Whilst I agree that my view is a bit pessimistic, I cant help think the new owners wont be a good thing. The sad thing is, I no longer really care what happens to F1. I hope it does improve, then maybe I will become a fan again.
I think the new owners will do some good, like Assa mentioned money being split more equally among the teams. However I dont think they can alienate the big teams. If they want to grow the crows in the US, they have to keep recognised car makers like Ferrari, Mercedes on board. Who in the US knows Force India or Williams? Certainly not your average Joe. To build an audience, they need brands the US market can relate to.
Good point about the safety car, I can see them deploying one as often as they can. It will allow them to cut to ad breaks. THey will need to cut to as many ad breaks as they can. Anyone who watched Nascar, Indy car do they cut to ad breaks often/never/only when there is no racing i.e. safety car?
I lot of people in the UK watch F1, as there is nothing much else they do on a Sunday afternoon. Or its on in the background as they do something else. If the timing changed to say, 8am - 10am, how many of these casual viewers will watch?
I think the new owners wont be silly to get rid of the key European races like the British, Italian (keep Ferrair happy) and Monaco GPs, that would be suicidal. However they will have to make room for the potentially new races in the US. So most likely Far East would lose their races (as others have said). So not good news for China, Malaysia and Singapore. You could probably throw in Australia into that group. The middle east could move their times to coincide with US times. But I cant see a bright future for them either. If I was any of these countries, I would sign up long term contracts with Bernie - if they still can.
Going by the US mindset and its political and media agendas, you certainly wouldnt want racing in Muslim countries.