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Apple grabs U.S. broadcast rights to Formula 1

Vegas is building up track now for November, big traffic mess. Some businesses were hurt, some benefited. Some law suits by small business. Over last years race. F1 did donate money to local charities, etc. $10,000 was not unusual for tickets, room, food, logo wear etc. for two people. Lot of hot and cold on local radio about event.
 
CTListener said:
Occasionally, according to Google's AI, but NASCAR usually does better. F1 is gaining popularity, though.
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Two different trajectories. NASCAR is losing followers. F1 is gaining them. Plus NASCAR is not as international as F1 is.

I do wonder if Apple will produce in house or continue to use Sky Sports coverage.
 
As I understand it, Apple will take the Sky feed in 2026 and produce its own coverage beginning in 2027. It will also fold in F1TV to the Apple TV service beginning in 2026. You'll still be able to watch it but only with an Apple TV subscription. Not sure if those currently subscribing will save money or not.
 
They just had a couple of “stock car” races in Vegas …South Point 400 and something else. F1 has the Euro crowd that is used to paying $100 at McDonald’s, so I think the money is there per attendee, more than NASCAR had a MB that had a Becker Berlin Radio in it that got shortwave and a transducer to change the stop lights (in Europe)
 
Guess I can't watch F1 anymore. Already can't watch Major League Soccer, now F1. thanks Apple.
 
RFCCRadioAudio said:
Guess I can't watch F1 anymore. Already can't watch Major League Soccer, now F1. thanks Apple.
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For years, dedicated sports networks were the primary way sports fans got their favorite sports. What we're seeing now are streaming services whose main business is not sports acquiring sports rights in the expectation that sports fans' addictions are so strong that they will purchase subscriptions to Apple, Amazon and Netflix rather than go cold turkey on their favorite sports. The ESPN and Fox sports networks no longer have most of the valuable programming to themselves and I can see them losing additional properties to the "outsiders." I also predict that many of the fans like you, who say "no way" to paying Apple for F1 racing -- just like NFL fans who say "no way" to Amazon Prime -- will eventually give in and sign up.
 
F1 will stay on cable/satellite in Canada. The renewal with Bell Media (TSN) is tied to the continuation of the Grand Prix of Canada in Montreal. F1TV co-exists online there.
 
They better at least put any US based races like Miami or COTA on ABC or another OTA network.
 
The Las Vegas F1 arcade is supposedly a great place to spend your $$ , (along with the Grandstand venue in Vegas) now promoting the Mexican Grand Prix watch parties. So APPLE going for an in demand demo all around with F1 deal.

There was some live radio coverage of a couple of NASCAR Races, however hearing race coverage on radio has its limitations, probably for people in car or at work?

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Five reasons why the new F1 Arcade is the ultimate adrenaline rush for race fans

The Forum Shops destination spared no expense in designing a simulator that could put fans in the driver’s seat of a real-life racing experience.
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