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Old 08-07-2011, 20:39   #148
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.

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Originally Posted by denphone View Post
l am not sure C4 can afford it though.
When ITV lost interest in formula 1 Eccleston let the BBC have it for a comparitive snip,would not be surprised in that sport wether mass advertising revenues from it being available to a mass audience on FTA TV is worth more then selling to sky, Bernie Ecclestone is very much against selling to pay tv channels. If he was it would be on sky now as he would have sold the rights to sky instead of the BBC.

I am sure he would package it so C4 could afford it if they really wanted F1.

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Originally Posted by Jameseh View Post
I've heard about C4 as well but I can't imagine them doing it. T4 has been on weekend morning for years and I doubt they're going to drop that group of cheap repeats for some of the most expensive sports rights especially when C4 aren't exactly known for sports at all except horse racing.
C4 did make a good fist of cricket coverage a few years ago before sky hoovered up all the live rights exclusively,C4 could show F1 on more 4 i suppose its available on freeview and well as satellite and cable.