F1 to be shown on Sky F1 from 2012 Vol 2

[Motorrad]

Gizmo! said:

I have similar thoughts.

I will either pay for Sky, or I'll obtain a recording of the race by technological means. I have no interest in Polski F1 Robert Kubica Excellente JA!! F1-kanal.

That will be because you're a parochial dimwit.

[benny 61]

I have the sky sports channels but no HD so I need to upgrade to HD to get the new formula 1 channel?

[stemll]

benny 61 said:

I have the sky sports channels but no HD so I need to upgrade to HD to get the new formula 1 channel?

Nope, you'll get an SD F1 channel included in what you have provided you have Sky Sports 1 & 2.

http://www.sky.com/helpcentre/tv/finding-and-recor...

Edited by stemll on Monday 5th March 08:18

[benny 61]

stemll said:

benny 61 said:

I have the sky sports channels but no HD so I need to upgrade to HD to get the new formula 1 channel?

Nope, you'll get an SD F1 channel included in what you have provided you have Sky Sports 1 & 2.

http://www.sky.com/helpcentre/tv/finding-and-recor...

Edited by stemll on Monday 5th March 08:18

Thanks for the link, nice 1

[anonymous-user]

To the people saying it's 30 odd GBP per race; are you seriously suggesting you wouldn't use Sky for any single other sport? Golf, tennis, football, cricket to name a few which are all excellently covered on Sky sports.

I love F1 as much as the next person but I also have interests outside of F1 like other sports!

[Eric Mc]

Dubai said:

To the people saying it's 30 odd GBP per race; are you seriously suggesting you wouldn't use Sky for any single other sport? Golf, tennis, football, cricket to name a few which are all excellently covered on Sky sports.

I love F1 as much as the next person but I also have interests outside of F1 like other sports!

Not necessarilly. I like football so, in theory, could make use of the live TV coverage. But I also have ESPN at the moment and never look at their live football matches. It's a matter of how I chose to use my time.

So, even though I do like a lot of sports, I still wouldn't be making the most of the sports package that I had paid for. I remember a term I learned when studying economics known as Marginal Utility. In the case of Sky Sports the marginal utility of having all these sports live would not entice me to pay out what I consider to be a considerable sum which I would prefer to spend elsewhere (or even save).

[bigbadbikercats]

Gaz. said:

Dubai said:

To the people saying it's 30 odd GBP per race; are you seriously suggesting you wouldn't use Sky for any single other sport? Golf, tennis, football, cricket to name a few which are all excellently covered on Sky sports.

I love F1 as much as the next person but I also have interests outside of F1 like other sports!

Rather, would they only watch F1 via their TV? Is the thing going to gather dust between races

We (as a family) have thought about getting Sky TV on a few occasions, particularly as there have been a few periods prior to "digital switchover" when Freeview reception has been a little shaky. On every occasion we've reached the conclusion that while there was some stuff (sporting or otherwise) which would be Nice To Have the channel bundle(s) we would need to take to get the stuff we wanted didn't represent good enough value and there wasn't enough exclusive content to make a compelling case.

The F1 deal hasn't changed that, we could afford it, we'd almost certainly watch some other stuff which wouldn't otherwise be available but on the whole, even with the loss of 10 live F1 races we're happy enough with our current provider (Freeview +ESPN + VoD through BT Vision, which, for the moment at least we get somewhat cheaper than the advertised rates due to having been early adopters and being willing to play hard to get come renewal time) that there are simply other things we'd rather spend the money on...

[Chrisgr31]

Dubai said:

To the people saying it's 30 odd GBP per race; are you seriously suggesting you wouldn't use Sky for any single other sport? Golf, tennis, football, cricket to name a few which are all excellently covered on Sky sports.

I love F1 as much as the next person but I also have interests outside of F1 like other sports!

Yes! I wont watch any other sport than F1, I have no interest in golf, tennis, football cricket etc which is just as well as for the £30 a race version of Sky F1 you wouldnt get the sports channels anyway!

In reality as a family we watch very little TV, I watch Top Gear, F1 and the news, my wife might watch a bit more stull like Don't Tell the Bride, but then she'll go to sleep anyway! My daughter might watch kids TV but she'd much prefer to be outside playing with the neighbours kids, cycling, etc.

I have looked at Sky in the past but just cannot justify the cost on the amount I'll watch it. I'd prefer to spend that money on something else or save it towards a trip to a live race!

[John D.]

Dubai said:

To the people saying it's 30 odd GBP per race; are you seriously suggesting you wouldn't use Sky for any single other sport? Golf, tennis, football, cricket to name a few which are all excellently covered on Sky sports.

I love F1 as much as the next person but I also have interests outside of F1 like other sports!

Yes. I don't watch any of those dull sports.

