U.S. broadcast rights for F1 are up for grabs, and streaming services may be looking to take over.
Formula 1's popularity is surging in the U.S. and a number of suitors may be on the hunt for broadcast rights.reported over the weekend that the U.S. rights for motorsports' top echelon is up for grabs and Amazon, ESPN, NBCUniversal and Netflix are all among the suitors.
According to Insider's sources, F1 is targeting $100 million for the rights. Even though that's still a lot lower than what other major U.S. sports command, ESPN reportedly submitted an opening bid of only around $70 million.Netflix makes a lot of sense due to its global reach and the popularity of its own “Drive to Survive” series which has just
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