If it's not that crowded it might be possible to get the channel changed upon request. I know I've done it to watch a football match when I'm out for lunch.beelsebob wrote:The problem being that the Pub is more likely to be showing {Football | Rugby | Cricket | ...} than F1.red748 wrote:I will not pay Sky to watch F1.
I might just have to go down the pub on Racedays!!
I'm hoping I might be able to find a pub that will schedule the F1. Problem you've got asking the pub to switch over to it is some football thug might asked for it to be changed back because he "doesn't want to watch cars go round in circles", he would rather watch men run up and down a piece of grass.mx_tifosi wrote:If it's not that crowded it might be possible to get the channel changed upon request. I know I've done it to watch a football match when I'm out for lunch.beelsebob wrote:The problem being that the Pub is more likely to be showing {Football | Rugby | Cricket | ...} than F1.red748 wrote:I will not pay Sky to watch F1.
I might just have to go down the pub on Racedays!!
We will be able to see all F1 races that have a world feed on Speed TV, or one of the networks (that owns SpeedTV) Fox I think. It's just the commercials that are a bummer on SpeedTVOn the upside we don't have to listen to the BBC homers that spend 75% of the time talking about the British drivers in the race.richard_leeds wrote:It was probably like choosing football teams at school, each side picks one player at a time. "We'll have spa" "ok then we'll have Montreal" and so on....
ps Ringo - You don't pay for it so that's why you can't watch it. Simples! However, when something you do subscribe to decides to drop 50% of its coverage, then I will have sympathy for you, even if it is not reciprocated.
Been there, done that! When I get a chance to see the BBC feed instead of SpeedTV it's a much more enjoyable experience.mx_tifoso wrote:...which leads me to shouting at them to STFU.
http://www.autoblog.com/2012/01/18/sky- ... d-channel/There aren't a lot of television stations in the world dedicated entirely to cars. On this side of the Atlantic, we have Speed and Discovery's new Velocity channel, and the latter isn't even all cars all the time. But now, the UK is getting its own dedicated Formula One network.
Resulting from the BBC's forfeiture of part of its F1 contract to Rupert Murdoch's Sky network, Sky Sports F1 is launching this year in high definition. The channel will carry the grands prix themselves throughout the entire season, without commercials, as well as all the practice and qualifying sessions. In between race weekends, the channel will show interviews, magazine programs and re-runs of races.
Sky Sports F1 will be provided to existing Sky subscribers as part of their bundle, but it will also be available through other providers like Virgin Media, which has just signed on to the deal as well. Sky has also been lining up a roster of talent to cover the races and provide the commentary, including former F1 drivers Martin Brundle, Anthony Davidson and Damon Hill, the 1996 World Champion who most recently signed on.
As for race fans here in the colonies, we'll soldier on with Speed's coverage (with occasional races broadcast on Fox) and TSN in Canada.
