Sky Sports has extended its deal to remain 'the home of Formula 1' in the UK and Ireland until 2024 in a deal which will bring to an end live free-to-air coverage of the sport. The subscription-based broadcaster originally secured the exclusive broadcast rights to Formula 1 for the 2012 season but agreed a deal with the BBC, which permitted the free-to-air broadcaster to show ten races live and the remainder as a delayed highlights package. That same deal has now been taken up by Channel 4, with the UK broadcaster seeing out the remainder of the BBC's original seven-year contract. Sky's new deal will eventually put an end to live free-to-air coverage once Channel 4's deal...
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