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
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