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FORMULA ONE TO RETURN TO BBC TV
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Interview: F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone
THE BBC HAS SECURED THE TELEVISION RIGHTS TO SHOW FORMULA ONE IN THE UK FROM THE 2009
SEASON.
The five-year deal for an undisclosed fee marks F1's return to BBC screens 12 years
after it switched to ITV.
The contract covers all platforms and will see F1 broadcast on the BBC Sport website, as
well as on TV and radio.
F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone said he was "delighted", adding: "The BBC has some
innovative ideas to consolidate and expand our UK fan base."
INTERVIEW: FORMER F1 DRIVER DAMON HILL [31] THE CLASSIC BBC GRAND PRIX THEME TUNE
[32]
Among the new developments will be live video coverage of F1 on the BBC Sport website.
Asked why he had decided to split with ITV, Ecclestone told BBC Radio 5 Live: "It's not
that we are unhappy with ITV but I think maybe they will have their hands full with other
things and maybe the BBC can service us a bit better.
I\'M ABSOLUTELY FLABBERGASTED - I ALMOST FELL OUT OF BED WHEN I HEARD IT
Murray Walker
Former F1 commentator
"I think it will be good, a fresh face. I'm not complaining about ITV, I'm not saying
they did a bad job or anything like that.
"But with all the other things they are loaded up with - and who knows they will get
some more stuff - maybe it will be a bit more difficult to spend as much time on us.
"I think the BBC will do that."
Dominic Coles, BBC Sport director of sport rights, said: "The biggest motorsporting
event in the world is returning home after 12 years.
"We were delighted when Bernie Ecclestone approached us about the return of F1 to the
BBC.
Damon Hill was the last man to win the title when the BBC had F1
"F1 is a crown jewel of sports broadcasting, so to bring the rights back to their
traditional home from 2009 is tremendously exciting.
"Fans will be able to enjoy uninterrupted, state of the art and innovative coverage from
BBC Sport, across all of our TV, radio and new media platforms, for the first time since
1996."
ITV, which was in the third year of a five-year deal, released a statement saying it had
"decided to exit F1 at the end of this season".
It added that it was a "straightforward commercial decision".
BBC director of sport Roger Mosey said: "Our understanding is that F1 did have a
termination right at the end of the 2008 season, and that appears to be what has happened,
and we're absolutely delighted F1 will be back on the BBC this time next year."
606: DEBATE I HOPE THE BBC GO BACK TO PROVIDING THE EXCELLENT F1 COVERAGE WE USED
TO HAVE [33]
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Murray Walker, former F1 commentator for both the BBC and ITV, said: "I'm absolutely
flabbergasted - I was lying in bed listening to the news this morning and I almost fell
out of bed when I heard it.
"It's an amazing development because I think ITV did and do a superb job, and I think
there is more to this than meets the eye."
BBC sports news correspondent Adam Parsons said: "ITV are saying it was a
straightforward commercial decision. A lot of people I have spoken to have queried that.
"Within ITV, what they are saying is that even though Lewis Hamilton is great, even
though the Brazilian Grand Prix [at the end of last year] got huge viewing figures, that
actually over the course of a year viewing figures are not that impressive, they're not
that great.
"A lot of races are happening at night, they're not happening at peak time. That it is
not particularly good value for money.
"The other side of that is the BBC is saying, Lewis Hamilton and the ripple effect of
that is wonderful, millions of people tune in and the Brazilian GP was the most-watched
sports event of last year.
"You might say ITV would rather bad-mouth it because they've just lost the rights but on
the one hand they're saying it's a straightforward commercial decision.
"But on the other plenty of people are saying that having spent a decade broadcasting
when a German, a Finn and a Spaniard were winning world titles, it seems a bit curious
[for ITV] to pull out when a Brit is on the verge of winning it."
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