General Chat

I'm really not suprised. If I put down on paper what I thought about the Murdochs I would probaly be sued for deformation of character or some such. After the phone hacking I'm so pleased I've never subcribed to help build their corrupt empire.

Does Sky, during a sporting occasion have adverts every 8 minutes or so?when ITV had F1 the coverage was AWFUL........

Bob

Come on people,

We have the Olympic Games coming up to keep everyone happy........ :-S :-S :-0 ;-) :-S :-S :-S

Woweee, I just can't wait........... oh the excitement !

The other day we had wall to wall news on BBC all day about the fact that there was one year to go in the great Olympics countdown as well as a one hour program all about the London Olympics and even after all that coverage, they still over ran their time slot by four minutes....... what ? :-S :-S :-S

That is before England have even won the Olympics............. :-S ;-) ;-) :-D :-D

Frank ;-)

England has won the right to stage the Olympics.......I take it you mean, " Before we have won any medals"? ;-)

Olympics !!!! yawn, will be like watching paint dry as far as i'm concerned

F1 now your talking, guess i'll just HAVE to go down the pub to see it on sky.

Bernie Ecclestone is laughing all the way to the bank.AGAIN !!!

I'm afraid I can't afford Sky Sports...but there's always ways of watching stuff for free if you know where to find it *winks*

I love Martin Brundle.........he's a joy to listen to rather than the blithering idiot Murray Walker........

Just had a looky on gurgle.

The BBC and Sky Sports will broadcast Formula 1 in the UK between 2012 and 2018 under a new rights deal.

The BBC has been the exclusive broadcaster of F1 in the UK since 2009 but its contract with Formula One Management was due to expire after the 2013 season.

Sky Sports will show every race, qualifying session and practice live.

BBC Sport will broadcast half the races live, as well as the qualifying and practice sessions from those races.

Both companies will broadcast in high definition.



Deal keeps F1 with BBC for longer, says director of sport Barbara Slater

Races screened by the BBC will be live on the BBC Sport website for UK users.

The BBC will have highlights on TV, online and mobile for any race it is not showing live, and all races will be broadcast on BBC Radio 5 live.

Barbara Slater, director of BBC Sport, said: "We are absolutely delighted that F1 will remain on the BBC.

"The sport has never been more popular with TV audiences at a 10-year high and the BBC has always stated its commitment to the big national sporting moments.

"With this new deal not only have we delivered significant savings but we have also ensured that through our live and extended highlights coverage all the action continues to be available to licence-fee payers."

Races shown live on BBC TV will include the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, the Monaco GP and the concluding race of the season.

BLOG BY BBC HEAD OF F1
Given the financial circumstances in which we find ourselves, we believe this new deal offers the best outcome for licence-fee payers

Ben Gallop
Head of F1 and Interactive, BBC Sport

Barney Francis, managing director of Sky Sports, said: "This is fantastic news for F1 fans and Sky Sports will be the only place to follow every race live and in HD.

"We will give F1 the full Sky Sports treatment with a commitment to each race never seen before on UK television."

Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone told BBC Sport: "It's super for F1. It will mean a lot more coverage for the sport.

"There'll be highlights as well as live coverage on two different networks now, so we get the best of both worlds."

Christian Horner, the team principal of world champions Red Bull, said it would have been a "disaster" if F1 was no longer on the BBC.

"The BBC sets the standard for F1 coverage across the world," Horner said.

"This is an agreement that safeguards the sport on the BBC, albeit reduced from what we are used to. And Sky opens up new avenues. So rather than losing the sport from the BBC, I think this was the most sensible way to move forward."

BTW Sky were going to show all the moto gp's live through the season.

Do they ?

Do they *********

SERIOUSLY ANNOYED! :-(

Hey Bob,

I know what I mean after all we (Scots) have had to suffer 1966 every few years... :-S :-S ;-) ;-) :-D

........and we'll have to suffer if they win anything with wall to wall medal parades etc........... and what if they win the whole lot...... aarrghh. ;-) ;-) :-D :-D

All I was pointing out was the overkill of coverage already with of course the problem that we are quite far away from the epicenter of this event and lack the fervour of our English cousins............

Good luck to them anyway :-D :-D :-D :-D ;-)

Don't worry Frank - a lot of your 'English cousins' couldn't give a flying fig about the London Olympics either.

Anyone know a place with poor TV reception but good inernet coverage for the duration next year?

Reality, dumbed down sh*te is made because it's cheap.

Sue how do you know it costs £1.20 per race? Not that I don't believe you, was just wondering where you got the figure from.

As an aside the licence for the BBC is, I believe, up for review in 2013, as to whether it will carry on or, possibly but unlikely, be abolished.

DET I simply sit in a different room from the tv. Saves having to move ;-)

Frank I'm seriously fed up of 1966 as well.

The BBC will only broadcast half the races LIVE plus the relevent qualies.
The rest they will show as highlights programmes.
Still a big swizz but at least we won't miss out completely.

Oh, and all of the races will be broadcast on Radio 5 LOL Great :-\