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31st July 2011, 11:54
CarlMetro

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Originally Posted by MAX_THRUST

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

They don't have a seperate motorsports channel yet, however you do get coverage of NASCAR and Indycar on Sky Sports as well as WTCC, DTM, WSBK, BSBK, GP2,GP3 and various GT races on Eurosport and MotorsTV.
31st July 2011, 11:55
BDunnell

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Originally Posted by CarlMetro

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.

To be fair, ITV won a number of awards for its coverage as well.
31st July 2011, 11:58
SGWilko

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

To be fair, ITV won a number of awards for its coverage as well.

Probably voted for by the ad companies.... :p
31st July 2011, 12:01
markabilly

pay tv is, of course, the best channel for F1; keeps the poor people from watching and diluting the purity of the race...err..sport.

I dream that someday, they will have a way to block out all the announcer talking, but leave the volume so you can hear the racing engines.....
31st July 2011, 12:02
Daniel

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Originally Posted by CarlMetro

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.

Fair enough :) If you feel that you get value out of it then that's great. Sadly/thankfully for me there really isn't much on Sky Sports that I enjoy so to have it just for F1 would be madness.

Sometimes I think the problem with the ITV coverage wasn't simply the presenters, I mean you only need to look at how good Ted Kravitz is on the BBC coverage and how bad he was on the ITV coverage. You get the feeling that the people calling the shots just didn't have an idea. It seemed like the presenters were constantly being pestered to talk about the British drivers and Louise Goodman's ability to ask the most ridiculous questions was amazing, the level of contempt shown to her by the drivers was fantastic :D
31st July 2011, 12:04
Daniel

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Originally Posted by thunderbolt

Parr wants social media push for F1
Parr wants social media push for F1 - Yahoo! Eurosport

Why does every moron have to bring social media into it? Sure twitter and facebook add to things, but they are not a substitute for good quality coverage.
31st July 2011, 12:05
Daniel

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

To be fair, ITV won a number of awards for its coverage as well.

What awards did they win? Probably something as prestigious as having won the 2005 US GP?
31st July 2011, 12:06
BDunnell

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Originally Posted by Daniel

What awards did they win? Probably something as prestigious as having won the 2005 US GP?

I am sure they won a Royal Television Society award of some sort, but can't recall exactly.
31st July 2011, 12:08
BDunnell

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Sometimes I think the problem with the ITV coverage wasn't simply the presenters, I mean you only need to look at how good Ted Kravitz is on the BBC coverage and how bad he was on the ITV coverage. You get the feeling that the people calling the shots just didn't have an idea. It seemed like the presenters were constantly being pestered to talk about the British drivers and Louise Goodman's ability to ask the most ridiculous questions was amazing, the level of contempt shown to her by the drivers was fantastic :D

The problem was that ITV's sport coverage has almost always been dreadful — utterly inferior to the BBC, no matter which sports you look at.
31st July 2011, 12:17
Dave B

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

I am sure they won a Royal Television Society award of some sort, but can't recall exactly.

Amazingly ITV won 3 BAFTAs for their coverage, even though the actual racing was produced by FOM.

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