BBC believes the 'half coverage' represents 'good value for money for license fee payers'!!
Dear mr bingham
Thanks for contacting us regarding the BBC's rights to broadcast future seasons of 'Formula One'.
We understand you are unhappy that the BBC won't be showing all races in future seasons due to the sharing of broadcast rights with Sky.
We know that Formula 1 has an extremely passionate following in the UK and that some fans will be disappointed that not all races will be available exclusively live on the BBC from next season.
We are operating in a very tough financial climate and in common with all areas of the BBC, BBC Sport is having to make significant cost savings over the next few years in order to operate within the constraints of the licence fee settlement, therefore we have to make some difficult choices.
We believe this deal represents good value for money for licence fee payers. We retain live coverage of half of the race weekends and we will have extended highlights of the remaining races so we are pleased that all of the action from Formula 1 for the next seven seasons will remain on BBC television. Online coverage of the race weekends that we broadcast will remain the same, and we will carry all the news and reports from the rest of the season. Radio coverage will not change whilst the most popular races - the British Grand Prix, the Monaco Grand Prix and the final race of the season will continue to be broadcast live on BBC One.
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Thanks again for taking the time to contact us with your concerns.
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Kind Regards
BBC Audience Services
At least you had a reply chewy they did not eithen bother to reply to me even though i requested one
Driving vauxhall,s for 30 + years
and still loving it
If your as hacked off as i am sign this
www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/keepf1onthebbc
Dont know if it will make any difference though but worth a try and if you like comment here too
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/sportedit....html#comments
I think they mean ~nine full races will be shown, out of the nineteen in total.
Better than nothing I suppose, but will probably miss the best ones - sod's law.
It seems to me (from the Whitmarsh interview last Sunday) that the teams are of the assumption that the BBC will continue showing all the races in their entirety, just that half will be delayed by a few hours or so due to Sky have exclusive live rights to all the races.. Thats what he said, thats what he believes. I guess its because of the Concorde agreement... However, the BBC are saying "extended highlights" for the races they're not broadcasting live... So the teams are of the belief the races will continue to be on FTA in their entirety (as thats the agreement) but the BBC say different..
It'll never happen, I know.. The BBC will never allocate 2 hours or so of Air time to a non live event that was already screened elsewhere... It will never get the viewing figures to justify it... Or, they'll give it a go, realise viewing figures are pathetically small then cut the highlights to a 30 minute show..
No, the BBC highlights aint gonna be worth thinking about, true fans will be forced to Sky, and probably stick with that from there on... (cause I bet when Brundle & co get waved the bundles of cash by Sky, they'll be over there)
For me, the solution is going to be probably watching it on a european FTA satellite channel, probably RTL or some french channel, whilst listening to 5 live audio..
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