BBC to stop F1 coverage - petition

[dudfieldjp]

I’ve made a petition – will you support it and sign it? (I need 5 initial supports to get it listed on the government web site).

Click this link to sign the petition:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/116799/sp...

My petition:

Force the BBC to rethink the stopping of F1 coverage in 2016.

BBC annownced that they are ditching F1 tv coverage due to lack of funding. The BBC should rethink their position as F1 motorsport is one of the few world class sports on british TV. The depth of the coverage over the years has been extraordinary. This is the end of an era. What will be next MOTD?

Click this link to sign the petition:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/116799/sp...

[superlightr]

Nah - F1 is so boring these days. Also dont want the BBC tax to be spent on it. Sooner no BBC tax at all thb.

Edited by superlightr on Tuesday 22 December 11:35

[KernowSid]

Why petition against Ch4 showing F1? Ch4's F1 show will be very similar to the BBCs coverage (being produced by Whisper Films - owned by Jake Humphrey and David Coulthard).

The only difference will be a couple of adverts in the build up to the race and the analysis afterwards. I doubt many will notice much of a difference.

Edited by KernowSid on Tuesday 22 December 11:43

[BoRED S2upid]

I don't care who shows it providing someone does and doesn't charge me extra. Good on Jake and coulthard I'm looking forward to it.

As for the BBC there isn't much left that I do watch.

[Butter Face]

I'd rather sign a petition to make the BBC start running adverts and scrap the ridiculous TV license...

[Big Al.]

IMHO the BBC is a total waste of space, regardless of what you want as a paying contributor you won't get it.

The sooner the BBC stand on their own two feet the better, let us decide who we want to pay to view programs..

So no thanks as we don't need the BBC full stop, IMHO.

[FourWheelDrift]

Big Al. said:

IMHO the BBC is a total waste of space, regardless of what you want as a paying contributor you won't get it.

The sooner the BBC stand on their own two feet the better, let us decide who we want to pay to view programs..

So no thanks as we don't need the BBC full stop, IMHO.

I've been trying to work out what TV programmes the BBC still actually makes itself because a lot of it is made by 3rd party production companies contracted to the BBC and Radio is hardly difficult or expensive to make. The obvious ones such as Dr Who, news, Strictly, Match of the Day and the live programmes but look at the credits on many BBC programmes and you will see other production companies names & logos. Whatever the ratio of made in-house and contracted out doesn't justify having 91 executives generating a salary bill of £90million a year and each one earning more than the Prime Minister. 11 earn more than twice the PMs salary.

And Channel 4 is a publicly owned broadcaster just like the BBC. It has the right funding model. It owns 5 TV channels and works in partnership with 7 other TV channels. There's the 4Online TV service (just like iPlayer), 3 radio stations and of course Film4 which has been funding successful British films for years.

Channel 4 Corporation employs - 727 people (at 31 December 2010)
BBC employs - 20,950 people (2014)

[supertouring]

Really, a petition? WOW!

[Eric Mc]

No. I have no problem with C4 hosting F1.

[snorkel sucker]

Moving to C4 could well be the saving grace of F1 viewing numbers in the UK. F1 is already on its knees and whilst the BBC coverage was/is not responsible for that the fact remains that viewing figures for F1 in the UK are in decline.

Moving to a different, free to air, channel might mean for no other reason people tuning in just to see how it fares/compares. If F1 can coincide that with an improvement in entertainment then it may give F1 a kick start back into life.

[indyxe]

A Petition to make sure Eddie Jordan and Suzie Perry don't make it to Channel 4

[court]

Can we have a petition for the BBC to be more like C4 please?

I really thought this was a joke in the other thread. Seems I was wrong.

[t400ble]

This a wind up?

[gmaz]

The government do not force the BBC to do anything. Utterly pointless petition.

[perdu]

No I have no problem with C4 hosting F1 either

I would rather petition to have BBC get paid for by someone else

I've paid for my half

[threespires]

indyxe said:

A Petition to make sure Eddie Jordan and Suzie Perry make it to Channel 4

There you go, fixed that for you

[RichB]

threespires said:

indyxe said:

A Petition to make sure Eddie Jordan and Suzie Perry make it to Channel 4

There you go, fixed that for you

Now you've proved it really is a wind up!

[Europa1]

I'm guessing this thread isn't panning out as the OP hoped...

[Chuggaboom]

gmaz said:

The government do not force the BBC to do anything. Utterly pointless petition.

Correct.

And Bernie has already approved the deal, so that's that.

Now if you want to petition something, and help out the BBC to get their act together and save that £150m,

a) how about scrapping breakfast TV (mostly TV about TV anyway....leave it commercial TV to see if it pays for itself), and

b) endless teams of reporters/cameramen/lighting/sound and no doubt a producer going around the world on expenses repeating what the newsreader has just told us from outside the non event as it happened hours ago, and get the news back to being the news rather than a "show" !!!

[suffolk009]

I'd sign a petition to stop the BBC making any programme that involves phone-ins to vote people off.