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Originally Posted by CHiLL
I'm sure I've heard from the mid-race commentary (can't remember which commentator) that the race is recorded by a local TV company in that country. That's why we don't always see the action. That transmission is then sent to FOM, then to the broadcasters across the world.
Edit; I swear the Australian GP is recorded by some Australian TV company.
I could be wrong though.
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that used to be the case but then due to all the complaints and the fact that local directors would only focus on local drivers this was changed about 3 years ago. Now all races apart from Monaco, Japan and Brasil are done by FOM. The BBC will not be filming the British GP and so there isn't any HD available.
Fuji TV have filmed the Japanese GP in HD in the past but that is just locally the feed that goes international is still in SD.
This is discussed in depth over on DS if you want any more info