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Sky New Zealand set to lose F1 broadcasting rights beyond 2018

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand looks set to lose rights to the Formula 1 World Championship according to the New Zealand Herald. The newspaper had mentioned Sky did enter a bid for the rights from the 2019 season, but this was ultimately rejected as the bid was not competitive enough to be able to retain their right to broadcast F1 in the area. Sky will show the remainder of the 2018 F1 season, however, it is understood to have been concerned over a fall in ratings owing to later start times introduced for European races and the availability of official highlights via social media platform Facebook. A lot of F1 fans have instead been using the Facebook highlights package which...
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