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RTL blocked from China GP broadcast amid rights row

Mar.19 German broadcaster RTL's planned free-to-air coverage of the Chinese GP was scrapped at short notice amid a growing rights dispute involving Formula 1 and Austrian television networks. RTL had initially scheduled the Shanghai race for broadcast and even prepared to send a crew to the paddock, but pulled out just days before the event. 'On the Monday before the race, the message came from Cologne: ‘We're not coming,'' reported Bild. One issue is that RTL has yet to finalise its contract with rights holder Sky, which allows it to air a limited number of races this season. But Bild claims a separate conflict is at the heart of the problem – the so-called 'spill-over'...
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