The same is true in the US. You have your "free" terrestrial service (BBC, Channel 4, et al. vs the "big four" of ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC funded by ads) that sh

The same is true in the US. You have your "free" terrestrial service (BBC, Channel 4, et al. vs the "big four" of ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC funded by ads) that show a few sporting events on weekends, but for anything beyond that you'll need to have an expensive cable or satellite bundle. For example: the BBC shows some F1 races in their entirety and the rest are aired as highlight packages after-the-fact, while all races are shown on Sky Sports F1. In the US, NBC airs a select few races in their entirety (Monaco, Canada, and the US GP), while NBCSN shows the rest of the races live as well as tape-delay full-race repeats. NBC can be accessed over-the-air for free, but NBCSN is typically an add-on to a cable bundle, so you're paying $60+/mo to have access to that channel for (if you're only an F1 fan) at most 12 hours of content a month.