F1 TV Coverage Thread

karaokequeen3 · PostPosted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 9:55 am

Surely the next step is to merge cBeebies and CBBC.

BBC4 will be untouched, come what may.

Chris Moyles should be dumped, and if Radio 1 went today, I wouldn't miss it!

Tamburello94 · PostPosted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:02 am

ellis wrote:

Tamburello94 wrote:

The people who talked about merging Three and Four clearly haven't foreseen how daft it would be to have Family Guy and Snog, Marry, Avoid interspersed on the schedule with documentaries on Mozart.

Why not? We currently have F1, Coronation Street and Antiques Road Show on BBC One, and those don't exactly fit together do they? Whilst it sounds ridiculous the way you word it, that isn't how it'd work anyway. Programs are scheduled together for a reason. It's why you got a bunch of comedy on BBC2 together on Thursday nights - that was the night they were popular. You wouldn't have Family Guy splitting the classical music documentaries because they wouldn't be on the same night.

I stand corrected then. Given some of the crap that's on BBC Three, maybe a merger wouldn't be such a bad idea. Turning it into a channel a bit like Sky One, and removing the whole 'aiming at an age group' idea of both the channels seems like a safe way to cut costs.

Neil · PostPosted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:23 am

SniffPetrol on Twitter wrote:

Approximate cost of F1 rights per year: £45m. Approximate cost of BBC3 per year: £115m. Re-runs of Two Pints Of Lager all round!

amq55 · PostPosted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:28 am

Well, at least you won't get James Allen commentating:

Adam Cooper wrote:

Just spoke to @jamesallenF1 BTW, says he doesn't want to make a UK TV comeback!

ellis · PostPosted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:29 am

Yeah, but Mark Blundell is interested in a job there. Judging by Skys pundits, he'll get the job.

£115m a year for re-runs of shows already on iPlayer. Thanks BBC.

phil1993 · PostPosted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:29 am

I just don't understand how anyone at the BBC can justify this.

It costs not much, per programme. £40m a season, 38 broadcasts live = just over £1m/session. That is good value for the viewers they get.

And the fact that BBC3 is just fucking re-runs of shit TV. And the move to Salford is costing £900m, only done to appease the Northerners.

Tobias · PostPosted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:33 am

this is a sad day for BBC viewers.

I mean, if it's such a problem, just cut back on all the pre-race and quali stuff, broadcast it from a studio... but keep it on the BBC for christ sake.

phil1993 · PostPosted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:34 am

I just can't afford it. Where I live, I doubt I'd get the signal anyway. I mean, its going to be nearing £400 a year for it. Just can't do it. I guess BBC for half, Internet for the rest.

And Bernie thinks more people will watch on Sky :lol:

The teams have changed their stances on this though, I really hope something is done, it just cant go to Sky

Mattzel89 · PostPosted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:39 am

btw, here's sky Deutschland's F1 direction in Munich

phil1993 · PostPosted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:41 am

I really don't think they've thought about the knock-on effects of this. Lose the fanbase and you'll lose the industry over time.

Oh, and its kinda funny that a single footballer is worth more than the BBC's entire F1 coverage

Fermani2 · PostPosted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:41 am

phil1993 wrote:

And Bernie thinks more people will watch on Sky :lol:

I was thinking about that! When they see they will only have 20% or something left of the viewers next year, they surely would do something to bring it back to free-TV!

amq55 · PostPosted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:47 am

Stirling Moss wrote:

The coverage will be like going into a restuarant having the starter & then being told you can only have half your main and no desert

phil1993 · PostPosted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:51 am

Right, there's thousands of pissed of fans. Surely something can be done. I might be writing an article on this later, trying to be diplomatic and send it to some teams.

RtN · PostPosted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:52 am

I do now hope that Brundle spends the entirety of the Abu Dhabi race just burying the BBC.

Tamburello94 · PostPosted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:54 am

Someone on Twitter was saying it would be like splitting up each day of Test match cricket.

bigears · PostPosted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:55 am

Don't scrap CBeebies.

I like watching the Night Garden.

Tamburello94 · PostPosted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:56 am

bigears wrote:

Don't scrap CBeebies.

I like watching the Night Garden.

Balamory ftw.

micha · PostPosted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:01 am

phil1993 wrote:

Right, there's thousands of pissed of fans. Surely something can be done. I might be writing an article on this later, trying to be diplomatic and send it to some teams.

the teams (and autosport) are way ahead of you

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/93455

Bernie will probably silence them with some extra cash I'm afraid :yuk:

Tamburello94 · PostPosted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:02 am

The BBC News Channel just gave me 10 seconds of free GP2 practice while announcing the headline about the coverage :lol:

phil1993 · PostPosted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:07 am

micha wrote:

phil1993 wrote:

Right, there's thousands of pissed of fans. Surely something can be done. I might be writing an article on this later, trying to be diplomatic and send it to some teams.

the teams (and autosport) are way ahead of you

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/93455

Bernie will probably silence them with some extra cash I'm afraid :yuk:

Wow, Adam Parr sounds like a right c**t.
"It is not a bloke or two blokes with a tennis racket and a pair of plimsolls with zero cost". Wow, sheer ignorance.

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