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ITV poised to swoop if BBC pulls out of F1 deal
ITV is expected to take over the Formula 1 free-to-air coverage in the United Kingdom from the BBC next year as it ends its broadcast contract three years early due to cost-cutting measures. The corporation is poised to announce it will end its current broadcasting deal with F1 in which it pays an estimated £12 million a year in a partnership with Sky Sports which runs until the end of the 2018 season. The decision has been sparked by the BBC's large-scale cutbacks which has seen it already lose exclusive rights to show the rugby union's 6 Nations and golf's The Open Championship. BBC returned to broadcasting F1 in 2009 after a 12-year gap when ITV held exclusive rights to the series and...
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