After the recent comments by F1 people about it needing to stay on free to air, this is a shocking decision
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/29/bbc-sky-share-f1-broadcast-rights (http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/29/bbc-sky-share-f1-broadcast-rights)
Agreed mate. I guess I'll only be watching half of the races next season then...
...no surprise, money influences all sport and so if you don't have the money, or don't want to do business with the provider you are stuffed.
Slowly it will become pay per view and the punters will moan but still pay - seeing as it is murdochs sky, people should be HACKED off...
Looks like more money goes to the owners of the richest club in London. Maybe they can stretch to a bid for Kuqi now?
it's the ads returning I'm going to be most pissed off about. The amount of moaning my mates in Australia do about it, i always have a smugness when i tell them of no such issues on the beeb
Just commented about this on Twitter. Fact is sports like Boxing,Cricket now F1 will lose casual audiences. I am no fan of F1 but 'get into it' when it is on the Beeb. Can you imagine Bothams Ashes series if Sky existed and it was only shown on there. It would just be a footnote.
Money in the short term but lack of interest in the long term.
I wonder how many fans that F1 will lose in the UK?
I enjoy watching it, but wont have sky when the new season starts, so simply wont watch it.
Quote from: Lighthouse on July 29, 2011, 10:34:57 AM
Just commented about this on Twitter. Fact is sports like Boxing,Cricket now F1 will lose casual audiences. I am no fan of F1 but 'get into it' when it is on the Beeb. Can you imagine Bothams Ashes series if Sky existed and it was only shown on there. It would just be a footnote.
Money in the short term but lack of interest in the long term.
couldn't agree more. As a cricket fan i'm torn between the money Sky provides for grassroots cricket, and the fact that the casual fan, and the kids, doesn't watch it. At least F1 is so fecking rich it doesn't need the cash
Quote from: Lighthouse on July 29, 2011, 10:34:57 AM
Just commented about this on Twitter. Fact is sports like Boxing,Cricket now F1 will lose casual audiences. I am no fan of F1 but 'get into it' when it is on the Beeb. Can you imagine Bothams Ashes series if Sky existed and it was only shown on there. It would just be a footnote.
Money in the short term but lack of interest in the long term.
Spot on.
You have to wonder what Sky is doing to Cricket and other small market sports. Did the ECB not come out recently and bemoan the lack of interest in cricket from youngsters? Hmm, maybe they should reconsider selling off ALL the cricket coverage to Sky. Cretins.
