Will Liberty takeover change MotoGP’s TV broadcast rights?

Liberty Media do not intend to sell televisi🔜on rights for MotoGP and Formula 1 as one package.
The US-based empire annou🐽nced a takeover of MotoGP this week, meaning the world’s top two-wheel and four-whee🎃l championships are under the same banner.
Among the questions put to Liberty Media was a query about 🍨how television deals will be distribไuted.
Greg Maffei, Liberty CEO, insisted that regulatory i꧃ssues would prevent them🀅 selling TV rights to MotoGP and F1 as a single entity.
"O🧔ne thing we will not be doing is negotiating MotoGP and Formula 1 together,” Maffei said.
“Both because of the regulatory issues, and because of the structure of our deal🐠 with our F1 pa🌱rtners.
"So that's a non-starter.
“I would think Liberty has insights into how th✱e media landscape is evolving, and how to make the product appealing to media partners outside of the traꦇditional bases of Italy, Spain and France.
“And to help grow in those other markets. I think🍌 we have some 💧insights on that."
In the UK, TNT Sports 🃏have the TV rights for MotoGP while Sky Sports broadcas✨t F1.
In the US, MotoGP alsಞo partnered with TNT Sports in a fresh deal💎 that was announced ahead of the season-opening grand prix.
ESPN show F1 in the United States.
None of these👍 🌠television deals will be impacted this season, after the takeover of MotoGP by Liberty.

James wജas a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from Am♛erican sports, to football, to F1.