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« Reply #15 on: July 29, 2011, 10:46:30 AM » |
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Absolutely gutted. Gonna have to move house to watch 2012 season as not allowed Sky where I rent.
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« Reply #16 on: July 29, 2011, 10:47:54 AM » |
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Sky are showing all races.
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« Reply #17 on: July 29, 2011, 10:48:42 AM » |
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Absolutely gutted. Gonna have to move house to watch 2012 season as not allowed Sky where I rent.
Just say that to your landlord. If you say "give me Sky or I'm off", he'll snap let you get Sky. I live in a flat in an old converted Victorian house. He's bound by his deal when he bought the place. Nobody here has Sky or can get it. |
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« Reply #19 on: July 29, 2011, 11:06:32 AM » |
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I don't think it's just about whether people can afford Sky or not. It's just for a lot of people a big chunk of the value they got from the license fee has now evaporated. I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure the BBC does a lot of stuff that nobody watches or cares about that could be cut instead- F1 could scarcely be more popular. Although you could argue that the whole point of the BBC is to fund stuff that is important but unpopular.
The thing I really object to is that with Sky you've either got to buy all of it, or none of it. I'd much rather subscribe to the F1 channel and the Rugby League channel and the Cricket channel, rather than have my money wasted on footballers.
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« Reply #20 on: July 29, 2011, 11:41:50 AM » |
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Been pretty boring this year so hardly a loss is it?
Also Sky sports coverage > all other sports coverage
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« Reply #21 on: July 29, 2011, 11:43:08 AM » |
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Been pretty boring this year so hardly a loss is it?
Also Sky sports coverage > all other sports coverage
Several cracking races, and if you are a fan none are boring If you don't have the subscription or can't afford it, its a loss the BBC team are unparallelled imo. granted some/all might go to Sky |
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« Reply #22 on: July 29, 2011, 11:56:03 AM » |
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I think over 50% have been pretty dull. I'd say I was a fan and I've found them boring. Last week was good but usually it's needed variable weather.
Jake Humphrey drives me mad and I think Eddie is an idiot.
Brundle is superb and Coulthard offers a good insight into modern racing so hope Sky get them.
Only real negative I can think of is adverts mid-race.
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« Reply #23 on: July 29, 2011, 11:59:11 AM » |
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I wonder how many F1 fans there are that can't afford a quid a day or whatever, not many I reckon
Plus F1 is shite - ooh the tyre change went well, one stop or two, what tyres are they using, shall I follow this faster car round for an hour and a half - farce.
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« Reply #24 on: July 29, 2011, 12:01:01 PM » |
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Each to their own, I've quite enjoyed things this season. Quite like Jake, knows enough to impress me and seems a nice enough chap. BBC seem to have got it right this season imo, shame it's going over.
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« Reply #25 on: July 29, 2011, 12:19:20 PM » |
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you can watch it on skyplayer live for free . just put in my user name and password and away you go. think you can use it on 4 different computers
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« Reply #26 on: July 29, 2011, 12:42:33 PM » |
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Terrible news about sky sports taking half the races from next season on - i know that the BBC is broke but there is plenty of crap they could have closed instead. I only watch F1, Top Gear and Sherlock on the Beeb.
Best tweet i have seen so far on it:- GrandPrixDiary Still, if Sky Sports show F1, at least, we'll get hacked transmissions of the drivers briefing and team meetings, so there is some benefit.
Good news that the BBC made sure they got Arc day though...they outbid  on that one and wil now have paid decent money to show two races, like they did last year. Nice to see they're not wasting their money the Arc d' fucking triomphe? give me a break. I love Arc day, it's wasted on the Beeb as they can't be bothered showing all the races. Ch4 would show everything so I'm not sure why the beeb wasted their money TBH. Sky will obv be better at doing the F1 stuff |
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« Reply #27 on: July 29, 2011, 01:35:32 PM » |
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FOTA have always insisted that F1 was always to be shown on free to air, I think this is the first move on a slippery slope. As a fan I hope not but as always money talks.
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« Reply #28 on: July 29, 2011, 01:36:37 PM » |
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F1 has so much untapped potentail that hopefully sky will see and unleash
There must be 30-40% of geek fans that would love to have access to timing screens that the commentators have
Imagine watching the races with the ability to have "in screen" timing screens (or running it on an I pad or something)
There is so much that could be done with F1 I can only envisage sky improving the braodcasting
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« Reply #29 on: July 29, 2011, 01:41:24 PM » |
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FOTA have always insisted that F1 was always to be shown on free to air, I think this is the first move on a slippery slope. As a fan I hope not but as always money talks.
ITV ditched it because it wasn't getting the viewers, and the BBC couldn't afford the price that Billionaire Bernie was asking on their own. Half the races on the BBC is a pretty good deal in the circumstances. |
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