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Originally Posted by Peter Mallett
I guess it could be likened to the Premier league in the UK. That has such a massive fan base moving to pay tv was always going to be a winner. Formula one has a massive worldwide fan base but not, as a percentage of sports fans, big in the UK.
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It needs to be borne in mind that whilst F1 was FTA, especially during the halcyon BBC days, that the UK's audience was by far the largest in the world. I do not think that that is the case any more.