SKY F1 HD Channel, Any Chance? - Page 2

Joedm45 · 25-11-2011, 13:00

I've looked into my crystal ball and have seen the following....

Constant speculation!

Thank God it will only last at most 3 and a half months

Gavin-D · 25-11-2011, 13:01

Latest from Twitter

It is not yet known whether the new channel will be available on Virgin Media. We will advise when we can.

semps · 25-11-2011, 13:02

Sky HD customers get the channel too (without having a sports package), so hopefully virgin will do the same or at least match it if you have a moan!

gcampbell · 25-11-2011, 13:05

I'm sure it'll work out, after all Virgin Media are constantly looking at new and exciting channels to add to their TV line up, or so I am constantly told by them.

Of course, going by recent form, that probably means no one will get the channel they actually want and instead Virgin Media will be excited to announce the arrival of the Basket Weaving Channel in glorious High Definition!!

Alan Fry · 25-11-2011, 13:09

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Originally Posted by Mobes

According to the (Daily Mail??) article on the Coming Soon thread, that says the channels will be free to both Sky and VM sky sports subscribers so I doubt VM customers will have to pay any more...for SD anyways.

If it is free to Virgin Media customers (that is both SD and HD), then AT LAST SKY have listen to the general republic!!!

Still Waiting Sky Sports HD3/4, Sky Sports News HD, Sky News HD, Sky Atlantic, Sky Atlantic HD, Sky 3D for Virgin Media Customers (at least as Premium Channels)

Gavin-D · 25-11-2011, 13:11

Knowing VM they will tell us all it's too expensive like they have with other channels.

Bets on Sky Sports F1HD been a Sky Exclusive? And VM only get the Standard def channel.

nstokes · 25-11-2011, 13:12

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Originally Posted by semps

Sky HD customers get the channel too (without having a sports package), so hopefully virgin will do the same or at least match it if you have a moan!

i have seen on there twitter than sky hd customers get the hd channel free even if there not sky sports customer but they need the hd pack

andy_m · 25-11-2011, 13:16

I get how they are able to withhold Sky Atlantic-that is after all just another channel, regardless of how desirable the content is to some, but such has been the outcry over the BBC giving up half of its Formula One output, including a well supported if ultimately failed Parliamentary petition, I can't see anyway in which they'll be allowed to keep this channel as an exclusive. It simply won't happen in my opinion.

What will be interesting will be exactly how much it will cost non-Sky customers, and in what broadcast quality it will be available.

muppetman11 · 25-11-2011, 13:17

I would suspect VM Sky Sports subscribers will receive it but can't see it being free to all on their platform . Sky will use this to tempt people to join and take the HD pack.

nstokes · 25-11-2011, 13:19

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

I would suspect VM Sky Sports subscribers will receive it but can't see it being free to all on their platform . Sky will use this to tempt people to join and take the HD pack.

myabe so but sky 1 is on xl pack and so is sky 1 hd so you never know it maybe in the xl pack only as its only going to be on for 9 months of the year. i hope so anyway.

Joedm45 · 25-11-2011, 13:21

I'm no business expert but I think Sky would be stupid not to include this channel with as many TV suppliers as possible.

Off the top of my head, the BBC have been getting around 10 million viewers on some races this year and coincidently Sky have around 10 million TV subscribers. Obviously not every Sky customer is an F1 fan so making this channel available to VM, BT etc must be an obvious choice.

If they don't do this and the viewing figures are poor then I'm sure Bernie will stick his oar in and threaten to go back to Auntie Beeb

As stated above, the HD version is most likely to be a Sky exclusive, IMO.

zekeisaszekedoes · 25-11-2011, 13:28

Well it'll be good to get an F1 channel in HD finally, that idiot midget has been holding off on it for years, I guess now he's seen the light because Sky told him they could monetize it via subscriptions.

nstokes · 25-11-2011, 13:30

it WILL NOT be on freeview according there twitter so the daily mail (or whatever site it was) got that bit wrong

muppetman11 · 25-11-2011, 13:38

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Originally Posted by nstokes

myabe so but sky 1 is on xl pack and so is sky 1 hd so you never know it maybe in the xl pack only as its only going to be on for 9 months of the year. i hope so anyway.

Personally can't see it , but hope I'm proven wrong.

Swampie · 25-11-2011, 13:52

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Originally Posted by zekeisaszekedoes

Well it'll be good to get an F1 channel in HD finally, that idiot midget has been holding off on it for years, I guess now he's seen the light because Sky told him they could monetize it via subscriptions.

BBC has been doing F1 in HD already this year.

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SkySportsF1 twitter feed has confirmed that the channel will be free to Sky HD subscribers (in HD), or in SD to Sky Sports subscribers. So it sounds that it would be unlikely to get the SD version on Virgin Media without also taking Sky Sports.