Comments on: Formula1 ITV: That Advert Break

By: Lesley

Lesley — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:56:22 +0000

It isn’t only the one station that can, as I’ve said earlier, the same thing happens in Spain…. so come on ITV…start to think more of the fans and less of the filthy lucre

By: Paul Tebbutt

Paul Tebbutt — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 19:38:55 +0000

I agree with you entirely and would dearly love to see F1 back on the beeb, however it might interest you to know that while I was in Turkey this year (unfortunately not close enough to Istanbul to attend) I watched the race on Turkish television. Like here it was also broadcast on an independent network but during the adverts the screen was split 60/40, you lost commentary but at least you could still follow the action. So as a compromise, if one station can do it, why not ITV too..!!

By: dwayne

dwayne — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:59:50 +0000

F1 needs to be back with the BBC or stack the adverts in the middle more frequently and give us a window to carry on viewing or more on screen overlays when watching live like the usa do …”this replay is brought to you by blaaaaaa”… the usa get it, we don’t.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 00:12:40 +0000

Ironically the BBC provides the feed for ITV’s coverage. They just shove the banal James Allan over the top and mix to their adverts every 2 minutes.

You’re also forgetting you do pay for ITV - with the shopping bill. Adverts aren’t free; a 30″ slot costs a few tens of grand. Manufacturers offset this cost by hiking the price of their products.

By: John

John — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 10:04:13 +0000

yes lets fight back could not agree more have followed this proceedure of not watching the adds. in fact now i record the race and zip through the ad breaks. not live i know. but it does mean i miss the ads and the insane blah blah blah, if the commentators who are so afraid to critise the teams or the drivers just so much fluff

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 28 May 2006 17:06:28 +0000

its now May 2006 and still the advert breaks, I have all but stopped watching F1, Come back Auntie Beeb.
I live in hope

By: ian

ian — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 21:28:57 +0000

i agree take it off that useless ignorant channel!
i have emailed them about things before,most recently their terrible coverage of the brit awards.ie never live! yet it always was on bbc.the ignorant knw it all channel cant even be bothered to reply.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 30 May 2005 09:18:48 +0000

I support the idea of attempting to lever some control over ITV, but I don’t see how boycotting the adverts will work. How will ITV ever find out? How will the advertisers ever find out? Given the almost mystical nature of marketing and advertising, a direct impact on sales is unlikely.

However I do think that writing to OFCOM and the manufacturers of products that advertise would be much more effective. But to do this you will need to watch the adverts.