Talk:List of Formula One broadcasters

F1 broadcasting in Uruguay
Formula 1 is being broadcasted in Uruguay with a 2-4 hour delay by Monte Carlo Televisión. This channel used to air it live until PSN, later Fox Sports bought F1 broadcasting rights for some Spanish-speaking South American countries. Where should this information be added? -- NaBUru38 18:37, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

ITV streaming online from 2008
ITV are now streaming free practice, qualifying and the race live on their website. I wouldn't be surprised if other countries' broadcasters do the same. 86.21.74.40 (talk) 00:42, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Expansion and New Name
IMO the part on the World Feed should be expanded and the name changed to something like 'Formula One Television" or 'F1 on TV'. Your thoughts welcome :) CF1V8 (talk) 15:19, 19 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I've only just registered but I am responsible for the recent revisions to the World Feed broadcasters section. I feel the table of present host broadcasters adds new clarity to this article, over the rather chaotic old system. I've improved the accuracy of the list of former host feed broadcasters, but finding a definitive history for some races will be a challenge.(Incast (talk) 19:33, 19 February 2009 (UTC))
 * Nice work there Incast! I've rejiged it further, with it now in two main section and a few sub-sections underneath. Thoughts? D.M.N. (talk) 19:39, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Yeah that works perfectly, given that the World Feed Producers are going to be far less useful for most people over the other sections - we should definitely keep with that.(Incast (talk) 20:04, 19 February 2009 (UTC))

Official internet broadcasters (where?)
Here in Italy only a pay-per-view has right for the Live Practice.

If I go there I cannot see the video because "Sorry, this media is not available in your territory", so I think I cannot see also the live streaming. So, probably BBC Online, RTL and La Sexta has right for only some territories and block the other IPs. But what IPs? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.41.54.196 (talk) 21:44, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Middle-east
For the ME broadcasters, it will be Bahrain TV, no more Al Jazeera Sports, news here, sorry I am not good with tables. Yosef1987 (talk) 09:23, 26 March 2009 (UTC)


 * It is broadcast through out the Middle-East via the Badr4 satellite, not just Bahrain. Yosef1987 (talk) 14:22, 27 March 2009 (UTC)


 * And also it features English audio on Bahrain Sports 2 Yosef1987 (talk) 18:37, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

2010 broadcasters
I will add the 2010 broadcasters in the top section, and will leave the 2009 broadcasters on the page until March 2010. CF1V8 (talk) 09:13, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Broadcast in HD?
Speed carries F-1 in HD, or at least it seems to, in 16:9 format. This would seem to make the final paragraph in the first section incorrect? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.23.28.31 (talk) 14:18, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

The feed is not HD, but is broadcast on a HD channel. Its the same here in Australia. Also 16:9 format does not imply HD, it is the aspect ratio whereas HD refers to the resolution. I think currently F1 is produced in 720x576px and HD is 1280x720px or 1920x1080px.(Crictv69 (talk) 11:38, 9 June 2010 (UTC))

Free to view coverage
Can the table be edited to show which channels are free to view/air and which are on a pay to view basis, either pay per view or annual contract? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.152.196.46 (talk) 14:17, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Arab league flag???
I've removed the Arab League flag which was being used to represent 'Middle East and North Africa' is it is neither accurate nor appropriate to use in these circumstances. The Arab League is a political organisation not a representation of sports-casting and it does not represent all countries in the region anyway. The use of flags which are "sort of close" should be stamped out. Flags should not be used to provide a bit of colour. --Falcadore (talk) 02:47, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

United States broadcast
Speed TV and FOX have aired Formula 1 for years, most events live, and yet it is not listed on the site. Why is that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akemi Loli Mokoto (talk • contribs) 18:56, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

2011 table
I removed the collapsed 2011 table from the article. We can't have a massive new table like that every year - the article would quickly become too big. I suggest the 2012 table is given a column for "year" or something. Also, the 2011 table (like the 2012 one) was basically unreferenced, so I didn't see any point in retaining it.--Pontificalibus (talk) 14:48, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Biased towards the BBC?
Even though I don't like the BBC, the article has "driver tracker, pitlane feed" etc. whereas Sky doesn't - I don't know about other countries. I'm only requesting this because when I changed from "Short/Extended Highlights" to "Highlights", I got lambasted by an IP address who kept on reverting it! Spa-Franks (talk) 16:52, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Commentator Table
This also says "Jonathan Legard (Canada only)", however, unless I'm very much mistaken, I heard him in Germany this weekend... Spa-Franks (talk) 16:55, 24 July 2012 (UTC)


