I really, really don't know what to make of this. This is a country that has struggled to support a single F1 race and whose TV contact only puts it on OTA television for four of the 19 rounds a year (and three of those are [expletive-deleted] tape delay). Austin hasn't even had it's first race yet. Admittedly, you can announce a race all you want, but it's not until late 2012 when F1 puts out their schedule that the rubber meets the road (Austin was originally supposed to be a June race next to Canada, but it is now the next-to-last race of the season before Brazil).
That being said, Bernie Ecclestone (who effectively owns F1) wants what he wants, and if it's in his mind's eye that he thinks the market can support two races, then far be it from anyone rational to tell him no (not that he'd listen anyway). >From a TV side: Sky signed a six-year deal to air half the races in Britain starting in 2012 with the BBC carrying the other half (previously all of the races were on BBC), and suffice to say that folks are not pleased with this development, including some of the British teams who worry about a severe drop-off in viewership. With the Austin race moving to November (approximately week 11 of the NFL season), I do wonder if some of this is to appease the fine folks at News Corp, who were undoubtedly upset that the Austin race would now only appear on cable (I don't see Sir David Hill bumping the NFL for these fer-ners). http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/29/formula-one-sky-deal On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Bob in Jersey <[email protected]> wrote: > Formula 1, not really known for racing in the States, will reportedly > announce a street-course race for 2013 right around the area of the > Lincoln Tunnel NJ-side: > > http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/10/sources_formula_1_racing_tour.html > > The sanction has fat TV deals, or at least they started out as such; > Fox, mostly for its division Speed Channel, holds the US one. > > > > -- > BOB > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
