F1 TV still in testing phase for Melbourne

Initially announced for March 22, Liberty Media's new online streaming service will ultimately only be available to a limited number of users during the Australian Grand Prix in order to verify that the technique works perfectly.

Published on 22/03/2018 à 03:19

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F1 TV still in testing phase for Melbourne

The digital revolution is still in progress. F1 TV, the digital offer for the world championship Formula 1 was to be launched with great fanfare on the Thursday before the first race of the season in Melbourne. We'll have to wait a little longer.

Ready, F1 TV is almost ready but last minute checks prevent the system from being fully operational this weekend. AUTOhebdo has learned that stress tests will be carried out with a limited panel of Internet users in order to finalize the last details.

Coming to present the product during winter testing in Barcelona, Frank Arthofer, digital director at Liberty, warned that the implementation of a project of this scale generally required 18 months when the new F1 bosses only had of six to be online from Australia. The Californian also specified that the service would only be available on computers initially before being extended to tablets, smartphones, and later to connected TVs.

F1 TV will be divided into two packages: 'Access', which will offer replays, full summaries, and unpublished historical documents, and the premium 'Pro' offer which will also allow you to watch all Grand Prix weekends live.