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Watch live on BBC or Sky depending which it is on. | 36 | 32.73% | |
Watch only BBC live or delayed/highlights. | 48 | 43.64% | |
Watch only BBC live (live or not bother). | 16 | 14.55% | |
Not watch, it is over for me. | 10 | 9.09% | |
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5 Jan 2012, 21:12 (Ref:3007873) | #1401 | ||
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I agree with the rest of the lineup though. Its looking that the BBC are edging Sky slightly with the strength of the team and this is the first edition I have been disappointed with. |
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5 Jan 2012, 23:18 (Ref:3007939) | #1402 | ||
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Weird choice from the BBC, Allen. I was never much angered by him myself (unlike by JL) but he certainly got up most other people's noses. BBC must've known that but signed him up anyway perhaps for lack of a suitable candidate interested in the radio gig? Should've checked for Perry McCarthy's availability perhaps.
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James Allen! On BBC Radio Five Live! Get in there!
For the purposes of clarity that was also sarcasm. |
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6 Jan 2012, 00:15 (Ref:3007960) | #1404 | ||
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I'm not sure about Allen on five live really. While I absolutely hated his ITV commentary his website is quite good. So while he may have been terrible shouting through the whole race, in the more laid back practice sessions he might work as he certainly knows what he's talking about. So I suppose I'll give him a chance, but in a few months time I might change my mind and be around the BBC studios with a shotgun
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6 Jan 2012, 00:34 (Ref:3007973) | #1406 | ||
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James Allen was a rubbish commentator, but the practice sessions hardly demand much commentating. It just needs someone knowledgeable with plenty of chemistry with his colleague in the booth.
I'll make my mind up on this in Melbourne. Well, not in Melbourne. When it's on the TV. |
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6 Jan 2012, 09:19 (Ref:3008051) | #1407 | ||
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PS: I do like his writing and his articles are very good. I often browse his website and feel he should stick to what he is good at. |
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6 Jan 2012, 15:48 (Ref:3008199) | #1408 | ||
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Eleanor Oldroyd - why have I heard that name before, did she used to be on Newsbeat when I was a lad? |
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6 Jan 2012, 21:24 (Ref:3008385) | #1411 | ||
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Here's a video clip for (a) those who still have reservations about Ben Edwards' commentating ability, (b) those who don't think that the old Champ Car format was infinitely better than the current IRL and (c) those have forgotten just how good JPM was in single seaters. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZQZ6MjtGPQ
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6 Jan 2012, 22:22 (Ref:3008400) | #1412 | ||
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Strider, i knew what that clip was going to be before i even clicked on the link. My favourite ever finish to a race
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6 Jan 2012, 22:35 (Ref:3008404) | #1413 | ||
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I apologise if it seems that i'm overly harsh on you, but you've spent 90 odd pages (108 of your 261 to date posts on this forum incidently), criticising Sky, their costs, their product, their boss etc etc, you then post that you will have the ability to watch it for free via someones elses cost, yet you proceed to carry on criticising them, just smacks of a bit of hypocrisy to me.
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Leggard>Allen. What??! I must be the only sane man alive |
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8 Jan 2012, 12:42 (Ref:3008949) | #1418 | ||
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Just to emphasise how stupid the decision is to take F1 off free to air TV, even I am going to watch Man City vs United today on ITV and I am hardly a football supporter, but I so like big events with a bit of edge to them.
It 's the same with F1 I'm sure, the audience of casual viewers will be gone, much to the sponsors' displeasure. |
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8 Jan 2012, 13:23 (Ref:3008954) | #1419 | ||
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I dare say this has all been covered before at some point in this very long thread, but here is a Q&A from Sky which should clear up any points of doubt that still exist: http://www1.skysports.com/formula-1/...-Sky-Sports-F1
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10 Jan 2012, 01:23 (Ref:3009618) | #1421 | ||
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CART was great. They raced on some great tracks and there were some great races. And the cars were good enough to be raced, but flawed enough to make for good racing. And all of this was for free on Eurosport.
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10 Jan 2012, 11:15 (Ref:3009771) | #1423 | ||
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I would never pay for a Sky Sports subscription because all they do is poach from other channels. I don't think they have any creativity and the "Sky Sports Treatment" is just PR nonsense. What people want more than anything is just to be able to watch whatever sport is being covered. Fancy extras aren't really worth paying 500 quid for. Their attitude to F1 before they got the rights was awful. Barely mentioning it on the news. Then there's their attitude to anyone who doesn't have Sky Sports. I remember their SSN advert for the channel being removed from freeview, about one minute of sneering at those without a Sky Sports subscription. I'd happily watch their coverage for free of charge at a friend's house or if any pub/bar dares to show it, but pay for it? No way. Regarding the BBC F1 team, so far there's nothing particulary troubling. The 5 live team I think was good for practice but I was never sure about David Croft's race commentary, and I grew tired of Davidson's patronising manner quite early on in 2009. Natalie Pinkham offered nothing. In terms of the "main" crew, Ted Kravitz was surprisingly good compared to how he was for ITV, and to be honest I was starting to get bored of Martin Brundle. He seems to have an air of "self-importance" around himself now, which annoys me slightly. Ben Edwards should do a good job, and I'll be interested to hear who the new addition is that Jake Humphrey is advertising on twitter at the moment. |
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Humphrey has said it's an ex world champion non driver.
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