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BBC Sport set to lose Football League highlights rights to Channel 5

 

BBC Sport will receive a hammer blow on Monday, the morning after their flagship Sports Personality of the Year show, with news they have lost Football League highlights rights to Channel 5.

 

The Football League are due to announce a three-year deal with C5 for all their divisions plus the Capital One Cup, starting next season.

 

C5 won the contract with an estimated offer of £2million a year, which was marginally better than the BBC’s, and a pledge to screen their show at 9pm on Saturday.

 

This was seen by the Football League as a far better way to promote their product than being put in the graveyard slot after Match of the Day, even if there is more cache in having the Beeb as rights-holders.

 

And certainly Saturday prime-time for the Football League will not bring the derogatory chants of ‘Thursday nights, Channel 5’ that greeted teams dropping out of the Champions League into the C5-screened Europa League.

 

Meanwhile, the nightmare scenario facing the BBC is that the loss of their Football League contract will be followed next February with ITV outbidding them for their prized Premier League highlights.

 

That is the likely outcome, with ITV having money to spend on football after losing the Champions League and the FA Cup, but not enough for live Premier League packages.

 

Gary Lineker and Co would then be left with only the FA Cup and the major tournaments they share with ITV.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-2873856/BBC-Sport-lose-Football-League-highlights-rights-Channel-5-hammer-blow.html

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I'm trying to imagine the dosage of antidepressants I'll need if I have to listen to Clive Tyldesley and Peter fucking Drury prattling on with Andy Townsend every week.

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Randomly, has anyone ever mounted football programmes in a frame before?

 

I have two from the first home/away games after my DOB which I'd like to get mounted after I have them signed, but there's absolutely f all available on the net (ready made) or guides on how to do it.

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Didn't ITV's highlights show used to start at about 7pm on the Saturday? What a mess that was.

 

Yep, they wanted it prime time with Des but all the X-factor nuggets kicked off.  It ended up being a total mess even when it was moved to a later slot, due to all the adverts between footage and then pundits talking.  It was bloody awful.

 

 

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Didn't ITV's highlights show used to start at about 7pm on the Saturday? What a mess that was.

 

Yep, they wanted it prime time with Des but all the X-factor nuggets kicked off.  It ended up being a total mess even when it was moved to a later slot, due to all the adverts between footage and then pundits talking.  It was bloody awful.

 

 

 

Loved Des Lynam, just reading his Wiki now:

 

In 2013, Lynam endorsed the United Kingdom Independence Party, revealing that he voted for the party in local elections that year.

 

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Didn't ITV's highlights show used to start at about 7pm on the Saturday? What a mess that was.

 

Yep, they wanted it prime time with Des but all the X-factor nuggets kicked off.  It ended up being a total mess even when it was moved to a later slot, due to all the adverts between footage and then pundits talking.  It was bloody awful.

More Blind Date lovers wasn't it? More specifically Cilla cunting Black.

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Didn't ITV's highlights show used to start at about 7pm on the Saturday? What a mess that was.

 

Yep, they wanted it prime time with Des but all the X-factor nuggets kicked off.  It ended up being a total mess even when it was moved to a later slot, due to all the adverts between footage and then pundits talking.  It was bloody awful.

 

 

The match choices were badly slanted towards getting the biggest viewing figures for the advertisers, and that was the only priority. Towards the end it got ridiculous. 45 minutes on the Man Utd game then 45 minutes for everybody else combined. Every fucking week.

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how does Ally Mcoist tender his resignation, which then sparks a 12 month notice period (which i completely get) but then his wages go up to £750,000 for that 12 month period? a wage increase after handing in a years notice, im slightly confused

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how does Ally Mcoist tender his resignation, which then sparks a 12 month notice period (which i completely get) but then his wages go up to £750,000 for that 12 month period? a wage increase after handing in a years notice, im slightly confused

 

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