F1 on Channel 4
Discussion
24lemons said:
ukaskew said:
They always go big for the chequered flag or what is likely to be the end of the pole lap as it's almost always the only bit that makes it into mainstream news. I'd be fairly confident in saying they are required to do it.
Without a doubt. Even the dullest snoozefest will have the commentators shouting as the winner crosses the line a lap ahead of the competition as If it were the closest finish in history. I’m not a fan of Edwards I’m afraid. Always sounds like he is trying too hard to build up false excitement and his interesting stats often seem shoehorned in and irrelevant.
Eric Mc said:
The poorer the show, the greater the hype.
11.30 pm was way too late for me last night. I think that's what we'll be up against in 2019.
Could be a right damp squib end to a fantastic season. For all the hype we've had, it ends late at night when many of us have to be at work the next morning. 11.30 pm was way too late for me last night. I think that's what we'll be up against in 2019.
Eric Mc said:
The poorer the show, the greater the hype.
11.30 pm was way too late for me last night. I think that's what we'll be up against in 2019.
I am not so sure. There are many comments on social media that the channel 4 coverage is better than Sky even when its only highlights. Sky will want to offset their investment (fee) in F1. Channel 4 is thought to be paying around £25 m in fees this year. It would cost me £38 a month to sign up to get Sky f1. although in theory the F1 is a monthly contract so lets assume I only need it for 9 months. Sky therefore costs me 12 months by £20 plus 9 months by £18. Therefore total annual cost £302.11.30 pm was way too late for me last night. I think that's what we'll be up against in 2019.
If Channel 4 were to pay Sky £25 m to replicate their current coverage that equals Sky needing to find 82,782 new subscribers, although in reality they need to find a lot more as each new subscriber comes with the cost of installing a dish, supplying a box, etc whilst the Channel 4 income is pure income with no cost.
Whats more likely is that Channel 4 are going to pay Sky £15 m or so which equates to 49,669 subscribers, but channel 4 will only pay an amount which enables them to show the programme at a reasonable time. The Mexico show is late due tot he time difference. I think the highlight times will be pretty much as they have been through the year.
MiniMan64 said:
Currently trying to work out if I can get it on Sky. Now TV seems to be the cheapest way but apparently that doesn’t work on the telly
All depends. The Now TV box connects directly to a TV via HDMI. You can use the app and broadcast to a Chromecast or smart tv.The days of standalone TV's are pretty much over.
Kraken said:
MiniMan64 said:
Currently trying to work out if I can get it on Sky. Now TV seems to be the cheapest way but apparently that doesn’t work on the telly
All depends. The Now TV box connects directly to a TV via HDMI. You can use the app and broadcast to a Chromecast or smart tv.The days of standalone TV's are pretty much over.
MiniMan64 said:
Kraken said:
MiniMan64 said:
Currently trying to work out if I can get it on Sky. Now TV seems to be the cheapest way but apparently that doesn’t work on the telly
All depends. The Now TV box connects directly to a TV via HDMI. You can use the app and broadcast to a Chromecast or smart tv.The days of standalone TV's are pretty much over.
It's not just F1 - FIA series in general seem to be singularly crap at making it easy to watch them.
Last weekend, two endurance races took place - the IMSA 10hr Petit LeMans complete race was on Youtube the same day, a week later and still only a badly edited highlights clip of the FIA WEC Fuji 6hr race - and to make matters worse the video description gives away the result ??
Indycar usually have the full race online a couple of days after the race, whereas the best F1 can to is a 7min highlights clip. Makes the FIA series online coverage look like bloody amateurs !
Last weekend, two endurance races took place - the IMSA 10hr Petit LeMans complete race was on Youtube the same day, a week later and still only a badly edited highlights clip of the FIA WEC Fuji 6hr race - and to make matters worse the video description gives away the result ??
Indycar usually have the full race online a couple of days after the race, whereas the best F1 can to is a 7min highlights clip. Makes the FIA series online coverage look like bloody amateurs !
Edited by MartG on Sunday 28th October 12:48
garyhun said:
Just realised that my Samsung TV has the NowTV app installed. So if I go to the NowTV website I can buy a day pass for £7.99 and watch the GP live!
Who’d have thunked it?
I did something similar was trying to work out how to make it work from my phone to the tv then realised I already had the now tv ap in my Apple TV box - duh !Who’d have thunked it?
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