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I hoped F1 you be exclusively on BBC for years but as it is going to Sky and it was announced the commentators will be the same, I hope those commentators will be Martin and DC. They are the best for BBC and Sky for me, not a new Sky duo for use by both.
yes I do care and I am a Sky Subscriber-Quote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
But I'm not going to stop having Sky because as a TV viewer I get too much out of it- if I didn't have Sky I'd get the same channels through Virgin Media.
Indeed betrayal is the correct word.
I hope you are right!
Wasn't this the same Bernie whom is responsible for F1 being the sport it is now? Tbh I think if Bernie had never been born F1 would still be where it is now, perhaps it'd be worse, perhaps it'd be better, but it would still be.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
So Bernie admits BBC "can" show the full re-run, but he'd prefer to have highlights, presumabley cos that would cheapen the share Sky have probably paid him a lot of money for. What a cock.
Hopefully the BBC will go for the full re-run option, they are undoubtedly feeling the heat from the fans, but how much will Sky squeeze Bernie to ensure that this doesn't happen and the BBC gradually gets pushed out until the only viable option for a serious fan is to pay a lot of money. I'm on Virgin and I "may" put out for a sky sports subscription on top against my better judgement and instincts, if the BBC delayed race does prove to be rubbish highlights. It also appears we won't be able to watch qually either on the BBC, i think they only have the race deal and everything else is on Sky.
stick to your instincts mate. The only thing Bernie understands is the zero's in his bank balance, and giving your hard earned green to Sky is just what he wants us to do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robinho
And as a businessman he's done exactly what his shareholders would have wanted him to do. Like it or not , his role has always been to get the best deal for his company, not the fans. Thats why we see Bahrain and Abu Dhabi on the calendar and we almost saw the loss of Silverstone, these venues were willing to pay what FOM demanded and Silverstone wasn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
As much as I, and the majority of F1 fans for that matter, would like to think of Bernie as the bad man in all this, the real people to blame is the BBC. They are the one's who have decided that they were pulling out of F1 coverage to save costs so Bernie negotiated a deal for his company that ensured he still got paid for UK broadcasts. We might also look at it that he has convinced the BBC to STILL broadcast half of the races live when they would have prefered to dump it completely.
Add to that the fact that the BBC have extended their coverage deal to the end of 2018 instead of letting the current deal just run out at the end of 2013 whe we would more than likely have seen Sky take an exclusive deal as the current Concorde agreement ends at the end of 2012 add the teams would be likely to agree to whatever was going to pay them the most money.
The BBC are very unlikely to listen to the Britsh public, if they did then Eastenders would have been cancelled years ago....
As I understand it for the 10 races BBC is covering they are doing qualy too. However for the others it's race highlights / rerun only; no qualy.
I'd be interested to find out the detail of the highlights requirements, i.e. does it have to be a certain number of hours after the live race.
Why? Millions of people watch it, which hardly backs up your assertion.Quote:
Originally Posted by CarlMetro
It is very difficult to apportion blame in this instance.