Free to air

Noj

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Mar 12, 2013, 7:42:16 PM3/12/13

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According to pitpiss -

http://www.pitpass.com/48524-Ecclestone-in-Melbourne-snub

the Dwarf is attempting to sell F1 to Melbourne by claiming -
"...This is the biggest free-to-air television event around the world
that promotes Melbourne..."

Didn't I recently read that Aussies have to pay to watch F1?

John Briggs

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Mar 12, 2013, 7:56:46 PM3/12/13

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And it isn't shown live or complete free-to-air in the UK.
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AC

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Mar 12, 2013, 8:34:00 PM3/12/13

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Hmmmmmmmm

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AC

Bobster

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Mar 13, 2013, 12:08:11 AM3/13/13

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On Mar 13, 1:42 am, Noj <b...@arse.com> wrote:
> According to pitpiss -
>
> http://www.pitpass.com/48524-Ecclestone-in-Melbourne-snub
>
> the Dwarf is attempting to sell F1 to Melbourne by claiming -
> "...This is the biggest free-to-air television event around the world
> that promotes Melbourne..."

A reading of that report suggests that it was Walker what said that,
yer Honour.

I don't know, but I rather suspect that the GP is at least as "free to
air" as the Tennis.

Walker's arithmetic is not great. 50 million AUD a year IS 1.5 billion
for 30 years. If there is no annual escalation for the GP. Which there
will be.

Von Fourche

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Mar 13, 2013, 12:12:41 AM3/13/13

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"John Briggs" <john.b...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:3hP%s.17485$Cg1....@fx16.fr7...

And most of the F1 races broadcast in the U.S. will be on cable TV, not
free.

Bobster

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Mar 13, 2013, 12:11:49 AM3/13/13

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But is it in Brazil, which is a far bigger audience than the UK.

Stephen M Baines

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Mar 13, 2013, 5:22:26 AM3/13/13

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Nope. Free to air on Ten/One, depending on the race. I wish it was on pay
tv if it meant no adverts every 5 laps.
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stephen

WrongWayWade

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Mar 13, 2013, 10:21:53 AM3/13/13

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But NBC-Sports Network is basic-cable for most cable and sattelite systems.
So most people will get it without paying extra. Same level of service that
SpeedTV was on.

Curious to see how the new commentator(s) stack up. They brought back
Matchett and Hobbs and will use Leigh Diffy as the main talking head. From
the lineup this weekend, we're still getting Friday's practice, qualifying
and the race all live, with rebroadcast of the practice and qualifying just
before the race on Sunday.

John White

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Mar 13, 2013, 11:35:03 AM3/13/13

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In article <khq1ua$pmc$1...@dont-email.me>,

Actually, it looks like we're getting Practice 1, delayed, and Practice
2, live, if I read the schedule right.

Mark Jackson

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Mar 13, 2013, 11:45:05 AM3/13/13

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On 3/13/2013 11:35 AM, John White wrote:
> In article <khq1ua$pmc$1...@dont-email.me>, "WrongWayWade"
> <rl31...@excite.com> wrote:
>
>> Von Fourche wrote:

>>> And most of the F1 races broadcast in the U.S. will be on cable
>>> TV, not free.
>>
>> But NBC-Sports Network is basic-cable for most cable and sattelite
>> systems. So most people will get it without paying extra. Same
>> level of service that SpeedTV was on.

And just as free, that is to say not.

>> Curious to see how the new commentator(s) stack up. They brought
>> back Matchett and Hobbs and will use Leigh Diffy as the main
>> talking head.

And the same guy in the pitlane, if the F1 Countdown show is any indication.

>> From the lineup this weekend, we're still getting Friday's
>> practice, qualifying and the race all live, with rebroadcast of the
>> practice and qualifying just before the race on Sunday.
>
> Actually, it looks like we're getting Practice 1, delayed, and
> Practice 2, live, if I read the schedule right.

Speed didn't broadcast P1 at all, although they did stream both P1 and P3.

--
Mark Jackson - http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~mjackson
What all this comes down to, of course, is that a common currency
has a much better chance of working if you actually have a nation.
- Paul Krugman

Von Fourche

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Mar 13, 2013, 3:53:36 PM3/13/13

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"WrongWayWade" <rl31...@excite.com> wrote in message
news:khq1ua$pmc$1...@dont-email.me...

> Von Fourche wrote:
>> "John Briggs" <john.b...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>> news:3hP%s.17485$Cg1....@fx16.fr7...
>>> On 12/03/2013 23:42, Noj wrote:
>>>>
>>>> According to pitpiss -
>>>>
>>>> http://www.pitpass.com/48524-Ecclestone-in-Melbourne-snub
>>>>
>>>> the Dwarf is attempting to sell F1 to Melbourne by claiming -
>>>> "...This is the biggest free-to-air television event around the
>>>> world that promotes Melbourne..."
>>>>
>>>> Didn't I recently read that Aussies have to pay to watch F1?
>>>
>>> And it isn't shown live or complete free-to-air in the UK.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> And most of the F1 races broadcast in the U.S. will be on cable TV,
>> not free.
>
> But NBC-Sports Network is basic-cable for most cable and sattelite
> systems. So most people will get it without paying extra. Same level of
> service that SpeedTV was on.

For many and many years SpeedTV was on an upper tier on cable systems.
When I got DirecTV about ten years ago or so (I did it just to watch F1 on
SpeedTV) I did receive SpeedTV on the basic tier. But I'm not sure they
kept it in the basic tier and I might have been grandfathered in. It
doesn't matter now though. SpeedTV is turning into another probably useless
network.

But I know how many of you feel about the Sky thing. There are some
networks I would like to check out on DirecTV but I would have to subscribe
to an additional package and it's just not worth it.

WrongWayWade

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Mar 26, 2013, 3:02:56 PM3/26/13

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I just read yesterday that SpeedTV will be rebranded as 'Fox Sports 1' this
fall, (just like how Versus because NBCSN).