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This is a List of Formula One broadcasters and 'World Feed' producers. Formula One, the highest level of circuit racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, motor sport's world governing body, can be seen live or tape delayed on television in almost every country and territory around the world.
It attracts one of the largest global TV audiences after the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games, with a total global audience of about 400 million people for the 2015 race season.[1]
TV broadcasters all take what is known as the 'World Feed', which since 2007 has been produced by FOM (Formula One Management), for almost every round of the World Championship. Every race is produced in 16:9 widescreen.
Previously, a 'host broadcaster' from each nation produced the World Feed for their home race, for example TF1 for the French Grand Prix. This led to a two-tier system which was unpopular with viewers due to local broadcasters focusing heavily on local teams and drivers, whilst missing key moments.
For the 2016 season, the World Feed was produced by FOM for every race apart from the Monaco Grand Prix, produced by Télé Monte Carlo.
Alongside the main World Feed, FOM also produce a Pit-lane channel, showing shots from the pitlane and alternative camera angles, along with detailed weather and tyre information, and extra team radio. FOM also produce onboard channels, showing live video from cameras installed on the drivers' cars. The channels switch between different cars throughout the session. FOM also make available a "Driver tracker" channel, showing live positions of all the cars on the track during a session, as well as a timing screen showing live lap-times and circuit sector information.
Currently, broadcasters offering coverage of these FOM-produced extra channels include Sky Sport Germany, Sky Sports F1 (UK), Fox Sports Australia, Sky Sport F1 (Italy), Movistar F1 (Spain), Play Sports (Belgium) and NBC Sports (USA). Out of the 5 on board channels, Fox Sports Australia only shows the Master onboard channel to its viewers, whereas Sky Sports F1 makes all 5 on board channels available. The Pit lane, Driver Tracker and Live Timing channels are available to Sky viewers in the United Kingdom.
For the 2011 season Formula One Management released a High Definition feed to broadcasters for the first time, and for 2012, the footage was filmed with 5.1 channel Dolby Digital surround sound audio.
In 2017, Sky Sports F1 in the United Kingdom will broadcast every race in 4K Ultra-HD, exclusively available to Sky Q customers
Broadcasters
United Kingdom
In 2011, Sky Sports signed a 7-year deal with the BBC to show live Formula One on Sky in the United Kingdom for the first time. The deal which ran between 2012 and 2015 saw Sky Sports show live coverage of every session of the season on their own F1 dedicated channel, Sky Sports F1.[2] Sky Sports F1 show all races and qualifying sessions live without the interruption of adverts.[3] In 2016, Sky extended their contract to 2024, and will be the exclusive live rights holders in the UK and Ireland from 2019; the British Grand Prix and highlights of all other races will be shown free-to-air.[4] At the same time it was announced that Sky will broadcast all races in ultra-high-definition (UHD) from 2017.
The BBC continued to broadcast live coverage of half the races and all 20 races had "extended highlights". In 2012, they broadcast live coverage from China, Spain, Monaco, Europe (Valencia), Britain, Belgium, Singapore, Korea, Abu Dhabi and Brazil.[5] They also showed live coverage of practice and qualifying sessions from those races.[6] The deal set that the British Grand Prix and the final race had to be shown live on the BBC.
For each Grand Prix (even if live) the BBC showed "extended highlights" of the race just a few hours after it had been broadcast. Late afternoon for early hours races and/or early evening. Late evening races were shown on the day and repeated on Monday evening.[7] The BBC Radio 5 Live coverage was unaffected.
BBC ended their television contract after the 2015 season, transferring their rights to Channel 4 until the end of the 2018 season.[8] Sky Sports F1 will remain unaffected and BBC Radio 5 Live and 5 Live Sports Extra will be extended until 2021.[9] Like the BBC, Channel 4 will always show the British Grand Prix and the final race live.
Channel 4's live broadcast for 2016 will be Bahrain, Spain, Europe (Baku), Britain, Hungary, Belgium, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico and Abu Dhabi.[10] Live races will also have "extended highlights" of the race just a few hours after it had been broadcast. Late afternoon for early hours races and/or early evening. Late evening races were shown on the day and repeated on Monday evening.
