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US centric post:
Apple TV bought the rights for F1 starting in 2026 for 5 years, that follows on their investment in the F1 movie..

"F1 TV Premium, the racing group’s existing streaming service, will continue to be available in the U.S. via an Apple TV subscription only, but it will be free for those who sign up that way. "

I am not 100% sure what the above means to those of us with F1TV currently, convoluted sentence - guess like in other countries where someone buys the rights, you can no longer subscribe directly to F1TV or need a VPN- will they take the F1TV feed lock stock, or what? but it means it will not be on ESPN or wherever it is now for folks on cable (it's not all bad, F1TV feed is much quieter than shouty Crofty)...

So Apple TV vs F1TV "included" costs about 2x as much per year overall than just F1Tv, but you do get apple TV also (so 1/2 off kinda) which has some decent shows here and there (silo, slow horses, invasion, ted lasso, etc).. Hmm... We'll bit$# next year I guess.. See what it looks like.