OT: What happened to Bernie's F1 Digital Channel?

Has it gone? Can't see it on the listings this year at all. I know there was a poor take up, but it seems rather early to be dumping it, doesn't it? Iain -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =-----

"Iain Mackenzie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Has it gone? Can't see it on the listings this year at all. I know there > was a poor take up, but it seems rather early to be dumping it, doesn'tit? > Iain It was much like the option of buying rotten eggs, or organic rotten eggs. Either way - it's just rotten eggs Doug

OK Doug, but I really enjoyed it last year. Way over the top in terms of pricing, but the service made a huge difference to the enjoyment of the races. Has it gone for good? Is there any other service in the pipeline? Iain "Doug Ellison" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:1dN7a.7136$Vx2.631258@wards... > > "Iain Mackenzie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Has it gone? Can't see it on the listings this year at all. I knowthere

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> > was a poor take up, but it seems rather early to be dumping it, doesn't > it? > > Iain > > It was much like the option of buying rotten eggs, or organic rotten eggs. > Either way - it's just rotten eggs > > Doug > >

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"Iain Mackenzie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Has it gone? Can't see it on the listings this year at all. I know there > was a poor take up, but it seems rather early to be dumping it, doesn'tit? > Iain > I remember reading last Decemberish that it had folded, or Bernie pulled the plug on it. Either way, it won't be back this year. I never saw it, personally, I'm not a PPV kinda guy, so I don't know if it was any good.

On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 17:39:53 -0000, "Iain Mackenzie" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Has it gone? Can't see it on the listings this year at all. I know there >was a poor take up, but it seems rather early to be dumping it, doesn't it? >Iain Sadly this was shut down after last year. Too bad as it brought F1 to another level, you could always see interesting action throughout the race. I've had it for three years and it was great! However - Premiere (german PPV TV) are going to show some kind of digital multichannel F1 this year. It looks as if they are financing it themselves and will probably try to sell it to other PPV companies. Hopefully the'll get Canal Digital (scandinavian PPV) as a customer. Cheers, /Martin

"Iain Mackenzie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > OK Doug, but I really enjoyed it last year. Way over the top in terms of > pricing, but the service made a huge difference to the enjoyment of the > races. > Has it gone for good? Is there any other service in the pipeline? > Iain Oh - if it had been available - I'd sure as hell have got it. Hold on - at �12 - roughtly 2 - to 3x the average European price, I wouldnt. I'd have told Bernie to stick it. Thats why it failed in the UK. The total market available was only Sky Digital subscribers - and of those, most were never going to pay �12 a race. It was just too much. Doug

Hi all, Once again, they try to make too much money in too short a time and end up cancelling the service due to lack of interest. I wonder why. This always seems to be the case in the UK. It's called greed. I did hear in the press, however, that they were going to make the digital feeds available to the terrestrial stations. Unfortunately, here in the UK, ITV's record of interactive services is rather appaling. If the BBC were showing it I think things would be different. You have only got to look back to the world cup. The BBC's digital coverage was IMHO superb, ITV however had no interactive content at all. "Doug Ellison" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:NfO7a.7151$Vx2.633724@wards...

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> > "Iain Mackenzie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > OK Doug, but I really enjoyed it last year. Way over the top in terms of > > pricing, but the service made a huge difference to the enjoyment of the > > races. > > Has it gone for good? Is there any other service in the pipeline? > > Iain > > Oh - if it had been available - I'd sure as hell have got it. > > Hold on - at �12 - roughtly 2 - to 3x the average European price, I

wouldnt. > I'd have told Bernie to stick it. > > Thats why it failed in the UK. The total market available was only Sky > Digital subscribers - and of those, most were never going to pay �12 arace. > It was just too much. > > Doug > > >

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> Hi all, > > Once again, they try to make too much money in too short a time and end up > cancelling the service due to lack of interest. I wonder why. This always > seems to be the case in the UK. It's called greed. > > I did hear in the press, however, that they were going to make the digital > feeds available to the terrestrial stations.

No - they're not even taking the hardware to each track that was used to make the digital feeds Doug

F1 magazine (the "official" one?)had an article that said they were giving up on it and some of it was going terrestrial, as I recall. Jim Iain Mackenzie wrote:

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>Has it gone? Can't see it on the listings this year at all. I know there >was a poor take up, but it seems rather early to be dumping it, doesn't it? >Iain > > > > >-----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- >http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >-----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- >

In any case, here in Belgium the Canal+ pay tv does NOT include it in its offer anymore. Many people and friends I know just took to pay tv because of the F1 option. The Canal+ people said that they did not have an agreement anymore with Ecclestone. I think it sucks big time. Now all we can do is watch commercial tv coverage or national tv coverage. Both are very much under par. If Formula 1 is getting less and less interest it is because of these schemes that Bernie pulls off every time. The BBC had the best coverage ever before they took it away from us. If I have to watch boring commercial TV coverage I just as well go to the track on Sunday to watch real racing (e.g. telefonica World Series, Historic Grand Prix, Sportscars...).It is less frustrating, I can tape the whole shit and watch it as I come home, and the live events I mentioned cost far less than F1. I am a disappointed fan, once again we pay the price for Bernies greed. On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 17:39:53 -0000, "Iain Mackenzie" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Has it gone? Can't see it on the listings this year at all. I know there >was a poor take up, but it seems rather early to be dumping it, doesn't it? >Iain > > > > >-----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- >http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >-----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =-----