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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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13 Mar 2012, 08:53 (Ref:3040151) | #1676 | ||
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I have not been following this thread. How many British fans have purchased themselves a subscription just to watch an extra of ten races live?
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13 Mar 2012, 10:36 (Ref:3040185) | #1677 | |||
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Sky's new subscriptions have slowed considerably in the last 12 months, their main focus now is to get more money out of each subscriber. They are in this for the long haul, they are cash rich, are paying Brundle a rumoured £1.3 mil (Double his BBC fee) so heaven knows how much it's all costing and there will be no quick return. That doesn't matter though as the point is just to wait it out until the next contract is up and then take it all to pay to view. It will be the teams' loss if and when that happens, as viewership will be slashed. |
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13 Mar 2012, 14:25 (Ref:3040291) | #1678 | |
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My box is being installed now. Finally I can get excited about the new season (even if I'm paying for what I got for free before).
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13 Mar 2012, 17:17 (Ref:3040399) | #1679 | ||
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13 Mar 2012, 23:45 (Ref:3040660) | #1680 | |
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Just looked at the BBC schedule for Sunday and it says that from 2-4pm there will be Formula 1 'highlights'. I do feel bad for people watching it on that and like that.
I'm not being funny and I know it's not my place to delve into your financial situation which is private and personal, but can you not afford £30 a month? I know I have all sorts of things having to leave my account I don't enjoy which add up to far more (council tax, etc) and I wonder whether you'd notice the £30 as much as you suggest. As I say, I didn't like the enforced move to paying for F1, but I've cast aside principles for personal practicality; I'd rather see it properly than not see it. |
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14 Mar 2012, 00:23 (Ref:3040680) | #1681 | ||
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You chaps have quite a good deal really... I pay $131.00 per month to get Speed TV so that I can watch F1...
This is not for a dedicated F1 channel either... |
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14 Mar 2012, 07:06 (Ref:3040765) | #1682 | ||
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14 Mar 2012, 07:58 (Ref:3040781) | #1683 | ||
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I do have access to Sky F1 though, I got a really good deal for my broadband through them by playing them off against Virgin Media and I do like their HD stuff, always have. But I am hoping that, without my critical viewership, the whole thing will collapse and return to terrestrial. Literally nobody needs extensive coverage of car unveilings and constant re-runs of old programs. If half a billion of expenditure gets us a virtual car, Ted Kravitz, Fenners, episodes of Inside Grand Prix and everything else largely the same as before whilst people go crazy and lap it up then I'm out. I'd say most of that expenditure went straight to Bernie anyways, for the old season reviews! |
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14 Mar 2012, 08:05 (Ref:3040784) | #1684 | ||
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I could also get Welsh water to turn off my supply to as that would save 25 quid every month but like your suggestion that would be stupid. If I had my broadband cut off I wouldn't earn any money fullstop as it is a little more essential than a lot of other things. |
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14 Mar 2012, 08:10 (Ref:3040787) | #1685 | ||
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I know the past year and a half for me, whilst supporting me and my partner as she studied at uni, I lived on an absolute knife edge of funds. It was a case of paying for fancy services and never leave the house or use the money to do something with our days off. So £30 was certainly beyond me and it must surely be the same for others, you do realise times are pretty hard with hundreds of thousands scrapping over vacancies their numbers dwarf? Just being in work these days is a luxury. So yeah, if people are pretty ****ed off about it then there is reason. It's a luxury many can't afford. And that's before we talk about people who can't get Sky even if they can afford it! Another thing to add, for many people here it is now a choice of go to the British GP or pay to watch every other race and not go to it. A GP is a great experience, you have to go once, but pay through the nose for that AND for the TV experience. Again, gonna be some people who struggle. But yeah henners, stop paying for food or something mate. F1 is that important. Last edited by Knowlesy; 14 Mar 2012 at 08:19. |
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14 Mar 2012, 09:08 (Ref:3040809) | #1687 | ||
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Mine wasn't a serious suggestion btw. Just a pedantic jab at the difference between 'unable' and 'unwilling'. If you really really really really wanted it, you could afford it. But quite understandably, you don't.
