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PeacockAntony commented on the post, Sky to raise F1 channel cost and offer cut-price stream 2 months, 2 weeks ago
This month’s F1 Racing adverts does just seem like one big Sky Sports advert.
Glad I only paid £1 for it.
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PeacockAntony commented on the post, Sky to raise F1 channel cost and offer cut-price stream 2 months, 2 weeks ago
No that is not what I “ment to say”.
But of course that won’t have helped.
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PeacockAntony commented on the post, Sky to raise F1 channel cost and offer cut-price stream 2 months, 2 weeks ago
It will be, since Sky have only got broadcast rights to show F1 in the UK.
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PeacockAntony commented on the post, Sky to raise F1 channel cost and offer cut-price stream 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Since there is only less than 1 million people watch the channel, I doubt that all 4.5 million HD customers will care. And of course not all the viewers watching will have the HD pack, they will have the Sky Sports pack.
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PeacockAntony commented on the post, Sky to raise F1 channel cost and offer cut-price stream 2 months, 2 weeks ago
It is common sense to think that Sky Sports F1 will only become available via the Sky Sports pack at some point. How long before this happens though is up to Sky.
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PeacockAntony commented on the post, Sky to raise F1 channel cost and offer cut-price stream 2 months, 2 weeks ago
@asanator
I was a Virgin Media customer and I have just had Sky installed myself last week and I have the channel. So as long as you sign up before April you should get it.
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PeacockAntony commented on the post, Sky to raise F1 channel cost and offer cut-price stream 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Yes Debs. Existing HD customers who have the channel will still continue to get it.
I agree, £9.99 for 2 hours is just nuts.
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PeacockAntony commented on the post, Sky to raise F1 channel cost and offer cut-price stream 2 months, 2 weeks ago
The BBC have had to make cuts to costs on all of their budgets. The F1 rights cost a lot. They have chosen to reduce the coverage to save money, they could have seen their contract out till it ran out at the end […]
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PeacockAntony commented on the post, Sky to raise F1 channel cost and offer cut-price stream 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Yes, I have had this confirmed to me by a number of Sky employees myself.
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PeacockAntony commented on the post, Sky to raise F1 channel cost and offer cut-price stream 2 months, 2 weeks ago
The BBC didn’t ditch it early, and Sky didn’t bid either. The BBC approached Sky to share the coverage.
The BBC have extended their contract which was due to end at the end of this year, but have reduced the […]
