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View Poll Results: Next year I will (chose the closest most likely option)
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Watch live on BBC or Sky depending which it is on.
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32.73% |
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Watch only BBC live or delayed/highlights.
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43.64% |
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Watch only BBC live (live or not bother).
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14.55% |
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Not watch, it is over for me.
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9.09% |
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29 Jul 2011, 06:16
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Racer
Join Date: Oct 2009
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F1 goes to Sky sports
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29 Jul 2011, 06:40
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 1,269
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what a disaster. Can't quite believe it.
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29 Jul 2011, 06:40
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Racer
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Final nail in the coffin for me.
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29 Jul 2011, 06:41
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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Apparently from 2012 to 2018, half the races will be aired live on the BBC as now and the other half on Sky.
Sky of course would involve paying more but the BBC will have highlights of the races they do not show live.
Better than all Sky I suppose, but still pooh. Is this the end of F1? Murdoch AND Bernie....
P
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29 Jul 2011, 06:44
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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Gutted. The inevitable return of advert breaks is the killer for me.
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29 Jul 2011, 06:46
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Join Date: Apr 2008
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Screwed.
That kills F1 in this house.. I stopped "fanatical" viewing a few years back - but the remaining viewer in this house sees no point in seeing half a season live... and Sky sports is an expense we just cant cover, and I guess many fans will be in that position. Just another example of the lack of realism at the top of F1.
To quote the reaction here... "no point in watching half a season live".
Im hoping the audience figures in the UK take a dive - hot that I expect Bernie to care.
What happens to Brundle now?
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29 Jul 2011, 06:57
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Join Date: Nov 2005
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A shoddy little compromise.
Dealing with the Devil and a sell out for Licence fee payers.
This will reduce overall audience significantly, and destroy the free to air tradition over the long term.
Dealing with Murdoch in the current circumstances? BBC should be ashamed of themselves.
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29 Jul 2011, 07:00
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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I wonder if anyone has asked the poor bloody sponsors whether they support this mess of a "solution" .. but like many above I wont pay anymore for television
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29 Jul 2011, 07:09
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Join Date: Mar 2002
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I never thought I would see this day. Can't believe it to be honest and I am 
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29 Jul 2011, 07:10
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Join Date: Sep 2004
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2011 is my last f1 season then, wouldn't have anything to do with Murdoch even before the NOTW scandal. Bye Bernie you have lost a long time devoted fan but I don't think you really care about little people like me.
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29 Jul 2011, 07:12
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Join Date: Nov 2000
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Laughable and typical Ecclestone really, "Yes you can have the British GP for years, but actually we will sell the TV rights to the highest bidder!, despite two thirds of the populaion not having access!" Just like cricker did after the Ashes years ago.
Not at all surprised, it's utterly Bernie, the Beeb cant afford the coverage and money is the only thing that ever matters with him. He has no attachment to the country.
Sky will make it look nice, spend gazillions on it, but get no viewers, it's what happened beofre with Eurosport and ITV, and that was when coverage was cheap!
Murdoch get's his way yet again, but is that at all a shock when you consider the way things are done in F1.
I won't be watching, I don't much anyway to be fair, but SKY just spend to get viewers, anyone who watches minority stuff knows that.
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29 Jul 2011, 07:17
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What a crock of sh*te. So much for Bernie, FOTA et al saying that F1 mustn't go to pay-to-view. Complete, utter, idiots.
If BBC are only showing half the races then presumably they won't be putting in the same effort as they are now, so what they do show will be a shadow of it's former self.
Another bye-bye F1 from here I'm afraid.
Mike
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29 Jul 2011, 07:20
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Join Date: Nov 2005
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What is truly disgracefully about this grubby deal is how the BBC, funded by the public, can do a deal with a man who is under investigation by police on both sides of the atlantic and by the British Parliament.
With any luck BSB will have their broadcasting licence withdrawn as not a "fit and proper" organisation due to the disgusting antics of their Chairman and major shareholder.
BBC should hang their heads in shame.
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29 Jul 2011, 07:21
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Racer
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 136
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So, when in the UK it will cost me around £15.00 a month on Sky to watch the F1 races. I think not.
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29 Jul 2011, 07:22
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flavio Galtieri
A shoddy little compromise.
Dealing with the Devil and a sell out for Licence fee payers.
This will reduce overall audience significantly, and destroy the free to air tradition over the long term.
Dealing with Murdoch in the current circumstances? BBC should be ashamed of themselves.
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Spot on Flavio. This is the slippery slope. AND adverts - nooooooooooo! 
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