I am fortunate enough to be able to afford it, but i did do some serious umm-ing and ahh-ing before going for it. |
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14 Mar 2012, 09:27 (Ref:3040823) | #1688 | ||
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My own resentment has been temporarily tempered by the excitement over the start of the new season. Clever people, those at Sky! Knowlesy, take a look at my comments earlier in the thread if you wish. I am resentful of the situation and you'll see I've made a U-turn (or changed my mind) based on the fact BT was costing me the same but without the telly. I'll still have to pay off BT £100 (a fine) for the seven months remaining on my contract (roughly the length of the F1 season). I think there is a thin line between unable and unwilling in some cases and that is not a criticism in any way. Someone mentioned family and not being willing to pay for that in lieu of doing things with their family I can utterly understand. There is an element of compromise in life required now to get F1 and some aren't up for that, which I get. Last edited by Born Racer; 14 Mar 2012 at 09:37. Reason: Wanted to add that final paragraph as a footnote. |
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14 Mar 2012, 13:04 (Ref:3040911) | #1689 | ||
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This is exactly the point its a question of priorities. Bills like mortgage, utilities etc come first, then essentials like food and so it goes on. Paying for F1, despite being a fan of 30 years, is at the bottom of the list it terms of importance. Its a luxury in affect. Yes, I may have £30 spare a month, but do I pay that into my daughters child trust fund for her future or pay to watch what is in affect 10 races on Sky. No brainer to me really. I understand where you are coming from but I'm not sure the line between unwilling and unable to pay is that thin.
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14 Mar 2012, 13:46 (Ref:3040931) | #1690 | ||
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Fortunately for me, I don't have children and I consciously go with £30 less food a month than F1, otherwise I suppose I would have to not let mine starve. |
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14 Mar 2012, 14:31 (Ref:3040942) | #1691 | ||
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I already have Sky, but had never bothered with Sky Sports...but I've signed up to their F1 HD Deal for £10.50...Can't wait to see all the Practices Qually and Race on HD on my new Super large Flat Screen!...Sure beats spending hundreads of Pounds on being there!
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14 Mar 2012, 14:48 (Ref:3040949) | #1692 | ||
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This thread is interesting in that many posts concern people's lack of funds, even though they appear to literate, and by association therefore not of the "underclass" - (trailer-trash to our US followers).
It goes to show the plight of hard-working decent folks in the present world economic crisis. I live in a very working-class town with a high ratio of benefit-claimants, yet they all have the ubiquitous dish attached to their homes. These are very often the sort of people who watch the most appalling of TV rubbish, and I doubt if many of them will tune in to F1. How about we rent the telly off them for a nominal fee whenever there's a race on - they're probably still in bed at 2pm on Sundays, getting over their hangovers. It's just such a waste of a good opportunity. |
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14 Mar 2012, 16:01 (Ref:3040978) | #1693 | |
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i watch a scary amount of rubbish on tv (freeview, i might add), work full time and i'm upper middle class with a private education. so stereotypes don't always float. beware the sweeping generalisations...
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14 Mar 2012, 17:12 (Ref:3041006) | #1694 | ||
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Yeah, we didn't time it very well with the current economic climate either! Please don't take my posts as having a go at you, just a bit of frustration getting the better of me!
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14 Mar 2012, 17:14 (Ref:3041007) | #1695 | |
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Not at all. Likewise Andy, I don't want anyone to take my comments too personally here, particularly when we are discussing financial matters, of which I know little or nothing of anyone's here; I am making more general points and hoping people apply the thought to their own situation.
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14 Mar 2012, 17:28 (Ref:3041011) | #1696 | ||
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This thread needs to stay focused on the issue of F1 going to Sky ..
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14 Mar 2012, 17:40 (Ref:3041017) | #1697 | ||
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As has been said above its a pretty sorry state of affairs where every council house seems to have a satelite dish attached to it yet I work hard, have a University education and am a qualified engineer yet the industry I am in is struggling and no longer pays the type of money to compete with our benefits system (not saying everyone who lives in a council house is on benefits btw). If a Sky subscription was affordable for all I think it would be fantastic for the fans in the UK as they are offering such widespread content. Unfortunately its out of a lot of fans reach so its split opinions across our nation. Myself and a few mates are getting together on Sunday and bringing a few beers to watch the re-run on the BBC. I hope the 2 hours doesn't race by as a GP can often feel too short IMO. What we don't know is how many laps will be included in their 2 hour show. I'm hoping the BBC will make use of their website to share most of the interviews post race leaving at least 80 or 90 minutes of race coverage. I won't hold my breath though. |
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14 Mar 2012, 18:13 (Ref:3041035) | #1698 | ||
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I sympathise with your predicament, maybe you could hook up with some other F1 fans and orgernise F1 watch parties..
I am not being smug when I tell you I have to pay, and have always had to pay to watch my favorite sport..... |
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If Sky fails miserably and decides to give it up, i think that F1 will be lost to our screens. |
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14 Mar 2012, 18:46 (Ref:3041057) | #1700 | ||
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I suppose I can be thankfull I have never had to pay to watch F1 in my lifetime. Unlike yourself I doubt I would be an F1 fan now if it had have been the case. With F1 being a very British sport in terms of what our country brings to it, I think our broadcasters have felt obliged to offer it free up until now. Its such a niche sport it just wouldn't attract fans unless they had free access to it IMO. Theres still the mentality over here where people think F1 is just about cars going round in circles and is boring unfortunately. Its the one industry where we still excel and it should be alot more popular IMO. |
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