Formula One to delay HD coverage until 2012 14/06/2010 |
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Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has told Formula One fans that they will have to wait until 2012 to watch the sport in High Definition.
Ecclestone is confident that F1 has the necessary technology to provide HD pictures but is waiting to talk with broadcasters before making a decision.
"We don't want to broadcast unless people want it," Ecclestone told AUTOSPORT. "I asked in England, the BBC, about it - how many people can receive it? They said about 20 per cent of the viewers who watch F1.
"Then I want to make sure that what we produce is top quality. Before we start seeing the top-top quality that we want, I would say it will probably be 2012 before we can guarantee it.
"I said to the broadcasters, are you going to get more viewers, will more people watch F1 because it is HD or will less people watch it because it isn't? They really need to have a check and see who has got the right televisions.
"I don't think the average public realise that it is not the television, they have to have something to receive it as well. It is like producing a colour signal when people only have black-and-white sets."
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