So this weekend its the Monaco GP and the PGA championship both of which used to be covered live by the BBC,isnt it fun paying your TV licence to fund the huge wage packets to useless presenters
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So this weekend its the Monaco GP and the PGA championship both of which used to be covered live by the BBC,isnt it fun paying your TV licence to fund the huge wage packets to useless presenters.
So this weekend its the Monaco GP and the PGA championship both of which used to be covered live by the BBC,isnt it fun paying your TV licence to fund the huge wage packets to useless presenters.
Sky sports subscription is definitely worth it. I defo get my moneys worth
This. Aviva Premiership Final, Champions League Final and Super League Wild Weekend this weekend too...SPORT OVERLOAD! GOD BLESS SKY SPORTS!
Yeah god bless Sky for paying so much to show these sports events we cant get them on free to air TV.![]()
Yeah god bless Sky for paying so much to show these sports events we cant get them on free to air TV.![]()
MotoGP disappearing from the Beeb next year...
Good! They should never have had it since they couldn't be bothered to cover it properly; relegating it to the red button, starting coverage mere seconds before the start, ending before the podium etc. I hope Eurosport are getting it back - they knew what it was all about!
Nope... Going to BT... So if you wish to watch it you'll need to be a subsciber to their broadband service or shell out to subscribe to their satellite service...
If Sky didn't insist on bidding for sole broadcasting rights then there would be an option to choose your broadcaster of choice. Those who think Sky is great could pay through the nose to watch that and the rest could watch the BBC.
But then, of course, Sky wouldn't have the monopoly that forces those who can afford it to pay the ridiculous prices they charge, but then I suppose the Premier League footballers deserve all this money.
I seem to remember in the early days of Sky how Murdoch used to complain about the monopoly that the BBC had.
Flip side, do you really think that Golf, Darts, Snooker, heck even Rugby League, would have built in to the popular sports that they are currently (with the money that goes with the prizes, attracting the best players) if it had been left to BBC and other FTA providers?
Depends on how you measure popularity, How many watched Taylor beat Davis when it was on the BBC compared to how many watch snooker on Sky (is it even on Sky??). Snooker is no where near as popular now than it was in the 80s with the general public. How many watch the open golf on the BBC compared with the masters or even the Ryder Cup on Sky? Absolutely no argument that there is more money in the sports, but does that equal popularity and interest from the general public?
I will say one thing in that had the Ryder Cup been televised on the BBC then I bet it would have encouraged a lot more people to give golf a try than it did by being screened on Sky.