Sky Sports F1 will broadcast every 2017 race in 4K Ultra-HD, exclusively for Sky Q Ultra-HD Silver customers.
United States
On 14 October 2012, NBC Sports reached a 4-year deal to broadcast Formula One races in the United States, replacing Speed and Fox Sports—who have been long-time F1 broadcast partners. The deal provides over 100 hours of F1 coverage across multiple NBCUniversal networks; the majority of its coverage (including most races, and all practice/qualifying sessions) will be broadcast by the pay channel NBCSN, while 4 races will be aired by the free-to-air NBC network. Races are also shown on NBC's financial news network CNBC, typically during NBCSN's coverage of the Tour de France. Races also became available through NBC Sports' digital platforms, such as the NBC Sports Live Extra app. NBC's broadcast team consists of David Hobbs, Steve Matchett, and Leigh Diffey, with Will Buxton as pit reporter.[11]
Univision Deportes Network holds Spanish-language rights to Formula One races in the U.S. Unlike NBC Sports, races on Univision Deportes Network are shown without commercial interruption.
2016 TV broadcasters
These are the broadcasters for the 2016 Formula One season.
| 2016 TV Broadcasters | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | TV Network | Language | Free-to-air / Free-to-view / Pay | Practice 1 | Practice 2 | Practice 3 | Qualifying | Race | Notes |
 Albania |
Top Channel | Albanian | Free in Albania, DVB-S encrypted on Eutelsat 16°E (EU) | Live | No | No | Live | Live | Rights transferred to Top Channel as previous hosts Vizion Plus found the rights too expensive to hold. HDTV. |
 Andorra |
Movistar F1 | Spanish | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | HDTV. Choice of different perspectives (only IPTV). Exclusive rights in Spain for 2016 season. |
| La 1 de TVE | Spanish | Free on Spanish national DVB-T | No | No | No | Live* | Live* | *Only for the Spanish Grand Prix. HDTV. | |
| Teledeporte | Spanish | Free on Spanish national DVB-T | No | No | No | No | Highlights* | *1-hour highlights of every race except the Spanish GP. HDTV. | |
| TV3 | Catalan | Free on Catalan regional DVB-T | No | No | No | Live* | Live* and Highlights** | *Only for the Spanish Grand Prix. **1-hour highlights of every race except the Spanish GP. HDTV. | |
 Armenia |
Setanta Sports + | Russian | Pay | No | No | No | Live | Live | 16:9 SD/HD feed |
| Asia | STAR Sports Channels | English | Pay | Live* | Live* | Live* | Live | Live | SD/HDTV Channels. *Subject to other live events. For more information, visit the TV Schedules:[12] |
| Fox Sports Asia Channels | English | Pay | Live* | Live* | Live* | Live | Live | SD/HDTV Channels. *Subject to other live events. For more information, visit the TV Schedules:[13] | |
 Australia |
Network Ten | English | Free | No | No | No | No | Highlights | SD/HD feed, highlights of 11 races. (Bahrain, China, Spain, Canada, Austria, Hungary, Belgium, Singapore, Japan, USA and Brazil) |
| Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | SD/HD Feed, for Australian Grand Prix. | ||||
| No | No | No | No | Live | SD/HD Feed, 10 races. (Australia, Russia, Monaco, Azerbaijan, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico and United Arab Emirates) | ||||
| Fox Sports | English | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | Coverage identical to Sky Sports F1; alternate feeds (on board, pitlane, etc.) (branded as Viewer's Choice) usually offered only for race, and dependent on other sporting conflicts. | |
 Austria |
ORF eins | German | DVB-T Free in AT, DVB-S2 with encryption on Astra 19.2°E(EU) | No | Live | No | Live | Live | HDTV. Live all sessions for Austrian GP |
| Sky Sport Austria | German | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | Broadcast identical to Sky Sport Germany. | |
 Azerbaijan |
Idman TV | Azerbaijani | Free, DVB-S FTA on Azerspace1 46°E (EU) | No | No | No | Live | Live | |
| Setanta Sports + | Russian | Pay | No | No | No | Live | Live | 16:9 SD/HD feed | |
 Belarus |
