{"id":13076,"date":"2025-07-09T12:04:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T12:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=13076"},"modified":"2025-07-09T12:04:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T12:04:05","slug":"apple-in-talks-to-acquire-us-broadcasting-rights-for-formula-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=13076","title":{"rendered":"Apple in talks to acquire US broadcasting rights for Formula 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Apple Inc. (AAPL.O) is reportedly in discussions to acquire the US\u00a0broadcast rights for Formula 1 starting next year.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report from the Financial Times, the F1 broadcasting\u00a0deal runs until 2026.<\/p>\n<p>This move comes after the success of Apple&#8217;s high-profile racing film, F1: The Movie, which has generated $293 million at the box office and has become Apple&#8217;s biggest theatrical release, as per CNBC.<\/p>\n<p>The tech giant is looking to challenge ESPN, currently owned by Disney, for the exclusive Formula 1 rights in the US from 2026 onwards, the report suggests, citing insiders familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<p>While the report has yet to be confirmed by Reuters, it follows growing interest in F1 content, which has seen a surge in popularity.<\/p>\n<p>The increased demand is partly due to Netflix&#8217;s Formula 1: Drive to Survive series, which significantly raised the profile of the sport in the US. The success of the Netflix series has created a new wave of interest that Apple hopes to leverage in securing the broadcast rights.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, reports earlier this year indicated that Netflix is also vying for the US\u00a0broadcasting rights from the 2026 season, following the expiry of ESPN&#8217;s exclusivity period for negotiations with Formula 1.<\/p>\n<p>Neither Apple nor Formula 1 have responded to requests for comments from Reuters.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple Inc. (AAPL.O) is reportedly in discussions to acquire the US\u00a0broadcast rights for Formula 1 starting next year. According to a report from the Financial Times, the F1 broadcasting\u00a0deal runs until 2026. This move comes after the success of Apple&#8217;s high-profile racing film, F1: The Movie, which has generated $293 million at the box office [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13076\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}