NOVEMBER 23, 2002
Ecclestone confirms the end of pay-per-view
As we predicted would happen earlier this week Bernie Ecclestone has now confirmed that his pay-per-view TV service is to end. Ecclestone will now concentrate on building up the traditional free-to-air television business
It remains to be seen whether Ecclestone can coax as much money from the terrestrial broadcasters as he has been able to do from the pay-per-view and terrestrial stations combined but the good news is that the F1 TV show is going to dramatically improve as a result of the news and so the sliding TV viewer numbers should begin to grow again, particularly if there is a little more competition to Ferrari in 2003.