Apple claims to beat ESPN in F1 viewership without any proof
Apple says they surpassed ESPN's viewership totals for the Australian Grand Prix, you just have to trust them.
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Apple to make select F1 races available on Netflix, Tubi
Netflix will share the popular "Drive to Survive" docuseries with Apple TV in return.
F1 CEO says reach on Apple TV ‘bigger’ than ESPN
"It will allow us to enter in the houses of other people in a different way..."
F1 exec cites Apple’s ‘enthusiasm’ as reason for ESPN departure
"I’m not going to pretend that Friday practice in the middle of the afternoon is box office television, but if it’s on ESPNEWS and then the next session is on ESPN College and then ESPN3, it doesn’t help discoverability."
ESPN sets viewership record in final F1 season
The network averaged 1.3 million viewers per race in its final season.
Apple’s Eddy Cue rips fragmentation in sports media: ‘We’ve gone backwards’
"You used to buy one subscription, your cable subscription, and you got pretty much everything they had."
Liberty Media CEO: ‘Pretty happy and comfortable’ with ongoing F1 media rights talks
While the CEO never mentioned Apple by name, it seems pretty clear that's where F1 will end up.
