Presumably the footage which, race wise is all supplied by the F1 Administration will be covered in their contract anyway, they save 16mil (apperently) in the new deal, plus they won't have to ship a whole crew out to the races. They probably won't even have MB and DC - assuming they hang around for 10 GPs - as they can just use the 5Live commentry for the highlights anyway (think classic GP from when ITV had the rights, and red button practice sessions).campbell wrote:But I'm still unclear - if the Beeb run a 3-hour highlights show, how are they saving money? Surely they have to pay to acquire the footage / feeds? And they'll still be paying "talent" to design, produce and present the show?
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The thing that gets me is that the BBC have decided to cut 50% of the F1 becuase they have to cut 15% of their budget. Surely cuts could have been made elsewhere, even within the F1 show to reduce the cost buy some margin. I'd love to see a chart showing cost per viewer/listener for everytihng the BBC fund..
Chris