Channel 4 to show F1 highlights and British Grand Prix live in 2019
The terrestrial broadcaster has announced a partnership with Sky
British Formula 1 viewers will be able to watch highlights of the sport next season on free to air (FTA) television, thanks to a new Channel 4 deal announced on Wednesday morning.
The terrestrial broadcaster currently shows some races live and the rest as highlights, but from 2019 Sky Sports have sole rights to show F1 live.
But today Channel 4 announced they will continue to show highlights next season – and will broadcast the British Grand Prix live, after striking a new tie-up with Sky which ensures the sport remains accessible to FTA viewers.
Karun Chandhok is C4's pitlane reporter (Pic: Sutton)
Alex Mahon, Chief Executive Officer of Channel 4, said, “I’m delighted that we’ve been able to establish such an exciting and innovative partnership with Sky which will ensure that the British Grand Prix and highlights of the 2019 Formula 1 Championship remain available on free-to-air television for UK viewers.”
Stephen van Rooyen, Chief Executive Officer of Sky UK & ROI, added, “Today’s partnership is the start of a new era of collaboration between Sky, Channel 4 and, we hope, other British broadcasters. Not only will this innovative partnership benefit viewers, watching via Sky or free-to-air, but it will further strengthen the ecosystem of UK broadcasters and British originated content.”
The deal is currently only for 2019 and C4 has said the presenting team will be announced in due course.
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it good that it a year deal hopefully they will extend it again
Another Gem removed from our free to watch channels in 2019, the Live Practice 1, 2 + 3, Live Qualifying and Live Races to be replaced with Highlights of Quali + Races but no Practice (where most of the new information about the teams and drivers will be heard), only the British Grand Prix Live to look forward to now. We need a free to air channel to be able to show the whole Grand Prix weekend, even if it is delayed for a few hours and not actually live, better than just highlights and missing out on some of the action.
I'd suggest if you're that into it, pay for Sky. I'd happily settle for just quali and the race. Come to that often the race is the worst part of the whole weekend. It does look like Liberty is trying to bang some heads together, else F1 will end up...
Read morea quick pole who is the current moto gp top 3 no googling now whose topping world rally or should i ask who leads nascar currently? now the reason your struggling here is because all these sports disapered behind the curse that is the paywall without live coverage F1 will go the same way nascars on its knees moto gp,s audience is dwindling world rally is a minority interest thing now and its all because of subscription based tv and the strangest thing is the organisers of these sports cant or wont admit it.
It's a good point. I think live being behind a paywall is a disaster for F1.