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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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20 Jul 2012, 07:52 (Ref:3108904) | #2401 | |
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20 Jul 2012, 07:58 (Ref:3108906) | #2402 | ||
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That, given the choice, you would wait for the highlights seemingly out of some smug spite.
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20 Jul 2012, 08:05 (Ref:3108907) | #2403 | |
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I don't have the choice on freeview and can watch on Sky Go if I wanted to anyway. The only smugness on here is from the likes of you mocking those who don't watch on the same channel as you. Go and find someone else to attack or take out your pity on.
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20 Jul 2012, 08:25 (Ref:3108914) | #2404 | ||
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Fair enough. I wasn't attacking.
But if you have access to SkyGo, why will you wait for the highlights? (assuming that you are not otherwise engaged) |
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20 Jul 2012, 08:35 (Ref:3108919) | #2405 | |
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That's the problem I have with Sky Go, I can't record anything to watch when I want to watch. I will be in Surrey until late Sunday afternoon so the highlights is my best option. Apologies for my tone, I just hate being in this situation.
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20 Jul 2012, 08:53 (Ref:3108923) | #2406 | |||
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Enjoy Surrey. I suppose a small consolation now is that alot of people are in the same boat (with delayed highlights) and thus don't want to hear the result. |
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20 Jul 2012, 09:33 (Ref:3108938) | #2407 | |
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I have been an avid fan of F1 since my Dad took me to the British GP at Silverstone in 1960, race won by Jack Brabaham.
I have read all the comments in this thread, some of which got a bit lively, and not wishing to take any moral high or low ground on the subject, from my own personal point of view, I am still finding it a novelty to sit here on a Friday morning and be able to watch all the sessions live on a GP weekend. Will even take my ipad with me at lunchtime in case our lunch gets extended and have to stay on licenced premises to watch this afternoon. The rights and wrongs of the current TV situation and the continuing argument of whether the Beeb does it better than Sky are valid points to discuss but, again on a personal basis, I just love what I am able to watch each GP weekend. And with the weather set fair for a day or two, I may have to eat my ploughmans, sup my pint and watch the sessions from Germany under the shade of an umbrella in the White Hart garden. Happy days. |
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20 Jul 2012, 11:19 (Ref:3108991) | #2409 | |||
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For the same reasons, I would not be able to afford the time to watch the many hours of build up (and aftermath), or the previous races and Legends programs that are also apparently shown on the dedicated Grand Prix channel. So unless Grand Prix racing remains on free to air transmissions, even if it means that the races aren't shown live (which is what used to happen on the BBC anyway when I was younger), I'll not be able to watch it anymore... |
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20 Jul 2012, 12:44 (Ref:3109023) | #2410 | ||
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20 Jul 2012, 22:43 (Ref:3109273) | #2411 | ||
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When Sky go to the adverts and a young woman is channeling the spirit of Murray Walker...well it's starting to freak me out.
A small point I thought it important to bring to the table. |
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21 Jul 2012, 13:47 (Ref:3109457) | #2412 | ||
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I'd be interested if the Sky viewers think the content provided during the sky sports preview weekend is a lower, same or higher calibre than usual.
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22 Jul 2012, 14:17 (Ref:3109756) | #2413 | ||
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It's doubtful it would be any worse than the australian coverage. We're stuck in the 70's/80's mentality of "nobody will identify with that british pair unless we give a hamfisted lead-in from an under-educated local commentator after every ad break".
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22 Jul 2012, 16:19 (Ref:3109814) | #2414 | ||
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I watched the preview and thought it was ok but qualifying wasn't as good as the BBC. They've got a better team, as far as I'm concerned and the whole presentation is just slicker.
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22 Jul 2012, 18:13 (Ref:3109852) | #2415 | ||
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I've watched on freebie view with Virgin this weekend and I don't think Sky are anywhere near as good as the Beeb. Martin Brundle seems to have lost it on the grid walks and Damon Hill just doesn't cut it on TV.
