Hey, keep your crusties on Mark. I don't think that can be correct, as there is a 'sharing' deal in place until 2018. Of more interest is the speculation that BBC will DROP F1 coverage in 2013, not Sky.
Hope that is wrong because there is no way I could afford Sky anyway and I wouldn't want all the 99% shite that comes with it. As for hooking up the Sky box to a telephone line - you can forget it.
I used to have a box and I called them to report a fault. They told me that the "the box is still reporting everything OK once a month"
Er what? It seems that they send an "interrogation" down the line and receive "information" every month. Quite what that information was they did not seem to want to tell, but I can guess. On hearing that I ripped out the phone and box and threw as far as I could. I still have the dish though, as I couldn't reach it.
Far too intrusive - no thanks.
The issue of News Corp (Sky) buying the F1 commercial rights has still not been resolved but as far as I know Expor Sa are an investment group which is said to be "handling negotiations" and the significance of that is that not only are they major FIAT shareholders but the chairman is the grandson of Gianni Agnelli and, by sheer coincidence obviously, is also chairman of FIAT who of course own a majority stake in Ferrari.
All the tentacles are seemingly heading for a similar destination.
I distrust Sky with a passion and if any of the stuff above is true, they & F1 can stick it up their Coanda.
Hope that is wrong because there is no way I could afford Sky anyway and I wouldn't want all the 99% shite that comes with it. As for hooking up the Sky box to a telephone line - you can forget it.
I used to have a box and I called them to report a fault. They told me that the "the box is still reporting everything OK once a month"
Er what? It seems that they send an "interrogation" down the line and receive "information" every month. Quite what that information was they did not seem to want to tell, but I can guess. On hearing that I ripped out the phone and box and threw as far as I could. I still have the dish though, as I couldn't reach it.
Far too intrusive - no thanks.
The issue of News Corp (Sky) buying the F1 commercial rights has still not been resolved but as far as I know Expor Sa are an investment group which is said to be "handling negotiations" and the significance of that is that not only are they major FIAT shareholders but the chairman is the grandson of Gianni Agnelli and, by sheer coincidence obviously, is also chairman of FIAT who of course own a majority stake in Ferrari.
All the tentacles are seemingly heading for a similar destination.
I distrust Sky with a passion and if any of the stuff above is true, they & F1 can stick it up their Coanda.
