BBC and Sky to share F1 rights

From 2012 BBC and Sky will have shared right to broadcast Formula One as part of the BBC's attempt to save 20% of it's budget. This means that from next year only half the races will be shown on the BBC, but all will be shown on Sky including qualifying and free practise. Sky have however kindly let the BBC air "important races" like the British GP, Monaco and the final race of the season.

Commentator for BBC coverage at the moment Martin Brundle wasn't happy according to his tweet claiming he is "out of contract". In all fairness that does sound a little selfish, but Pirelli tyres have also come out and said they aren't happy either along with a host of fans.

The BBC claimed that without sharing rights they would have had to cut the sport altogether.

Is it me, or do people just assume that everyone has Sky these days? Already Sky shares broadcasting rights of Champions League football with ITV and some prime time TV shows are set to move to Sky. For example, E4 have sold the rights of Glee to Sky for the next series onwards.

It seems that majority of people these days do have some sort of pay monthly digital like Sky or Virgin, but what of the people that don't. Of course Sky are smart, they know that getting rights for a host of shows from mainstream channels will result in more people buying into Sky packages.

No doubt this will be a topice of discussion on this weekends Hungarian Grand prix build-up.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/29/bbc-sky-share-f1-broadcast-rights

RIP Amy Winehouse

I turned on the tv yesterday morning, only to discover that Amy Winehouse had died. Although the cause is yet unknown, chances are it is because of drugs/alcohol. We have to wait for the autotopsy to finish before we find out that.

Throughout the day music channels were paying tribute to her and it was unfortunately at this moment I realised how good her music really is. When her Back To Black album came out I was too busy with my RnB days to realise how good the album actually was. I suppose I'm not the only one who knew more about other aspects of her life than he rmusic.

She was only 27, the age she had predicted she would go and the same age as her heroes when they died; Kurt Cobane, Jimmy Hendrix etc.

RIP Amy Winehouse

The Social Network

Whilst watching the social network, I realised that I possbly know the next Mark Zuckerburg. He's a genius hacker and total computer geek. Thanks to family connections he and his older brother already have a business in this area and now he's working on a new app that could theoretically be worth millions. Watch this space. . .

The Love Between You And I

Two of my friends have decided to form a band together. This is a cover of a song by Attack In Black. It's pretty good! :)
http://web.me.com/jackdaniels1994/www.samandjackguitar.com/Our_Music.html          

                           

Beyonce's 4

Last week I purchased 4, Beyonce's new album fron iTunes. Its a hell of a lot different from Sasha Fierce. A lot more ballads this time, which are all great but maybe one or two more upbeat songs? I've yet to watch her Glasto performance, but it's being shown on BBC Three at some point this weekend. Watch it!

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