F1 TV Coverage Thread

Echti · PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 6:18 pm

Gabriel wrote:

I have no idea

Well actually nothig because the onboard transmission system on location is being supplied by Gigawave. Tata Communication will provide the entire IT technology for F1.

Gabriel · PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 6:28 pm

I'm dumb

phil1993 · PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:39 pm

Interesting tidbit from F1 Racing from Brundle: "What was frustrating me more and more [about the BBC] was that I felt we weren't telling the whole F1 story over a race weekend. There was banter and fun and lairy shirts"

Nothing massively new, just that he was planning to stay at the BBC, but felt they assumed he'd already left when he hadn't.

Ellu · PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:05 pm

Gabriel wrote:

Meh, I used to love when the onboards cut out when a car passed below a bridge.

You have the right to express how you feel/felt when watching an onboard cutting out crossing a bridge

. That has nothing to do with previous posts or nowadays news.

. Oh wait it's TBK...

codename_47 · PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 4:58 am

phil1993 wrote:

Interesting tidbit from F1 Racing from Brundle: "What was frustrating me more and more [about the BBC] was that I felt we weren't telling the whole F1 story over a race weekend. There was banter and fun and lairy shirts"

Nothing massively new, just that he was planning to stay at the BBC, but felt they assumed he'd already left when he hadn't.

Brundle can dress it up any way he wants, and I agree with him that it isn't about the money, but all he really means is "BBC wanted Jake to be the frontman and leading light of the coverage and I thought that it should be me. Sky said I would be their biggest star, so off I go...."

I don't think Martin could deal with the BBC not treating him like the star he seems to want to be.

Looking on the latest Sky advert, Martin is at the centre of the group, not the lead commentator, not the presenter of the coverage, not the token woman (Sky's usual approach) but him.

Some might say, fair enough, he's earned it by being insightful all these years, but I dunno, I think his ego is getting out of hand....

Ian-S · PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 5:26 am

getting? it got out of hand in 1983 at Snetterton and hasn't gone back to the dark recesses of where it came from since.

RtN · PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 3:43 pm

codename_47 wrote:

phil1993 wrote:

Interesting tidbit from F1 Racing from Brundle: "What was frustrating me more and more [about the BBC] was that I felt we weren't telling the whole F1 story over a race weekend. There was banter and fun and lairy shirts"

Nothing massively new, just that he was planning to stay at the BBC, but felt they assumed he'd already left when he hadn't.

Brundle can dress it up any way he wants, and I agree with him that it isn't about the money, but all he really means is "BBC wanted Jake to be the frontman and leading light of the coverage and I thought that it should be me. Sky said I would be their biggest star, so off I go...."

I don't think Martin could deal with the BBC not treating him like the star he seems to want to be.

Looking on the latest Sky advert, Martin is at the centre of the group, not the lead commentator, not the presenter of the coverage, not the token woman (Sky's usual approach) but him.

Some might say, fair enough, he's earned it by being insightful all these years, but I dunno, I think his ego is getting out of hand....

Better Brundle being the focal point of coverage than the BBC's sports mercenary.

i think Sky are also giving him more freedom to do things outside of F1 (for instance, Le Mans).

codename_47 · PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 10:42 pm

RtN wrote:

codename_47 wrote:

phil1993 wrote:

Interesting tidbit from F1 Racing from Brundle: "What was frustrating me more and more [about the BBC] was that I felt we weren't telling the whole F1 story over a race weekend. There was banter and fun and lairy shirts"

Nothing massively new, just that he was planning to stay at the BBC, but felt they assumed he'd already left when he hadn't.

Brundle can dress it up any way he wants, and I agree with him that it isn't about the money, but all he really means is "BBC wanted Jake to be the frontman and leading light of the coverage and I thought that it should be me. Sky said I would be their biggest star, so off I go...."

I don't think Martin could deal with the BBC not treating him like the star he seems to want to be.

Looking on the latest Sky advert, Martin is at the centre of the group, not the lead commentator, not the presenter of the coverage, not the token woman (Sky's usual approach) but him.

Some might say, fair enough, he's earned it by being insightful all these years, but I dunno, I think his ego is getting out of hand....

Better Brundle being the focal point of coverage than the BBC's sports mercenary.

i think Sky are also giving him more freedom to do things outside of F1 (for instance, Le Mans).

That was already confirmed before the broadcast deal was announced though. Mainly to do with Le Mans not being on the same day as Canada any more than anything to do with broadcaster restrictions.

RtN · PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 10:46 pm

Yeah, but it's not just Le Mans.

I think Sky are giving Brundle a lot more freedom. I think he wants to race sportscars with his son on a much more frequent basis and Sky will allow that, whereas the BBC wouldn't. The BBC wouldn't allow him to take his yearly absence from Hungary, for example.

phil1993 · PostPosted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:57 pm

Looks like both BBC & Sky will make use of the fact that all team radio broadcasts will be available this season in their forums.

ellis · PostPosted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:55 pm

codename_47 wrote:

That was already confirmed before the broadcast deal was announced though. Mainly to do with Le Mans not being on the same day as Canada any more than anything to do with broadcaster restrictions.

Well, running Le Mans isn't that simple. There are the test days and running from Wednesday. You can't turn up jet lagged from Canada and then just run at Le Mans. Plus he's said he's started a pretty tough training program too.

StefMeister · PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:20 am

Sky Sports F1/HD has shown up on the Sky EPG today on channels 408 & 459

Its just showing the various promo's & clips from some of the programs on a loop untill the official launch next Friday.

Ian-S · PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 4:36 pm

my dad phoned me all excited this morning to tell me that, I said "you've got a problem, you don't subscribe to Sky old man..... :lol:

".

StefMeister · PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:26 pm

Sky have been running some more Red Button test's using footage from Abu-Dhabi, Screenshots avaliable at below link:
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showpost ... count=2342

bigears · PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:42 pm

I am seriously considering converting to Sky as I received a letter from Virgin Media that my bill will go up £5 together with £44-£50 I pay a month.

Sky is cheaper with just the F1 channel, unlimited broadband and the basic phone package (as I am deaf and my girlfriend uses her mobile more) so....!!

Jonny · PostPosted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 7:11 pm

A bit ironic that the BBC F1 magazine includes an advert for the Sky F1 channel.

amq55 · PostPosted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 8:24 pm

Sky will take it's own analysis studio to 16 races. And the title song will be revealed soon.

Ian-S · PostPosted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:09 pm

I heard a rumour a while ago it was going to be "Just Drive" by Alistair Griffin, which I thought rather ironic considering he's Jake's best mate :lol:

But it was just a rumour...

StefMeister · PostPosted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 12:57 am

Here is the video loop thats been shown on SSF1:

bigears · PostPosted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 11:59 pm

bigears wrote:

I am seriously considering converting to Sky as I received a letter from Virgin Media that my bill will go up £5 together with £44-£50 I pay a month.

Sky is cheaper with just the F1 channel, unlimited broadband and the basic phone package (as I am deaf and my girlfriend uses her mobile more) so....!!

Made a mistake, in order to get Eurosport. I have to buy the Sky Entertainment package at £20 with Eurosport at an extra fiver. So it is too expensive for me.

So no Sky unless someone will stump up the cash for or I win the lottery. Bah!

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