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General => Random Chat => Topic started by: Janner_Sy on March 13, 2012, 07:11:16 pm
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I am a massive fan of this new channel and the team running it.
Initially i thought it was going to be rubbish, but they have everything from practice seessions, qualifying, the GP on. They also have race preview and review programs, tech shows, biographies, previous races and GPs etc etc
And you get to look at Geogie Thompson regularily
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and one for robin
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Couldn't agree more, it's the only sport I watch/follow and adore the fact it finally has its own channel :pomppomp:
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Bit premature, they haven't even broadcast the first race yet!
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Bit premature, they haven't even broadcast the first race yet!
You wont be disapointed :wink:
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You wont be disapointed :wink:
You will be if you don't have Sky... :laugh:
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I have sky but i won't be up grading my channels to watch it thou
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You wont be disapointed :wink:
You will be if you don't have Sky... :laugh:
:signLOL:
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So far so good :happy2:
But I'm holding back on making my mind fully up until Sunday :star: :star: :star:
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Bit premature, they haven't even broadcast the first race yet!
true, but so far it seems very promising.
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All the GP2 and GP3 races too!!! I'm a huge fan already. Production is awesome!!! :pomppomp:
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...saying that though.... i was amazed just how HUGE martin brundles ears are! He must wear wide helmets :grin:
God bless HD :laugh:
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Bit premature, they haven't even broadcast the first race yet!
You wont be disapointed :wink:
You seen it then Steve? :laugh:
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Bit premature, they haven't even broadcast the first race yet!
You wont be disapointed :wink:
You seen it then Steve? :laugh:
:grin: :grin: :congrats: :congrats:
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Bit premature, they haven't even broadcast the first race yet!
You wont be disapointed :wink:
You seen it then Steve? :laugh:
Ive been told matie, Supply chain have been told what to expect :wink:
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Anyone on Virgin added it to their package? What was the cost?
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Anyone on Virgin added it to their package? What was the cost?
I've got it on virgin, unfortunately it's an extra £22 a month for the skysports package.
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Ive not paid any extra. I have my Sky HD package for £2.50/month. The F1 channel is part of the HD package :jumping: :jumpmove:
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How have you got it for £2.50pm??
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Because I'm special
Needs
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One word. Adverts. :fighting:
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For me they should have done a Sky Sports Motorsport HD rather than just F1. It would have been so nice if they covered the GT Championship, BTCC, DTM etc.
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One word. Adverts. :fighting:
Thankfully the race will not be interrupted.
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One word. Adverts. :fighting:
Thankfully the race will be interrupted.
Uninterrupted :wink:
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For me they should have done a Sky Sports Motorsport HD rather than just F1. It would have been so nice if they covered the GT Championship, BTCC, DTM etc.
Totally agree the BTCC coverage is seriously lacking these days and its getting even harder to find any decent rallying coverage.
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One word. Adverts. :fighting:
Thankfully the race will be interrupted.
Uninterrupted :wink:
Lol!! :happy2: I think i meant to put "will not"
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For me they should have done a Sky Sports Motorsport HD rather than just F1. It would have been so nice if they covered the GT Championship, BTCC, DTM etc.
Good shout that man! :happy2: some of those championships are on Eurosport I think (could be wrong, "usually am" the misses is shouting) :happy2:
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For me they should have done a Sky Sports Motorsport HD rather than just F1. It would have been so nice if they covered the GT Championship, BTCC, DTM etc.
Totally agree the BTCC coverage is seriously lacking these days and its getting even harder to find any decent rallying coverage.
That does sound like a good idea but I imagine they would have a number of clashes when races take place on the same day :happy2: :happy2:
I'm really liking the helmet cam they have on Mark Webber this weekend :driver:
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yeah that helmet cam is brilliant! i hope the get that onto button, especially if its raining in malaysia :party:
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i think sky/virgin have missed out here
i reckon plenty of people would have paid a subscription for JUST the f1 channel but most won't fork out the extra for either HD or Sports Packages
I'd have paid an extra £5 a month I think but i'm buggered if i'm paying £20+ extra
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i think sky/virgin have missed out here
i reckon plenty of people would have paid a subscription for JUST the f1 channel but most won't fork out the extra for either HD or Sports Packages
I'd have paid an extra £5 a month I think but i'm buggered if i'm paying £20+ extra
Agreed! I would gladly pay an extra £5 or so for just the F1 Channel. I don't really need the other Sports channels (the only other thing I might watch is the Golf or maybe one or two football games but can live without it)
Alex
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I really don't think Georgie Thompson brings much to the party. If anything she just makes it less credible.
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Would have liked sky to have got the old trio. Other than that seems good so far
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nice to have hill and brundle together though
and the race commentary is superb, dont miss coulthard at all
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Agree with Hill and Brundle but not too sure on their version of Jake. Also agree with the Georgie Thompson comment she ain't got a clue and IMO not all that, more chip shop fit, and not a patch on Lee McKenzie.
As for no adverts thankfully there isn't any during quali or race but during the build up from 5 till 6 and there was one every 5 minutes.
Much room for improvement.