 * You are not mistaken, I will adjust the article. Sas 1998  (Talk) 19:45, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Spare Commentators
Is it really necessary to have all of the spare/guest commentators in the table? It seems that not to me. It makes the table seem very cluttered and confusing. The main commentators might miss the race for whatever reason, so they have to have spares, but they are not the official commentators though.

A solution could be a footnote, or having small print in the table. Sas 1998 (Talk) 08:48, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

NEW US broadcaster
I am alerting you all that after 2012, NBCSports will be the new broadcaster for Formula 1 according to the AP. --Akemi Mokoto (talk) 18:07, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

All races live (currently 3 free-to-air races are delayed as races in Europe are run in the early hours) 4-year deal with NBC Sports. Canada, Austin, Brazil and Abu Dhabi on NBC...the rest and all qualifying & practice on NBC Sports http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/49410415/ns/sports-motor_sports/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.117.19.206 (talk) 20:17, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

New italian broadcaster
From 2013 Sky Italia will broadcast all GP on SkySportF1 9 GP will be broadcasted also on a Free TV — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.230.34.162 (talk) 12:41, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

NBC
NBC Sports only broadcasted Practice 1 and 3 for Australia. For the rest of the season, they've only done P2, Quali and Race, like SPEED did for years.--Josh Mertz (talk) 12:54, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Free-to-air/Free-to-view debate
Opening up for debate whether terrestrial FTA transmissions that are encrypted on Satellite should be coloured green (for free) or yellow (for partially free). My argument is in favour of colouring green, and is as follows: -Encrypted signals are free to view terrestrially in the country of origin -A decrypter smartcard is a small, one-off expense, no different to a satellite dish, TV antenna or Set Top Box- in this context the concept of Pay refers to a monthly, ongoing expense for the reception of the service

Currently the affected listings are coloured yellow, but I won't change them to green without a consensus in favour. Comments are ecouraged and more than welcome. :) CF1V8 (talk) 13:24, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

Live F1 in Poland
It is not yet confirmed that the rights to F1 in 2016 season in Poland are in Eleven Sports. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.172.247.232 (talk • contribs)

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World feed from 1950
I have an idea of the world feed from 1950 for all races available. it can work.92.21.249.57 (talk) 16:54, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Considering the first satellite was not launched until 1957 it's laughable. We don't do time travel here. Wikipedia details what happened in the past. It does not create after the fact. --Falcadore (talk) 01:32, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
 * , this IP editor has edited the former world producers section regardless to add years back up to the early 50's. I'm highly doubtful that there was a World Feed back then. In fact, this whole section seems to be original research. There's no source there at all. Tvx1 19:15, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

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German commentators
The German commentators could be added.--194.30.48.182 (talk) 15:43, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

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Driver tracker
Does the driver tracker show times in qualifying yet? Mobile mundo (talk) 01:11, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

200.28.115.245
Sport Klub broadcasts in Bosnian language on Cable tv. If you edit this page without "talk", I will report you for vandalism and you will be blocked. Mun24 (talk) 00:39, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

F1 broadcast in Mexico
For a long time, Formula 1 has been broadcast in Mexico in an open signal through Canal Nueve (Nu9ve) belonging to the Mexican network Televisa through its sports division currently known as TUDN, these transmissions are made at midnight downtown time of Mexico only passing the races and cutting at the end when they finished to go directly to the podium and there close the transmission. This channel broadcasts in 16: 9 and depending on the region it broadcasts SD or HD Televisa or TUDN also has the rights to broadcast the practices, the classification and the race of the Mexican Grand Prix completely live but only and exclusively on Channel 5, this channel broadcasts throughout the country in 16: 9 on HDTV. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Juan-meave (talk • contribs) 06:10, 14 September 2020 (UTC)