F1 back on free to air tv till 2020

F1 back on free to air tv till 2020

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tight fart

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2,867 posts

272 months

Wednesday 20th December 2017
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8V085

670 posts

76 months

Wednesday 20th December 2017
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RTL does one of the cringiest F1 coverages.

Doink

1,652 posts

146 months

Thursday 21st December 2017
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The only thing worth watching on RTL is Tutti - Frutti

HorneyMX5

5,306 posts

149 months

Thursday 21st December 2017
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RTL + Radio 5 should sort it.

GuitarTech

582 posts

149 months

Thursday 28th December 2017
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The abysmal RTL F1 coverage is the reason why I'm prepared to pay for Sky: you miss more laps than you actually get to see due to constant commercial breaks, and as the icing on the cake, the embarrassing buffoon called Kai Ebel, who asks such inane questions even my cat does a face palm. And the tasteless shirts he wears, no, just no....
When I'm king of Germany, he will be one of the first peoplle I'll have shot yes

CoolHands

18,496 posts

194 months

Friday 29th December 2017
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Forgive my ignorance will F1 still be in ch4 next year?

HighwayStar

4,216 posts

143 months

Friday 29th December 2017
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CoolHands said:
Forgive my ignorance will F1 still be in ch4 next year?
Yes... from 2019, no.

threespires

4,289 posts

210 months

Friday 29th December 2017
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Fingers crossed Ch4 do the same..

CraigyMc

16,309 posts

235 months

Friday 29th December 2017
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threespires said:
Fingers crossed Ch4 do the same..
The exclusivity deal with Sky is already done.

MitchT

15,788 posts

208 months

Friday 29th December 2017
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I can only hope that the current C4 team will remain to do the time-delayed coverage or I'll struggle to remain interested once the live coverage vanishes behind the paywall.

HighwayStar

4,216 posts

143 months

Saturday 30th December 2017
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MitchT said:
I can only hope that the current C4 team will remain to do the time-delayed coverage or I'll struggle to remain interested once the live coverage vanishes behind the paywall.
You can hope but sadly it’s done....
https://m.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/354775/f1-uk-pay...

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jun/21/f1-u...

I did read somewhere that Sky may do a free to aid highlights package... here we go. We might get the British GP but it’s all speculation.

https://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2017/09/free-to-air...


DKL

4,480 posts

221 months

Saturday 30th December 2017
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So how do you get RTL? Is it just a IE browser option or can I find proper TV res through freeview or similar?

CoolHands

18,496 posts

194 months

Saturday 30th December 2017
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HighwayStar said:
CoolHands said:
Forgive my ignorance will F1 still be in ch4 next year?
Yes... from 2019, no.
Then I wouldn’t worry about it until then. By the time the next year rolls around, another deal will have been sorted. My prediction is it will continue to be on terrestrial tv in upcoming years.

Vaud

50,288 posts

154 months

Saturday 30th December 2017
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CoolHands said:
Then I wouldn’t worry about it until then. By the time the next year rolls around, another deal will have been sorted. My prediction is it will continue to be on terrestrial tv in upcoming years.
Or accessible via F1s own streaming service. You might need a proxy to make it work, but they will have their own service by 2019 IIRC.

CraigyMc

16,309 posts

235 months

Saturday 30th December 2017
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Vaud said:
CoolHands said:
Then I wouldn’t worry about it until then. By the time the next year rolls around, another deal will have been sorted. My prediction is it will continue to be on terrestrial tv in upcoming years.
Or accessible via F1s own streaming service. You might need a proxy to make it work, but they will have their own service by 2019 IIRC.
With respect, you are both ignoring what "exclusive" means. FOM don't own the rights to broadcast F1 in the UK from 2019+. They sold the rights to Sky.

If there's to be any free-to-air or internet broadcast of F1 races, it'll be Sky selling those rights, not "F1 itself".

Vaud

50,288 posts

154 months

Saturday 30th December 2017
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CraigyMc said:
Vaud said:
CoolHands said:
Then I wouldn’t worry about it until then. By the time the next year rolls around, another deal will have been sorted. My prediction is it will continue to be on terrestrial tv in upcoming years.
Or accessible via F1s own streaming service. You might need a proxy to make it work, but they will have their own service by 2019 IIRC.
With respect, you are both ignoring what "exclusive" means. FOM don't own the rights to broadcast F1 in the UK from 2019+. They sold the rights to Sky.

If there's to be any free-to-air or internet broadcast of F1 races, it'll be Sky selling those rights, not "F1 itself".
With respect you didn't read my post. I didn't say UK, and I said you would need a proxy.

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/132542/f1-plans-...

They will likely GEO-IP block UK users to respect their deal with SKY, but they will have a service that you could probably watch with some work arounds.

37chevy

3,280 posts

155 months

Saturday 30th December 2017
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Vaud said:
With respect you didn't read my post. I didn't say UK, and I said you would need a proxy.

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/132542/f1-plans-...

They will likely GEO-IP block UK users to respect their deal with SKY, but they will have a service that you could probably watch with some work arounds.
VPN is your friend

Vaud

50,288 posts

154 months

Saturday 30th December 2017
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37chevy said:
VPN is your friend
Oh I know. They may use other tricks, vpn isn’t fool proof and I think Sky have been trialing some systems for defeating vpns.


Needing an in country billing address may be another.

markcoznottz

7,155 posts

223 months

Saturday 30th December 2017
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HighwayStar said:
CoolHands said:
Forgive my ignorance will F1 still be in ch4 next year?
Yes... from 2019, no.
Old news but ludicrous imho. For a sport that relys on casual viewing for its popularity it will be the start of the end.

Vaud

50,288 posts

154 months

Saturday 30th December 2017
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markcoznottz said:
Old news but ludicrous imho. For a sport that relys on casual viewing for its popularity it will be the start of the end.
UK is a small market though in the scheme of things.