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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% | |
Voters: 110. You may not vote on this poll |
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21 Oct 2011, 19:56 (Ref:2974888) | #801 | |
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just notice that myself.
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21 Oct 2011, 21:02 (Ref:2974933) | #802 | |
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21 Oct 2011, 22:49 (Ref:2974970) | #803 | ||
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Martin Brundle has tweeted that he's spoke to BBC and Sky about next year, and that, yes, he will be commentating on F1, but doesn't say who with.
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22 Oct 2011, 04:51 (Ref:2975035) | #804 | ||
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If BBC and Sky were genuine about this, they would allow him to do F1 on both Sky and BBC. I know that in the US they have different commentators depending on the channel which covers that race, but I know I would prefer to hear MB (and DC) during the entire year.
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22 Oct 2011, 12:38 (Ref:2975128) | #806 | |||
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22 Oct 2011, 23:15 (Ref:2975291) | #807 | |||
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Jake Humphrey has tweeted tonight: "We've got great F1 plans. It'll be different but we WILL make live race coverage even better, and highlights also be compelling viewing." The clear inference from that is that Jake is staying put and that's a big promise. Might have to review my intention to go with Sky. There's another reason as well. |
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23 Oct 2011, 09:00 (Ref:2975392) | #808 | ||
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23 Oct 2011, 12:32 (Ref:2975519) | #809 | ||
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Jake will definitely be staying - he is a BBC man who does F1 rather than an F1 man who's on the BBC (he'll probably be the Olympics anchorman too)
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23 Oct 2011, 17:43 (Ref:2975633) | #810 | ||
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Sorry, just being F1. If you love it and follow it, ya get up at 4am for the flyaways, then youll get Sky...this is life, this is business, join the clan. Yes, Ive not got Sky, but as an avid, Ive got to get it too. All those that object watch the highlights, or of course, follow on Ten Tenths, the BEST coverage from you lovely lot!!
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23 Oct 2011, 18:12 (Ref:2975641) | #811 | |
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Well I'm a massive fan of the sport and spend alot of my time reading about it, watching it, and thinking about it. Its easy for you to say that "if you love it, you'll get Sky" but its not as simple as that. I can't afford £40-50 p/m fullstop and what type of fan I am is totally irrelevant. Having all the passion in the world isn't going to give me £40 extra every month is it?
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23 Oct 2011, 18:35 (Ref:2975649) | #812 | |||
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I do agree it's a selfish deal, but that is business. It's a deal between Sky and Bernie Ecclestone - so very, very unlikely to be badly thought out as they are both very successful. |
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I've voted for the first option as it is currently the most likely scenario. But things can change.
Someone mentioned the quality of commentary, and currently I prefer to wait the hour or so delay for the Eurosport MotoGP commentary, rather than stand to listen to the BBCs live efforts. |
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23 Oct 2011, 19:15 (Ref:2975676) | #816 | ||
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The beeb needed to save £60 mill, not showing all the races saves them £22 mill, it doesn't take a genius that by saving 1/3rd in one go makes sense. Had Sky not have taken over then the likelihood is that you wouldn't have had any races to watch, let alone half.
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23 Oct 2011, 19:21 (Ref:2975681) | #817 | |
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23 Oct 2011, 19:26 (Ref:2975688) | #818 | ||
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F1 is not the NHS, get used to paying and stop complaining..
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23 Oct 2011, 19:29 (Ref:2975689) | #819 | ||
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24 Oct 2011, 06:58 (Ref:2975854) | #821 | |
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You bought into that old chesnut, come on now. That was the official line and then days after that was publicized a leaked BBC report stated the BBC unnecessarily spend £80m annually on overpaid managers in positions that could potentially be at risk anyway. Thats only the tip of the iceberg with such articles, which makes this whole fob off a joke IMO. F1 pulled in on average 3 million viewers a race which is a figure Sky can only dream about.
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24 Oct 2011, 07:03 (Ref:2975857) | #822 | ||
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Yeah Bernie is going to make alot of money out of the deal and it will most probably work out for him and the teams. Sky will lose money from the deal, but they will likely not be too bothered about a few million quid being lost as long as they have the coverage. |
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24 Oct 2011, 08:02 (Ref:2975882) | #823 | ||
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Same here, NZ gets the BBC feed, hope we don't get the American commentators, it would just feel strange listening to someone who isin't British commentate on F1.
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24 Oct 2011, 08:42 (Ref:2975897) | #825 | ||
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Here's something of a shock, for me at least. Brundle and Croft thought to be going to Sky.
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