Where to get Formula 1 on telly

scooby75
scooby75 Posts: 800 Forumite
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Having ditched Virgin (with no regrets), I;m currently on freeview but am looking to get coverage of F1. While the BBC is showing some of it, Sky have got the rest of it, but how do you get it?

I'm trying to avoid taking out some package with a load of stuff I dont want like a landline that will never get used, broadband (currently tether my phone and it works nicely, thank you) or dozens of channels that I'll never watch.

I don't mind doing something like getting freesat, or paying for something to watch online - I just don't want to pay for a load of other stuff I will never use.

Anyone have any ideas?
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  • UncleZen
    UncleZen Posts: 825 Forumite
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    You get the basic sky channels AND the Sky HD pack.
    See their website for details
  • scooby75
    scooby75 Posts: 800 Forumite
    UncleZen wrote: »
    You get the basic sky channels AND the Sky HD pack.
    See their website for details
    But dont you have to get phone line, etc? Also I'd rather not have all the other channels as I wont watch them. A bit like going to Asda for a load of bread and being forced to buy a basketful of other food I won't eat!
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  • brewerdave
    brewerdave Posts: 8,505 Forumite
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    You can't cherry pick channels with Sky unfortunately - I have Sky Sports pack which is all I want..........but I have to have the basic Entertainment pack as well -£40 per month!!! but I don't/can't have phone or broadband with Sky which might allow me to negotiate a slightly better priced package overall.
  • InkZ
    InkZ Posts: 258 Forumite
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    Get Freesat, tune the dish to German channels, watch it on RTL and listen to it on the radio :)
  • almillar
    almillar Posts: 8,621 Forumite
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    It'll cost you £30 or £30.25 or something to get it on Sky. That's the basic package plus the £10.25 HD pack. It's not available on Virgin.
    Consider what you get on the Beeb though, 10 races you get the full thing, all practice sessions, full qualifying and race. The others I believe there's a qualifying highlights, 1 hour race highlights (that's the boring bits taken out!) broadcast at a consistent time (either lunchtime or teatime), plus the F1 Forum afterwards, at every race I think.
    Radio 5 Live will do the same coverage as last year - everything - Practices, qualifying, race, all live. Did I not hear that the BBC website will be live streaming everything too (presumably with the 5 Live coverage)?
  • taffj
    taffj Posts: 52 Forumite
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    It is available on Virgin.
  • Windows
    Windows Posts: 48 Forumite
    taffj wrote: »
    It is available on Virgin.

    And here is the link about it:-

    http://www.virginmedia.com/tvradio/news/formula-1-coming-to-virgin-media.php

    Not that I am going to be one who buckles and pays for it, although I will miss it a lot :(.
  • justbiteme2k
    justbiteme2k Posts: 18 Forumite
    Sure it's available, but you have to buy the £22.50 Sky Sports Collection to get it and it's not in HD!!
  • JimmyTheWig
    JimmyTheWig Posts: 12,199 Forumite
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    InkZ wrote: »
    Get Freesat, tune the dish to German channels, watch it on RTL and listen to it on the radio :)
    Is this legal? (And does it work?)
    Definitely sounds like the cheapest option (other than coping with BBC coverage, which sounds plenty to me) if so.
  • Tiexen
    Tiexen Posts: 724 Forumite
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    JimmyTheWig wrote: »
    Is this legal? (And does it work?)
    Definitely sounds like the cheapest option (other than coping with BBC coverage, which sounds plenty to me) if so.

    Afraid you'd need to move your dish for RTL or add a 2nd LNB on a bracket, its on a different satellite to SKY/Freesat
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