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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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27 Nov 2011, 18:31 (Ref:2992038) | #1051 | |
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Red Bull embraced the Sky deal knowing how many British fans are against it which was abit of a kick in the teeth and surprising from a British team. Nevermind eh. Roll on China 2012, its going to be a long wait.
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27 Nov 2011, 18:41 (Ref:2992046) | #1053 | ||
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Sky sports news reporting that Martin Brundle will be with them next year, but from listening to Jake on BBC it would seem that he, EJ and DC will still be on BBC.
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27 Nov 2011, 18:53 (Ref:2992054) | #1054 | |
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27 Nov 2011, 19:04 (Ref:2992061) | #1055 | ||
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28 Nov 2011, 06:08 (Ref:2992291) | #1056 | ||
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There are plenty of streams on the net...not sure what the big fuss is. A few always get taken down by FOM, but you've just gotta know where to look to find the good ones.
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28 Nov 2011, 07:29 (Ref:2992303) | #1057 | ||
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Red Bull would have been doing their own sponsers a disservice by not taking the Sky deal. Sky will be showing the RB8 quite alot, even more if their own name is on it, which can only be good for Red Bull's other sponsers.
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28 Nov 2011, 10:03 (Ref:2992339) | #1059 | |
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I understand why they did it and its a catch 22 situation. Do they please the sponsors they have on their car by endorsing the TV company who are showing their name to 1 million viewers, or do they please the other 3 millions fans who won't be watching Sky next year? They did what they had to do and money talks.
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28 Nov 2011, 10:15 (Ref:2992341) | #1060 | ||
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If the highlights shows next year are anywhere near as good as the BBC's coverage and content in 2011, then SKY will be the ones losing out IMO. |
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28 Nov 2011, 10:28 (Ref:2992351) | #1061 | ||
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Do crystal balls give details like exact viewing figures now? Extraordinary.
I still think Sky hold the cards with exclusive live coverage for all races. I think people will soon tire of having to disconnect themselves from thier computers/phones for hours on a Sunday, while waiting for the Beeb coverage. As-live just isn't the same as Live. |
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28 Nov 2011, 10:29 (Ref:2992350) | #1062 | ||
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How many years is the share agreement for ? Will it always be 50 / 50 on live races, or is that a temporary appeasment as the beeb had the rights. Will 2013 be all live races only on sky, with just highlights ( or worse, nothing ) on bbc ? If all the coverage is destined to be on Sky sooner rather than later ( maybe as early as 2013 ), then maybe that has influenced such as Brundle, kravitz and anyone else who wants to be involved in F1 long term. Why stay at the beeb if in 2 years you'll be covering tiddly-winks.
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28 Nov 2011, 10:42 (Ref:2992353) | #1063 | ||
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Unless 3 million British F1 fans suddenly commit to buying a SKY package, its a no brainer. many can't afford it so I can't see that suddenly happening and SKY pulling in that extra 3 million. I won't and many like me won't worry about it. I don't tend to waste my Sunday afternoons in the summer sat in front of the TV and often record the races and watch them later. I am annoyed the whole race won't be shown on the BBC but we are assured the highlights show will be better than ever anyway. |
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blah, blah, "best for the fans", blah, blah, BBC, blah, blah.
Right, Sky deal is great for the fans! Why? They'll be showing all the F1 on-track session activity on a dedicated channel that I can RECORD, pause, rewind, etc. which I can't do on BBC red button. As for the commentary team, meh, we'll see who actually goes when Sky starts, I'm sure there will be as much discussion about this as there was over the BBC->ITV->BBC moves in the past. Time for a "Sky Commentators Dream Team" thread methinks! |
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blah, blah, "best for the fans", blah, blah, BBC, blah, blah.
Right, Sky deal is great for the fans! Why? They'll be showing all the F1 on-track session activity on a dedicated channel that I can RECORD, pause, rewind, etc. which I can't do on BBC red button. As for the commentary team, meh, we'll see who actually goes when Sky starts, I'm sure there will be as much discussion about this as there was over the BBC->ITV->BBC moves in the past. Time for a "Sky Commentators Dream Team" thread methinks! |
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28 Nov 2011, 10:53 (Ref:2992362) | #1067 | |
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28 Nov 2011, 11:05 (Ref:2992368) | #1069 | ||
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HD practice. Always bothered me when I tried to catch up a little on a Friday after work.
Did I also hear that there was a range of feeds to choose from? |
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28 Nov 2011, 11:38 (Ref:2992380) | #1070 | |
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28 Nov 2011, 13:14 (Ref:2992414) | #1071 | ||
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Just checked out the details on the Sky website after seeing an ad in the UK Sunday papers - apparently the Skysports F1 channel will be free to SkySports viewers and also free to Sky HD viewers.
I have never subscribed to SkySports as I have no interested in football although I already have Sky HD but I will be interested to see how many people either already have Sky HD or upgrade to it anyway, and get the F1 channel. |
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28 Nov 2011, 13:25 (Ref:2992420) | #1072 | ||
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So the choice seems to be, if you haven't got an HD TV, is to have Sky Sports 1 & 2 added. So that you can watch all of that, including F1, but not in HD. |
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28 Nov 2011, 13:29 (Ref:2992423) | #1073 | ||
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The Sky HD boxes come with a scart socket, so you can plug into a non-HD TV perfectly. This is exactly the situation we have upstairs since September. So, even if you don't have an HDTV, adding the HD pack is still the cheapest way of getting F1 on Sky. |
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28 Nov 2011, 13:38 (Ref:2992430) | #1074 | |
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In the gym the other day, watching Sky Sports (I was stuck on a bike with nowhere else to look), I saw them proudly advertising 'ALL the free practice sessions, NO adverts', etc, etc. Am I supposed to be excited about this not-at-all new development?
Bernie has a huge amount to answer for, because he has made F1 so prohibitively expensive, but then why did the BBC get into a deal that they knew they could not pay for (the recession was under way, was it not, when they began their deal)? Also is there not a competitions law investigation that should take place over the way the BBC blocked Channel 4 from getting it? The dream team has been well and truly broken up and the repercussions will long-term and not-at-all immediate. In time, F1 will become even more of a minority sport (it already is in some respects). The UK is an important market and sponsors will get fed up. Hey, maybe some good can come of it and costs in the sport can finally come down (I don't really believe that). David Coulthard had a nice try at trying to claim a certain improvement in the BBC's coverage by talking about how the delay will allow them to have had a lot of analysis by the time they put out the highlights, so they can cover that in the post-race show. Thanks David, but I can get analysis elsewhere. If the BBC's my auntie, I want to disown her. |
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