Then there's all the repeats of each show they put on although there just isn't enough quality content to fill a 24/7 channel. |
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22 Jul 2012, 18:22 (Ref:3109862) | #2416 | ||
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22 Jul 2012, 18:38 (Ref:3109877) | #2417 | |
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Scores on the doors ratings wise?
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22 Jul 2012, 19:13 (Ref:3109908) | #2418 | ||
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Grateful for the chance to watch it live, but in a straight contest with the Beeb, I'd watch the Beeb.......presenters / commentators just seem better, to my mind...
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22 Jul 2012, 20:07 (Ref:3109944) | #2419 | ||
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Good programme today. Fun Simon Seb interview. Roebuck feature was good. They keep finding footage I've not seen before. Closest to beeb coverage so far. On a par?
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22 Jul 2012, 20:23 (Ref:3109951) | #2420 | ||
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I didn't necessarily mean show F1 24/7 but don't they have other races including some classic races as well that they could show? But that's my point they are trying to put on a 24/7 channel with content that struggles to fill 12 hours.
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22 Jul 2012, 20:26 (Ref:3109953) | #2421 | ||
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Sky showed classic Silverstone races leading up to the British GP and were criticised for it (by the pro Beeb brigade) on this site, thats likely to be reflected on a larger scale too.
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22 Jul 2012, 20:44 (Ref:3109969) | #2422 | |
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i prefer sky during the race because i really do like crofty's style of commentary. but i watched about 20 mins pre-race where they were just doing the pre-match game of two halves style football waffle about how exciting the race was going to be and it did my head in.
i like lee as a highlights programme anchor - she's got the right kind of... gravitas is the wrong word but she has a good strong presence on screen. this is going to sound really girly (and possibly be a bit controversial), but i'd actually like to see her in heels and being a commanding excellent presenter but in a very feminine context. i think it's important to show it can be done - as a woman you don't *have* to act like one of the lads and wear flats and sensible boots when you don't need to. for all the flak she gets for the odd repetitive question - frankly guys, you try and think of other things to ask bored and frustrated racing drivers - she's a very very good sports presenter, particularly in the context of the fluff that sky promote to front all aspects of their coverage. |
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22 Jul 2012, 22:17 (Ref:3110016) | #2424 | ||
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BBC and Sky are chalk and cheese. Budget and that superiority is built into the Sky contract means technically Sky will come up trumps.
It all comes down to your priorities. Some remark that all the extra layering with Sky is irrelevant to them as they lead hectic lives. I fall into that category. Personally, I like the more informal BBC approach although it's less 'efficient' than the slicker Sky package. Although, Jordan is a phenomenal scatterbrain, I've no real complaints about either teams but I do think there is legitimate controversy regarding value for money and sport being tucked behind prohibitive pay-walls. |
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Did they pull out all the stops...Yes and No. Yes, although somewhat detached and not relevant to today race, the James Hunt feature is one of the best features they have. The Jim Clark feature was a nice touch. The Simon and Seb feature has been described elsewhere as a bit ITV, but I didn't mind it that much. Compared to other races, they didn't have their full on-screen team on-site with them. Pinkham got married yesterday with Thomson in attendance, so obviously neither were there. Brookes from SSN replaced Pinkham without too much difficulties. Georgie and her Sky Pad might have been used more over the course of the weekend had she been there. Today was Anthony Davidson's first studio appearance since his accident. I don't know whether he would have been fit to travel to Germany if the Sky Pad was on-site. The audio delay to London was just one of those thing's that can't be helped, but wouldn't impress the first time Sky watcher. In comparison to previous weekends, they were short in the commentary box and a pundit short as well, Alan McNish did the FPs on Friday but had other arrangements for the rest of the weekend. Herbert did the FP3 on Saturday before Brundle took over for the Qually and Race. McNish had been punditing the previous weekends that he's been on after his commentary box stints, and Herbert had been on the Sky Pad. |
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