Setanta Sports + | Russian | Pay | No | No | No | Live | Live | 16:9 SD/HD feed |
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Play Sports | Dutch | Pay | No | No | No | Live | Live | |
| Sporza | Dutch | DVB-C and DVB-T Free in Belgium, DVB-S with encryption on Astra 19.2°E(EU) | No | No | No | No | Highlights | HDTV. 16:9 feed. Only Belgian GP (Qualifying and Race) live. Highlights of other races.[14][15] | |
| No | No | No | Live | Live | |||||
| RTBF La Deux | French | DVB-C and DVB-T Free in Belgium, DVB-S with encryption on Astra 19.2°E(EU) | No | No | No | Live* | Live* | HDTV. *Some races on RTBF La Une, subject to other live events. | |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Sport Klub | Serbian | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | HDTV. 16:9 feed. Except Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
 Bulgaria |
Diema Sport | Bulgarian | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | 16:9 SD/HD feed |
| Diema Sport 2 | Bulgarian | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | 16:9 SD/HD feed | |
 Brazil |
Globo | Portuguese | Free | No | No | No | Live* | Live | 16:9 feed and HDTV. * Only Q3 has been broadcast since 19 July 2014. |
| SporTV | Portuguese | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live* | Delayed | HDTV. * Live broadcast of qualifying started on 19 July 2014. | |
 Canada |
RDS / RDS2 | French | Pay | No | No | No | Live | Live | HDTV, Side-by-Side coverage during the race (live broadcast only). All practices live for Canadian GP. Rights until 2019.[16] |
| TSN / TSN2 / TSN3 / TSN4 / TSN5 | English | Pay | No | Live | No | Live | Live | HDTV, Sky Sports F1 coverage,[17] Side-by-Side coverage during FP2 and the race (live broadcasts only). Rights until 2019.[16] | |
| Central Asia | Setanta Sports + | Russian | Pay | No | No | No | Live | Live | 16:9 SD/HD feed |
 China |
Various regional broadcasters | Chinese | Free | No | No | No | Live | Live | Consortium of 13 regional broadcasters, replacing CCTV-5 from 2013 season onward [18] |
 Croatia |
Arenasport | Croatian | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | HDTV, TV commercials included. Only available on MAXtv |
 Czech Republic |
Sport 1 | Czech/Slovak | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | No | Also in HD on Sport 1 HD and Sport 2 HD.[19] |
| Sport 2 | No | No | No | No | Live | ||||
| Sport 3 | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | Onboard Feed, SD only. | |||
 Cyprus |
CytaVision | Greek | Pay | No | No | No | Live | Live | Rights until 2016. |
 Denmark |
TV3+/TV3+ HD | Danish | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | HD 16:9 and SD 4:3 – Some sessions on TV3 SPORT 1/2 or TV3 Puls, subject to other live events. |
 Estonia |
TV6 | Estonian | Free in Estonia | No | No | No | No | Live | United States, Canadian, Bahrain, Mexican GP . SD Feed |
| Free in Estonia | No | No | No | No | Delayed | Other races. Race shown at 7 PM EET on the same day. SD Feed | |||
| Other races. Race shown at 9 PM EET on the same day. No HDTV. | |||||||||
| Viasat Sport Baltic | Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | SD Feed | |
 Finland |
MTV3 | Finnish | DVB-T Free in Finland, DVB-S Encrypted on Thor 1°W (EU) | No | No | No | No | Delayed | HDTV. Race shown on the next day. |
| MTV Max | Finnish | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | HDTV. | |
| Sub | Finnish | DVB-T Free in Finland, DVB-S Encrypted on Thor 1°W (EU) | Highlights | Highlights | No | Highlights | Highlights | 30 minutes highlights of practices and 60 minutes highlights of qualification and race are shown at 7 PM EET on the same day.[20] | |
 France |
Canal+[21] | French | Pay | No | No | No | only once | Live | Only race on C+ |
| Canal+ Sport | French | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Delayed | Only race on C+ | |
 Georgia |
Setanta Sports + | Russian | Pay | No | No | No | Live | Live | 16:9 SD/HD feed |
 Germany |
n-tv[22] | German | DVB-S FTA on Astra 19.2°E(EU) | Live* | Live | No | No | No | *Highlights only of FP1 for Australian and Asia's GPs.[22] |
