1996 world champion Damon Hill will return to the F1 paddock in 2012 as an expert television pundit. The 51-year-old has signed up with Sky as part of the broadcaster’s ...
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BBC ‘held the cards’ in split Sky deal – Ecclestone
Bernie Ecclestone claims the BBC’s ongoing contract meant he could not keep formula one on free-to-air television in Britain. The BBC has a lucrative deal to televise F1 through 2014 ...
Read More »Teams cautiously welcome split British TV deal
Bernie Ecclestone has dismissed suggestions the new television broadcasting deal for Britain is a breach of the Concorde Agreement. It is understood the highly-secreted agreement between the commercial rights holder, ...
Read More »British viewers lose free-to-air coverage from 2012
Only half of next season’s formula one races will be shown on free-to-air television in Britain. It emerged on Friday morning that subscription channel Sky Sports has won joint rights ...
Read More »Ecclestone admits BBC ‘facing problems’
The BBC warned Bernie Ecclestone about “facing problems”, the F1 chief executive has admitted. His comments follow reports this week that the British broadcaster’s highly respected free-to-air live television coverage ...
Read More »BBC ‘unwise’ to consider F1 axe – Whitmarsh
It would be “sad” and “unwise” if reports the BBC is considering dropping its live coverage of formula one in Britain are true. That is the claim of McLaren and ...
Read More »BBC eyeing F1 broadcast deal axe – reports
British media reports say the national broadcaster BBC is considering abandoning its television coverage of formula one. The move, with senior managers reportedly also considering dropping coverage of the famous ...
Read More »BBC set to confirm Coulthard as race commentator
British F1 broadcaster the BBC is poised to announce officially that David Coulthard is moving into the race commentary box for 2011. He will join his former manager and fellow ...
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