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If you just want the F1 you don't need the sports package. If you buy the HD package for £10 a month you get the F1 channel. I know more than a fiver but not too bad.
I am impressed with the coverage so far, for the first race they are doing ok, some bits need a small bit of work though.
Simon Lazenby (aka BBC Jake) use to do the Rugby Union coverage and was alright.
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If you just want the F1 you don't need the sports package. If you buy the HD package for £10 a month you get the F1 channel. I know more than a fiver but not too bad.
Unfortunately that's not the case with virgin and you need the full package :sad:
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i think sky/virgin have missed out here
i reckon plenty of people would have paid a subscription for JUST the f1 channel but most won't fork out the extra for either HD or Sports Packages
I'd have paid an extra £5 a month I think but i'm buggered if i'm paying £20+ extra
Sky took the decision to keep this free if you have the hd subs already, making for some, more people would find Sky's choice more VFM and join...
I can tell you know, as a person on BSKYB's payroll, I'm rather busy just now, so it's worked out well :laugh:
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If you just want the F1 you don't need the sports package. If you buy the HD package for £10 a month you get the F1 channel. I know more than a fiver but not too bad.
Unfortunately that's not the case with virgin and you need the full package :sad:
That's a bugger, :(
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I really don't think Georgie Thompson brings much to the party. If anything she just makes it less credible.
Agree, and if she's there for eye candy, have a laugh, she's a dwarf (no offence to those of diminutive stature)
Hill and Brudle are doing well together but they definitely need a better presenter to bring it all together (not sure of the chap's name) as he is not cutting the mustard in my book! :happy2:
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i think ted, brundle and hill is all thats needed.... and whoever that chap is commentating with brundle... he gets excited like walker used to
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^^^^ I think the race commentary is the best yet personally..
Nice to let Brundle have a break and not be talking all the way through the race, Hill is alot better then I was expecting..
georgie is great Eye Candy, does it for me anyway :signLOL:
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^ whatever floats yours boat, not saying a wouldn't though. Suzie Perry would have been my call, know she is a bike bird but I bet she would still be far better. :happy2:
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what with her "higher than simon cowls" trousers? :laugh:
she doesnt do it for me, the other chick on the other hand - the one who interviewed pirez friday night... she'd get a length :smiley:
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Glad to see my own thoughts on Georgie Thompson voiced by others. I would but she'd have to ask nicely. :wink:
Lee Mckenzie ftw. :party:
Hill, Brundle, Kravitz all good. Don't know the other 'Jake' replacement but he sucks and the other commentator needs to drop a Valium or 2. Time will tell I suppose. Fookin hate the adverts. :fighting:
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Anyone use the red button on quali ? Pretty good with the car feeds
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I can't believe that they expect you to subscribe to another channel to watch the F1 this year.
Furry muff if they want to make a dedicated channel for it but at least make it available to anyone. Are they just highlights on the Beeb?
.....as you can prob tell I'm on Virgin and I don't subscribe to the sports channels. :ashamed:
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Georgie Thompson does absolutely fcuk all for me either.
Natalie Pinkham however :drool: :drool: :love: :love:
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They need to understand what uninterrupted means. So far only qualifying was uninterrupted. :fighting:
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Ah yes the Pinkham. Really rather nice. :party:
Every time I see Georgie Thompson I want to pant her orange and give her an green wig. :laugh:
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Ah yes the Pinkham. Really rather nice. :party:
Every time I see Georgie Thompson I want to pant her green and give her an orange wig. :laugh:
Woah tiger too much info :laugh:
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A couple more of the lovely Miss
vRS Carl Pinkham :grin:
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What a tremendous behind.
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Natalie Pinkham...........well, if i had to, i would take one for the team! :drool:
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she's a dirty girl!
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Natalie Pinkham...........well, if i had to, i would take one for the team! :drool:
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she's a dirty girl!
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Someone has posted else where,"Looking at these pictures, i can see which slot the drivers will be fighting for..."
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Natalie Pinkham...........well, if i had to, i would take one for the team! :drool:
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she's a dirty girl!
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Is that a man in the boat I can see?
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Natalie Pinkham...........well, if i had to, i would take one for the team! :drool:
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she's a dirty girl!
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Is that a man in the boat I can see?
Ship ahoy .............I thought that she was mumbling :signLOL:
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Anyone use the red button on quali ? Pretty good with the car feeds
Can you get that on the ipad, with all the feeds?
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Anyone use the red button on quali ? Pretty good with the car feeds
Can you get that on the ipad, with all the feeds?
Not sure on the red button feature, but its great having it on sky go at work!
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Ah yes the Pinkham. Really rather nice. :party:
Every time I see Georgie Thompson I want to pant her orange and give her an green wig. :laugh:
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You and Carl are FAR to pickie.... :signLOL:
Pinkham Apart from the nice looking Pet Camel, isnt that good looking up close... Maycup and air brushing do her alot of favours. Seen her at Sky's canteen a couple months back, and it's not that good looking.. But considering Dec Donnelly has been in Geordie aswell, perhaps not :grin: She is toooo short for me anyway!
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I'm glad others share my thoughts on that Georgie doris. Doesn't do much for me, that's not to say I wouldn't let her have a go at changing my mind!!