| RTL Television | German | DVB-T Free in Germany, DVB-S FTA on Astra 19.2°E(EU) | No | No | Delayed | Live | Live | HDTV feed confirmed (HD feed encrypted and part of HD+ package, SD is FTA). | |
| Sky Sport | German | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | Choice of different perspectives at qualifying and race. – HDTV 1080i feed confirmed. | |
 Greece |
OTE Sport | Greek | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | HDTV 1080i |
| ERT | Greek | DVB-T Free in Greece, DVB-S/2 with encryption on Eutelsat 9A / Hotbird 13B | No | No | No | No | Live* | HD feed. Australia, China and Japan GP are tape delayed. | |
 Hungary |
M4 Sport | Hungarian | DVB-T Free in HU, DVB-S2 FTV on Eurobird 9A 9.0°E (EU) | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | HDTV. |
 Iceland |
Stöð 2 Sport | Icelandic | Pay | No | No | Live | Live | Live | |
| Indian Subcontinent | STAR Sports Channels | English | Pay | Live* | Live* | Live* | Live | Live | SD/HDTV Channels. *Subject to other live events. For more information, visit the TV Schedules:[12] |
 Indonesia |
Global TV | Indonesian | Free | No | No | No | Live/Delayed | Live | Qualifying live: China, United States, Mexico and Brazil.[23] |
| INews TV | Indonesian | Free | No | No | No | No | Live | SD Channels | |
| Fox Sports Asia Channels | English | Pay | Live* | Live* | Live* | Live | Live | SD/HDTV Channels. *Subject to other live events. For more information, visit the TV Schedules:[13] | |
 Ireland |
Eir Sport 1 | English | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | With Channel 4 commentary team. |
| Channel 4 UK | English | DVB-T Free in UK, DVB-S FTA on Astra 28.2°E (UK) | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | HDTV, only selected 10 races.[8] Sky customers only | |
| No | No | No | Highlights | Highlights | HDTV, Every race as well as live. Sky customers only | ||||
| Sky Sports F1 | English | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | [24] | |
 Israel |
Sport 5 | Hebrew | Pay | No | No | No | Live | Live | HDTV. |
 Italy |
Sky Sport F1 | Italian | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | Choice of different perspectives. – HDTV 1080i feed confirmed. |
| Rai 1 (live races, some delayed races) Rai 2 (live and delayed qualifying, some delayed races) Rai Sport 1 (practices) |
Italian | Free in Italy, DVB-S with encryption on Eutelsat Hot Bird 13°E (EU) | Live/Delayed | Live/Delayed | Live/Delayed | Live/Delayed | Live/Delayed | 10 races live. Delayed broadcast of the other races. – HDTV 1080i feed confirmed. | |
 Japan |
Fuji TV Next | Japanese | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | From 2016, the free broadcast on Fuji TV and BS Fuji was ended. HDTV. |
| Latin America (except Brazil) | ESPN Latin America Channels | Spanish | Pay | Highlights | Highlights | Highlights | Highlights | Highlights | 16:9 HDTV feed in ESPN HD and ESPN 3. |
| F1 Latin America | Spanish | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | All races live. 16:9 SD/HDTV feed. Choice of different perspectives.[25] | |
| Fox Sports 3 | Spanish | Pay | Highlights | Highlights | Highlights | Delayed | Live/Delayed | 16:9 SD/HDTV feed. Races live: Australia, China, Monaco, Great Britain, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Singapore, Mexico, Brazil.[25] | |
| Live* | Live* | Live* | Live* | Live* | *Only for Mexican Grand Prix.[26][27] | ||||
 Latvia |
TV6 | Latvian | Pay | No | No | No | No | Delayed | Race shown at 9 PM EET on the same day, except 2 GP-s from North-America, which are shown even later. No HDTV. |
| Viasat Sport Baltic | Latvian, Estonian and Lithuanian | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | SD Feed | |
 Lithuania |
TV6 | Lithuanian | Pay | No | No | No | No | Live | Only Canadian and United States GP. No HDTV. |
| No | No | No | No | Delayed | |||||
| Viasat Sport Baltic | Lithuanian | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | SD Feed | |
 Malta |
