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N apologizes for F1 broadcast dumpster fire

On the surface of it, Formula 1 couldn’t come to terms with NBC Sports due to F1’s desire to release their own streaming service called F1 TV. Understandably, NBC may not have been too excited to have competition to its NBC Sports Gold App that streams their programming. Was that a catalyst to the breakdown in negotiations? That’s the conventional story I hear. Left without a broadcast package for the US, Formula 1 tacks and offers N the rights for little or no money (from what I have heard). It would be difficult for F1 to ask N to hire on-air talent and a full production staff to put a full-court press on this broadcast package given that you were, in fact, getting ready to launch...
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