Who has time to watch test cricket ? Most people are at work when it's on in this country. Put your radio on.
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The British Open
- Thread starter Hillian1
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Who has time to watch test cricket ? Most people are at work when it's on in this country. Put your radio on.
The Legend that IS Lawro
It's 'canard' Del
Got to say I'd much rather have the Golf than Wimbledon. I would not mind paying more of a Licence Fee if they binned things like Strictly, Eastenders and new ways to cook a Bolognese, more money going towards important things such as Sport.
All down to opinion I guess.
All down to opinion I guess.
tigertim68
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- Sep 3, 2012
- 2,321
Every household pays over a £140 per year , which is a huge budget bigger than sky and bt , it' needs to live in the real world and have its license fee removed and see how it copes
- Jun 27, 2012
- 13,881
Sky, BT have more revenue per year now than the BBC licence fee revenue + commercial income. So bigger budgets than bbc.
£145.50 per year is about £3 a week. Less than an albion programme. Lower than any sky subscription and pays for 8 TV channels, 12 national radio stations, iplayer, the world service and Johnny Cantor's commentaries on radio sussex 46 times a year.
That's odd, as I do research into broadcasting, and I'm sure the last figures revealed
BT had total revenue of £18.1 billion
Sky had total revenue of £7.6 billion
BBC had total revenue of £5.1 billion
Where did you get your figures from?
drew
Drew
Not sure why a dedicated sports channel would have made a difference, their overall budget would be the same.
jamie the seagull
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- Jul 27, 2011
- 2,803
What have the BBC got to do with sport?
They are more than happy to pay Hanson £3 million a year to talk nothing on MOTD but not spend anything on auctions to keep sport.
The Open is on the protected list but in Group B which means only the highlights are free to air..
Group A (Full live coverage protected)
Olympic Games
Fifa World Cup finals
European Football Championship finals
FA Cup final
Scottish FA Cup final (protected in Scotland)
Grand National
Epsom Derby
Wimbledon tennis finals
Rugby League Challenge Cup Final
Rugby World Cup final
Group B (Highlights only on free-to-air TV)
This secondary list would be scrapped.
England's home cricket Test matches
Other matches, excluding finals, at Wimbledon Championships
Other matches, excluding final, at Rugby World Cup
Six Nations matches involving home countries
Commonwealth Games
World Athletics Championships
Cricket World Cup - final, semi-finals and matches involving home nations
Ryder Cup
Open golf championship
They are more than happy to pay Hanson £3 million a year to talk nothing on MOTD but not spend anything on auctions to keep sport.
The Open is on the protected list but in Group B which means only the highlights are free to air..
Group A (Full live coverage protected)
Olympic Games
Fifa World Cup finals
European Football Championship finals
FA Cup final
Scottish FA Cup final (protected in Scotland)
Grand National
Epsom Derby
Wimbledon tennis finals
Rugby League Challenge Cup Final
Rugby World Cup final
Group B (Highlights only on free-to-air TV)
This secondary list would be scrapped.
England's home cricket Test matches
Other matches, excluding finals, at Wimbledon Championships
Other matches, excluding final, at Rugby World Cup
Six Nations matches involving home countries
Commonwealth Games
World Athletics Championships
Cricket World Cup - final, semi-finals and matches involving home nations
Ryder Cup
Open golf championship
Not if they had brought in subscriptions and bought sport forward like Sky's injection of cash has. It's not just football is it ?
So many sports get covered now because of Sky. They are not the devil.
Anyway just won a bundle on the greyhounds with the live Newcastle meeting and now back to Roma v Fiorentina.
Dick Knights Mumm
Take me Home Falmer Road
Were I in charge of BBC contracts I would have presenters bid to front BBC progs.
downham seagull
New member
It's "The Open" not the British Open
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
- 30,570
What IS the British Open?
vegster
Sanity Clause
- May 5, 2008
- 27,892
But incredibly richer.
looney
Banned
- Jul 7, 2003
- 15,652
The BBC has been geared for women for years, hence the decline in all sports and a rise in soaps ad homely stuff. Even staff employed there are about 80% female.
If I had to describe the organisation, politicly, culturally and representavly I would call it leftwing, odd and not-british.
If I had to describe the organisation, politicly, culturally and representavly I would call it leftwing, odd and not-british.
East Preston Gull
New member
Baking, sewing, and dancing. What a load of shit. They gave up my Formula 1 and now my Golf! In the meantime we get more cooking and more wanky antiques programmes.This channel has become a disgrace and does not give me good value.
Aftertiming
Those were the days. When the landlady had a lock in at the local.
Vegas Seagull
New member
- Jul 10, 2009
- 7,782
Illustrated your shameful ignorance nicely
drew
Drew
Where did you get the £3m a year contract figure from?