uk f1 tv coverage - sky, bbc and ch4

[steve_r]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

Just a reminder everyone, there is an ignore facility.

I joined this forum 22 years ago, and this is news to me!

[Peter Mallett]

Always first with the news, that's me.

[Akrapovic]

I do use the ignore function, but when an entire thread centers around a person it's unfortunately not as useful.

We talk about Danica being a relevant top driver or whatever. It's hard to take this line seriously when she never raced in Formula 1. Meanwhile the others mentioned are Damon Hill, Jenson Button, Ant Davidson, Johnny Herbert, Karun Chandock and Martin Brundle. There's 2 world championships and almost 40 F1 wins there, plus 2 Le Mans victories. The pundit package is not short of achievements.

[Richard C]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

Just a reminder everyone, there is an ignore facility.

Where is it in the UI/how do you use it?

Richard

Edit: Ah, found it in user CP... "Edit ignore list"

[chillibowl]

they have women on TV now dont you know!

https://www.reuters.com/breakingview...23-2022-12-23/

https://www.f1academy.com/Latest/6Rc...f1-academy-are

As the number of female fans of F1 has risen to 40%, this is reflected in the faces of those watching trackside. In 2019, women made up 20% of Grand Prix attendees and in the space of four years, that has grown to almost a third.

numbers like that to me suggest the desire to include more women in the broadcast is not merely an attempt at tokenism but rather a genuine attempt to catch up to where the audience really is at these days....a trend i suspect every major sport has known for like decades now (NFL and NBA certainly).

Pinkham, Collins, Brookes, Schiff, and Patrick all bring insight while also speaking to the changing demographic of the sport. thats a great thing imo. and to SKYs credit they seem more than willing to embrace this with individuals who have knowledge of the sport rather than just picking people who solely look pretty on TV.

combine that with the massive amount of coverage each race weekend (10-12 hours of unscripted television was mentioned earlier and more even during sprint weekends), the improvements in picture and audio quality, the ever increasing number of camera placements, investments in technology, the quality of pre and post race analysis with multiple points of view being expressed, accessibility to all the teams and drivers...

i watch a lot of sports...to much really so when i say SKY's F1 coverage is without a doubt an absolute global leader in terms of sports coverage quality it is something that is coming from my own experiences.

if you have the time, then its well worth the price of admission imo.

anyways, related/not related but here are a few recent words by Alan Moore (and yes i also read too many comic books!) on the subject of fandom... i think a good reminder why any fandom one wishes to participate in (in our case here its racing) does not have to be such divisive thing! challenging other fans because they dont hate things the same way you do is ****ing boring!

https://www.theguardian.com/books/20...gate-and-trump

An enthusiasm that is fertile and productive can enrich life and society, just as displacing personal frustrations into venomous tirades about your boyhood hobby can devalue them. Quite liking something is OK. You don’t need the machete or the megaphone.

[Peter Mallett]

Originally Posted by Richard C

Where is it in the UI/how do you use it?

Richard

Edit: Ah, found it in user CP... "Edit ignore list"

Bingo. There is also the scroll past function too.