GO | Maltese | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | |
| Middle East and North Africa | beIN Sports | Arabic / English | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | HDTV feed. Rights until 2019.[28] |
 Macedonia |
Macedonian Radio Television | Macedonian | DVB-T free in Macedonia, DVB-S with encryption on Eutelsat 16.0°E | No | No | No | Live | Live | HDTV feed. Rights until 2017. |
| Sport Klub | Serbian | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | 16:9 feed, HDTV. | |
 Moldova |
Setanta Sports + | Russian | Pay | No | No | No | Live | Live | 16:9 SD/HD feed |
 Montenegro |
Sport Klub | Serbian | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | 16:9 feed, HDTV. |
 Netherlands |
Ziggo Sport Totaal | Dutch | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | HDTV.[29] |
| Ziggo Sport | Dutch | Free for Ziggo subscribers | No | No | No | Live* | Live | HDTV. * Subject to other (live) events. Ziggo Sport Totaal will broadcast all sessions live.[30][31] | |
 New Zealand |
Sky Sport | English | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | |
 Norway |
Viasat Motor and Viasat Sport | Norwegian / Swedish | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | HDTV on Viasat Motor HD. Always Norwegian during race. Partly Swedish during some P and Q. |
| Viaplay | Norwegian / Swedish | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | Viaplay streams the broadcast of Viasat Motor HD. Viaplay is available on web-apps, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Windows 8.x, smart-TV, Android and iOS (phones and tablets). | |
| Viasat 4 | Norwegian | Free | No | No | No | No | Highlights | One hour with highlights from Viasat Motor. Commercials every 15 min. | |
 Poland |
Eleven Sports | Polish | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | HDTV |
 Portugal |
Eurosport[32] | Portuguese | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | HD feed. |
 Romania |
Dolce Sport | Romanian | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | HDTV. |
| Digi Sport | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | HDTV.[33] | ||
 Russia |
Match TV | Russian | Free | No | No | No | Live | Live | HDTV |
| Match! Arena | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | HDTV without advertising. | ||
 Serbia |
Sport Klub | Serbian | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | HDTV |
 Slovakia |
Sport 1 | Czech/Slovak | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | No | Also in HD on Sport 1 HD and Sport 2 HD.[19] |
| Sport 2 | No | No | No | No | Live | ||||
 South Korea |
SBS Sports | Korean | Pay | No | No | No | No | Live | Delayed HDTV feed on cable/IPTV. Live streaming on web page for all the races. |
 Spain |
Movistar F1 | Spanish | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | HDTV. Choice of different perspectives (only IPTV). Exclusive rights in Spain for 2016 season. |
| La 1 de TVE | Spanish | Free on Spanish national DVB-T | No | No | No | Live* | Live* | *Only for the Spanish Grand Prix. HDTV. | |
| Teledeporte | Spanish | Free on Spanish national DVB-T | No | No | No | No | Highlights* | *1-hour highlights of every race except the Spanish GP. HDTV. | |
| TV3 | Catalan | Free on Catalan regional DVB-T | No | No | No | Live* | Live* & Highlights** | *Only for the Spanish Grand Prix. **1-hour highlights of every race except the Spanish GP. HDTV. | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | Supersport | English and Portuguese | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | HDTV. |
| Canal+ Sport | French | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | HDTV. | |
 Sweden |
Viasat Motor | Swedish | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | HDTV on Viasat Motor HD.[34] |
 Switzerland |
SRG SSR | German, French and Italian | DVB-T Free in Switzerland, DVB-S Encrypted on Hot Bird (13°E)(EU) | No | No | No | Live | Live | The qualifyings and the races are broadcast on RSI La 2, RTS Deux and SRF zwei. Rights until 2016.[35] |
 Turkey |
