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 Football World Cup and the Olympic Games, with a global audience of 600 million people per race in 2008[1]. Official figures from FOM (Formula One Management), show Formula One television broadcasts are witnessed on average 58 billion times per season.[citation needed]
TV broadcasters all take what is known as the 'World Feed', which since 2007 has been produced by FOM (Formula One Management), for the majority of the rounds of the World Championship. Every race is produced in 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 2009 season, the World Feed will be produced by FOM for every race apart from the Monaco Grand Prix, produced by Télé Monte Carlo.
Three broadcasters provide a service beyond the World Feed, containing elements of the defunct F1 Digital+ service. Sky Italia offers the most comprehensive live service showing two onboard channels, one dedicated exclusively to Ferrari, alongside a live data feed. Premiere provides two additional live channels with the main onboard channel alongside data. For the 2009 season the BBC will carry the same onboard channel as used by Premiere and Sky Italia.[2]
The World Feed is presently not available in High Definition. The Japanese Grand Prix has been broadcast locally in High Definition for the past three seasons, but this has not been made available to broadcasters outside of the country.[citation needed]
[edit] Broadcasters
[edit] 2010 TV Broadcasters
These will be the broadcasters for the 2010 Formula One Season.
[edit] 2009 TV Broadcasters
These were the broadcasters for the 2009 Formula One Season.
[edit] Radio broadcasters
[edit] Official internet broadcasters
[edit] World Feed producers
[edit] Current producers
For the 2009 season, only the Monaco Grand Prix and Japanese Grand Prix are not produced by FOM.
[edit] Former producers (1990 - 2008)
- Below are the previous World Feed Producers for Grands Prix from 1990 until 2008.
- 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. GloboTV continued to produce an alternative National Feed for Brazilian viewers.
- Between 2000 and 2002 the US Grand Prix was broadcast locally by ABC. 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.
| Grand Prix | Circuit | Broadcaster | Year |
 Australian Grand Prix | Adelaide Street Circuit
Albert Park, Melbourne | Nine Network | 1990 - 2002 |
| Australian Grand Prix | Albert Park, Melbourne | Channel 10 | 2003 |
 Argentine Grand Prix | Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez | Telefe | 1995 - 1998 |
 Austrian Grand Prix | A1-Ring | ORF / WIGE | 1997 - 2003 |
 Belgian Grand Prix | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | RTBF | 1990 - 2002, 2004 - 2005 |
 Brazilian Grand Prix | Autódromo José Carlos Pace, Interlagos | Rede Globo | 1990 - 1996, 2000 - 2007 |
| Brazilian Grand Prix | Autódromo José Carlos Pace, Interlagos | F1 Digital+ / FOM | 1997 - 1999 |
 British Grand Prix | Silverstone Circuit | BBC Sport | 1990 - 1996 |
| British Grand Prix | Silverstone Circuit | ITV Sport | 1997 - 2006 |
 Canadian Grand Prix | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | CBC | 1990 - 2004 |
| Canadian Grand Prix | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | FOM | 2005 - 2008 |
 European Grand Prix | Donington Park | BBC Sport | 1993 |
| European Grand Prix | Jerez | Telecinco | 1990, 1994, 1997 |
| European Grand Prix | Nürburgring | RTL Television / WIGE | 1995, 1996, 1999 - 2006 |
 French Grand Prix | Paul Ricard
Circuit de Nevers | TF1 | 1990 - 2006 |
| French Grand Prix | Circuit de Nevers | FOM | 2007 - 2008 |
 German Grand Prix | Hockenheimring | RTL Television / WIGE | 1990 - 2006 |
 Hungarian Grand Prix | Hungaroring | MTV Hungary | 1990 - 1999 |
| Hungarian Grand Prix | Hungaroring | RTL Television / WIGE | 2000 - 2006 |
 Italian Grand Prix | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | RAI | 1990 - 2006 |
 Japanese Grand Prix | Suzuka Circuit
Fuji Speedway | Fuji Television | 1987 - 2008 |
 Luxembourg Grand Prix | Nürburgring | RTL Television / WIGE | 1997 - 1998 |
 Malaysian Grand Prix | Sepang International Circuit | TV3 / RTM | 1999 - 2004 |
| Pacific Grand Prix | Tanaka International Circuit | Fuji Television | 1994 - 1995 |
 Portuguese Grand Prix | Estoril | RTP | 1990 - 1996 |
 San Marino Grand Prix | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | RAI | 1990 - 2006 |
