How many people watch pay for view sport

astroron (Ron) · #1 10-07-2015, 05:59 PM

I am not going to pay $750:00 to watch F1 Grand Prix on FoxTel,
Or any other sport
The Viewing audience for F1 has decreased by 50% since the rights have been sold to Fox.
What are your thoughts on Pay for view Sports.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/33357440
Cheers

LewisM · #2 10-07-2015, 06:20 PM

Let me go this far Ron - if we had to pay a television license like they do in the UK, our place wouldn't have a TV! We watch it that little.

I think I expressed my opinion of sports on Paul's Facebook post

JB80 (Jarrod) · #3 10-07-2015, 06:30 PM

I haven't used pay tv for a few years now and when I did it was for English language content more than anything.
If I need/want to watch anything then I will watch it online.

I wouldn't be adverse to paying for pay tv if it came to it though, it's more a matter of convenience.

AussieTrooper (Ben) · #4 10-07-2015, 06:56 PM

Nope. Never have, never will. The day people started paying for it, the amount of footy on tv was always going to drop off.

GeoffW1 (Geoff) · #5 10-07-2015, 06:57 PM

Hi,

I think I'd pay some amount of money for a top class paid service, that is

- few or no adverts
- no repeats in say, one month's content
- high definition
- a good spread of genres, eg, docos, nature, drama, sport etc
and so on

The reasoning is that free-to-air content is, I think, 90% garbage and getting worse, so no use looking there for the future. Like the situation in the USA.

Internet streaming is the wild card when you crystal ball gaze it, and it has the potential to render both free-to-air as it is now, and also the current Foxtel model, both obsolete.

The big trouble is that the infrastructure is not up to it right now, as Netflix shows at the moment. I pay Optus cable broadband extra cash for a so-called "speed pack" and it is a stupid waste of money. I can rent a movie, but not stream it in peak time.

Maybe Facebook is all we need. I think I'll post a photo there of my navel.

Cheers

The_bluester (Paul) · #6 10-07-2015, 07:25 PM

Used to have Foxtel (Previously Austar) but ditched it a few years back when I worked out that what was mainly being watched were kids shows that on the whole were on FTA TV anyway!

I have been an avid F! tragic for a couple of decades, combine the current rules and cars with Rupert snaffling half of the races, to offer them back to be for $750 a year and the result has been I have not watched a race all year. First year in 15 that I have not gone to the Aus GP too.

So NO, I would not pay to watch live sports on Foxtel. Come up with a streamed alternative at a reasonable price and I would consider it though.

goober (Doug) · #7 10-07-2015, 07:36 PM

Hadn't missed a Grand Prix since 1991, until this year.

CJ (Chris) · #8 10-07-2015, 07:56 PM

I have it. Mostly for the sports. Mostly the football. You know, that game played using mostly the foot and an actual ball. Premiership mostly but Champions league and FA cup too. Then there's Wimbledon right now, during the day. Tons of motorsport including the BTCC, Formula E, GP2, MotoGP2 and 3. The F1 coverage includes all the practice sessions and a fair bit of related chit chat with Brundell and co. And the actual race is ad free. As are both halves of the "soccer" Then there's also the Six Nations Rugby, golf, cricket and so on. If you like your world wide sport, it's a must. It's the ultimate in reality TV!

astroron (Ron) · #9 10-07-2015, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by CJ

I have it. Mostly for the sports. Mostly the football. You know, that game played using mostly the foot and an actual ball. Premiership mostly but Champions league and FA cup too. Then there's Wimbledon right now, during the day. Tons of motorsport including the BTCC, Formula E, GP2, MotoGP2 and 3. The F1 coverage includes all the practice sessions and a fair bit of related chit chat with Brundell and co. And the actual race is ad free. As are both halves of the "soccer" Then there's also the Six Nations Rugby, golf, cricket and so on. If you like your world wide sport, it's a must. It's the ultimate in reality TV!

Another deterrent is I don't want another antenna on my roof, I already have two

Cheers

CJ (Chris) · #10 10-07-2015, 08:33 PM

No Alan Jones either Ron.

