
Taiwan exclusive live screening of F1 Grand Prix goes awfully wrong
A Formula One racing fan in Kaohsiung spent an eye-watering NT$670 to watch an exclusive livestream of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the theaters on Sunday, which was also the decisive race of the 2025 season. But the experience was so terrible, that they said they’d rather have watched it at home, for free. Let’s see how it all went down.
It’s starting at 9. It’s 8:56 now. What are we up to?
Watching the livestream on our phones!
The last and decisive Formula One Grand Prix race for the 2025 season is about to begin, but there’s still a long line outside the theater.
It’s out of order, so the phone it is.
When the audience was finally seated, there was nothing to see on the big screen, leaving them with no choice but to pull out their phones.
A Formula One fan in Kaohsiung spent NT$670 to watch an exclusive live screening of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. In order to get a good seat, they even arrived two hours before show time, and had to wait another 90 minutes before the theater was scheduled to open, at 8:30 p.m. Things started to go south when it wasn’t open on time, and by the time they were allowed inside, the connection was faulty. They were eventually redirected to another theater, but by then many audience members had gone on to hog seats from others.
Audience
Went to see F1 livestream
It’s likely that there weren’t as many row of seats in the second place, and so many people didn’t sit where they were supposed to. Some people may have originally gotten seats toward the back, but when we changed theaters, they ended up taking the front row. I’d much rather have watched it at home.
The theaters offered some compensation in apology, in the form of free movie vouchers, as well as free meal tickets, by lottery, with a partnering restaurant. However, the movie vouchers expire on Jan. 31, a little over a month from now. Many people found the gesture insincere to say the least.
Member of audience
Commenting on ‘compensation’
It’s really insincere. There shouldn’t even be an expiry date, seeing that it’s compensation.
Member of audience
Commenting on ‘compensation’
It’s really unreasonable. It feels really perfunctory, just for them to say that they’ve compensated us.
The theaters responded by saying that a connection problem interrupted the screening, and so a part of the race was not screened, and that they offer their deepest apologies.
However, audience members aren’t satisfied with the statement, considering that the live screening went wrong in so many ways, not to mention that they had to pay a premium for the exclusive screening rights in Taiwan.
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2025-12-08