Smartspor | Turkish | Pay | No | No | No | Live | Live | SD/HD Feed |
 United Kingdom |
More 4 | English | DVB-T Free in UK, DVB-S FTA on Astra 28.2°E (UK) | Live | Live | No | No | No | Live FP2 Europe, Live FP1 and FP2 Mexico. |
| Channel 4 | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | HDTV, only selected 10 races.[8] | |||
| No | No | No | Highlights | Highlights | HDTV, Every race as well as live | ||||
| Sky Sports F1 | Pay | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | Choice of different perspectives. – HDTV 1080i feed confirmed. | ||
 United States |
NBCSN | English | Most races and all practice/qualifying to be broadcast by NBCSN. | No | Live | No | Live | Live | HDTV, Side-by-Side coverage during race (live broadcast only), mobile streaming available through NBC Sports Live Extra app.[36][37][38] |
| NBC | 4 races will be broadcast on NBC. | No | No | No | No | Live | |||
| CNBC | some practice, select qualifying and three races will be shown on CNBC. | No | Live | No | Live | Live | |||
| Univision Deportes Network | Spanish | Qualifying sessions will be broadcast by Univision Deportes Network and races by FTA UniMas network | No | No | No | Live | Live | [39] | |
Radio broadcasters
| Country | Network | Language |
|---|---|---|
 Argentina |
ESPN 107,9 FM | Spanish |
| Australia |
3AW (Australian Grand Prix only) | English |
| Brazil |
Bandeirantes-BandNews FM | Portuguese |
| Rádio Globo-CBN | Portuguese | |
| Denmark |
Danmarks Radio | Danish |
| France |
RMC | French |
| Hungary |
Kossuth Rádió | Hungarian |
| Indonesia |
Sindo Trijaya FM | Indonesian |
| Italy |
Rai Radio 1 | Italian |
 Mexico |
W Radio-TDW Radio | Spanish |
| The Netherlands |
NPO Radio 1 | Dutch |
 Slovenia |
Val 202 | Slovene |
| Spain |
Radio Marca | Spanish |
| Cadena SER | Spanish | |
| Cadena COPE | Spanish | |
| United Kingdom |
BBC Radio 5 Live | English |
| BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra | English | |
| United States Canada |
SiriusXM[40] | English |
Official internet broadcasters
| Country | Website | Practice 1 | Practice 2 | Practice 3 | Qualifying | Race | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia |
Tenplay | No | No | No | No | Live | 10 races only. (Australia, Russia, Monaco, Azerbaijan, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico and Abu Dabhi) |
| Fox Sports Australia | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | All races live.[41] | |
| Brazil |
Globo Play | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | |
| SporTV Play | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | ||
| Canada |
TSN GO | No | Live | No | Live | Live | |
| RDS GO | No | No | No | Live | Live | All practices live for Canadian GP. | |
| Croatia |
MAXtv To Go Match | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | |
| Finland |
MTV3 [42] | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | |
| Germany |
RTL | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | |
| Sky Sport [43] | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | ||
| Japan |
DAZN [44] | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | SuperSport | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | |
| Spain |
Antena 3 [45] | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | |
| Esport 3 [46] | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | ||
| Middle East and North Africa | beIN Sports Connect | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | |
| Portugal |
Eurosport Player | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | |
| Sweden |
Viasat | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | |
| United Kingdom |
All 4[8] | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | |
| Sky Sports[47] | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | ||
| United States |
NBC Sports Live Extra | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | |
| Univision NOW | Live | Live | Live | Live | Live | ||
World Feed producers
Current producers
For the 2016 season, only the Monaco Grand Prix is not produced by FOM.
