Perhaps ashamedly, I decided to pay for the Sky F1 channel when it was launched. I have to admit, even before the race weekend, I was quite impressed by some of the content provided. Past F1 season reviews, interviews with legendary F1 drivers, a decent preview show and more, all kept me entertained.
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I saw this worrying article in the Independent this morning
Whilst this is about Premier League coverage, it does have significant implications for F1 coverage in Pubs as it’s all about a copyright battle across European countries.
The ruling has also caused euroviewsport to temporarily suspend its service whilst it considers the best way forward.
What goes for the Premier League also goes for F1 coverage in pubs. I stress this only affects pubs using a foreign decoder.
The numbers that do use such a decoder must be of concern to the Premier League and Sky otherwise why are they taking out warning advertisements in the trade press immediately after the court ruling?
The service that I blogged about here I don’t feel is affected as there is no foreign decoder card.
I also found out that LookingSpiffy had already blogged about how to actually do it in an excellent article.
If you thought you would be watching F1 down the pub this year, you may have to reconsider unless your publican pays Sky (£1000 per month?)
Source: independent.co.uk intentsgp
Having put my rather unhappy thoughts about the BBC Sky F1 TV deal down on paper a few days ago, I thought there has to be another (cheaper) way.
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So a lot of the details about the 2012 F1 TV coverage for UK viewers have now been released. Here’s my take on it all. First the nitty gritty:
Len Hutton