Exfso (Peter) · #11 10-07-2015, 10:33 PM

Ron, I agree with your sentiments for sure, not sure where you are getting the $750 from, it is $50/month and another $10 if you want HD. My problem is I am an F1 addicted old fart and since Ch10 got out of it I have been going through withdrawal symptoms. I opted to get it only for the F1, although I must admit I like the Football coverage as well. Since I had the cancer, I don't drink any more, (never smoked),so I reckon I would waste it on F1. I reckon drinkers and smokers would spend more than $15 a week on their addictions.
At least the F1 now has all practice sessions live as well as Qualifying and the race, plus all the crud that the poms have on their F1 channel, some interesting stuff there for F1 tragics.

astroron (Ron) · #12 10-07-2015, 11:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Exfso

Ron, I agree with your sentiments for sure, not sure where you are getting the $750 from, it is $50/month and another $10 if you want HD. My problem is I am an F1 addicted old fart and since Ch10 got out of it I have been going through withdrawal symptoms. I opted to get it only for the F1, although I must admit I like the Football coverage as well. Since I had the cancer, I don't drink any more, (never smoked),so I reckon I would waste it on F1. I reckon drinkers and smokers would spend more than $15 a week on their addictions.
At least the F1 now has all practice sessions live as well as Qualifying and the race, plus all the crud that the poms have on their F1 channel, some interesting stuff there for F1 tragics.

Peter, You obviously already have Foxtel.
The information re price came via the thread we had earlier this year when Foxtel took over the coverage.
Even your total comes to $600:00 a year,I don't know if the total includes other fees.
Ok Bernie makes more money but has reduced the amount of people watching F1
We are in danger of loosing the German and Italian grand Prix by the greed of Bernie and his company.
Those sterile stadiums tracks with very few people in the grandstands are killing F1 and the pricing out of people watching on TV will eventually be the demise of Bernie Ecclestone in the not too distant future.

BeanerSA (Paul) · #13 10-07-2015, 11:19 PM

I fought it and fought it, but when F1 and V8SC went, I really felt I had no choice. They were pretty much the only things I watch on TV full stop! The coverage is excellent, but Murdoch can still go and **** himself, which I tell them everytime I do a customer engagement survey.

Exfso (Peter) · #14 10-07-2015, 11:19 PM

Hi Ron, yes I purchased it after CH10 lost it. Only for the F1, as I said $15/wk is not a lot. A drinker and smoker would probably spend 10x that amount. Trust me I hate Foxtel with a passion, but the coverage in HD is really damn nice compared to standard definition. All the extra stuff we did not get when Ch10 had it is good as well.

Neil · #15 11-07-2015, 03:07 PM

I've had Foxtel for 16 years, watch a lot of sport(NRL,V8's, F1, Tennis, Golf, ect)I find the coverage and HD far superior to FTA which I watch rarely, perhaps the local news and NRL that's not on Foxtel, clear skies.

GeoffW1 (Geoff) · #16 11-07-2015, 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BeanerSA

I fought it and fought it, but when F1 and V8SC went, I really felt I had no choice. They were pretty much the only things I watch on TV full stop! The coverage is excellent, but Murdoch can still go and **** himself, which I tell them everytime I do a customer engagement survey.

Haha,

Yes that is great fun. Vodafone got the same treatment when they made the error of asking me for feedback.

Cheers

astroron (Ron) · #17 11-07-2015, 06:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BeanerSA

I fought it and fought it, but when F1 and V8SC went, I really felt I had no choice. They were pretty much the only things I watch on TV full stop! The coverage is excellent, but Murdoch can still go and **** himself, which I tell them everytime I do a customer engagement survey.

They wont give a monkey's whether your happy or not,as long as they get your money.

Cheers

Allan_L (Allan) · #18 12-07-2015, 08:31 AM

It is a service, and they charge a fee.
What is the problem with that?
Do you pay a fee for your internet access?
If it provides something you want, (content, audio/video quality, convenience {like pause record and scheduling} then you decide if it is good value or not.
I use the internet a lot, but I get more "entertainment" from Foxtel per month for around the same fee.

ourkind (Carlos) · #19 14-07-2015, 05:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by astroron

I am not going to pay $750:00 to watch F1 Grand Prix on FoxTel,
Or any other sport
The Viewing audience for F1 has decreased by 50% since the rights have been sold to Fox.
What are your thoughts on Pay for view Sports.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/33357440
Cheers

Hey Ron I'm with you! There's no way I'm paying an extra cent to watch any sport, even as a die-hard F1 fan.

So here's an alternative Ron - I've been watching full races live via this site ... www.rojadirecta.me it works

and it's a whole lot better than making those greedy rich b@#$ any richer!

04Stefan07 (Stefan) · #20 14-07-2015, 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Allan_L

It is a service, and they charge a fee.
What is the problem with that?
Do you pay a fee for your internet access?
If it provides something you want, (content, audio/video quality, convenience {like pause record and scheduling} then you decide if it is good value or not.
I use the internet a lot, but I get more "entertainment" from Foxtel per month for around the same fee.

Totally agree. It's another service provided just like the internet. Same as a mobile phone!