Guest Knightrider Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Italian football is to return to terrestrial television for the first time since 2002 after Channel Five picked up the rights. Five is expected to air Italian football coverage from the start of the 2007-8 season later this year, with output to be made by sports production company Sunset+Vine. Sunset+Vine, a subsidiary of Welsh firm Tinopolis, already produces cricket highlights for Five. "The main deal is for a highlights programme, although Five do have the rights for live matches as well," said Ron Jones, the executive chairman of Tinopolis. Article continues Channel 4 first brought Serie A football to UK television in 1992 following the move of Paul Gascoigne to Lazio and screened matches and highlights until 2002, when it dropped coverage. The rights were picked up by British Eurosport midway through 2002, with the channel screening matches until 2005, when Bravo and Setanta Sports took over in a joint deal. Bravo announced it would not be screening any more matches from the end of December last year because of poor ratings. Italian football is best known on UK TV for the Channel 4 Football Italia show, presented by James Richardson. A Saturday morning show, Gazzetta, was voiced by the late Kenneth Wolstenholme and also shown on Channel 4. A Five spokesman declined to comment. http://football.guardian.co.uk/continentalfootball/story/0,,2101055,00.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 great news, thanks for that forza Milan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Good, hope they pick up Richardson to present. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Excellent. Hope James Richardson is hosting it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Good, hope they pick up Richardson to present. Great minds Dave, great minds Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Toon83 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Excellent. Hope James Richardson is hosting it. Was just about to say the same thing, James Richardson is a living legend in the sports journalism business Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GAMMELL Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Good stuff, Gabriel Marcotti to return also... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alan Shearer 9 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Could be good, with any luck they'll get James Richardson to present it because without him it would be a pointless effort... OMG... OMG GREAT MINDS GREAT MINDS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Aye good news this, can only echo what everyone else has said about James Richardson aswell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Knightrider Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Aye, James Richardson is the daddy of footy presenting, used to love Gazzetta in the 90s, not too fussed about Serie A these days but if on domestic telly, will try and get back into it. People slag C5 like but I like their shows, much better than MOTD or Sky games for me, wooden and shite pundits like but I just like the cobbled together style and not the slick style of say Sky. Gazzetta was an awesome show though in every sense. Why can't MOTD be like that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 He has great hair too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 the big question is though will he be accompanied by an oversize ice-cream if he is presenting a la Gazzetta. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 And pulls off wearing scarves that are impossibly cool. Twat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Spectrum Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 I hope they use Colin Murray and Pat Nevin. More fun than the rest of the other channel's presenters put together. Give James Richardson the John Barnes role. Give John Barnes the corner flag's role. Give Joe Royle a miss too, top bloke but I can just imagine him bleating on about every 50p headed muppet who can jump a bit being "great in the air". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Joe 'don't rub 'em son, count 'em' Royle? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 i quite enjoyed Joe Royle's so bad its good commentary on our games on 5 last season. The amateurish approach is a lot more endearing than John Motson reciting the 82/83 Rothmans year book every time he opens his mouth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 At least you got the feeling listening to Joe Royle that he actually quite likes us and wanted us to win the matches. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Ahhh, the legendary James Richardson. "Inter are not merely flirting with disaster, they've taken it for a candle-lit dinner before taking it home for some rumpy-pumpy" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 At least you got the feeling listening to Joe Royle that he actually quite likes us and wanted us to win the matches. True, but he also rates Ramage highly for some bizarre reason. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 At least you got the feeling listening to Joe Royle that he actually quite likes us and wanted us to win the matches. True, but he also rates Ramage highly for some bizarre reason. And Bramble. Ramage though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Knightrider Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 At least you got the feeling listening to Joe Royle that he actually quite likes us and wanted us to win the matches. True, but he also rates Ramage highly for some bizarre reason. To be fair to the Ramage, he hasn't done too badly for us in UEFA games, and neither did the whole team until Alkmaar away so you can kind of see why Royle may regard him as an OK player based on what he's been watching of him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alan Shearer 9 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 At least you got the feeling listening to Joe Royle that he actually quite likes us and wanted us to win the matches. True, but he also rates Ramage highly for some bizarre reason. To be fair to the Ramage, he hasn't done too badly for us in UEFA games, and neither did the whole team until Alkmaar away so you can kind of see why Royle may regard him as an OK player based on what he's been watching of him. And they said this man has taste. Well no they didn't actually Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 At least you got the feeling listening to Joe Royle that he actually quite likes us and wanted us to win the matches. True, but he also rates Ramage highly for some bizarre reason. To be fair to the Ramage, he hasn't done too badly for us in UEFA games, and neither did the whole team until Alkmaar away so you can kind of see why Royle may regard him as an OK player based on what he's been watching of him. No real comments to make but that made me laugh for some reason. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Knightrider Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Unintentional anarl. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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