Fuji TV and DAZN disappear from the broadcast information page on the F1 official page …[F1-Gate.com]

The names of Fuji TV and DAZN have disappeared from the broadcast information page of the F1 official website, and have been changed to “TBC”. The viewing of the 2023 F1 World Championship in Japan is a worrying situation. Regarding F1 broadcasting in Japan, Fox Sports signed a contract for the East Asia region from 2016 to 2022, and Fuji TV and DAZN acquired the broadcasting rights in the form of a sublicense. However, Fox Sports was acquired by Disney and withdrew from Asia in the middle of 2021.

As a result, Fuji TV and DAZN, which have been broadcasting F1 in Japan so far, have to make a direct contract, but the broadcasting rights fee is soaring, and I do not know what kind of judgment will be made. situation. Until the beginning of February, on the broadcast information page of the F1 official website, Fuji TV and DAZN were listed for Japan, but it has been changed to “TBC (confirmation)”. By the way, TBC is written on the F1 official website only for seven regions: Greece, Israel, Latin America, Malta, Myanmar, Romania and Vietnam. Fuji TV’s Twitter account dedicated to motor sports announced in early January that F1 broadcasting would continue in 2023 along with the F1 schedule, but no information has been released since then. Regarding DAZN, we have prepared a page that lists the F1 schedule for 2023 and also distributes F1 news, etc., but the exchanges with users who are “undecided” are published on SNS information, and it is a worrying situation. It’s becoming However, “TBC (confirming)” is often used in situations where it has already been decided and confirmed, but the final confirmation has not been obtained. I just hope that it has been confirmed with Fuji TV and NDAN in the same sense.