There is probably some truth in it, even though a final decision under DQF hasn't yet been made.
Various other sources (including Charles Sale in the DM) have been reporting that the BBC would enact the break clause at the end of 2012 because £40 million per year is unaffordable under the present licence fee settlement.
ITV won't pay this amount for it either which will leave Bernie with something of a dilemma. Will Sky make it worth his while to take it off FTA TV?
The supposed "public service" BBC cutting back on everything that provides for minority audiences and sticks with the mass audience pap.
Even the more high-brow stuff will face the same cuts, BBC4 will end up a shadow of it's current self.
No surprise that they would wish to ring-fence Wimbledon, it's the Antiques Roadshow of sports. The BBCs coverage of it is the worlds first anti-sport sports coverage.
The supposed "public service" BBC cutting back on everything that provides for minority audiences and sticks with the mass audience pap.
Even the more high-brow stuff will face the same cuts, BBC4 will end up a shadow of it's current self.
No surprise that they would wish to ring-fence Wimbledon, it's the Antiques Roadshow of sports. The BBCs coverage of it is the worlds first anti-sport sports coverage.
"Minority"? F1 is one of the worlds biggest sports in terms of audience! It's about as far away from minority as you can get!
And as much as I love F1, and seeing it ad-free, it is a significant amount of money to spend on a sport that ITV or SKY would be happy to broadcast.
If cuts have to be made, and clearly they do thanks to the licence fee freeze/cut, then F1 and other sports would be a logical choice.
it is a significant amount of money to spend on a sport that ITV or SKY would be happy to broadcast.
Didn't ITV dump F1 mid-way through a contract so they could have more cash to spend on football rights? And weren't ITV constantly criticised for running advertisements during the races often at some of the most exciting points?
If neither BBC nor ITV were bidding for it, then with no competition I don't see Murdoch's bid going much past £3.47.
Channel 5 might offer £5, then say how much better highlights are than live, like they do with cricket, and give us about half an hour of it on a Monday evening...
Didn't ITV dump F1 mid-way through a contract so they could have more cash to spend on football rights? And weren't ITV constantly criticised for running advertisements during the races often at some of the most exciting points?
That's ITV trying to make it profitable though, not showing contempt for the F1
I also think that was at a time when ITV weren't in a great financial position. They probably had to choose between renewing either F1 or Champions League, and the latter would make more sense
What I don't get is why the BBC don't save £55m a year by dropping the Premier League? It's on at an unsociably late time anyway out of peak and it is already extensively covered by Sky and almost every other media outlet.
The very definition of what the BBC doesn't need to be wasting license fee money on!
I'd be sad to not see Jake doing the anchor role, it would end up going to someone like Ben Shepherd if it's on Sky
If it went on SKY I suspect that Jake and team poss would get offered it. But, with the concord agreement it says that F1 must remain free to air. This concord agreement runs out in 2012, so theres a few things on the table here
1. there is another agreement in place that agrees what there is now
2. another Free to air channel takes over F1 before the present concord deal runs out
3. Murdoch and co buy F1 and they get the new concord in agreement that states F1 can be shown on Pay TV for lots more money!.
What I don't get is why the BBC don't save £55m a year by dropping the Premier League? It's on at an unsociably late time anyway out of peak and it is already extensively covered by Sky and almost every other media outlet.
The very definition of what the BBC doesn't need to be wasting license fee money on!
MOTD gets good figures, and is also the only place for many to see something approaching proper highlights of games. Not everyone has Sky/ESPN and it's not like news channels carry anything more than a minute or two of action
I'll be really annoyed if they pull F1 in favour of saving BBC4 and some random radio stations works?
Are the regular 5million viewers suddenly going to swich to BBC4 and start listening to the Asian Network?
It's like cutting your nose of to spite your face.
And they've gone and bought an Xfactor rip off - that'll fail purely on the basis they can't compete with the sensationalism of the Xfactor, due to it all being funded by the license fee.
Not to mention how many millions they'll allegedly spend on wooing Cheryl Cole onto the judging panel.
Maybe if they stopped re-commissioning crap thats well past its sell by date like 2pints they could pump that cash into BBC4?
Hopefully there'll be a bit of a public outcry like there was with 6music.
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If this happens i will be so mad. They have just spend 22m on a bloody reality Program.
Or worse Sky.
I'm not a Sky hater, but the thought of having a choice between waching not watching F1, which I love, or paying for it...well I won't be happy.
Stupid BBC.
F1 didnt exist to sky until they wanted to buy it.
There is probably some truth in it, even though a final decision under DQF hasn't yet been made.
Various other sources (including Charles Sale in the DM) have been reporting that the BBC would enact the break clause at the end of 2012 because £40 million per year is unaffordable under the present licence fee settlement.
ITV won't pay this amount for it either which will leave Bernie with something of a dilemma. Will Sky make it worth his while to take it off FTA TV?
Its just a shame that Freeview dont have some sort of sports channel.
Darren
If Sky have no adverts like other sports I'd prefer that to ITV thanks.
The supposed "public service" BBC cutting back on everything that provides for minority audiences and sticks with the mass audience pap.
Even the more high-brow stuff will face the same cuts, BBC4 will end up a shadow of it's current self.
No surprise that they would wish to ring-fence Wimbledon, it's the Antiques Roadshow of sports. The BBCs coverage of it is the worlds first anti-sport sports coverage.
"Minority"? F1 is one of the worlds biggest sports in terms of audience! It's about as far away from minority as you can get!
If cuts have to be made, and clearly they do thanks to the licence fee freeze/cut, then F1 and other sports would be a logical choice.
Didn't ITV dump F1 mid-way through a contract so they could have more cash to spend on football rights? And weren't ITV constantly criticised for running advertisements during the races often at some of the most exciting points?
If neither BBC nor ITV were bidding for it, then with no competition I don't see Murdoch's bid going much past £3.47.
Why,,, no, never mind that, how do they spend £22m on a reality programme?
Channel 5 might offer £5, then say how much better highlights are than live, like they do with cricket, and give us about half an hour of it on a Monday evening...
That's ITV trying to make it profitable though, not showing contempt for the F1
I also think that was at a time when ITV weren't in a great financial position. They probably had to choose between renewing either F1 or Champions League, and the latter would make more sense
The very definition of what the BBC doesn't need to be wasting license fee money on!
If it went on SKY I suspect that Jake and team poss would get offered it. But, with the concord agreement it says that F1 must remain free to air. This concord agreement runs out in 2012, so theres a few things on the table here
1. there is another agreement in place that agrees what there is now
2. another Free to air channel takes over F1 before the present concord deal runs out
3. Murdoch and co buy F1 and they get the new concord in agreement that states F1 can be shown on Pay TV for lots more money!.
MOTD gets good figures, and is also the only place for many to see something approaching proper highlights of games. Not everyone has Sky/ESPN and it's not like news channels carry anything more than a minute or two of action
F1 has to pay because of the voice :mad:
Are the regular 5million viewers suddenly going to swich to BBC4 and start listening to the Asian Network?
It's like cutting your nose of to spite your face.
And they've gone and bought an Xfactor rip off - that'll fail purely on the basis they can't compete with the sensationalism of the Xfactor, due to it all being funded by the license fee.
Not to mention how many millions they'll allegedly spend on wooing Cheryl Cole onto the judging panel.
Maybe if they stopped re-commissioning crap thats well past its sell by date like 2pints they could pump that cash into BBC4?
Hopefully there'll be a bit of a public outcry like there was with 6music.
Youll pay through the nose for it and have loads of ads in it.