How feasible is a breakaway series?

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Originally Posted by I am evil Homer

Who says it needs TV deal in place? So long as you hire professional teams from local broadcasters (as F1 use to) you can stream it on the internet and offer the feed to whoever wants to take it.

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:laugh: Try telling that to the sponsors, "It's ok, we're streaming live on the internet"

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Originally Posted by Lemmy-Boy

A split will only confuse and scare away the fans, make sponsorship money dry up for both series and water down the driver grids for both series.

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I'm not scared and won't runaway.
Maybe Americans are easy to confuse though, who knows. :p :

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Originally Posted by Mark

:laugh: Try telling that to the sponsors, "It's ok, we're streaming live on the internet"

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They'll be more than happy! Internet publicity is reaching higher and higher every year and sponsors are very serious about moving towards this!

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Originally Posted by Mark

:laugh: Try telling that to the sponsors, "It's ok, we're streaming live on the internet"

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Where they can place ads right next to the stream? Advertisers dream! Still it's a first step and it's still recorded so can be sent to any broadcaster who wants to pay to show it.

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Originally Posted by I am evil Homer

Where they can place ads right next to the stream? Advertisers dream! Still it's a first step and it's still recorded so can be sent to any broadcaster who wants to pay to show it.

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It must be said that it turns out to be a good thing that Bernie ignored Internet broadcasting! :D

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Originally Posted by ioan

They'll be more than happy! Internet publicity is reaching higher and higher every year and sponsors are very serious about moving towards this!

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It's got a good few years yet before it reaches mass-market levels. Viewing figures for F1 in the UK are up in the 4-5 million mark partly because it on a terrestrial FTA channel (ITV1 for the past decade, now BBC One).

Stick it online only and the viewing figures will drop through the floor - not something sponsors would countenance.