Bit late here (just catching up with the forum). I was really disappointed at that F1 news as well. BBC coverage is way better than it was on ITV, and I can't imagine it being good on Sky. I don't even have Sky, and I'm definitely not about to get it for this reason alone.

I tried watching a film last night on cable here in Canada. It was on ABC. OMG, there were adverts every ten minutes, and I swear at one point it was more like every 5 minutes. I don't know how people put up with that kind of thing all the time.