Just a few bits of housekeeping worth letting you know about:

– You can now contact me via e-mail, the e-mail address is thef1broadcastingblog AT gmail DOT com, replacing the AT and DOT with the suitable symbols.
– I have adjusted the categories, specifically “‘The Verdict so Far’ series” category now has two sub-categories, one for April 2012 and one for August 2012. That is because, from next Tuesday, I will start pushing my mid-season F1 Broadcasting review online. Most of the content in the blogs will be taken from the April blogs, but will be updated and adapted where necessary.
– The Twitter outlook and the weekly Sky Sports F1 ratings posts will continue through the Summer break as usual. The Twitter counters for the past few weeks have been taken on Tuesday’s due to being on holiday, but I expect that to revert to Monday as of next week.
– The News Articles posts after each race are no longer, mainly because it was link farming, and in my opinion did not really add much to the blog, so I have ditched it.

Those of you that read my Twitter will know that the blog has broken 7,000 hits, which I think is fantastic for a relatively niche topic. I was unsure in April whether the blog would take off or slide into oblivion, and I am glad to see that it has taken off, slowly, but surely. Thank you to all of you that have read the blog, and I hope the blog continues to be a sucess.

Last night I wrote my 99th post for this blog, which means that this is post number 100.

I started the blog off in April, but I was never sure whether it would continue, or whether people would read. I am extremely pleased that even three months on, the blog is still going and getting stronger. Since April, the blog has received over 5,000 hits, which, for a F1 Broadcasting blog, is definitely a big achievement.

Here are the top 10 posts that have received the most views:

– 10. A few movers and shakers for this weekend and Silverstone, June 22nd
– 9. Canadian Grand Prix ratings hit six year low, June 11th
– 8. Ecclestone suggests the end is near for BBC F1… or is it?, June 7th
– 7. Scheduling: The German Grand Prix, July 14th
– 6. The benefits of putting Indy 500 on Sky Sports F1, May 23rd
– 5. British Grand Prix holds up well against Murray onslaught, July 9th
– 4. Monaco Grand Prix ratings suffer under British heat, May 28th
– 3. Scheduling: The British Grand Prix, June 28th
– 2. McLaren launch animation unit with new animation series ‘Tooned’ on Sky Sports F1, July 6th
– 1. Tom Clarkson doing Lee McKenzie’s job this weekend, June 9th

Another set of posts worth posting is what began this blog back in April, ‘The Verdict so Far’ posts, which apply just as much now as they did back then.

I also should thank everyone that has read the blog so far, and I hope the blog grows further into the future!

Thank you for visiting this blog. This blog will mainly focus on the broadcasting aspects within Formula 1 as well as the people behind the broadcasting. As an avid Formula 1 fan since 1999 (then the age of 7!), I’ve been thinking about doing a Formula 1 blog for a while, but have not really been sure in what format to do it in. I didn’t want to do the ordinary ‘blog every day, write about the race and what was good and bad about it’, because let’s be honest, that’s covered in the majority of the other Formula 1 blogs. Some of which, are well worth a read.

But when I noticed that the F1 Broadcasting URL was free on WordPress, it was too good an opportunity to turn down, so ‘grabbed’ the URL while it was available. I don’t plan to update this blog every day, but do plan to update it periodically with my thoughts and rambles on the broadcasting aspects. Inevitably, I will discuss the racing at one or two points, or if there is something I have a strong opinion on, which is ‘too big for a forum post’.

Which brings me on to another point. If you’re reading this, chances are, you have already read my posts elsewhere. I’m a frequent contributor on Digital Spy and Autosport Forums, so if you think the posting style is similar, you’re definitely not mistaken, in the words of one broadcasting legend. If you haven’t seen my posts on there, then chances are, you’ve grabbed this off a link on Twitter. And if  you’ve found this from Google (other search engines available), then a warm welcome to you too.

Enjoy!