I love F1 but am struggling to justify the cost of upgrading my Sky sub just for it. I'm going to see how the BBC coverage shapes up first.

[Sproston Blue]

John D. said:

... I'm going to see how the BBC coverage shapes up first.

The BBC have announced that Jamie Alguersuari will be joining the 5 Live team as a summariser - should be a worthy addition:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/17268711

[RYH64E]

Bloody hell, looks like I'm going to be in China for the opening race of the season, damn.

Does anyone know how to watch the race in Shanghai? I've got Sky Go, but it doesn't work (officially) outside of the UK. Any idea how to make the computer thinbk it is in the UK? Or does anyone know if it will be broadcast in China on any channel that a standard hotel tv setup will have?

[Teppic]

Well, I've just bitten the bullet and will be dropping my Virgin Media TV package (still keeping the broadband and phone though) and have just signed up to Sky+HD. Unfortunately the installation won't take place until 16th March, which is cutting it fine for qualifying if the installation slips a bit (I'm not too fussed about missing practice) as my landlord has requested that he is around so that he can ensure the installation is tidy.

I couldn't fault Virgin Media's Retentions Team though. They tried everything they could to keep me on the TV package, but everything they came back with was still north of £75 pounds for the whole package, whereas dropping the TV and taking Sky keeps my bill at roughly the same level that it would have been come April - there are literally pence in it.

Previously I wasn't that bothered about the upcoming season. Now I can't wait for the season to start!

[oyster]

Teppic said:

Well, I've just bitten the bullet and will be dropping my Virgin Media TV package (still keeping the broadband and phone though) and have just signed up to Sky+HD. Unfortunately the installation won't take place until 16th March, which is cutting it fine for qualifying if the installation slips a bit (I'm not too fussed about missing practice) as my landlord has requested that he is around so that he can ensure the installation is tidy.

I couldn't fault Virgin Media's Retentions Team though. They tried everything they could to keep me on the TV package, but everything they came back with was still north of £75 pounds for the whole package, whereas dropping the TV and taking Sky keeps my bill at roughly the same level that it would have been come April - there are literally pence in it.

Previously I wasn't that bothered about the upcoming season. Now I can't wait for the season to start!

Would you not have saved money by dropping the VM phone and broadband too?

[Teppic]

oyster said:

Would you not have saved money by dropping the VM phone and broadband too?

Phone lines at my flat are pretty much held together with string. The thought of going back to 1mbps when I've been used to 20mbps just didn't appeal.

[Eric Mc]

Gaz. said:

Teppic said:

Previously I wasn't that bothered about the upcoming season. Now I can't wait for the season to start!

Aside from that, I cannot wait for their version of the F1 classics to start, it's under a different name and is going to take a while to convert the footage from film to something that is able to be broadcast via todays technology but I'm almost more excited about seeing Jim Clark racing that the 2012 season.

Hopefully they'll also have Zonta's on board footage from F1Digital when he was passed by Schumacher and Mika in Belguim too.

What footage of Jim Clark are you talking about? That is the pre Bernie era and he has no control over film or TV from that era.

[davepoth]

RYH64E said:

Bloody hell, looks like I'm going to be in China for the opening race of the season, damn.

Does anyone know how to watch the race in Shanghai? I've got Sky Go, but it doesn't work (officially) outside of the UK. Any idea how to make the computer thinbk it is in the UK? Or does anyone know if it will be broadcast in China on any channel that a standard hotel tv setup will have?

www.rtl.de will almost certainly work; there are plenty of internet streams around if you look for them, but they tend to pop up on the day. I expect it'll be available - depends what channels your hotel has, but it's quite likely they'll take Australian TV since the satellite would be in about the right place.

[Badgerboy]

Anyone looked at the planner for the weekend yet? 1988,1989, and 2011 season reviews, plus some interviews with Fittipaldi etc and some excerpts of testing and interview with some of the team principals.

Sky box is probably going to run out of space!

[Peacockantony]

Teppic said:

Phone lines at my flat are pretty much held together with string. The thought of going back to 1mbps when I've been used to 20mbps just didn't appeal.

Then there is the fact that VM are doubling our speeds, making the speeds we are going to get untouchable by Sky or BT via phone lines.

[playalistic]

Peacockantony said:

Then there is the fact that VM are doubling our speeds, making the speeds we are going to get untouchable by Sky or BT via phone lines.

I get BT infinity at 45mbps. Do you really need more?

[JLJ]

I think all those who have incessantly banged on about how F1's move to Sky will be disastrous, are about to look rather silly.

It's already plain to see, that Sky are about to give us F1 fans greater access to the sport than at any other time since F1 has been broadcast.

I'll miss Jake Humphrey and David Coulthard's commentary, but this has been offset by losing the insufferable Eddie Jordan.

It will be interesting to directly compare BBC and Sky's coverage of F1.