F1 moving to Sky - Time the BBC licence became optional

**TimberWolf** · 29 July 2011, 08:18

And yet to watch Sky, you have to pay the BBC £150/year too

**fullyautomatix** · 29 July 2011, 08:22

This is very annoying. When at times I read about how BBC piss up our license fee the only consolation is that they provide me with a ad free F1 and shows like Top Gear etc.

FFS!

**TimberWolf** · 29 July 2011, 08:22

Originally posted by zeitghost

You have to pay Sky a fecking sight more than £150.

And you can bet it won't be getting any cheaper once they've assumed the death grip.

**TimberWolf** · 29 July 2011, 08:24

Still, as long as Graham Norton et al are paid £1m/year, who cares if we have to lose little things like F1.

**PAH** · 29 July 2011, 08:27

Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post

And you can bet it won't be getting any cheaper once they've assumed the death grip.

At what point can the plebs in charge of the monopolising commitee say they have some work to do here?

When the Murdoch bribe dries up?

**HeliCraig** · 29 July 2011, 08:27

So tempting to get rid of television all together and pay neither of them a penny.

**norrahe** · 29 July 2011, 08:31

Originally posted by PAH View Post

As I read the news that the BBC will only be showing half of the races live and that Sky Sports will be the only place to watch them all live I am now in mutiny against the BBC licence fee.

I do not want Sky. I do not want 99% of the drivel on the BBC. I therefore choose to not pay for either.

BBC Sport - F1 - BBC and Sky awarded rights in new Formula 1 deal

FOAD Sky!

Why can't the Murdoch's crash and burn, bringing down the Sky with them.

**snaw** · 29 July 2011, 08:32

Wasn't part of the problem with the F1 and the BBC that it was costing a huge portion of their sports budget for a small fraction of their audience?

**Troll** · 29 July 2011, 08:37

Originally posted by HeliCraig View Post

So tempting to get rid of television all together and pay neither of them a penny.

Agree - I've been thinking along the same lines... have you ever tried getting through to the "cancel your subscription to Sky option" on the phone?

F1 moving to Sky - Time the BBC licence became optional