 South African Grand Prix | Kyalami | DStv | 1992 - 1993 |
 Spanish Grand Prix | Jerez
Circuit de Catalunya | TV3 | 1990 - 2006 |
 United States Grand Prix | Phoenix | ESPN | 1990 - 1991 |
| United States Grand Prix | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Fox | 2000 |
| United States Grand Prix | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | ESPN | 2001 |
| United States Grand Prix | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | F1 Digital+ / FOM | 2002 |
| United States Grand Prix | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Speed Channel | 2003 - 2004 |
| United States Grand Prix | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | FOM | 2005 - 2007 |
[edit] Current announcers
| Country | TV Network | Commentator | Color commentator(s) | Pit Reporter(s) | Studio anchor | Studio analysts |
| Australia | One/Network Ten | Jonathan Legard (From BBC) | Martin Brundle (From BBC) | Ted Kravitz and Lee McKenzie (From BBC) | Greg Rust | Cameron McConville* |
| Austria | ORF1 | Ernst Hausleitner | Alex Wurz | | | |
| Belgium | Canvas/Canvas+ | Stefaan Lammens | Sammy Neyrinck | | | |
| Belgium | La Deux | Gaetan Vigneron | Jacky Eeckelaert | | Gaetan Vigneron | Jacky Eeckelaert and Bas Leinders |
| Brazil | Rede Globo | Galvão Bueno | Reginaldo Leme and Luciano Burti | Mariana Becker and/or Carlos Gil | | |
| Canada | RDS | Pierre Houde | Bertrand Houle | Christian Tortora | | |
| Canada | TSN | Jonathan Legard (From BBC) | Martin Brundle (From BBC) | Ted Kravitz and Lee McKenzie (From BBC) | Vic Rauter | |
| Cyprus | LTV | Frixos Masouras | Stelios Vanezos | | | |
| Finland | MTV3 MAX/MTV3 | Oskari Saari (MAX) Matti Kyllönen (MTV3) | JJ Lehto (MAX) Erkki Mustakari (MTV3) | Timo Pulkkinen (MAX) | | |
| France | TF1/Eurosport | Christophe Malbranque (TF1)-(Eurosport) | Jean-Louis Moncet, Jacques Laffite (TF1)-(Eurosport) | Denis Brogniart, Marion Jollès (TF1)-(Eurosport) | | |
| Germany | RTL Television | Heiko Waßer | Christian Danner | Kai Ebel | Florian König | Niki Lauda |
| Germany | sky Deutschland | Jacques Schulz | Marc Surer | Tanja Bauer | Peter Lauterbach | Keke Rosberg |
| Italy | Rai Uno/Rai Due | Gianfranco Mazzoni | Ivan Capelli | Ettore Giovannelli and Stella Bruno | Federica Balestrieri | Cesare Fiorio and Jean Alesi |
| Japan | Fuji TV | Tsuneo Shiobara, Takahiro Nishioka, Yohei Takeshita, and Kazushige Fukunaga | Ukyo Katayama, Masahiko Kondo, and Motoyasu Moriwaki | | | |
| Japan | Fuji TV Next | Daiki Tanaka, Yutaka Hasegawa, Koji Oana, Tsuneyuki Shimoda, and Fuji TV Commentators | Kazuhito Kawai, Motoyasu Moriwaki, Jun Imamiya, Shigenori Ogura, and Tetsuo Tsugawa | | | |
| Latin America | Fox Sports | Fernando Tornello | Juan Fazzini and Adrián Puente | | | |
| Malaysia/Singapore | ESPN Star Sports | Steve Slater | Alex Yoong | Sanjeev Palar | Steve Dawson / Paula Malai Ali | Alex Yoong |
| Netherlands | RTL 7 | Olav Mol | | | Olav Mol | Allard Kalff |
| Norway | Viasat Motor/Viasat Sport | Atle Guldbrandsen/Henning Isdal | Thomas Schie/Stein Pettersen/Stian Sørli/Harald Huysman | | | |
| Poland | Polsat/Polsat Sport Extra | Andrzej Borowczyk and Maurycy Kochański | | | Włodzimierz Zientarski | Maurycy Kochański |
| Slovenia | POP TV | Miran Ališič | Franci Jerančič | | | | |
| Spain | laSexta | Antonio Lobato | Pedro de la Rosa and Víctor Seara | Nira Juanco and Jacobo Vega | | |
| Sweden | TV6 / Viasat Motor | Janne Blomquist | Eje Elgh | Frida Nordstrand | | |
| Taiwan | ESPN Star Sports | Robin Kung Huai Chu / He Xin | Hanss Lin / Ibiza Wang | | Robin Kung Huai Chu / He Xin | Robin Kung Huai Chu | | |
| Turkey | TRT 1 | Serhan Acar | Serhan Acar | Enver Hasanoglu | Okay Karacan | Poyraz Savci | | |
| United Kingdom | BBC | Jonathan Legard | Martin Brundle | Ted Kravitz and Lee McKenzie | Jake Humphrey | David Coulthard and Eddie Jordan |
| United States | SPEED/FOX | Bob Varsha | David Hobbs and Steve Matchett | Peter Windsor | | |
- * - Note, occasionally Cameron McConville has not attended as he is racing in the V8 Supercars Series, so MotoGP analysis Daryl Beattie fills in for Cam.
[edit] FIA Press Conference Moderators
- Formula One Management provide a unilateral post-qualifying and post-race press conference for the world feed. Since its inception, these moderators have asked the questions:
[edit] References
