F1 on Channel 4

[Deesee]

TheDeuce said:

So who produces the default F1TV feed? And is that just for the app and just in the UK or all English speaking nations?

If it's F1's own production it would seem like they could boot sky from the world feed as soon as the contract expires.

Seems pretty clear to me that liberty's end game is to fully produce their own content and distribute it via their own app/stream.

Sky F1 (uk) are 25% of F1 revenues.

F1 tv are doing there own feed and stuff now. ( Sky C4 viewers Buxton is awful).

Writing off guaranteed money is not going to happen.

[TheDeuce]

Deesee said:

TheDeuce said:

So who produces the default F1TV feed? And is that just for the app and just in the UK or all English speaking nations?

If it's F1's own production it would seem like they could boot sky from the world feed as soon as the contract expires.

Seems pretty clear to me that liberty's end game is to fully produce their own content and distribute it via their own app/stream.

Sky F1 (uk) are 25% of F1 revenues.

F1 tv are doing there own feed and stuff now. ( Sky C4 viewers Buxton is awful).

Writing off guaranteed money is not going to happen.

Wait.. how can it be that 25% of F1 revenues come from the UK? We're a tiny country with quite a low % of regular viewing F1 fans these days - due to the sky paywall.

Do you mean all of Sky's global brands that distribute the English Sky feed?

[Deesee]

TheDeuce said:

Deesee said:

TheDeuce said:

So who produces the default F1TV feed? And is that just for the app and just in the UK or all English speaking nations?

If it's F1's own production it would seem like they could boot sky from the world feed as soon as the contract expires.

Seems pretty clear to me that liberty's end game is to fully produce their own content and distribute it via their own app/stream.

Sky F1 (uk) are 25% of F1 revenues.

F1 tv are doing there own feed and stuff now. ( Sky C4 viewers Buxton is awful).

Writing off guaranteed money is not going to happen.

Wait.. how can it be that 25% of F1 revenues come from the UK? We're a tiny country with quite a low % of regular viewing F1 fans these days - due to the sky paywall.

Do you mean all of Sky's global brands that distribute the English Sky feed?

Skys extension was 5 yrs at a billion pounds Sterling, f1 have just doubled turnover to 2 billion USD in a similar timescale. So at time of last deal circa 25%.

Sky UK only.

Liberty are starting to get to grips with this by running there own events (see Las Vegas).

Sky have around a million subscribers that tune in every race weekend + now tv. If F1 tv came to the uk (officially) it would need to increase to subscription by 3x to break even.

[Milkyway]

Ariana Bravo... I like her presenting style.

[markbigears]

Really? I can’t stand her irritating voice and if you have legs like that, wear trousers! Still, ticked a few boxes

Edited by markbigears on Sunday 29th May 18:57

[blueST]

Mark Webber is quality. Some of his phrases are comedy gold. He was practically lead commentator for the last 3rd and did a great job, If you cross Murray Walker with Steve Irwin that this is what you’d get.

[JmatthewB]

One thing I noticed yesterday was that both Webber and Coulthard said the Red Bulls should get penalties for crossing the pit lane exit line. The impression I got from on here was that they were supposed to biased towards Red Bull all the time?

[rider73]

JmatthewB said:

One thing I noticed yesterday was that both Webber and Coulthard said the Red Bulls should get penalties for crossing the pit lane exit line. The impression I got from on here was that they were supposed to biased towards Red Bull all the time?

interesting - on the highlights after the restart , i heard Webber arguing if its the whole tyre over the line.....

[anonymous-user]

JmatthewB said:

One thing I noticed yesterday was that both Webber and Coulthard said the Red Bulls should get penalties for crossing the pit lane exit line. The impression I got from on here was that they were supposed to biased towards Red Bull all the time?

I don’t think they would even dare argue against an obvious infringement of the rules, if made.

[MontyPythonX]

JmatthewB said:

One thing I noticed yesterday was that both Webber and Coulthard said the Red Bulls should get penalties for crossing the pit lane exit line. The impression I got from on here was that they were supposed to biased towards Red Bull all the time?

Or in order to appear unbiased they are "arguing" Red Bull should get a penalty when they know there is no chance that it will happen.

[A500leroy]

Good job c4, for fta its perfectly acceptable ( drop steve though, maybe replace with suzy perri/wolf?)

[Milkyway]

A500leroy said:

Good job c4, for fta its perfectly acceptable ( drop steve though, maybe replace with suzy perri/wolf?)

Or Ariana... she’s tall enough.

[808 Estate]

Milkyway said:

Ariana Bravo... I like her presenting style.

I think she is rathe cute in a Snu-Snu kind of way.

[sasha320]

The Sky TV contract has meant I am no longer an avid F1 fan. I try to watch the C4 show but often I have understood the result before their show but can’t really follow it that way.

I would love to subscribe to the F1 streaming service.

[TheDeuce]

sasha320 said:

The Sky TV contract has meant I am no longer an avid F1 fan. I try to watch the C4 show but often I have understood the result before their show but can’t really follow it that way.

I would love to subscribe to the F1 streaming service.

Can't recommend F1TV enough.

Just watching highlights is terrible. It's like skimming through the plot summary of a book instead of reading it. There's no guessing or anticipation or excitement.

[SoulGlo]

Agreed.

Best thing I did was cancel my complete Sky contract at the start of the year.

I got the VPN (Nord) on a two year deal and then subscribed to F1TV pro for less a tenner a month I think.

[CABC]

what's the F1TV commentary like?

[TheDeuce]

SoulGlo said:

Agreed.

Best thing I did was cancel my complete Sky contract at the start of the year.

I got the VPN (Nord) on a two year deal and then subscribed to F1TV pro for less a tenner a month I think.

I think it was actually something like £60-70 for the year when I paid through google play store. Incredible value.

And yes, sacking off Sky felt good when I did that too

[TheDeuce]

CABC said:

what's the F1TV commentary like?

You can choose the Sky commentary, Brundle, Croft etc, exactly as you hear on the Sky broadcast.. Or you instead listen to F1's own English feed, which is far less OTT and more focussed on the technical nature of the sport and events on track.

[CABC]

TheDeuce said:

You can choose the Sky commentary, Brundle, Croft etc, exactly as you hear on the Sky broadcast.. Or you instead listen to F1's own English feed, which is far less OTT and more focussed on the technical nature of the sport and events on track.

interesting.
yes the commentators are often annoying, but I do value the ex-driver viewpoints of Brundle/Coultard/Palmer.
Jolyon Palmer in the ear and the F1 visual feed could be a good balance.