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[Zekenwolf]

Things might have changed now but passing through Atlanta during the 2011 season very few people had heard of F1 Grand Prix racing in the motel that I was staying in. The Monaco GP was on. The staff helpfully tried the various sports channels but we got nowhere.

[What's Burning?]

In 2011 F1 was on SPEED, and the coverage was decent. It's actually been pretty good for quite some time, basically US commentary over whatever the world feed is. Monaco though was one of the handful of races they showed on delay at noon on Fox, so it's nationally broadcasted, so I'm surprised your weren't able to find it.

[Hammer278]

For some reason we get even practice sessions here now. Star Sports/Eurosport coverage.

[sagi58]

Figlio di puttanta! NBC Sports Network won't be showing qualifying this Saturday because of the pezzo di merda Premeir Leauge Football they'll be running just about the entire day.

is carrying it, up here!!
D'ya have satellite?

[What's Burning?]

Good new for Haas sponsorship.

U.S. Bucks Trend With F1 Viewing Even while Formula One’s television audience drops overall, it managed to grow in the U.S. by 10.1% to 12.6 million viewers last year, according to the sport’s recently released annual media report.

The report also showed that the number of viewers in the U.S. who watched between four and nine races last year increased by 128% while those who watched 10 or more doubled. It adds that NBC Sports Network, which carries the series, “recorded year-on-year increases for every single round shown. On average each race shown on NBCSN attracted 85% more viewers this season when compared to 2013.”

The Canadian Grand Prix, which aired on the main NBC station, drew 3.5 million unique viewers, using the industry-standard measurement of anyone who watched at least 15 non-consecutive minutes of the sport.

The U.S. bucked the sport’s wider trend of declining audiences over the past six years. In that time, the global viewership has slipped steadily from 600 million viewers in 2008 to 425 million in 2014.

The major reason is that over the past three years, the sport has migrated from free-to-air broadcasters to pay channels in a slew of countries. Britain led the way in 2012 Sky Sports began broadcasting all F1 races live while its free-to-air national rival, the BBC, shows only half of them.

[myownalias]

I would suggest that it has risen in the US because unlike many other countries, most people have cable TV or satellite TV service in which NBCSN comes as part of many packages, I know NBCSN is free to many Cox subscribers. Whereas in the UK, Sky TV has a declining viewership as prices rise and Freeview options increase for TV viewership!

[CigarGuy]

NBCSN also carries EPL football from England. ALL matches, LIVE.
Thank you, NBCSN!