F1 is a very complicated owned business now, when you look at who/what owns it.
See sky news have reported on the bids for F1 now;
http://news.sky.com/story/liberty-me...acing-10551347
Looks like an interesting battle going forward for control.
With News International,Fox,Sky,Virgin,Liberty,Discovery links with the new bids looks like the end of FTA for F1 for the future.
Really think F1 with its worldwide reach would work very well going online as a subscription model. Be good in my view and offer a lot of extra live streams etc within the package and a lot of historical/archive stuff if that is ever made available.
Just think the current setup is stuck in the 1990s and could really do with some new broadcasting ideas and offerings.
F1 with a lot of of the background technical side and the extra live streams etc could be a much better catch or more appealing than it is now for the casual viewer if done better.
You only have to look within the UK, with the sky F1 red button and Sky sports iPad app and in the past the bbc online streams that are/were very popular for the F1 audience.