This is the end of Formula 1 on RTL!
When the broadcaster lost the broadcasting rights to Sky from 2021, four races were initially secured as a sublicense for 2021 and 2022. But now the private broadcaster is getting out completely!
An RTL spokesman confirmed when asked by BILD: “We have decided not to broadcast individual Formula 1 races in 2023. Our focus on free TV is football and our newly acquired NFL rights.”
Background: RTL wanted to show more than the four races per year. In addition, the broadcaster was not willing to pay the required sum (around ten million euros) for the rights.
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Sky is now looking for a new partner for the coming season (start March 5)! The top interested parties should be ProSieben and ARD/ZDF. Formula 1 in public service? That would be the next bang!
From 2025, Sky (which holds the rights until 2027) only has to broadcast one race – a German home Grand Prix, if there is one – on free-to-air television.