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Sky and BBC to share F1 broadcast from next season |
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By: BazTardo-UK Date: July 29, 2011, 3:58 am |
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I'm sure you've all probably heard the news this morning, but |
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for those under a stone, here goes. |
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From next season, Sky will broadcast all races, including |
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practice sessions. BBC will be given coverage of half of the |
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races (which races these are haven't been released yet). |
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So the obvious arguments have started. Why should we pay to |
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watch the sport, why should we pay BBC a licence fee if there's |
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no longer anything on we want to watch? |
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I'm lucky in the fact I already have a full Sky package, so it |
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doesn't affect me in how will I now watch it. |
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So my only concern is adverts. I'm happy for them to have as |
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many as they want in the build up and post race, but I don't |
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want to see them mid race like ITV used to do. |
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I'm pretty sure Sky will do a brilliant job of the coverage, and |
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no doubt poach most of the staff from BBC to help with this. |
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Your thoughts? |
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Re: Sky and BBC to share F1 broadcast from next season |
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By: UKVampire Date: July 29, 2011, 4:22 am |
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Sky have said that the coverage will be uninterrupted so no |
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advert breaks. |
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I agree Sky will do a good job at coverage, I just think BBC |
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will be the majority of fans choice and It is going to cause |
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rows because there will be a % of people who don't have Sky |
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service so will miss half the races. |
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I guess we will have to wait and see what it's like but i don't |
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see it being a popular decision |
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#Post#: 12654-------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: Sky and BBC to share F1 broadcast from next season |
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By: vandit73 Date: July 30, 2011, 4:55 am |
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Just another way for Bernie "The Poisoned Dwarf" Eccleston to |
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ruin F1 even more, and get his grubby little hands on yet more |
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money to line his pockets with. Yeah Sky may do a good job, but |
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it's a very unpopular decision with the majority of F1 fans, |
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myself included. I think this decision will do the sport more |
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harm than good. It's a bad decision by the BBC too. If they |
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should cut any of the big sports they screen, then it should be |
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the horse racing. That's boring as fuck!! |
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#Post#: 12668-------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: Sky and BBC to share F1 broadcast from next season |
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By: BazTardo-UK Date: July 30, 2011, 8:37 am |
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I'm not happy with the move, but certainly can't see it being |
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bad for the sport. |
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Just about every sport Sky touches they improve it. Their money |
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is just too good for all sports. The little bit extra that each |
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team will receive will go along way to improving them. Let's |
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face it, F1 must be the most expensive sport in the world after |
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football, so any extra money has to be welcomed. |
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The extra adverting money Sky can help all teams get from |
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sponsors for the practice sessions being shown live on TV |
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instead of hidden away on red button or website will be very |
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good for them. |
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Like any sport that moves to Sky, the people most upset are |
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those that don't have it and I understand why. Sadly due to my |
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massive love of sport I have to force myself to afford Sky every |
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month, but I don't spend money on other things to compensate for |
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it. |
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Re: Sky and BBC to share F1 broadcast from next season |
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By: vandit73 Date: August 4, 2011, 6:54 am |
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It seems Pirelli aren't happy with the deal either... |
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http://goo.gl/WP9iz |
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