Ah you mean in that no-one will watch it because no-one's left who cares?
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DanB24 946 posts
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RobTheBuilder 5,811 posts
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Registered 8 years agoI think Sky F1 is a nice idea that no-one really wants. Most F1 fans I know want BBC live coverage of every race and Sky is a weak substitute. rather like Eurosport coverage used to be in the late 90's. -
superdelphinus 6,177 posts
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Registered 8 years agoDid I read somewhere, or was it a dream, that sky f1 was going to stop and the races just subsumed into ss3/4 ? -
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altitude2k 1,276 posts
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Registered 4 years agosuperdelphinus wrote:
Considering they're trying their hardest to show absolutely every single second of F1 they can fit on that channel, I doubt it. Live broadcast of pre season testing - unheard of.
Did I read somewhere, or was it a dream, that sky f1 was going to stop and the races just subsumed into ss3/4 ?
Personally I'm impressed with the effort and their coverage. Lazenby is the only real weak link (now that Georgie Thompson has been ousted). Even the website is great. I had three news tickers while following the testing at work, BBC was easily the worst - infrequent and bland, Autosport was pretty good with third "worst driver ever" contest, but Sky's was easily the best. Informative, entertaining, and constantly answering questions. -
shamblemonkee 13,474 posts
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Registered 8 years ago@RobTheBuilder find that sort of comment weird as the race is commentary by two ex BBC... -
Psychotext 49,221 posts
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Registered 7 years agoaltitude2k wrote:
Yeah... and they still missed three entire sets of it.
Live broadcast of pre season testing - unheard of.This post is sponsored by Apple and the iPhone 4S. Think different.
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shamblemonkee 13,474 posts
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Registered 8 years agolet's be honest it was fucking boring by the end of the final test.
can't wait for the racing to begin and the bull to end
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RobTheBuilder 5,811 posts
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Registered 8 years ago@shamblemonkee But the rest of the coverage isn't. The commentators are alright, but there's something really good about the BBC presentation. ITV couldn't match it either.
Plus. Even if they are good, the perception of many will be that it isn't simply because it's Sky. -
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Registered 7 years agoRobTheBuilder wrote:
Its because watching Sky is accompanied by the gnawing mental image of Murdoch sliding his octogenarian hand into your trousers to fondle your wallet.
Plus. Even if they are good, the perception of many will be that it isn't simply because it's Sky. -
Psychotext 49,221 posts
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Registered 7 years agoI was watching Sky last year and I have to wonder if I was watching something different to the rest of the people who have been praising it. The race might have been great (you can't really fault Brundle, though Croftie didn't make the transition well), but everything else was god awful.
Thompson was there as eyecandy only, the Skypad was a complete joke, Lazenby and Hill have both had charisma bypasses and Herbert is nothing more than a wideboy.
With BBC I'd watch before and after the race (Especially the forum). With Sky I started tuning in just for the grid walk and then turned straight off when it finished.This post is sponsored by Apple and the iPhone 4S. Think different.
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thelzdking 3,391 posts
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Registered 4 years agoYeah, Sky have far too many superfluous people involved in their coverage; Lazenby is the definition of pointlessness. They do the races well enough, even if Crofty is a bit shit.
Other than the fact that they have exclusive rights to half the races I can't think of anything about the Sky coverage that is significantly better than what the BBC does. Sure there's plenty of it but a great deal of it amounts to a whole load of nothing IMO. -
altitude2k 1,276 posts
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Registered 4 years agoOk the testing was a bit dull, but what did you expect? It was just testing! The fact is that they DID it, and satiated people's F1 fix a bit before the season, you cannot berate them for that.
I'm convinced that a lot of people's misgivings on the Sky F1 coverage is purely down to their preconceived notions of the company as a whole, rather than the programming itself. BBC good, Sky bad, sorta thing. The coverage is solid, especially given it was their first year. Their supplementary programming is good too. Their effort to cover GP2 and GP3 sessions is a really underrated move too.
I was convinced I would watch all BBC coverage last year when live and switch to Sky for the others (as a last resort), but I felt no great desire to switch back, to be quite honest. Their on-screen talent is dwindling, and I can't help think it'll be relegated to BBC2.
