ITV to Screen Practice Live on Website
Filed Under: F1 News
Having reached an exclusive deal with Formula One Management (FOM), British Broadcaster ITV will screen practice sessions live on their website. Users behind a British IP address will also be able to enjoy post race interviews and highlights amongst other features.
Speaking on the ITV website Mark Sharman, Director of News and Sport, said: “We know from listening to our viewers that there is great demand from motorsport fans to watch F1 practice sessions and press conferences.”
“This is yet another example of how we are using ITV’s digital channels and new media platforms to extend our award-winning coverage of sport to complement the big events on ITV1.”
British fans are likely to react warmly to the news, having been highly critical of the broadcaster’s coverage of F1 events in recent years.
“With UK Formula 1 audiences reaching their highest levels in many years, it gives us great pleasure to fuel this resurgence further with the introduction of online rights to complement ITV’s broadcast coverage,” said a FOM spokesperson.
The first live practice session will be shown in a little under an hours time.
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Ed | Mar 13, 2008 | Reply
Anyone with an English proxy (like the one below) should be able to watch this:
http://www.docoja.com/red/
Matt | Mar 14, 2008 | Reply
I watched practice 2 on it. It was kool.
No commentary, and but that just made it even better. Nice subtle editing allowing you to watch a single car for a whole lap instead of chopping and changing plus some insightful in car and in garage footage.
Very nice lap from Hamilton at the end of practice 2 as well, and he had an extra lap of fuel (2 including the in-lap) so he was not simply running on vapour. I’m guessing the others would have run similar fuel loads at some point.
Ricky AUDAIN | Oct 31, 2008 | Reply
I am trying to catch the F1 practice sessions live but don’t know where, any ideas welcome.