| Grand Prix | Circuit | Broadcaster | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Grand Prix |
Melbourne | FOM | 2004– |
 Bahrain Grand Prix |
Sakhir | FOM | 2004–2010, 2012– |
| Chinese Grand Prix |
Shanghai | FOM | 2004– |
| Russian Grand Prix |
Sochi | FOM | 2014– |
| Spanish Grand Prix |
Catalunya | FOM | 2007– |
 Monaco Grand Prix |
Monte Carlo | TMC | 1961– |
| Canadian Grand Prix |
Montreal | FOM | 2005–2008, 2010– |
| European Grand Prix |
Baku | FOM | 2016– |
| Austrian Grand Prix |
Red Bull Ring | FOM | 2014– |
| British Grand Prix |
Silverstone | FOM | 2007– |
| Hungarian Grand Prix |
Hungaroring | FOM | 2007– |
| German Grand Prix |
Hockenheimring | FOM | 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 |
| Belgian Grand Prix |
Spa-Francorchamps | FOM | 2007– |
| Italian Grand Prix |
Monza | FOM | 2007– |
 Singapore Grand Prix |
Marina Bay | FOM | 2008– |
 Malaysian Grand Prix |
Sepang | FOM | 2004– |
| Japanese Grand Prix |
Suzuka | FOM | 2012– |
| United States Grand Prix |
Circuit of the Americas | FOM | 2012– |
| Mexican Grand Prix |
Mexico City | FOM | 2015– |
| Brazilian Grand Prix |
Interlagos | FOM | 1997–1999, 2008– |
 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix |
Yas Marina | FOM | 2009– |
Former producers (1950–2015)
Below are the previous World Feed Producers for Grands Prix from 1950 until 2015.
- Between 1997 and 1999 the Brazilian GP World Feed was produced by FOM. What was shown was a reduced version of the F1 Digital+ main feed, mainly lacking onboard angles and without the pay per view graphics. Rede Globo continued to produce an alternative National Feed for Brazilian viewers.
- From 2001 to 2003, the Australian Grand Prix was broadcast locally in widescreen (16:9) on Channel 9 Digital (2001-2002) and Channel 10 Digital (2003). For Non-Digital Local viewers, they received a letterbox (16:10 feed in a 4:3 frame) version of the Feed, while international viewers got a standard 4:3 feed. When FOM took over the broadcast in 2004, the local coverage was reverted to 4:3.
- In 2001 and 2002 the US Grand Prix was broadcast locally by ABC Sports. However, they did not ever produce the World Feed.
- In 1991, the French GP was broadcast in France by La Cinq, which held rights for F1.
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Commentators
By zones
Austria
Live broadcasts of Formula One Championship races on ORF are commentated by ORF's sport correspondent Ernst Hausleitner with aid from Alexander Wurz. Occasionally other co-commentators like Adrian Sutil or Christian Klien substituted for Wurz.
For the entire 2015 Formula One season, Pascal Wehrlein was Hausleitner's main co-commentator.
With the beginning of the 2009 Formula One season, Hausleitner took over the Formula 1 commentator position from Heinz Prüller, who is a legend in Austrian television history because of his enthusiasm for the sport and immersion into the races.
Brazil
Live broadcasts of Formula One Championship races in the Globo network has been called by Galvão Bueno, Luís Roberto or Cléber Machado, with Reginaldo Leme and former F1 driver Luciano Burti serving as race analysts. Pit reports are provided by Mariana Becker or Marcelo Courrege.
On SporTV, all the practices, and delayed broadcasts of the qualifying and races, has been called by Sérgio Maurício or Daniel Pereira, with Brazilian motorsports journalists Lito Cavalcanti and Fábio Seixas as analysts.
Bulgaria
Ivan Tenchev, Georgi Ivanov and Momchil Manchev.
Croatia
Live broadcasts of Formula One Championship races on Arenasport which is only available on MAXtv because of exclusive rights and on the MAXtv To Go Match via Internet are commentated by Ivica Blažičko with Neven Novak as co-commentator. Free practice sessions commentating Ante Vetma and Zvonimir Martinčević.
Portugal
Live broadcasts of Formula One Championship races are available on Eurosport (through the Eurosport 2 Xtra channel) as of the 2016 Formula One season, with João Carlos Costa as the lead lap-by-lap commentator, former F1 driver Tiago Monteiro and DTM driver António Félix da Costa as the co-commentators and Pedro Nascimento as the pit reporter.
Spain
In the pay-per-view channel Movistar F1, which holds the rights of the entire championship exclusively in Spain from the 2016 season, the main commentator is journalist Josep Lluis Merlos. Co-commentators are former Arrows, Jaguar, McLaren, Sauber and HRT driver Pedro de la Rosa and F1 engineer Joan Villadelprat, who worked for McLaren, Ferrari, Tyrrell, Benetton (as operations director) and Prost (as team principal). They comment from a TV studio in Madrid, where journalist Iñaki Cano acts as presenter. Pit reporters are female journalists Noemí de Miguel and Sara Moreno, as well as former F1 engineer in Super Aguri and HRT Albert Fàbrega. Also, Ferrari test driver Marc Gené provides analysis from the circuit during some periods throughout the weekend.
