f1-Broadcasting changes

Formula One broadcasters change

Country	2008	2009
United Kingdom	ITV	BBC
Norway	TV3 and Viasat SportN	Viasat Motor
Spain	Telecinco and TV3	Mediapro (laSexta), IB3 and TV3
Bulgaria	BTV	TV7 and BTV
India	ESPNStar alliance	ESPN Star Sports
Malaysia	Pay-TV Astro	ESPN Star Sports and ntv7
Denmark	TV2	TV3 Puls
Greece	Alpha TV	ANT1
Russia	Ren-TV	RTR Sport
Turkey	CNN Türk	TRT
Latvia	LNT	TV3 and Viasat Sport Baltic
Ukraine	Megasport	K1
Middle East	Al Jazeera Sports	Bahrain Sports
Sweden	Viasat Sport and TV6	Viasat Motor
Estonia	TV3	TV3 and Viasat Sport Baltic
Canada	Speed - Licensed from TSN	TSN and TSN2

Broadcasting changes

* The BBC regain coverage of Formula One in the United Kingdom after losing it to ITV in 1997. The deal will last for five years and includes TV, radio and online coverage rights. Jake Humphrey presents the programme, with Jonathan Legard and Martin Brundle (swapping from ITV) doing the race commentary. Ted Kravitz joined the BBC to continue his role in the pit lane, and is joined by Lee McKenzie. David Coulthard and Eddie Jordan act as TV pundits, with Murray Walker doing a similar job on the BBC website.[111] The broadcaster confirmed the details of coverage on 25 February 2009,[112] including the return of iconic theme tune "The Chain" by Fleetwood Mac.[113]
* In Spain, Telecinco loses the F1 coverage rights in favor of Mediapro, major shareholder of LaSexta.[114]
* In Bulgaria, TV7 have acquired the coverage rights for the 2009, 2010 and 2011 seasons from bTV.[115]
* ESPN Star Sports has agreed to a new five-year deal for the exclusive rights to broadcast Formula One in 24 Asian countries, including India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and South Korea.[116]
* In Sweden, Viasat extends its broadcasting rights through 2011. The broadcast will be moved to the new motorsports channel Viasat Motor, but qualifications and race summaries will be on TV6 as well. This is the first time races aren't broadcast on free-to-view channel in Sweden.[117]
* In Denmark, TV3 Puls replaces TV2.
* In Greece, ANT1 has acquired the coverage rights for the next three years, replacing Alpha TV.[118]
* In Russia, RTR Sport replaces Ren-TV.[119]
* In Australia, Ten and its subsidiary One will cover the season. One will be launched on the weekend of the Australian GP. One will broadcast all races and qualifying live when possible. Hosted by Greg Rust and Cameron McConville, who cross to the BBC telecast.
* In Latvia, TV3 and Viasat Sport Baltic have bought the rights for showing live races for three years, replacing LNT, which had broadcast Formula One races for more than ten years.
* In Ukraine, K1 replaces Megasport.
* In Middle East, Bahrain Sports replaces Al Jazeera Sports.[120]
* In Turkey, TRT replaces CNN Türk.
* In Canada, TSN replaces Speed. Although TSN has had the rights for some time, it licensed the broadcasts in Canada to SpeedTV. For 2009 TSN has decided to broadcast the races themselves using the BBC Feed on their two stations TSN and TSN2.