Does anyone know what channel it will be on?
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Does anyone know what channel it will be on?
I would suggest not BBC1. F1 will take up too much time in the Sunday night schedule, especially if the coverage turns out to involve full races.Quote:
Originally Posted by tfp
Nobody outside of the BBC and Sky Sports management knows anything yet, but if you phone Dave Cameron, he'll ask his mate Rupert and probably get back to you....Quote:
Originally Posted by tfp
With inflation rates as they are, even budget freezes are in reality budget cuts. Also the BBC now has to pay for things like the BBC world service which was previously paid for by the FCO. That is why the BBC has to cut budgets.Quote:
Originally Posted by CarlMetro
I agree with you though that actually the viewer won't get that bad a result. Half the races live as now and the other half still free to view.
In fairness the situations are different. 6Music was simply to be closed, no contract had been signed with another company. It was an easy decision to reverse, whereas if they changed their mind over F1 I'd imagine there'd be a hefty penalty clause to Bernie and/or BSkyB.Quote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
It's very difficult as a licence payer. Of course I want them to keep F1 and I'd pay a subscription to have BBC coverage! But I also believe that for too long the BBC has been able to have pretty much whatever money they wanted, they have to learn to live within their means. But there are better ways than dropping F1
At least it hasn't descended into schoolyard bickering like so many other threads on here lately. I think this has actually been a comparatively measured discussion by current standards!Quote:
Originally Posted by CarlMetro
Difficult not to, considering the circumstances.Quote:
Originally Posted by CarlMetro
And an interesting one, too. For most.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyL
I'm fortunate enough to have Sky Sports so will be able to watch all F1 races live, but if I did not I suspect my interest in watching the highlights after the event would suffer as much as my enjoyment of NASCAR has.
Sky had NASCAR live last year, but dropped that for hour long highlights on the Monday evenings after the race. Almost inevitably during the course of Monday I will, accidentally, see the result simply because I keep up with motorsport news generally.
Once you know the result the sense of anticipation and excitement of what's going to happen, who will be challenging and who will win, will be lost and half the time I don't get around to watching the highlights because of that. Not only that, but by watching the live event you pick up on snippets of news and information that add to your interest so that interest in what's going on around the sport can fade.
When, in the 1970's & 80's, all we had was half-hour highlights of the F1 races it didn't matter so much because that was the only option available to us!