Will Liberty takeover change MotoGP’s TV broadcast rights?

Liberty Media do not intend to sell television🐼 rights for MotoGP and Formula 1 as one package.
The US-based empire announced a takeover of MotoGP ℱthis week, meaning the world’s top two-wheel and four-wheel championships are under the same banner.
Aꦑmong the questions put to Liberty Media was a🗹 query about how television deals will be distributed.
Greg Maffei, Liberty CEO, insisted that regulatory issues would prevent them selling TV rights to MotoGPඣ and F1 as a single entity.
"One thing we will not be doing is negotiating MotoGP and Form✤ula 1 together,” Maffei said.
“Both becaus🔯e of the regulatory issues, and because of𒀰 the structure of our deal with our F1 partners.
"So that's a non-starter.
“I꧋ would think Liberty has insights into how the media landscape is evolving, and how to make the product appealing to media partners outside of the traditional bases of Ita🍸ly, Spain and France.
“And to help grow in🔯 those other mar♛kets. I think we have some insights on that."
In the UK, TNT Sports have the TV꧒ rights for MotoGP while Sky Sports broadcast F1.
🌊In the US, MotoGP also 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 was a sports journalist aꦑt Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.