The Formula 1 season is about to start. And in the UK, Sky Sports is the official broadcaster for the F1 season, which includes 23 races in the upcoming season. It will be their 12th season showcasing the most advanced motorsport.
The British channel extensively covers Formula 1, providing inside data before and after the Grand Prix events. It also recently announced its 2023’s consortium of experts to give insights during the season.
It also has a good hold over interviewing the drivers and their thoughts after the race. In a nutshell, Sky Sports gives a quality product to F1 fans about the sport and keep them gripped.
For this much access, Sky Sports spent lavishly on extracting so much content from F1. In 2017, they signed a $1.2 billion deal with Liberty Media to get exclusive rights for F1 from 2019 to 2024. Now, they have extended that deal to have those rights till 2029.
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How much will it cost to watch F1 every month in the UK?
In the UK, one of the ways to access F1 is to subscribe to the Sky F1. However, unlike before, one cannot access the F1 channel and would have to first subscribe to Sky Q- the television service by the British satellite TV company.
The monthly subscription fee is £26 ($31.50) on an 18-month contract. But if viewers don’t want that long commitment, they can pay monthly £29 ($35.11) for the rolling subscription.
On Sky’s website, after that, the fans would have to pay £15 ($18.1) extra for the F1 content. Meanwhile, there is an option for buying the whole sky sports deal, including F1, by paying £20 ($24). Though, a condition on the offer is there. Only a VIP tier member would be given this deal. The tier is given to their most loyal customer.
No F1 TV in the UK
While several countries have the luxury of F1 TV in their countries, the UK doesn’t have the right to access races through F1 TV because Sky Sports signed an exclusive deal allowing only them to air the F1 content in the region.
This strategy by them isn’t only limited to the UK. Wherever SkySports has signed the deal to broadcast to other companies worldwide, F1 TV can’t be accessible there.
Though, the broadcast by F1 is also a good alternative. It provides some real-time data so that fans can know more about what’s going on in the race and the action.
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