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The BBC Radio 5 Live coverage was unaffected. Due to financial pressures, the BBC ended their television contract early after the 2015 season, transferring their rights to Channel 4 until the end of the 2018 season. [10] Sky Sports F1 remained unaffected and BBC Radio 5 Live and 5 Live Sports Extra's coverage was extended until 2021. [11]
On 21 December 2015, the BBC announced that it would end its deal with Formula One three years early due to budget cuts [1] and would transfer the remaining three years to Channel 4. Channel 4 would be showing ten selected races live without advertisements and every race (even live) was to be shown as highlights.
In July 2011, BBC announced that half their races would be live from 2012 and got a contract to 2018 with Sky Sports covering all races. Martin Brundle and Ted Kravitz left BBC for Sky at the end of 2011 and were replaced by Ben Edwards as lead commentator and former Jordan Grand Prix designer Gary Anderson joining as reporter and technical ...
1990. No events. 1991. No events. 1992. 8 November – BBC2 stays up all night to provide live coverage of the final race of the 1992 Formula One World Championship. [5]1993. 27 March – To cash in on Nigel Mansell's popularity, ITV begins to broadcast highlights of the 1993 PPG Indy Car World Series, showing coverage a week after the races had taken place, however the Indianapolis 500 is ...
Races live on BBC Radio 5 Live or Radio 5 Sports Extra; Qualifying and practice on Radio 5 Sports Extra or BBC Sport website British Grand Prix race commentary via BBC 5 Live Formula 1 DAB Isle of Man TT
BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC television, radio and online.The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadcasting the sport live or alongside flagship analysis programmes such as Match of the Day, Test Match Special, Ski Sunday and Today at Wimbledon.
BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra (formerly BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra) is a British digital radio station owned and operated by the BBC, and specialising in extended live sports coverage. It is a sister station to BBC Radio 5 Live and shares facilities, presenters and management, and is a department of the BBC North Group division.
The BBC had exclusive UK F1 rights from 2009 until the end of the 2013 season, [1] having regained the rights from ITV.However, a new broadcast rights deal was announced on 29 July 2011, stating that Sky Sports would cover all races live. [2]