F1 to be shown on Sky Sport from 2012

[Woody]

Just niticed that on the live testing feed on the sky-f1 website they've announced that the F1 Channel (408) has gone live.

At work so can't see it - anyone near a TV??

Chris

[mel]

Eric, that might be a bit more wish full thinking than reality, I've got Sky and did recently upgrade to HD in order to get the F1 coverage, I will certainly be giving Sky a good chance to see what the coverage is like. If it lives up to the hype then in my living room at least there will be no more BBC, if the coverage is crap then I will revert to the BBC, but only time will tell and there is no way of speculating yet till we've seen what "the full sky treatment" really is, the trailers at least show a lot of potential.

[Mini1275]

Woody said:

Just niticed that on the live testing feed on the sky-f1 website they've announced that the F1 Channel (408) has gone live.

At work so can't see it - anyone near a TV??

Chris

Yep, it's live.

Currently listing the teams and giving a bit of info about them.

Edited to add, it seems to be more Sky advertising the F1 channel's features and programs.

Looking good.

Edited by Mini1275 on Thursday 1st March 12:22

[wolves_wanderer]

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[Mini1275]

Lots of historic footage and documentaries by the looks of it, they're currently showing a bit of an Emerson Fittipaldi documentary.

This is really looking quite good!.

[Eric Mc]

furtive said:

Eric Mc said:

My hunch is that on the days when there is live coverage on both channels, even those who have got the option of Sky will probably watch most of the race on BBC.

Disagree. They'll stick with Sky to get Brundle commentating

Not during commercial breaks they won't.

And Edwards is a pretty good commentator in his own right.

[robmlufc]

Eric Mc said:

Not during commercial breaks they won't.

And Edwards is a pretty good commentator in his own right.

Trip to the fridge for beer while the adverts are on, ideal timing.

[Roberty]

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[The Excession]

Mini1275 said:

Yep, it's live.

Yup, I just stumbled across this whilst pissing about with my Dreambox.

All working fine here. 28.2E 12108 27500 FEC(auto) 0963:051A.

This channel is not running Free To Air - I just tested that. Our Sly box downstairs with no sports or HD can see it at the moment, so at the moment it's a lower Tier channel, but you need to be plugged into a sly card in some way to see these pictures, as said it's just a loop of adverts and promotion at the moment.

Anyone struggling to get this channel on their TV is welcome to contact me via PM and I will happily provivide advice on other satellites, providers, hardware and many more options to watch it.

[furtive]

Eric Mc said:

Not during commercial breaks they won't.

There aren't any during the race.

[Eric Mc]

furtive said:

Eric Mc said:

Not during commercial breaks they won't.

There aren't any during the race.

I know. But Brundle's commentary won't start instantly with the green light and stop dead at the chequered flag.

[Skii]

robmlufc said:

Why would I do that?

No idea, who are you?

[RYH64E]

Roberty said:

Best bit about it going to sky, their not employing Eddie Bloody Jordan.

I'll agree with that.

I'd sooner it was on BBC, but I don't really care. If it cost me extra to watch it I would have been a bit upset, and if there were ad breaks during the race I'd be really annoyed, but already having a Sky HD subscription means it doesn't cost me anything and as there are no ad breaks during the race I'm quite happy. I'm not a great fan of Sky, but I don't much like the BBC either, and no EJ is a definite bonus.

[The Excession]

I give up.

Mods, please look and see why posts by me appeared, disappeared. I wrote them again, they appeared disappeared.


I give up.

[robmlufc]

RYH64E said:

I'll agree with that.

I'd sooner it was on BBC, but I don't really care. If it cost me extra to watch it I would have been a bit upset, and if there were ad breaks during the race I'd be really annoyed, but already having a Sky HD subscription means it doesn't cost me anything and as there are no ad breaks during the race I'm quite happy. I'm not a great fan of Sky, but I don't much like the BBC either, and no EJ is a definite bonus.

Yup same as you, plus BBC didn't want it so I will not entertain their half arsed attempt.

[Chrisw666]

I phoned sky to talk to them about the F1 coverage, I ended up cancelling my whole subscription with them because the twunt on the end of the phone lied to me about several things.

[Bill]

The Excession said:

I give up.

Mods, please look and see why posts by me appeared, disappeared. I wrote them again, they appeared disappeared.


I give up.

Probably time for Volume 2.

Please hold....

[Bill]

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