bbc live f1 testing updates
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Teppic said:
They've decided to integrate it in to their general sports update feed, because the BBC don't give a f
k about F1.
EDIT - The Sky Sports website is doing a pretty good update.
Clicky
Im not getting any text on that link, is there some kind of plugin needed to view the live text?k about F1.EDIT - The Sky Sports website is doing a pretty good update.
Clicky
Edited by Teppic on Thursday 19th February 09:25
onyx39 said:
BigBen said:
Does anyone do the twitter who can express displeasure to the BBC. They have removed a good service and merged it with a shi* one.
You think they would actually LISTEN to criticism?Yet we will get bombarded with info on foozball, cricket, Darts, winter sports and well everything apart from motorsport.
RemaL said:
onyx39 said:
BigBen said:
Does anyone do the twitter who can express displeasure to the BBC. They have removed a good service and merged it with a shi* one.
You think they would actually LISTEN to criticism?Yet we will get bombarded with info on foozball, cricket, Darts, winter sports and well everything apart from motorsport.
What does it cost the Beeb to commentate on the other sports? Next to nothing I would imagine.
Since the BBC have buggered things up for this test I've switched to http://www.autosport.com/
onyx39 said:
I agree.. The problem is, the most popular aspect of Motorsport has been taken away from the masses by the greed of Mr Ecclestone, and BBC are probably assuming that we wont want anything else to replace it. What does it cost the Beeb to commentate on the other sports? Next to nothing I would imagine.
Wrong - you must remember that it was the BBC who ditched F1 because they wanted to pay £40m to show The Voice on Saturdays. BBC had the contract and sold it to Sky who bought them out mid contract allowing the BBC to show some live races. Ecclestone may be a odious character but blame the lady who was head of BBC entertainment at the time for that one. onyx39 said:
You think they would actually LISTEN to criticism?
And why do you think they are going to listen now ?When they sold the rights to Sky (it wasn;t Bernie) they just basically said "tough s
t, we can't afford it", closed the comments on the page to prevent anyone responding, then spent tens of millions on "The Voice" and a slightly smaller fortune on covering Wimbledon for 2 weeks (hotels, shuttling people down from Manchester, hired production facilities etc, you name it). The entire organisation is about lining their own pockets, not providing what the public wants.
High time the license fee became optional, don't pay, no BBC. Would suit me fine.
/rant
onyx39 said:
What does it cost the Beeb to commentate on the other sports? Next to nothing I would imagine.
As alluded to above, covering Wimbledon costs an utter fortune now, because they haul everything down from Manchester back to London - not just presenters but all the techie/production people too, rent production facilities (because there are none left that are suitable) and so on. IIRC it literally costs them several million a year.Edited by Crafty_ on Friday 20th February 15:11
Mark-C said:
Since the BBC have buggered things up for this test I've switched to http://www.autosport.com/
yup ,that seems to be a good one mark.I haven't found the other feeds to be as good as the BBC one was for the first test.
In terms of them paying for sports as someone who has no interest in football I can't figure why they are paying more for highlights of the premiership than live rights all the F1 races would cost - there didn't seem to be any question over the affordability for Match of the day and the audience figures over the last few weeks don't seem to have put it in the top 30 BBC1 programmes which means probably less than 4m viewers. I think the BBC figures for F1 are about that level but can't find them to check.
In terms of them paying for sports as someone who has no interest in football I can't figure why they are paying more for highlights of the premiership than live rights all the F1 races would cost - there didn't seem to be any question over the affordability for Match of the day and the audience figures over the last few weeks don't seem to have put it in the top 30 BBC1 programmes which means probably less than 4m viewers. I think the BBC figures for F1 are about that level but can't find them to check.
Do you know what really fked me off this week.
All the "If you want to know who killed Lucy Beale click here" & "Warning if you dont want to find out dont scroll down" messages on the website.
When it comes to formula one though (when they have the highlight package!) they cant fking help themselves but splash up the result across news sport weather any fking part of their site.
ked me off this week. All the "If you want to know who killed Lucy Beale click here" & "Warning if you dont want to find out dont scroll down" messages on the website.
When it comes to formula one though (when they have the highlight package!) they cant f
king help themselves but splash up the result across news sport weather any fking part of their site. Gassing Station | Formula 1 | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff