Dieter Rencken's numbers came from tax details filed with the British Government and from the teams themselves, as such they can be considered relatively accurate, though obviously given that McLaren and Ferrari's race teams are part of a wider group there's some room to maneuver there. It should be pointed out that Tata Communication are in a partnership agreement with FOM and it's them that do the investement and development on things like 4K TV. As for HD, it was the fans that pushed that agenda after years of complaint of being so far behind other sports. I wouldn't say Bernie actually listened to them but that by 2010 it was obvious F1 was going to be loosing out without it. The world of F1 would have been better off if that idiot Moseley hadn't sold on the 113 years TV rights to Bernie for 1% of their value and left it with the FIA, maybe not perfect, but a damn site better than what we've got now.
The last concorde agreement actually expired around 2009, but was extended by agreement of all parties to the end of 2012. Rather than FOTA and Bernie/FOM not coming to an agreement, he saw Ferrari and Red Bull falling out and swooped to offer them a huge incentave to stay on in the championship and then worked through the rest of the teams offering them progressively less for each team based on how important he felt they were. He didn't even offer HRT anything, effectively forcing them to close as the team was unsellable having no comercial agreement in place. Yes, overall the teams are getting more money now than they were under the old Concorde, but it's all concentrated to Ferrari, Red Bull and McLaren, whilst Williams and Mercedes get considerably less then the other teams get a small amount based solely on their Constructors Championship position.
In a world where TV and trackside viewing figures are dropping, Bernie flat out refuses to give a damn about the internet and FOM, the promoter, doesn't do anything to promote the sport, it's become increasingly difficult to sell the sport to TV companies (a loss of revenue here directly impacts FOM/CVC) and sponsors which makes it exceptionally difficult for the teams to attract the finances they need to keep going. Add to that that F1 itself has become a competetor for those few sponsors going.
Anyone that can't see anything wrong with this is clearly blind.
Thanks for clarifying and adding the detail.
My take on the bolded bit is that Bernie has backed himself into a corner. He has been (cleverly and, perhaps, correctly) been protecting the medium term life of F1 by selling long-term contracts. He's maximised the revenue from those contracts by adding penalty clauses for early termination, but most importantly, by giving the buyer exclusivity. It is that which is making it difficult for F1 to expand into the world of the internet. Maybe as those contracts expire it might come about.
