Switzerland Drops Live F1 Television Coverage

[SurfaceUnits]

Swiss broadcaster SRG has announced that it is cancelling live coverage of F1 from next season in an attempt to save money.

http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=30414

[cameraman]

Makes you wonder what Swiss TV was getting charged. It is such a small market, there are only 7.5 million people in the whole country so it would not take much for them to get killed financially.

[eiregosod]

same thing happened here in Ireland when Jordan GP was sold. F1 got replaced with MotoGP, and F1 is on a satellite channel.

[NismoZ]

They're just getting ready to announce a ChampCar deal so they can showcase Neel Jani.;)