27-02-2024, 04:45 PM
(27-02-2024, 01:43 PM)RhysJR Wrote: It is reported below that Sky Sports' coverage will be based in London for the Australian, Chinese and Japanese Grand Prixs, with only a small team onsite. This will be the first time Sky won't be primarily onsite for races they are covering.Sky working remote is good for keeping the wild swings in timezone changes under control. Plus, as the pandemic showed, you get the exact same quality for far less expended cost. Commentary and punditry will most likely be remote, with just the host, a pit lane reporter and a couple of production crew to beam the signal back to London, if i had to guess tbh.
When Channel 4 do similar, it is likely to be from the F1 Arcade site in London.
Also below, F1TV Pro is raising its prices, and by quite a lot in some territories. A 46% increase in the Netherlands seems rather extortionate!
Sky should do more to reduce their own carbon footprint with F1. I can understand being on site for almost all European races and a majority of the Americas races [since most of those are clustered together where your body would not notice the difference too much], but can’t see the point of jetsetting the entire production crew over to Asia/Australia for a couple of races.