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Registered 4 years agoI much prefer Sky over BBC. Though Suzi Perry may alter that this season..gif)
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DanB24 946 posts
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Same driver winning the championship three times in a row equals *yawn ZZzzzzzz*
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Kostabi 3,920 posts
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Registered 8 years agoIt's funny how this wouldn't even be a discussion if the BBC didn't hate us all. -
altitude2k 1,276 posts
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It was a lighthearted comment. But do you think that wavering public interest in a sport where the same German won nigh on every race in 2011 had nothing to do with the BBC's decision to offload some of the rights?
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Psychotext 49,221 posts
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Registered 7 years agoaltitude2k wrote:
I gave my reasons above. Nothing to do with Sky itself or Murdoch or any of that bollocks.
I'm convinced that a lot of people's misgivings on the Sky F1 coverage is purely down to their preconceived notions of the company as a whole, rather than the programming itself.This post is sponsored by Apple and the iPhone 4S. Think different.
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altitude2k 1,276 posts
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Yeah I don't understand the hate for the Skypad. Ant Davidson's driver POV analysis is always extremely welcome, in my book, and while it may be a touch overkill for the job it hardly does it any damage. It's great that they have someone on the books who is actively involved in the development of these cars.altitude2k wrote:
I gave my reasons above. Nothing to do with Sky itself or Murdoch or any of that bollocks.
I'm convinced that a lot of people's misgivings on the Sky F1 coverage is purely down to their preconceived notions of the company as a whole, rather than the programming itself.
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Psychotext 49,221 posts
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Registered 7 years agoNothing there that couldn't be done by having our view of the screen "maximised". Oh wait, if they did that they wouldn't be able to show the eyecandy standing next to the screen.This post is sponsored by Apple and the iPhone 4S. Think different.
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Psychotext 49,221 posts
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Registered 7 years agoOh, and nothing in particular against Davidson. He's not a great presence, but he gets the points across.This post is sponsored by Apple and the iPhone 4S. Think different.
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Kostabi 3,920 posts
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Registered 8 years agoOn some of the NHL stuff I watch they have a giant touch screen but it's part of the desk the presenters sit at and is shown from an overhead camera. Seems to be a much better way of doing it for presenters and viewers. -
altitude2k 1,276 posts
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Registered 4 years agoPsychotext wrote:
But again, his opinion is worth far more in my mind than the other pundits on Sky, or any on the BBC because of his actual job.
Oh, and nothing in particular against Davidson. He's not a great presence, but he gets the points across. -
Psychotext 49,221 posts
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Registered 7 years agoThat's not actually that much use in his skypad role (even I can point out how crashes happened etc). He's good at covering practice though, lots of insight there.This post is sponsored by Apple and the iPhone 4S. Think different.
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coojam 618 posts
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Registered 7 years agoFor the money I would have to pay to take out a Sky subscription over a year just to watch the F1, I could afford to fly out to one of the international races and watch it in person.
This is a no-brainer - the transition to Sky has benefit zero consumers in the UK beyond the hardcore who like to watch all the pre-season stuff and it has made me less interested in watching the sport at a point where its popularity in the UK was at a 10 year high.Duck Up! is out now on the iPhone and iPod App Store
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Psychotext 49,221 posts
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Registered 7 years agoI'm a "hardcore" fan who likes to watch the pre-season stuff and Sky really wasn't much use for that. They showed one session of the three and even then the technical detail in that coverage was poor.
Sites like Autosport made a much better job of collating the data and explaining what was going on. This free site was one of the best of them too: http://f1tests.info/2013.php?rev=on
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altitude2k 1,276 posts
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Registered 4 years agoWell I've really enjoyed Sky's F1 programming last year and this season so far. I feel really sorry for those who don't because I'm enjoying every single race weekend. It must suck to only be enjoying half of the non-race coverage. -
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I really enjoyed watching F1 on Sky. Martin Brundle is a fabulous broadcaster and while I liked the dynamic between him, Jake Humphrey, DC and Eddie Jordan on the BBC, I was always entertained and impressed by the high production values evident on Sky F1.
Can't wait for next week.
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