Formula 1 Management has announced F1 TV Pro will be offered in the Netherlands from 2019 in its first deal to offer the live streaming service through a broadcaster.
As RaceFans revealed last week, FOM is seeking to offer F1 TV Pro in regions where it is not currently available through partnerships with television broadcasters.The new deal with Dutch broadcasters Ziggo Sport will make the full F1 TV Pro service available to subscribers in the Netherlands. This includes access to live onboard cameras and team radio from all 20 cars.
F1’s director of media rights Ian Holmes said it was “tremendously important” to offer the product in a country which is enjoying a resurgence in the popularity of F1 thanks to Max Verstappen.
“What is also ground-breaking is the incorporation of the F1 TV Pro OTT [over-the-top] service that will now be available within the Dutch market,” said Holmes. “This will be a truly collaborative operation in that the service will be co-marketed and co-branded by F1 and Ziggo thus affording fans a combined offering like never before.”
Ziggo Sport is part of Liberty Global, an associate company of F1’s commercial rights holder Liberty Media.
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Mr. Nobody (@)
12th November 2018, 20:40
Mailed F1TV support to inquire if the service will have the English commentary. They confirmed that it will indeed, This will make watching F1 with proper commentary much easier in NL, good stuff.
Bram (@br444m)
12th November 2018, 20:53
Woohoo yes! Great news indeed. Wonder if we’ll have to pay seperate, or if it will be included in the sports package. I assume a they’ll sell it seperately.
pluisje (@pluisje)
12th November 2018, 23:27
I really hope it will be available separately instead of just as a Ziggo addon. As al my services currently come in through fiber, I don’t even have the Ziggo cable base package, and have 0 interest in that. F1 won’t change that. I will gladly pay for F1, but not if it only comes with a complete cable package I probably won’t even unbox & setup.
Fer no.65 (@fer-no65)
12th November 2018, 21:19
@aiii from what I remember when I was subscribed to it, F1TV is available in english, spanish, german and probably also french and italian (don’t remember those), and it doesn’t matter where you are, you can switch between them all. I watched in english from Argentina, so it’d work fine where you are!
SoLiDG (@solidg)
13th November 2018, 9:04
In Belgium the english commentary is not available.
So watch out!
I hope it get’s arranged for 2019 as this was the main reason i have F1tv.
Luckily there are workarounds, but ain’t ideal.
petebaldwin (@)
12th November 2018, 21:28
I hope it finally comes to the UK – it’ll be nice to have the option to pay for a decent service rather than watching on a blurry stream.
John H (@john-h)
13th November 2018, 1:06
Indeed. I watch half of the races on RTL live to avoid Murdoch and his cronies, and the other half on ch4. Next year I’m not sure I can stomach watching all of them on RTL.
Hmmm, could this really be the end after 27 years…
@BoysFromTheDwarf (@boysfromthedwarf)
13th November 2018, 20:04
@john-h Do you watch RTL online or catch the broadcast? I’d happily watch online with BBC Five Live commentary to go alongside…
Euro Brun (@eurobrun)
13th November 2018, 7:27
@petebaldwin @john-h
I wonder if Sky will be more open to making some sort of deal with F1 now that the NBC Comcast sales has gone through, taking the majority of (if not all) power away from Murdoch?
We can but hope.
Btw, I was livid to discover that the Brazilian GP was shown free on Sky One, as I sat up til half midnight watching Ch4 highlights!
Patrick (@anunaki)
12th November 2018, 21:42
This is good news!! This means we have something to choose in the Netherlands
A dedicated 2nd screen with the onboards is extra cool.
Jimmi Cynic (@jimmi-cynic)
12th November 2018, 22:47
So…courageous negotiations with a tough broadcasting foe. Good work, Liberty.
Michael (@cavman99)
13th November 2018, 1:33
Starting small is still a start!
Jason Blankenship (@jblank)
13th November 2018, 2:19
How about we a freakin’ Apple TV F1 TV App for the US market? This has been a waste of money for me as far as I’m concerned.
Matteo (@m-bagattini)
13th November 2018, 9:03
@jblank the Apple TV you mean? (jokin’)
MtlRacer (@mtlracer)
13th November 2018, 16:28
Canada hosts one of the best races (excpet this year’s race), has 1 full-time driver, Lance Stroll, and 1 test driver who’s made several FP1 appearances, Nicholas Latifi.
We don’t get F1 TV Pro because of TSN/RDS/Bell Media rights… TSN, the english broadcaster, doesn’t broadcast FP1 nor FP3 (not even streamed), and RDS, french broadcaster, only shows Quali and Race.
Gunner22 (@gunner22)
13th November 2018, 16:50
While I am glad more regions are getting this service; I am hoping they can deliver the content that was first highlighted. There is no dedicated app yet, only select archived races are available and no support races that I can find either. I would have loved to follow the F2 season as well had it been there. Practice sessions seem to disappear after qualifying…maybe i’m not looking hard enough. I am hoping they offer a special for us early adopters that paid full price for a product that is still in development.
Aside from that having quali and race replays available within an hour or so is so nice and the playback quality has steadily improved throughout the year. I am able to use my chromecast and have the races stream in HD on my TV. <$5 USD a race weekend isn't a bad deal, plus there are some great past races available. Glad to hear more people get the chance to utilize this service.
PT (@pt)
14th November 2018, 18:43
What about India?