BBC Cancels F1 Contract

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First they pull the plug on the Open and now pulling out of F1 early http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35149963

Seems they've no interest in sport at all anymore and I'm sure there could be savings made on other areas. If I as a gambling man, I'd say sooner rather than later they'll relinquish rights to Wimbledon and what little other sport they have left. And that includes Olympic coverage
 
Sad to see even less sport on the Beeb now, it makes me think Murdoch is pulling the strings:whistle:
 
HomerJSimpson said:
First they pull the plug on the Open and now pulling out of F1 early http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35149963

Seems they've no interest in sport at all anymore and I'm sure there could be savings made on other areas. If I as a gambling man, I'd say sooner rather than later they'll relinquish rights to Wimbledon and what little other sport they have left. And that includes Olympic coverage
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Well we know where the pressure on the BBC funding is coming from and when they have to make cuts (as they do) someone is going to lose out and leave another group of disgruntled licence fee payers.
 
I read today that BBC Sport have to make savings of £35m and this will make a significant contribution to that. It's a shame to lose it but Channel 4 are taking it up the contract I believe so it's still free to air on the same basis as it is now....OK, with adverts. Sky have the blanket coverage most fans would watch anyway so I don't really see who's missing out. Probably a good business decision tbh.
 
C4 have confirmed they will show the entire race without breaks which is good. The BBC will be sport free before long, I think they will drop MOTD once that contract is up or they become privatised.
 
The Tory government stance on the BBC is well known. They are happy to starve it and run it into the ground so that one of their friends in the media can buy it. Funding is being pulled back and things like F1 demand high prices for live coverage.
 
The BBC isn't a dedicated sports channel

It will pay for the sports that will bring in the most viewers - MOTD does that , same with Wimbledon and the Olympics etc. F1 it appears started losing its appeal a few years back
 
Liverpoolphil said:
The BBC isn't a dedicated sports channel

It will pay for the sports that will bring in the most viewers - MOTD does that , same with Wimbledon and the Olympics etc. F1 it appears started losing its appeal a few years back
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Viewer ratings is now just an excuse for them to easily bin whatever they don't want to cover. Funny bearing in mind they don't have to worry about advertisers or pay per view subscriptions which would justify such a stance.
 
Tongo said:
Viewer ratings is now just an excuse for them to easily bin whatever they don't want to cover. Funny bearing in mind they don't have to worry about advertisers or pay per view subscriptions which would justify such a stance.
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Why is it an excuse ?

They have to put on the programs the majority want and have to satisfy as many as possible

If there isn't many people watching the F1 then why waste the millions ?

They have to work to a budget and need to ensure that the money spent is put to the best use they can.
 
Liverpoolphil said:
The BBC isn't a dedicated sports channel

It will pay for the sports that will bring in the most viewers - MOTD does that , same with Wimbledon and the Olympics etc. F1 it appears started losing its appeal a few years back
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Nobody said it was, but not everybody can afford £60+ per month for sky to watch sport. We've lost a huge amount of sport off BBC over the last few years yet our licence's still go up.

I'd guess the BBC have cut half of the sport they were showing 10yrs ago to what they are today.
 
Stuart_C said:
Nobody said it was, but not everybody can afford £60+ per month for sky to watch sport. We've lost a huge amount of sport off BBC over the last few years yet our licence's still go up.

I'd guess the BBC have cut half of the sport they were showing 10yrs ago to what they are today.
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The BBC offers lots of service to the whole country - the small license fee covers everything from telly to radio and tries to cater for everyone

The BBC can't afford to bid against Sky for many of the sports because it's not cost effective for them.

They have lost lots of sport - they can't afford to keep them all , their budget has been slashed by the government and changes needed to be made. So they will put the money towards what the majority of the country want - so that means going by the ratings.

If people want to watch sport now - we have to pay for it - that's the sports choice by offering up the rights to television companies.

There is still lots of sport across the terrestrial channels.
 
Robster59 said:
The Tory government stance on the BBC is well known. They are happy to starve it and run it into the ground so that one of their friends in the media can buy it. Funding is being pulled back and things like F1 demand high prices for live coverage.
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Strangely enough they have exactly the same attitude to Local Authority controlled schools. Starve them of money until you force them to become an academy so they get taken out of LA control. It's as if they place their ideological dogmas above the good of the public or kids, and in the process losing many many good people with years of experience in that field. Perish the thought...

Not a fan of F1 so won't effect me really but good to see it is remaining on free to view TV. Said it before but although Ecclestone has his faults, he knows the value of getting as many people as possibly watching his sport and not just making it available on pay TV for a niche audience. Now if only someone else thought that way. I think they will try and hang onto MOTD and hopefully The Olympics, although I know they have lost the exclusive contract to show that from 2020 or something like that.

Unfortunately I think that it will only be when most sports are off the BBC that people will realise how well they televised them and how this has led to the popularity of that sport. Seems a little unfair that having done this over many years that financially they can no longer compete. And the guardians of most sports seem to prioritise short term financial gain, most of which ends up in the pockets of the top pros/agents/managers/hangers on at that sport, over the stable long term future. The price of everything but the value of nothing as they say.
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Why is it an excuse ?

They have to put on the programs the majority want and have to satisfy as many as possible

If there isn't many people watching the F1 then why waste the millions ?

They have to work to a budget and need to ensure that the money spent is put to the best use they can.
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They should therefore drop Match of the Day (and F1) and concentrate on 6 Nations Rugby which gets higher viewing figures. Using this site and some random samples of weeks where F1 and Match of the Day are on viewing figures for both seem to be just under 4 million (higher for live football). 6 nations is between 4.5 and 7.
 
TheAntithesis said:
They should therefore drop Match of the Day (and F1) and concentrate on 6 Nations Rugby which gets higher viewing figures. Using this site and some random samples of weeks where F1 and Match of the Day are on viewing figures for both seem to be just under 4 million (higher for live football). 6 nations is between 4.5 and 7.
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Why can't they show both MOTD and 6 Nations ?
 
TheAntithesis said:
Because as you said they can't afford sport. In addition you said they have to put on programmes the majority want. Which looks like Eastenders, Masterchef and
Pointless.
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I never said they can't afford sports

Said they can't afford to keep them all :confused:
 
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