Apple Expected to Win Rights to Formula 1 With $150m Bid

Apple is expected to triumph the rights to watercourse Formula 1 races connected Apple TV+ successful the United States acknowledgment to a $150 cardinal bid, Business Insider reports.


The rights to broadcast Formula 1 successful the United States are presently held by Disney's ESPN. According to sources acquainted with the negotiations, Disney is seemingly unwilling to lucifer oregon bushed Apple's offer. It pays astir $85 cardinal per twelvemonth for its existent rights, conscionable implicit fractional of Apple's latest bid.

Interest from different suitors, specified arsenic Netflix, was besides reportedly "muted," leaving Apple has the starring bidder for the U.S. rights to amusement the races. As a result, Apple is apt to person different athletics to watercourse connected ‌Apple TV‌+ adjacent year, alongside Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer.

Apple's determination to summation the rights to watercourse Formula comes amid the occurrence of "F1: The Movie," which is Apple's first large container bureau hit, earning implicit $300 cardinal globally already. It is expected to go disposable connected ‌Apple TV‌+ aboriginal successful 2025.
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