uk f1 tv coverage - sky, bbc and ch4

[BertMk2]

Originally Posted by Derwent

The C4 coverage is fine by me other than Steve Jones. He is annoying. Lee Mackenzie did a couple when he was away and she knows about F1.

Interesting - I think Steve Jones is great on the CH4 coverage, he isn't there to be an expert (and doesn't try to be) but to smoothly link everything else together nudge the experts in the right direction if they're veering off topic - and he's very good at that. It was the same with the "On the marbles" podcast they did for a while - Steve anchoring it and guiding it along but getting the best out of the other contributors in the process.

[P38 in workshop]

I can't say I object to Steve Jones as he does link together the racing and the peripheral stuff quite well.In fact I found that by watching the C4 highlights last year I was getting more done on a Sunday as the boring parts of the on track action were skipped over.the hard part was avoiding websites and new broadcasts until the highlights were shown.If they could show the broadcast at say 8 o'clock on race day it would be great.During the odd times when Top Gear is on in opposition,the +1 option would be useful.Lets just hope there are some highlights worth watching this year.

[gert]

Originally Posted by S griffin

Let's hope F1 manages to get enough TV coverage around the world for those who can afford it in the future

Actually, to solve this problem, we should hope viewing figures drop like a stone.
Otherwise, they think they are doing the right thing by putting everything behind a paywall

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by ScotsBrutesFan

Sponsors need to be seen...

FTA TV won't devote time to all sessions and so sponsors will only be visible in qually and Race. Coverage is always aimed at the pointy end, which means lesser teams and their sponsors get little TV time.

Subscription services covering all sessions where lesser teams may well get highlighted and discussed for several minutes at time with their sponsors fully on show, in addition to equally and race coverage.

It's not as straight forward as you think.

When IndyCar when to cable subscription, in the early years of the IRL running the series, a lot of sponsors jumped ship and went to NASCAR.