Thread: TiVo F1 Channel
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Old 08-06-2012, 11:37   #73
Tim Deegan
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Re: F1 Channel
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Originally Posted by marlot View Post
"The Chinese Grand Prix in April was the first race broadcast live by the BBC this year and its viewing figures were down by 1m on 2011 to a peak of 4.21m. Sky's coverage of the race peaked at 887,000 and averaged at around 1m over the first four races of the year."

So I make that 80% of the population who can't/aren't watching the races on sky.

Bernie is a master at spin - all this 'it wouldn't make any difference here in the UK' is clearly bull.
And when you consider that with 6 winners in 6 races, the races are far more exciting now. So you would expect viewing figures to go up.
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