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« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2011, 01:59:06 pm » |
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Same here, I'm not paying even more money to Sky! I have it for Motors and Eurosport, but I'm not going to pay even more money! SkySports is bound to go up to cover the cost...
Wonderfull statement on Autosport....
Williams chairman Adam Parr said the key was understanding the finer details of the arrangement - because what teams lose in widespread television viewing figures could be gained in an increased revenue from Sky.
Just lost a load of Williams fans I think!
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« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2011, 04:43:38 pm » |
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I would rather seen the BBC give up the MotoGP as their coverage of that is pitiful at best and let Eurosport have the full coverage back again.
At least with F1 they put in a half decent effort and provided a reasonable show, but even so, when Eurosport had it along with BBC they covered all practice sessions from Friday on, lets hope Sky do the same.
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« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2011, 09:49:53 pm » |
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Out of 15 people at work not one of us have sky and won't be getting it.
I imagine the future of f1 is to be played at empty circuits with a minority watching on tv.
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« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2011, 10:07:19 pm » |
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It was probably inevitable. So good to see though that the supposed pinnacle of the sport recognises that it needs to give something back to the enormous pyramid of various racing series and fans that underpin it, even if some can only scrape together the cash to attend a single F1 race in their own country. So gracious of them to now demand so much that free-to-air cannot afford to screen the whole series. But then I suppose that it is just about advertising and branding these days, rather than sport.
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« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2011, 10:56:30 pm » |
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It's a shame  I have only just begun to endure oops, enjoy F1 now it is a BBC production after the ITV rubbish in the past Now I get to lose it and I will NOT be upgrading my minimal Sky subs just for the F1 business. I lose. Most of the rest of us lose. And presumably Bernie and Rupiebaby will lose too… Now then, when's LM on next |
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« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2011, 11:37:12 pm » |
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I would rather seen the BBC give up the MotoGP as their coverage of that is pitiful at best and let Eurosport have the full coverage back again.
At least with F1 they put in a half decent effort and provided a reasonable show, but even so, when Eurosport had it along with BBC they covered all practice sessions from Friday on, lets hope Sky do the same.
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« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2011, 11:17:54 am » |
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I'd rather they scrapped EastEnders which would save about £30M.
It is a public disgrace that licence payers fund rubbish like this which clearly belongs on ITV - the tabloid channel. Sadly it goes back to a Government wish that the BBC compete for ratings, rather than demonstrate broadcasting quality, which it did admirably until the '70s. |
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« Reply #8 on: August 01, 2011, 11:09:33 am » |
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Well, unless it's on Sky Sport 3 (I think that's the free one), I'll not be watching them. Sky already extract far too much money from me without paying for the sports package as well. I wonder if any of the current BBC team will be switching channels?
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« Reply #9 on: August 01, 2011, 12:28:57 pm » |
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I wonder if this is just a start, will other countries be forced into following & put F1 on a subscription channel where it has been on free to air previously. For a sport soo reliant on sponsors will the teams loose out when the viewing figures drop  |
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« Reply #10 on: August 01, 2011, 12:58:36 pm » |
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If it will be aired in the Netherlands on a channel that I don't already have, I won't be arsed to try and find coverage. I'll read about the standings on the internet afterwarts then.
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« Reply #11 on: August 01, 2011, 02:52:03 pm » |
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I too will not be paying anymore to sky dick turpin, albeit I have watched more F1 this season due to better entertainment factor on BBC and the rule changes have given back the art of overtaking on the track, not only will a fair number of people will not be able to afford potential hike in subs also sponsors will fade as well. I have bee given the bad news that Virgin do not see our area economically viable to cable our street.  Gutted I can now foresee the starting grid looking like this On pole Red Sky Bull Second Sky McClaren Third Sky Ferrari Fourth Mercedes Sky Fifth Sky Renault Sixth Williams Seventh Sky Sauber Eighth Forced Sky Indiana Jones Ninth Sky Lotus Tenth Toro Sky Roso Eleventh Sky Virgin Twelth Hormone Replacement Sky |
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« Reply #12 on: August 01, 2011, 03:37:43 pm » |
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I too will not be paying anymore to sky dick turpin, albeit I have watched more F1 this season due to better entertainment factor on BBC and the rule changes have given back the art of overtaking on the track, not only will a fair number of people will not be able to afford potential hike in subs also sponsors will fade as well. I have bee given the bad news that Virgin do not see our area economically viable to cable our street. Gutted I can now foresee the starting grid looking like this On pole Red Sky Bull Second Sky McClaren Third Sky Ferrari Fourth Mercedes Sky Fifth Sky Renault Sixth Williams Seventh Sky Sauber Eighth Forced Sky Indiana Jones Ninth Sky Lotus Tenth Toro Sky Roso Eleventh Sky Virgin Twelth Hormone Replacement Sky I've had Virgin TV broadband etc for years and always found them very good, not sure why they come out so badly in the customer satisfaction surveys We've just had the new TIVO box installed all in all very good  few things I don't like, 1 big one the BBC red button doesn't work hopefully they'll get sorted on later software releases. |
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« Reply #13 on: August 02, 2011, 12:02:09 pm » |
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To be honest I don't really care. It's F1 after all. Was it fair to the Licence Payer that the BBC blow millions on a minority sport- and a dull one at that? Yes, there is a lot of interest in F1 at the moment due to the new rules, but it's just really fake racing. Dodgy tyres and push to pass?? Its all a little artificial. I have better things to do on my one day off than watch F1. Let's see what the beeb do with the money they have saved before condenming them further.
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« Reply #14 on: August 02, 2011, 01:53:04 pm » |
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Let's see what the beeb do with the money they have saved before condenming them further.
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