BBC to no longer cover full F1

[Mark_Burgess]

I am not paying any money to sky to watch all of the F1 races live.

I only watch the F1 on the BBC consistently, I dont watch much otherwise.

BBC and SKY F1

 

[miner69er]

At last, now all you F1 fans get the same treatment as Moto GP. We have had to suffer with the end of races been cut off due to rubbish like golf or F1 or not shown at all.
Sorry Mark and to all other sports fans, just my bitter and twisted friday morning rant...

 

[Mark_Burgess]

Fair enough rant, I know for fact I shall not be paying an extra £15 a month to watch sky sports on Virgin media, and no way am I changing to sky.

Other than listening to the radio and watching the odd documentary on the BBC I dont get the time to watch much TV.

I would rather pay per view than a full TV licence.

 

[Sparky Ninja]

I've got all the sky sports package but am completely cheesed off. The current format with the BBC is excellent, particularly with the relationships going on between the presenters and F1 teams. When F1 was on ITV it was dull and boring in between sessions.

 

[Octopus]

All I can say is that Sky will not benefit from me (and I can imagine) many other people. I simply won't pay the necessary fees to BSkyB for watching it all live.

As long as the BBC have the highlights, and they are on at a sensible time, I'll be happy with that.

When F1 was on ITV, I recorded on our PVR and started watching it about 45 minutes after the start, therefore I could skip the adverts and the boring bits.

The misses will be happy because it will mean that my son and I won't be glued to the TV 20 weekends of the year!!

 

[Des 56]

All I can say is its a sad day again for sports fans
The BBC will end up as a soap opera, game show, reality channel

Murdoch is in pole position again

 

[Octopus]

All I can say is its a sad day again for sports fans
The BBC will end up as a soap opera, game show, reality channel

Murdoch is in pole position again

ONLY if they get the extra viewers signed up to pay for the deal.

 

[Des 56]

ONLY if they get the extra viewers signed up to pay for the deal.

Well,they can cross me off the list if that's the case,as much as I love F1 I wont pay

It will go the same way as the Heineken cup rugby,that was on BBC and was a pleasure to watch,now its hidden away on the Sky monopoly

 

[Mark_Burgess]

It looks like I will have more weekends free to take the disco off roading after I have replaced the broken half shaft. It might encourage me to pay for the F1 app now.

 

[mayfair]

Always alternatives to paying Sly and Vermin but cant mention on here

 

[Guest123]

I've already had a good rant about this on twitter......Bernie Ecclescake is a money grabbing troll end of.

Yet another sport I wont be watching as I'm ****** if I'm paying extra into Murdoch's grubby eavesdropping pocket for it!!!

 

[ian.settle1]

Believe McClaren are not to happy with the deal neither as it is reckoned at present BBC are getting 3 million + but SKY will only be getting 1 million if they are luckey

 

[Guest123]

Sunday's Hungarian GP on the BBC was the most watched programme on any channel at the time of broadcast.......beat that Rupert!!

 

[drew35]

Not that I'm going to pay Sky but does it mean adverts every five minutes?

 

[Guest123]

Not that I'm going to pay Sky but does it mean adverts every five minutes?

Yep......2 mins of adverts for every 15 mins of GP.

 

[Octopus]

Yep......2 mins of adverts for every 15 mins of GP.

Don't quote me but I think I heard Sky say it will be uninterupted coverage. So plenty of time for a wee and getting a drink before and after each race then.

What I don't understand with Sky is that you pay about £40+ each month AND you're subjected to far too many commercials AND snippets of other Sky programmes - so out of each 60 minutes how many to you actually get watching TV, 40 maybe?

 

[ian.settle1]

Not that I'm going to pay Sky but does it mean adverts every five minutes?

What like ITV used to do just when it was getting a vital part of the race they would go to an advert:66:

 

[Guest123]

What like ITV used to do just when it was getting a vital part of the race they would go to an advert:66:

Yeah, and it was always for a hayfever remedy!!!!:74:

 

[malcolmsanford]

I've already had a good rant about this on twitter......Bernie Ecclescake is a money grabbing troll end of.

Yet another sport I wont be watching as I'm ****** if I'm paying extra into Murdoch's grubby eavesdropping pocket for it!!!

You want to try having him and the poor mans Berlusconi as owners of your football club then you know what monney grabbing means, and now we have Fernandes from Lotus wanting in on the act

 

[telectrix]

last time i watched F1, nigel mansell won. now it's just a glorified advert parade.