With their telecast of the 2012 Australian Grand Prix about to get underway the question over who Channel 10 will source their commentary feed from has been answered. In a recent tweet Channel 10 commentator Greg Rust confirmed: “2 all the F1 followers tks 4 ur patience. Yes @tensporttv will be taking the @SkySportsF1 commentary for the 2012 F1 season.”
Questions were raised following the shock move by the BBC to step back from their F1 coverage, forging a new deal allowing British pay TV network Sky Sports to step in and fill the void. It’s a move hoped to save BBC some cash in the face of increasing budget concerns. The Beeb will still offer free-to-air limited coverage for UK viewers with around half the season to be shown live, while the remaining races will be a highlights package.
Australian viewers can rest easy in the knowledge that Channel 10, via their HD channel One, will continue to show all qualifying sessions and races live throughout the 2012 F1 season.
A juicy cheque, rumoured to be in the seven-figure price bracket, has lured Martin Brundle from the BBC to Sky and he will head their commentary team. For more info on their F1 coverage check out the Sky Sports F1 website, which may prove to be a good source of info throughout the year.
[Thanks to Wes for the tip]
7 replies on “Channel 10’s 2012 F1 TV coverage confirmed”
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Nice work channel 10! Can’t wait for this weekend.
Can someone please take the mothers group off TV, and replace then worth real presents.
Please turn down the. Plume of the engines.!!!!! I can’t hear a word of the commentary
Never again Channel 10. What a shocking job.
cant hear a word of the commentry.the cars are too loud. dosnt anybody monitor this and think to do something about it?
Channel 10 shits on the F1 fan. Going from HD to SD fuckyou.