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Well they did say 'we have no plans to move the channel onto the sports package' when asked last season so I think its only a matter of time before they do this. I know they are also offering less when people threaten to leave as they've cottoned on to the tactic now, so its doubtful you'd be able to blag the channel at no extra cost should it move completely.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
This was always the worry with Sky getting F1.
They tried (and failed) to make us believe they wouldn't do this and wow after one year they have. Next season you will have ads in race and the year after have to pay extra on top of your sports package.
welcome to how speedtv/speedvision showed F1 over the past decade here in the USQuote:
Originally Posted by steveaki13
I loved the crew but the coverage style with its 5 minute in-race ads, premium package service in many areas, only Fp2, qualy and race
then abbreviated fox coverage with some others in the past few years, that is what we had to deal with and why i moved to online viewing
Now I don't even know where its going to be shown in 2013
At least you get what you pay for with a dedicated channel for F1
F1 is going to NBC for US coverage in 2013, so overall it should be easier for the average person to watch the racing here. From my understanding some races will be on the "main" NBC channels with others being on the NBC Sports Network channel. Hopefully most people will have both in their cable/FIOS/dish network package.Quote:
Originally Posted by truefan72
From what I've heard we will get some practice coverage, but I'm not sure if that will be all sessions or not. All races to be aired live the last I heard, and available for live streaming on the NBC Sports Network site IIRC. The entire team from Speed less Sam Posey will be with NBC.
I hated the Fox coverage, hopefully this new package will be as good or better than Speed.
And I'm so glad my Mrs opted for an HD Sky+ box !Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
But I have looked at my finances wondering if the £35 per month would be more sensibly spent elsewhere.
We did have a decade or so of the coverage being on ITV so we had adverts every 15 to 20 minutes throughout the race then. Obviously this was fazed out with the BBC and thankfully now we don't have to put up with adverts during the build up and post race either. How long before Sky sneak an advert in during the race? They don't tend to do it with football but F1 doesn't have a break after 45 minutes either. I think in the coming years when they feel they can get away with it, they will. At the start a lot of effort was put into tempting viewers across and this clearly hasn't worked as well as they'd hoped. Now they can relax and merge the channel in with other sports and advertising comes hand in hand with that.
I think being picky since the passing of James Hunt F1 coverage in the UK has always had issues, except for one season 2011.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
After Hunt, Palmer was wel informed but truely dull.
Then the ITV days were bad. Jardine, Blundell, Rosenthal, ads, goodman. I personally didnt mind James Allen & Brundle mostly but once Lewis appear he became slightly obsessed.
Then BBC was a revelation, but I still didnt like Legard.
Then 2011 was perfect for me. Brundle did Ok as a lead commentator, he and DC were informed and chilled out. Then they had to go and ruin it. Decent line up in the comm box and good pundits, no adds and every race.
Now although I have Sky F1 and dont mind their work, its still not as good as that one near perfect season. Although the season in terms of racing wasn't awesome with a one sided championship.
I always watched BBC for f1, when it came to sky taking the license i was annoyed angry sad etc, but the Sky broadcast has more options and clearer view available such as drive on board is more in depth, pit lane cameras, better build up than BBC, however sky do tend to put more breaks into their races
Well thats not hard. 1 in a 5 hour programme would be more. :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash Smalley
Have to say I agree totally. Which is why it was more upsetting about Sky because finally in all my time watching F1 the coverage was spot on then they go and throw it all away.
I guess we just can't have nice things :(