Formula One TV Coverage

Alex_f1_baby · Post by **Alex_f1_baby** » 24 Jul 2013, 18:57

phil1993 wrote:I heard it at Silverstone...

I heard many things at Silverstone, how many actually come true? In 2009 it was rumoured throughout the paddock club that a breakaway had been agreed and it was definitely going to happen. It didn't. Unless the broadcasting editor of sport for the BBC was wondering around telling everybody their long term plans, paddock or spectator gossip is what it is IMHO.

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Post by **phil1993** » 24 Jul 2013, 19:00

Oh I know, that's why it's just a rumour.

Alex_f1_baby · Post by **Alex_f1_baby** » 24 Jul 2013, 19:01

phil1993 wrote:If Sky bother to improve their motorsport package, they could make it as big as football.

Is their football that big though? It's big in name and association but a top premiership match draws the same amount of viewers as Countdown on channel 4. Football is popular amongst children because it is easy to play and access with adults also being able to watch it in the pub. F1 is more niche and its following is smaller by quite a margin. I don't see it ever having the same impact as our national sport that is football.

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Alex_f1_baby · Post by **Alex_f1_baby** » 24 Jul 2013, 19:04

phil1993 wrote:Oh I know, that's why it's just a rumour.

It's a good job I didn't take your post quite as literally as you wrote it. You stated it 'would' which suggested you knew for a fact rather than sharing a rumour or opinion. Your follow up also name dropped Silverstone in a brief way which could have been taken as coming from a very reliable source. I just wanted clarity

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Post by **phil1993** » 24 Jul 2013, 19:05

Well you know what rumours are like in F1.

But yes, there's nothing official!

Alex_f1_baby · Post by **Alex_f1_baby** » 24 Jul 2013, 19:13

That's cool. With a sport that attracts such passionate fans, its always touchy when you hear it's coverage will be taken away from the fans. I love F1 and don't want to be cut away from it, although its getting more likely. If it ever does, it'll shortly be followed by the British GP for obvious reasons. This year Silverstone bragged they had the second highest attendance. What they didn't tell you was they were giving tickets away to companies in the thousands in the 4 days running up. Tickets were reduced to £99 on the gate and it said to me that the economy combined with falling viewers is starting to take its toll. Not a great period for F1 on TV in the UK right now.

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GoLewis · Post by **GoLewis** » 25 Jul 2013, 12:58

iceman1 wrote:I believe in 2016 but I don't think AD is very keen to keep the rights.

I think that after losing the costly Premier League to Al Jazeera Sports, they will be more keen to keep the rights.
An Abu Dhabi Media source said "ADM has decided to direct its investments towards the production and broadcasting of other relevant, high value sports and entertainment content", so I don't expect that they will drop the coverage soon, and I think that this situation is better for me, that I don't want to subscribe to Sky Italia, and the MENA viewers, that they want Formula One FTA.
http://gulftoday.ae/portal/f7fcedd8-606 ... a2c6b.aspx

iceman1 · Post by **iceman1** » 03 Aug 2013, 22:58

I'm watching the Canal+ coverage of the Hungarian GP. It's pretty good actually, better than I expected. They focus on Red Bull and Lotus and they have good footage from the paddock

Here it is if anyone is interested (french):

donald29 · Post by **donald29** » 04 Aug 2013, 14:31

Nothing against Sky, but it's annoying the BBC wouldn't let Channel 4 take over the coverage in 2012. The offer to stay free to air was there, but they wanted some F1. I think though now they'd be happy to get rid of it completely, like in 96, and it'll disappear onto Sky completely. Maybe some highlights on Channel 4 or something. I can believe the rumour. Just wait and see,

I hope BT don't make a bid. That'd be a smaller audience than Sky.

mikhailv · Post by **mikhailv** » 05 Aug 2013, 07:08

BT has just killed Moto GP

donald29 · Post by **donald29** » 06 Aug 2013, 18:39

I was thinking that. Who is going to watch Moto GP on BT? I don't think it's big enough that many people will get the channel especially to watch it.

donald29 · Post by **donald29** » 07 Aug 2013, 10:10

I see Byron Young hasn't been invited back to do Sky's mid-season journalist F1 Special this season.

Noble and Eason are on it, with a German guy from Auto Motor und Sport.

I assume they couldn't afford Phil or Khodr.

mikhailv · Post by **mikhailv** » 07 Aug 2013, 11:17

lol! when is that on? Friday?

donald29 · Post by **donald29** » 07 Aug 2013, 13:02

iceman1 · Post by **iceman1** » 07 Aug 2013, 19:36

donald29 wrote:I see Byron Young hasn't been invited back to do Sky's mid-season journalist F1 Special this season. Noble and Eason are on it, with a German guy from Auto Motor und Sport.

I assume they couldn't afford Phil or Khodr.

I have a contract with Aljazeera so I can't appear anywhere else

I'm not gonna watch it if Byron will not be there. His best moment of 2012 was Button's overtake on Hamilton at the start in Australia

Looking forward to hear what Michael Schmidt will say - his english is not that good - but it shows that language is not a barrier if you have what it takes

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