In Teledeporte, the sports channel of the Spanish national public TV, which offers a 60-minutes time highlights of every race (except the Spanish Grand Prix, which is shown live in the TVE main channel La 1), journalist Marc Martí is the main commentator, with GP3 Series driver Alex Palou as co-commentator. In the live broadcast of the Spanish Grand Prix, they were joined by FIA World Endurance Championship and former Manor Marussia F1 driver Roberto Merhi and journalist Juan Carlos Garcia, who was the pit reporter.
In Catalan channel TV3, which has the same coverage as TVE, the main commentator is Francesc Latorre, with veteran journalist Francesc Rosés as co-commentator. In the live coverage of the Spanish Grand Prix, they were joined by former HRT and current DTM engineer Arnau Niubó, with journalist Jordi Gil as pit reporter.
Spanish-Speaking Latin America
Live broadcasts of Formula One Championship races on Mediapro-owned Canal F1 Latin America are called by lap-by-lap announcer Christian González Rouco, son of renowned Argentine motorsports journalist Eduardo Gocuntlez Rouco, and grandson and grandnephew, respectively, of Isidro González Longhi and Andrés Rouco, with Colombian motorsports journalist Diego Mejía as race analyst. Pit reports are provided by Spanish sports journalist Nira Juanco, who previously worked on Antena 3's F1 broadcasts, and has been with Canal F1 since its launch in 2015.
Fox Sports, who was formerly the official Latin American Formula 1 broadcaster from the 2002 until the 2014 seasons, broadcasts, in the 2016 season, ten races live and the other eleven races on a delayed basis. The races are called by Argentine motorsports journalist Fernando Tornello, with fellow Argentine motorsports journalist Adrián Puente and Mexican motorsports journalist Luis Manuel "Chacho" López as analysts and Juan Fossaroli handling the pit reports and pre-race interviews.
ESPN broadcasts the highlights show ESPN F1, hosted by Mexican sports journalists Javier Trejo Garay and Adalberto Franco in Mexico and Central America, and by Argentine journalists Martín Urruty, Matías Sánchez and Diego Zorrero in the Spanish-Speaking South America. The show highlights the races, from the practices to the checkered flag and shows interviews with the F1 drivers.
Panamerican Sports Network had broadcasting rights in 2000 and 2001. Prior to that, Formula 1 aired on national broadcasters like Telefe in Argentina and Imevisión in Mexico.
United Kingdom and Ireland
In the UK, Channel 4's commentator is Ben Edwards, co-commentated by ex-F1 driver and 13 time GP winner David Coulthard, with some races a third man commentary team in Mark Webber is used..[48] For Sky Sports F1, David Croft commentates with Martin Brundle.[49] In practice sessions for both broadcasters have the same lead commentators as they do for the races but the co-comentator for Channel 4 is either Karun Chandhok or Tony Dodgins whilst for Sky F1, either Anthony Davidson or Paul Di Resta will co-comentate during practice sessions. Both coverages are also available in the Republic of Ireland. For BBC Radio 5 Live, Jack Nicholls (or Tom Clarkson when Nicholls is unavailable) commentates with Allan McNish or Mark Gallagher.
United States
In the US, NBC's F1 commentary team is formed by lap-by-lap announcer Leigh Diffey and analysts David Hobbs and Steve Matchett. However, they call Monaco, Canada and America on location. Hobbs and Matchett previously worked on F1 broadcasts on the defunct Fox-owned network Speed, along with former F1 lap-by-lap announcer Bob Varsha. Former GP2 commentator Will Buxton serves as pit reporter.
Univision Deportes serves as the official F1 broadcaster for the Spanish Community in the United States, with Sergio Rodriguez handling lap-by-lap commentary, Gustavo Roche handling race analysis and Christina Romero handling pit reports.
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