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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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29 Jul 2011, 11:05 (Ref:2932519) | #101 | |
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This is my first post in quite a while and given the issue at hand, I felt I had to.
Obviously this is terrible news. I also don't think it'll be successful. It's not like football where it has such a mass appeal with fanatical fans who will pay to watch their team and any team to get their football fix. Football is the biggest sport on the planet by far and the model to charging to watch it works - the market is there. The market isn't there for F1 given I'm sure Bernie has charged his usual obscene fee. Sky could find themselves losing a lot of money on this and quite frankly I hope they do. I echo other posters who say this is a final nail in the coffin for me. I used to be fanatical but the way F1 has gone over the years, the appeal has diminished. I certainly won't be subscribing to Sky. I hope we get to see the audience figures. Without a doubt, these are going to drop - significantly. As always, it's the fans who lose out. Like anything, without the fans F1 would not be where it is now (and Bernie and the drivers wouldn't be multi gazzilionaires). So now they want the fans to shell out yet more money to them? Enough is enough. Once 2012 happens, I will follow F1 even less and I'm sure I'm not alone in this. I'll check the result later on Sunday, that's about it. F1 has further alienated me today and soon I won't be in touch with it at all. It was a great journey while it lasted the last 30 odd years. Greedy feckers. |
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29 Jul 2011, 11:06 (Ref:2932520) | #102 | |
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Can't even get rid of the dreaded casual fans due to it still being on BBC in various forms.
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29 Jul 2011, 11:12 (Ref:2932522) | #103 | ||
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sign here also http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23poweroff1fans
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29 Jul 2011, 11:12 (Ref:2932523) | #104 | |
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Which gets the greater audiences?
Adam Parr compares this to the English Premier League, but with that, you know that if you want to watch a game, you go to the local pub. Are local pubs really going to show qualifying and races live on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, when they are up against other football matches? I suspect not, which means his quote about Bernie having done this to broaden the audience is total nonsense. Regarding audience figures, I'm sure ITV will have scored a much higher audience for the Champions League final than Sky Sports, but that's not what motivates those who make the decisions. The money does. |
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29 Jul 2011, 11:13 (Ref:2932524) | #105 | |||
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29 Jul 2011, 11:13 (Ref:2932525) | #106 | |||
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One day the UK government will wake up and see the importance of motorsport in the UK economy - its one of the few areas where we clearly lead the world in high-tencnology innovation and manufacturing. It should be used by the government as a clear advertisement of British tecnological innovative capacity in a wiode range of sectors. I'm not calling for subsidies - just recognition of the true value of motorsport to the UK. |
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29 Jul 2011, 11:15 (Ref:2932526) | #107 | |
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I have a question, if we have a Canada/Korea heavy rain delay and it is on Sky want will Sky do?
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29 Jul 2011, 11:15 (Ref:2932527) | #108 | ||
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The BBC article said that Monaco and Silverstone would both be on BBC.
I would hope the likes of Austrailia, Monaco, Silverstone, Spa, Canada, Monza, Brazil, Japan and the last race if not one of the prior mentioned ones would be on BBC |
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29 Jul 2011, 11:22 (Ref:2932534) | #109 | |
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Reading Adam Parr's comment on autosport.com :
"In principle I have no issue with optimising the balance between the revenues that we need, and getting a good reach in the audience," the teams are forgetting that F1 is competed in by them but watched and thus, indirectly, paid for by spectators. I would really like to hear what Vodaphone et al are going to think when the viewing numbers slump but perhaps they also can be replaced by "enhanced revenues from Sky" ? |
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29 Jul 2011, 11:29 (Ref:2932540) | #110 | |
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Oh my God they can ! They're one of the best funded media organizations in the world. It's how they chose to spend their funding, that's the problem with the Beeb.
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29 Jul 2011, 11:32 (Ref:2932542) | #111 | |
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A load of ****. That's as articulate as I can be right now having just read about it.
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29 Jul 2011, 11:34 (Ref:2932543) | #112 | ||
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Interesting that the teams have been caught on the hop. Could we see Formula Teddy out the Pram make a reappearance?
Also, a question to those who are talking about Beeb effectively broadcasting one half of the season and Sky the other. Is this speculation or fact based? I would expect the Beeb to 'cherry pick' the races dependent on how appealing they'll be, and whether or not they clash with the latset episode of Dancing on Ice or whatever other dross they stick into the schedule. |
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29 Jul 2011, 11:36 (Ref:2932545) | #113 | ||
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29 Jul 2011, 11:47 (Ref:2932556) | #114 | ||
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Loads of other countries have to pay extra for the privilege, me in Canada for instance. Bernie doesn't grumble about the viewing #'s provided the cheque clears.
Remember the UK only has ~65 - 70 million potential viewers and what % watch F1? How many people are in China and India again? North America has >350 million. As posted elsewhere, Sky would buy exclusive rights to Corrie if it could. |
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29 Jul 2011, 11:55 (Ref:2932559) | #115 | ||
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If viewing figures drop, then nobody will pay the Ecclestone fee and the teams take a big hit. At this moment in time though, Bernie has just received a huge lump of cash and everybody is happy. I must say I don't like Adam Parr much. Some of the ****e he has come out with this year... Seems an idiot. |
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I'll be carrying on watching F1, but it looks like I'll only be able to see highlights of the 1/2 not carried live by the BBC, a return to the 80s in a way when I used to just watch the BBC2 highlights programme on a Sunday night, since I was invariably at a racetrack during the day and would not have set the VCR to record as I ran out the door. |
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29 Jul 2011, 12:09 (Ref:2932569) | #118 | ||
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you're right, they might. And you're right again, BE probably doesn't care as long as his pile of gold gets bigger.
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29 Jul 2011, 12:11 (Ref:2932572) | #119 | ||
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Frankly, **** off Sky.
The BBC coverage is one of the best we've had in a while. |
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29 Jul 2011, 12:11 (Ref:2932573) | #120 | |
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Could I ask you all kindly to vote in this poll in armchair, if you have time?
http://tentenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=129486 |
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29 Jul 2011, 12:19 (Ref:2932581) | #121 | ||
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This is the bit that gets me:
'Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone told BBC Sport: "It's super for F1. It will mean a lot more coverage for the sport.' You already get full coverage from the BBC, you can't get any more coverage than that. |
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29 Jul 2011, 12:22 (Ref:2932583) | #122 | ||
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Is Bernie a bit thick ?
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29 Jul 2011, 12:23 (Ref:2932585) | #123 | |
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Just received this via e-mail from Autosport:
No adverts during the race !!! http://email.autosport.com/q/1MP32ZxIS8aAOu/wv |
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29 Jul 2011, 12:25 (Ref:2932590) | #124 | |||
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Once again, don't blame the BBC for BE overpricing F1 so that only Sky can afford it. I personally think that this will result in a rapid reduction in viewing figures, and the sponsers are not going to be happy. But we shall see. |
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29 Jul 2011, 12:26 (Ref:2932593) | #125 | ||
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