Formula 1 will stay on ESPN and ABC through 2022, with ESPN citing audience increases both year-over-year and over NBC in 2017
As per ESPN, F1 audiences are up 19 percent year over year and 24 percent over the NBC average from 2017.
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Fire took out broadcasting truck at German GP, and F1 needed to scramble to find a solution
A storm caused a fire that destroyed the broadcasting truck.
Lewis Hamilton won’t let Netflix use footage of him sick during Mercedes’ “Armageddon weekend”: “I won’t allow them to release that.”
"I won’t be in the Netflix show much, because I was sick the whole time. I won’t allow them to release that."
Formula 1 ratings are on the upswing for ESPN
With the constant worrying over the long decline of NASCAR ratings on American television over the last several...
Bahraini activist Najah Yusuf details her imprisonment for Facebook posts protesting Bahrain Formula 1 race
Najah Yusuf is an activist from Bahrain and is currently serving a three-year sentence for what the Bahrain...
ESPN’s Formula 1 coverage expands with two new Sky pre-race programs airing on ESPN digital platforms
Sky’s Welcome to the Weekend (Thursdays ahead of races) and Pit Lane Live (an earlier pre-race show) will both now be shown on ESPN3.
ESPN is set to bring back commercial free Formula 1 racing in 2019
Enjoy commercial-free Formula 1 broadcasts next season as well.
Formula 1 is crowdsourcing ideas from fans to potentially improve their broadcasts
The winner receives $50k and will help Formula 1 in developing their idea.
ESPN’s Monaco Grand Prix broadcast drew F1’s biggest cable audience since 1995
Live coverage of Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix averaged 809,000 viewers on ESPN. A later replay on ABC after the Indy 500 averaged 1.6 million viewers.
ESPN promises commercial-free Formula 1 broadcasts after outcry over coverage problems
After facing complaints over abrupt commercial breaks, ESPN will air Formula 1 races uninterrupted moving forward.
ESPN apologizes to F1 fans after having rough debut weekend coverage
Incorrect advertising, technical difficulties and broadcasters being cut off in mid-sentence to go to commercial dominated a terrible return to Formula 1 for ESPN.
Formula 1 is launching their own OTT subscription service
The service will likely cost between $8-$12 per month and have a non-livestream option which will cost less.
ESPN will simulcast Sky Sports’ F1 coverage
ESPN takes over F1 from NBC, which had aired the races from 2012-17.
F1 will leave NBC for ESPN in 2018
ESPN previously aired F1 races in the 1980s and 1990s.
Is “Over the Top” on tap for F1’s television and media strategy?
F1 looking to marry TV contracts and a direct-to-consumer product
