Pay To Watch F1
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Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
I never get to watch the live broadcast anyway these days so presumably we can all still watch the highlights on the BBC?
Wouldn't consider paying Sky £40 a month + the rest to watch sports.
Wouldn't consider paying Sky £40 a month + the rest to watch sports.
potsy
Rambler
- Location
- My Armchair
They would have to pay me to watch it 
accountantpete
OAP
If the Beeb has any sense at all it just avoids the overseas early morning races and the crap circuits like the Spanish GP and Bahrain - job done.
Oh no I won't !
Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
- Location
- Wilmslow, Cheshire
I won't subscribe to Sky. I will just watch the BBC coverage. It is just a shame another sport is disappearing to satellite.
Known for sometime something like this would be on the cards. Not the details. It still sucks.
My immediate thoughts are how are the 7 races done. Does the BBC get first dibs? Does it get the dregs? A mix?
If it was China, Turkey (know that's going), France, Europe, Singapore, Korea and Abu Dhabi that would be rather worse than some other lists you could devise imho.
My immediate thoughts are how are the 7 races done. Does the BBC get first dibs? Does it get the dregs? A mix?
If it was China, Turkey (know that's going), France, Europe, Singapore, Korea and Abu Dhabi that would be rather worse than some other lists you could devise imho.
accountantpete
OAP
The Beeb have secured that non-overtaking procession called Monaco - no surprise there then...
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
Fee F1? What a fo-fummer!
Lardyboy
New Member
- Location
- Still Somewhere In Wales.
This is going to run and run judging by the number of complaints and postings the Beeb are having on their F1 forum.
cookiemonster
Squire
- Location
- Hong Kong
Not until the 2013 season I believe.
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
If the price from mr greedy Bernie is too high for the BBC, they should simply drop-it. Use the money to find and promote other sports. We used to have far more variety, Speedway, Showjumping, Gymnastics, Greyhound racing, Sailing etc. even Sumo was popular for a while. Motorcycle road-racing is a far more ballsy and exciting race than F1 but outside of Northern Ireland rarely gets a showing. Hell we could even have Nascar to doze in front of.
Lardyboy
New Member
- Location
- Still Somewhere In Wales.
The consensus on the F1 forum is better to drop it than have half a season of races. Particularly if they are made up of the circuits that are "boring" (sic.)
Someone mentioned that the move to Salford has cost the Beeb in the region of £900 million. That's a lot of programming whichever way you look at it.
Someone mentioned that the move to Salford has cost the Beeb in the region of £900 million. That's a lot of programming whichever way you look at it.
beanzontoast
Guru
- Location
- South of The Peaks
I already pay the BBC every year. I'd rather they didn't use a sizeable slice of their income on F1 personally, though I can see it matters to a lot of other folk. (Is the viewing demand for F1 that high? The BBC seems to talk about it a lot in recent times - not sure if this is as a reflection of actual high viewing interest or an attempt to drum up viewers in order to justify their spending).