As H says she's no Lee McKenzie.
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Having had a bit of time to dwell on it, I'll be the first to say it: I didn't think the coverage was nearly as good as the BBCs.
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It's the same feed though? It's only the pre and post program that would differ
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i agree that the coverage wasn't as good as the Beeb but i really dislike the Beeb now for selling F1 fans down the river.
Georgie - you'd think she was fit if you saw her stacking shelves in a supermarket but nah typical sky bird with too much make-up and big hair and then sounding a bit common
Lazenby - ok but not as good as Jake Humphries (who i thought was a bit too anoying at first - i'm a little boy who's dream has come true, look at me, look at me - but who i thought got better and was pretty polished at presenting F1 just a few races in
Croft - perfect excitement levels for practise, for which he's done a very good job for a while now - he makes it seem interesting. However as someone else said when it comes to the race he needs to take a chill pill, slow down instead of trying to say all his sentences for the next 5 minutes in the next 5 seconds and pay more attention to what is actually going on.
Pinkham - competent enough though no Lee McKenzie but if she instructs one more person what to do after she's finished interviewing them (something like "well go back in the garage and enjoy it".. to Button's Dad WTF?!) i'll track her down and slap her silly myself (possibly with a different appendage than expected :evilgrin:) :chicken:
Brundle - fine
Hill - Good
Kravitz - Good
overall 7/10
oh and as much as John Button is a nice man, i don't really care what he thinks or is going through part way through the race. By all means have a word with him after the race if his son has won but really who gives a frigging in the rigging?
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It's the same feed though? It's only the pre and post program that would differ
I'd class coverage of the race as the program from start to finish, not just the race segment.
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Having had a bit of time to dwell on it, I'll be the first to say it: I didn't think the coverage was nearly as good as the BBCs.
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lol...should of put a wager on that was coming :signLOL:
I thought as a F1 ethusiast, with all the features offered including the Red button interative, I thought was excellent.
Not a bad effort for a 1st Grand pix, which I remember certain people saying the same when BBC started the coverage from ITV :stupid:
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I've just watched the BBC Highlights and I don't think Sky is as good.
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I've just watched the BBC Highlights and I don't think Sky is as good.
...a truck load better than highlights though :P
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Oh of course the full coverage is better but comparatively the BBC coverage is better IMHO.
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After watching quail live yesterday morning I wasn't convinced.
Great to hear Brundle but Crofty was so excitable an annoying. So for the first time in years I didn't watch the whole race so opted to watch the BBC highlights this arvo. It's such a shame as the old format was perfect, now I like bits of both not not all of either!
Great result for Button and a shame the little German jumped Hamilton during the SC. Agree with everyone else that it's time for Lewis to change the record and grow up!!
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He needs to ditch sh*tsinger. I'll force myself and take her. :happy2:
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Top comment!
She was the reason he had a bad season last year.
I thought it would be his season this year until he got back with it......
Handing title to Jenson on a plate
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Top comment!
She was the reason he had a bad season last year.
I thought it would be his season this year until he got back with it......
Handing title to Jenson on a plate
I dont think she is actually that fit under all the make up!
plus she's an Old Bird :P
On coverage, cant say, I was on a plane lol, but watched the BBC on my return rather than Sky, maybe next year when they had chance to get on groove it will be better!
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Seems like the BBC is loosing it as they have now given up horse racing too. To be honest although sky f1 wasn't bad i think even when ITV had it, it was better than sky.
I just think that no one can do it better than the BBC with Jake, DC and EJ
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As for Lewis and that thing he calls his girlfriend, he needs to chill out on the woman thing and do what he does best with NO distractions!!!!
Racing is the name of the game and women are nothing but a pain!!!! :P
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The BBC is publicly funded. They simply can't afford luxuries like F1.
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The BBC is publicly funded. They simply can't afford luxuries like F1.
Yup then BBC Sports budget has been slashed hence the loss of various sports. :sad1:
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The BBC is publicly funded. They simply can't afford luxuries like F1.
Yup then BBC Sports budget has been slashed hence the loss of various sports. :sad1:
All they seem to have now is Athletics and Championship Football, oh and the occasional Rugby match. :sad1:
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why do think Top Gear isn't as good as it once was.... All about funding.
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why do think Top Gear isn't as good as it once was.... All about funding.
Does seem to be the "same" show each week just with different cars, really do like the one off specials though! :happy2:
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I thought one of the reasons for the BBC this year was the Olympic coverage they are promising. :popcornsoda:
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I thought one of the reasons for the BBC this year was the Olympic coverage they are promising. :popcornsoda:
BBC Sport will have its budget cut by 15 per cent under plans to slash £700 million from annual spending, putting coverage of minority sports at risk and raising questions about the corporation’s ability to compete for rights to major properties including England matches currently being marketed by the Football Association.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/8812281/Minority-sports-may-suffer-after-BBC-announces-cuts-to-sport-budget.html
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The Olympics is the most expensive sporting event to broadcast. The broadcast rights run into many millions.
Another thing to remember is we currently have a very anti-BBC government.