No chance of BBC taking back F1 then :(
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With the news today of severe cut backs by the BBC, we now have to wait and hope that Sky put in a bid for F1 now so that we can get it away from the ITV Lewis Hamilton Appreciation Society and kick 'The Cock' into touch...
Let's be honest, Sky's coverage is pretty good now adays that I doubt it would effect viewing figures at all.
Let's be honest, Sky's coverage is pretty good now adays that I doubt it would effect viewing figures at all.
gtr-gaz said:
Do Sky also have hours of adverts during races??
They would bombard you with adverts before and after the race but IMO would be very few and far between during the race.I was going to site an example their football coverage where they show no ads until half/full time. However, on all day sports like golf and cricket they put them in when they can (between overs/when wickets fall) so dont interupt viewing.
Obviously there arent really any breaks in F1 so one would hope that they would forgo ads during the race.
I believe that when it comes to sport sky take the view that the extra viewers (and hence subscriptions) more than compensate them.
The good thing if sky did get the coverage is that they would show the full race a couple of times over the next few days (although with plenty of ads inserted)
Did any/all of that make any sense? If not at lease it helping with my postcount!
Peter
toomuchbeer said:
and as I don't have sky, I'll be one less viewer watching if it leaves ITV.
trust me, if you are an F1 fan and Sky take it away from ITV you will probably be happy to pay the monthly subs, plus a Sky+ is the best bit of kit I've ever purchased 
Look at the increase in subs when they got Lost from channel 4...
makes huge commercial sense to them to get it.
consider this if the rights are up for grabs and itv wont pay perhaps bbc will if there is enough to be gained from having it eg when Damon Hill was doing well F1 was big news over here, when he left and no other brits look likely for the title interest dropped off. this is also evident in germany etc, ie if a national driver is doing well the interest soars.
if LH does well...........
if LH does well...........
motormania said:
toomuchbeer said:
and as I don't have sky, I'll be one less viewer watching if it leaves ITV.
trust me, if you are an F1 fan and Sky take it away from ITV you will probably be happy to pay the monthly subs, plus a Sky+ is the best bit of kit I've ever purchased Look at the increase in subs when they got Lost from channel 4...
makes huge commercial sense to them to get it.
Edited by Al W on Thursday 18th October 17:07
I used to love the BBC coverage. Ah, good old Murry and James Hunt. A great team, Murray and Martin Brundle weren't bad either
I think what made a difference to my love of F1, was when they started putting onboard cameras in the cars. That really gave the viewers a taste of the speed!
If coverage moves to Sky, I will not be watching anymore. Not just because I don't have Sky Sports, but also as a protest as to how F1 has been run over the last year. Let's face it, if we all stopped following F1 for a year, Max would be out of a job, as would James Allen..... now there's a thought
Don't forget, it's the fans who dictate how sports are run.
I think what made a difference to my love of F1, was when they started putting onboard cameras in the cars. That really gave the viewers a taste of the speed!
If coverage moves to Sky, I will not be watching anymore. Not just because I don't have Sky Sports, but also as a protest as to how F1 has been run over the last year. Let's face it, if we all stopped following F1 for a year, Max would be out of a job, as would James Allen..... now there's a thought
Don't forget, it's the fans who dictate how sports are run.
Peter_1980 said:
gtr-gaz said:
Do Sky also have hours of adverts during races??
They would bombard you with adverts before and after the race but IMO would be very few and far between during the race.I was going to site an example their football coverage where they show no ads until half/full time. However, on all day sports like golf and cricket they put them in when they can (between overs/when wickets fall) so dont interupt viewing.
Obviously there arent really any breaks in F1 so one would hope that they would forgo ads during the race.
I believe that when it comes to sport sky take the view that the extra viewers (and hence subscriptions) more than compensate them.
The good thing if sky did get the coverage is that they would show the full race a couple of times over the next few days (although with plenty of ads inserted)
Did any/all of that make any sense? If not at lease it helping with my postcount!
Peter
Moving it to Sky would be the final nail in F1's TV coffin for me. I certainly wouldn't pay consider getting sky just for F1 and nothing else has tempted me so far. It would be back to just listening on the radio, the five live commentary is great anyway so would do me just as it did 31 years ago in the early hours listening to the Japanese grand prix when Hunt won the championship - I think that may have been the first time I got early for a race, and it wasn't even on TV!
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