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denphone 08-07-2011 20:49
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Originally Posted by richard1960 (Post 35270816)
If F1 has to leave the BBC which i hope it does not,then C4 would be better for the majority then sky,so yes i hope they would bid as well.:)
Yes l totally agree with you.:clap::clap:

busboy125 08-07-2011 20:50
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Originally Posted by richard1960 (Post 35270786)
Bernie Ecclestone has stated in the past he wants a mass market for F1 that is why it is not already on Sky he prefers terrestrial tv for F1 ,i did hear that C4 were interested in F1 now the BBC are cutting costs.
Oh great!! F1 with lots of adverts throughout the race. Thought those days were over when the BBC got the coverage. I really hope the BBC can keep hold of it.

muppetman11 08-07-2011 20:50
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Originally Posted by richard1960 (Post 35270816)
If F1 has to leave the BBC which i hope it does not,then C4 would be better for the majority then sky,so yes i hope they would bid as well.:)
Agreed, all sport would be better on terrestrial if only :erm:

Jameseh 08-07-2011 20:51
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Even better, they just scrap BBC Three and pay for the F1 with that.

denphone 08-07-2011 20:53
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Originally Posted by busboy125 (Post 35270822)
Oh great!! F1 with lots of adverts throughout the race. Thought those days were over when the BBC got the coverage. I really hope the BBC can keep hold of it.
But with a reduction in their license fee the odds on them keeping it are receding.

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Originally Posted by Jameseh (Post 35270827)
Even better, they just scrap BBC Three and pay for the F1 with that.
No there are some interesting programmes on BBC Three.

Jameseh 08-07-2011 20:59
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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35270828)
No there are some interesting programmes on BBC Three.
Such as? I'm sure Family Guy is costing them a bomb with FX and Sky breathing down their necks. One or two of their comedy drama shows could be on BBC One. Embarrasing (sp?) Illnesses could be broadcast on BBC One also and it seems everything else is a throwaway documentary. The only downfall (in my opinion) is loosing a channel that could be used for sport when there is lots on and even then (to the dismay of) BBC Four (viewers) it could just be put on there.

denphone 08-07-2011 21:01
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Originally Posted by Jameseh (Post 35270836)
Such as? I'm sure Family Guy is costing them a bomb with FX and Sky breathing down their necks. One or two of their comedy drama shows could be on BBC One. Embarrasing (sp?) Illnesses could be broadcast on BBC One also and it seems everything else is a throwaway documentary. The only downfall (in my opinion) is loosing a channel that could be used for sport when there is lots on and even then (to the dismay of) BBC Four (viewers) it could just be put on there.
They have had some excellent music programmes on there as well as having some good factual and documentary programmes as well.

Jameseh 08-07-2011 21:12
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Regardless, they're planning to stop showing all the super-cheap-to-broadcast US shows on weekday afternoons plus they already show BBC News at nightime despite the fact 97% of the UK can watch the BBC News channel. There are multiple hours of schedule that need to be filled. Drop F1 and there's 6 hours every two weeks to be filled, some of it primetime.

So some money needs to come from somewhere and for the next few years, it can't be us.

denphone 08-07-2011 21:20
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Originally Posted by Jameseh (Post 35270847)
Regardless, they're planning to stop showing all the super-cheap-to-broadcast US shows on weekday afternoons plus they already show BBC News at nightime despite the fact 97% of the UK can watch the BBC News channel. There are multiple hours of schedule that need to be filled. Drop F1 and there's 6 hours every two weeks to be filled, some of it primetime.

So some money needs to come from somewhere and for the next few years, it can't be us.
They could put a lot of their archived programmes on BBC 3 and BBC 4 in my mind.

Jameseh 08-07-2011 21:22
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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35270852)
They could put a lot of their archived programmes on BBC 3 and BBC 4 in my mind.
They sell programs to BBC Worldwide for DVD, International channels, SeeSaw and repeats on UKTV. How much is left, I don't know.

denphone 08-07-2011 21:29
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Originally Posted by Jameseh (Post 35270855)
They sell programs to BBC Worldwide for DVD, International channels, SeeSaw and repeats on UKTV. How much is left, I don't know.
The BBC have huge archives and there is a lot that has not been shown yet.

Jameseh 08-07-2011 21:31
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If they cut BBC Four then I doubt BBC Three would be the place for anything from the archives. Vice versa though and it pretty much works perfectly so maybe you have something there.

muppetman11 08-07-2011 21:34
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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35270632)
Yes l have to say as well that ESPN in my mind at the moment in the UK seem to be shopping in the bargain basement in their purchasing of certain sports rights and we shall see in the next year or two whether they are prepared to take on SKY.
ESPN were rumoured to be very interested in super league and look what happened http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011...-league-rights

ESPN really need to up their game , one they could take BSKYB on with is NFL by trying to capture the Sunday games.

denphone 08-07-2011 21:38
Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 
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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35270863)
ESPN were rumoured to be very interested in super league and look what happened http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011...-league-rights

ESPN really need to up their game , one they could take BSKYB on with is NFL by trying to capture the Sunay games.
Yes l agree that there are many sports rights including NFL that they could get so we shall see their intent in the next 12 months.

alwaysabear 09-07-2011 02:05
Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 
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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35270863)
ESPN were rumoured to be very interested in super league and look what happened http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011...-league-rights

ESPN really need to up their game , one they could take BSKYB on with is NFL by trying to capture the Sunday games.
I would love that to happen ! I could save myself some money by waving goodbye to Sky sports.:D


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