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Sky have confirmed that the next two races, in Japan and China, will also “feature” the remote studio layout.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/formula-1/2024/03/25/f...
“This, however, was presented as a special treat, because Natalie Pinkham and company would be doing their stuff from the same studio the broadcaster uses for Monday Night Football.
“Sharing the studio with the football boys was sold by Sky as being both impressive and exciting for F1 fans, as if it were to be broadcast from the Royal Albert Hall or Madison Square Garden or some other legendary entertainment venue, rather than the place where Gary Neville criticises bungled offside traps and out-of-work football managers come to further their job searches.”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/formula-1/2024/03/25/f...
“This, however, was presented as a special treat, because Natalie Pinkham and company would be doing their stuff from the same studio the broadcaster uses for Monday Night Football.
“Sharing the studio with the football boys was sold by Sky as being both impressive and exciting for F1 fans, as if it were to be broadcast from the Royal Albert Hall or Madison Square Garden or some other legendary entertainment venue, rather than the place where Gary Neville criticises bungled offside traps and out-of-work football managers come to further their job searches.”
Sandpit Steve said:
Sky have confirmed that the next two races, in Japan and China, will also “feature” the remote studio layout.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/formula-1/2024/03/25/f...
“This, however, was presented as a special treat, because Natalie Pinkham and company would be doing their stuff from the same studio the broadcaster uses for Monday Night Football.
“Sharing the studio with the football boys was sold by Sky as being both impressive and exciting for F1 fans, as if it were to be broadcast from the Royal Albert Hall or Madison Square Garden or some other legendary entertainment venue, rather than the place where Gary Neville criticises bungled offside traps and out-of-work football managers come to further their job searches.”
Oh, if only I'd known! And there's me cancelling my Sky sub! Should I re-subscribe?https://www.telegraph.co.uk/formula-1/2024/03/25/f...
“This, however, was presented as a special treat, because Natalie Pinkham and company would be doing their stuff from the same studio the broadcaster uses for Monday Night Football.
“Sharing the studio with the football boys was sold by Sky as being both impressive and exciting for F1 fans, as if it were to be broadcast from the Royal Albert Hall or Madison Square Garden or some other legendary entertainment venue, rather than the place where Gary Neville criticises bungled offside traps and out-of-work football managers come to further their job searches.”
FFS - there they are slapping another increase on their 'services' with one hand, and the going cheap and downmarket on the production on the other.
Harry Flatters said:
FFS - there they are slapping another increase on their 'services' with one hand, and the going cheap and downmarket on the production on the other.
^This, utterly and completely - Sky raise their subscription costs and then cheapen the coverage. Drivers and others being interviewed remotely, going back to Melbourne anyway for various links and segments, nothing was better in the studio - it was just a bigger screen for the SkyPad which when full screen on my TV isn't any bigger anyway.
Insulting, contemptuous, treating their paying customers like idiots by telling us it's better.
Dashnine said:
Harry Flatters said:
FFS - there they are slapping another increase on their 'services' with one hand, and the going cheap and downmarket on the production on the other.
^This, utterly and completely - Sky raise their subscription costs and then cheapen the coverage. Drivers and others being interviewed remotely, going back to Melbourne anyway for various links and segments, nothing was better in the studio - it was just a bigger screen for the SkyPad which when full screen on my TV isn't any bigger anyway.
Insulting, contemptuous, treating their paying customers like idiots by telling us it's better.
Personally I think their model is doomed to fail because they've pushed the penny pinching too far to not be a constant distraction, also their insistence to 'schedule' race re-runs etc is just plain out of date - it's digital, all Sky content should be streamable instantly... yet they make people record a program if they're going to miss the start of it.
So you end up paying a premium for crap production and have to deal with an outdated content delivery platform to boot.
It's not hard to see why so many of us now use F1TV instead! Judging from comments made in the race threads, I think an awful lot of us are now watching (very happily) without Sky.
Well I love f1tv - fantastic app and great value (v’s the legal alternatives) but the casting from my Apple phone is terrible - works fine on all other apps, just terribly inconsistent with f1tv. Typically I rush to the tv minutes before lights out and then can’t get it to cast and so watch it on my phone instead.
Gazzab said:
Well I love f1tv - fantastic app and great value (v’s the legal alternatives) but the casting from my Apple phone is terrible - works fine on all other apps, just terribly inconsistent with f1tv. Typically I rush to the tv minutes before lights out and then can’t get it to cast and so watch it on my phone instead.
If you have a Firestick / Chromecast / Apple TV box and your VPN provider has an app that works on them, you should also be able to use the F1TV App on them directly rather than casting from your phone.I couldn't get F1TV on my laptop running reliably while connected to my TV via HDMI, so I went down the Firestick route.
Gazzab said:
Well I love f1tv - fantastic app and great value (v’s the legal alternatives) but the casting from my Apple phone is terrible - works fine on all other apps, just terribly inconsistent with f1tv. Typically I rush to the tv minutes before lights out and then can’t get it to cast and so watch it on my phone instead.
We just plug an old laptop into the TV if we want to watch properly. Most sessions I just watch on my phone or tablet though.Agree that F1TV is excellent, better than sky in every way and only around £50-60 a year.
I'd never go back. I don't think I'd go back even if sky was free tbh.
illmonkey said:
Duke Caboom said:
Anyone know why has my F1TVpro stopped me watching an hour or two after the race on the Firestick, but seems to still work on the PC? Nord set to Holland on both.
It’s always patchy, try a different location for the VPN, reset the fire stick etc. Showing on their website at $84.99 for the year, which is the same price I paid for last season.
https://www.formula1.com/en-ae/subscribe-to-f1-tv
Unlike most multi-sport broadcasters, it’s IMHO more likely that F1TV will raise their rates just as the Drive To Survive promotion starts and we all start thinking about the new season.
https://www.formula1.com/en-ae/subscribe-to-f1-tv
Unlike most multi-sport broadcasters, it’s IMHO more likely that F1TV will raise their rates just as the Drive To Survive promotion starts and we all start thinking about the new season.
My subscription is set to auto renew through Apple Store, i think its about £60, to be honest, i dont want to cancel and wait, i don't really want to touch it because it "works", my worry is if i cancel it, and try to take out a new subscription when an offer comes about and then it wont work for some reason, i'll be annoyed. So i'm leaving it to auto renew and be done with it
Gazzas86 said:
My subscription is set to auto renew through Apple Store, i think its about £60, to be honest, i dont want to cancel and wait, i don't really want to touch it because it "works", my worry is if i cancel it, and try to take out a new subscription when an offer comes about and then it wont work for some reason, i'll be annoyed. So i'm leaving it to auto renew and be done with it
Same, although mine auto renews via play store - same difference though, it removes the problem of a UK credit card being detected when paying.Also... £60 for a year of live F1, all the support races, loads of F1TV own content and the entire back catalogue of races, plus multiview, plus the ability to stream races anytime (unlike Sky), plus the option to remove Croft and have alternative commentary... That's a pretty good deal imo
Gazzas86 said:
My subscription is set to auto renew through Apple Store, i think its about £60, to be honest, i dont want to cancel and wait, i don't really want to touch it because it "works", my worry is if i cancel it, and try to take out a new subscription when an offer comes about and then it wont work for some reason, i'll be annoyed. So i'm leaving it to auto renew and be done with it
Same here. I've had an email telling me that my suscription will auto-renew in February for £59.99. I auto-renewed last year without problems so will let it renew again. Gassing Station | Formula 1 | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff