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Originally Posted by mark_l
This is worrying for F1 fans because as we already knew ITV only cares about football so now they have FA cup matches to televise I can see Qualifying becoming a time delayed broadcast or hightlights package at midnight and F1 races being shown on digital channels so ITV can use ITV1 terrastrial channel to broadcast wall to wall football and coronation street.
I think we should be very concerned
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Nothing to worry about, Bernie won't like F1 going to an exclusive Cable/Satellite provider because it simply doesn't reach enough people. To go that way is to take the High road to A1GP obscurity.
What is a serious possibility now is that F1 could go back to BBC, as after losing the Football bid they have a spare £300-£400 million burning a hole in their back pocket. Which would potentially be a good thing as it would bring an end to adverts interupting the race.