for F1 are going to plumet in the UK now.
My dad would have been 66 this year, watched F1 for years. I know he would never have paid for sky sports. I'd imagine there will be alot of people of that age who used to watch and now wont. I think I will probably pas on it to. It kills me that I can only watch Indy Car on the NET, the highlights which are about 10 minutes long. Whats the point in watching it. I hope sky give up on it when they realise they are only getting the same crap viewing figures as before.
Hope Bernie realises this is not going to work, but what does he care?
I haven't read through all the posts so I may be repeating info about costs in New Zealand. We lost free to air coverage of F1 a few years ago. In addition to the basic Sky package at $41NZ per month I pay $24NZ for Sky Sports 1, 2, 3, ESPN and Highlights . I mostly watch motorsports so I drop Sky Sports during our summer months. We get F1 practices and quali and Motogp including quali, WSBK, Nascar and Indy, GP2 and GP3.