Be Excellent To Each Other

Couldn't find the original thread, so this one will do.

I am most miffed that sky have bought out a new F1 channel weeks after I cancelled my contract with them

Still, at least Virgin get the races.

[edit]Aha!

Enjoy it in block-o-vision!

I haven't got any enthusiasm for this yet - I'm more excited about baseball season starting at the moment. I'm sure things will change when the first race weekend rolls around.

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[edit]Oh. Bah.

I'm sure it'll be fine.

Hmmmm... Sky keep mailing me offering everything under the sun for half price for a year.

Must resist.

Hmm, you live quite near me, too.

I think I'll only really miss the early morning races, I can always go to the pub for the others if I'm that bothered, which I don't think I will be.

I haven't completely lost it with F1, but I'm running high levels of disinterest right now. I'll be happier if there's a driver I like to root for but I don't want another season of one driver dominating again, particularly when I don't really like said driver.

Changing the subject slightly, did any of you see this Montoya crash from the Indy500 this week?
Only Nascar would a) use a jet fuelled helicopter engine attached to the side of a fuel bowser to dry a wet track, and b) allow the bloody race cars to stay on the track at the same time

I've watched F1 on proper telly all my life and now half the live races have gone, seemingly most of the good half. I'll be having a go in some capacity, always root for the UK drivers and a select few forrins, missed less than a season's worth of races since I was ten, but this Sky bullshit has probably killed it for me.

Can't see the pubs having it on either, it's so often opposite the football.

Much like every other year I'm more excited about the 24 Heures du Mans than the F1

Does anyone know if the F1 channel will be added to Xbox Sky thingy? I have Sky Sports and stuff.

How are you pronouncing that?

POTW.

I would be astonished if it isn't. It's a premium channel along with the other sports ones, so I'd expect so.

Hope so! We're not allowed a dish or Virgin, so I can only use the Xbox.

I'm annoyed with Virgin that you have to buy the whole sports package to get the F1 channel, I was hoping they would sell it on it's own.
Anyhow at the moment my set up will be to find a stream for the non-bbc races.

Looking forward to the season especially glad to see Kimi back

Where does one go to find such a thing? I've heard of people using these to watch football etc but not being a fan I've no idea about it all.

Hold out, because they may do.

I use Sopcast to watch football streams

With only 3 weeks to go, I think they would have announced it by now.

They only announced the channel a few weeks ago!

If they announce it I'll get it, I'd be happy to pay £10 month any more than that & I'll continue streaming the non-bbc races.

Ten quid a month just for the brum brum races? Madness.

Better than £50 a month to talk to you idiots £22 a month, which is what it will cost you on Virgin.

To be fair, I wouldn't pay if it was £2 a month.

You obviously need to love the sport to pay up otherwise why would you

But 10 quid a month for a single sport, where the main event happens for 2 hours once a fortnight is pushing the limits of love, no?

The channel is 24 hours, with news and footage of old races, etc. It's not just 2hrs a fortnight.

Yes but there is no other choice if you want to watch all the race live & anyway there is no £10 option only the £22 sports + the base package on top bringing it to nearly £30 a month.

No way I am paying that so I will stick with the BBC & watch the other races streamed.

So much padding. So very much...

Yeah, but you get the footy and the wrestling and cricket and ESPN and all that shizzle too.

I'll try it for a month and see how I like it.

Those who just want the F1 and have always had it for the Licence Fee, which we're all still having to pay, can be rightly aggrieved, surely?

Except the 12 years when it was on ITV, you mean?

Licence fee covers receiving ITV too

I'm aware of that, but I'm pretty sure none of the licence fee was directly spent on F1 coverage during those years.

I'm pretty sure too. Doesn't change the fact that you could watch it by only spending the licence fee

It was always bound to happen Bernie wants more money & BBC needed out because they could not afford it thus SKY opened their wallet.

I would have preferred if another free to air channel like ITV, CH4 or even CH5 had taken the feed.
But the BBC screwed us by getting in bed with SKY so they could keep some races.

Never, ever say "even channel 5"

World's Toughest Trucker is ace, you fewl!

I believe all the main channels do get some license fee (itv,channel 4,5). Even if
it's just to air stupid political things. Beeb get the largest share though. I haven't checked my sources though so it might have changed.

Scratch that. They should be getting some next year for local progs and kids tv.

Only to the same extent you would be if any other show was poached by Sky.

Yay!

A pretty good start to the season, I'd say.

Indeed. I recorded it this AM so that I could skip to the start when I was inevitably woken up. BBC are honking cunts for giving the result of quali without warning on breakfast news.

Yeah, promising that the teams other than Red Bull McLaren seem to be on the pace. Should be interesting.

What a fantastic race

Haven't enjoyed a race as much as that in ages. My first in HD, too

I've been invited to the Closed Beta of F1 Online: The Game. First test session tonight!

I was looking for this thread to mention that I'd been invited last week. Haven't bothered yet, though.

In actual F1 news: Come on, Jenson.