Jumping on the Tube at Euston Station last Saturday, I sat next to a fan in an Arsenal shirt who delighted in watching Chelsea’s struggles against Hull live on his mobile phone.

British television comes with some bizarre rules. The TV licence fee is one that always divides opinion, but there’s another that’s existed since the 1960s: the Saturday football broadcast blackout.

UPDATE 2:40 p.m.: In the wake of the rain delay, Indianapolis Motor Speedway President Doug Boles announced that the local TV blackout for NBC affiliates has been lifted when the race begins.