Fat couch potatoes in XXXL football kit can indulge in vicarious exercise without bothering me if they put it all in one channel. All ball and stick games included I don't watch much television anymore, but I wanted to read the news on the BBC site this morning - it was difficult to find any.
OH spent all yesterday evening holding forth about the evils of this superleague thingy. I'm extremely bored with the whole thing. His team is currently at the bottom of league 2 but seems to be hoping that some of the fans of the 6 teams involved in the superleague might be persuaded to switch allegiance. https://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/news/2021/april/big-six-shirt-amnesty-launched/ Wishful thinking I suspect!
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It’s a pity some of you weren’t in Leicester in April, May and June 2016 to witness the very tangible evidence of what sporting success can do to a community. The excitement, the pride and the camaraderie were apparent everywhere.
It’s a pity some of you weren’t in Leicester in April, May and June 2016 to witness the very tangible evidence of what sporting success can do to a community. The excitement, the pride and the camaraderie were apparent everywhere.
There's a lot to be said for putting all sport on one subscription channel ... for several years there was no Test Cricket on the BBC .......... poor Pa, there he was in the Lovely Home with his tv and no cricket to watch ... Sky reception grim where the Lovely Home is and no cable ... we tried all ways for him to watch the cricket he loved ... no luck. The best we could do was wheel him out to the match on the common for an hour or so on a Sunday afternoon ... but it wasn't the same without Blowers et al, not to mention the cakes.
I'm not a huge sports fan but I do like to watch top notch athletics ... the Olympics and the World Championships ... I wouldn't subscribe to a sports channel ... I would't watch three quarters of it ... but just occasionally when the Olympics etc come round I'd like to watch. If it's all on a sports channel what about people like me?
You lot all watch Line of Duty ... we don't ... we just haven't got into it ... we haven't got into all that Scandi-noir stuff either .... we watch something we've recorded when it comes on .. yet the radio and tv is full of it ... other programmes make complex allusions to it which baffle us ... do we come on here and curmudge about it? Not so far .........
And I don't object to the news channels covering sports news ... although Im not involved in it I don't ignore things that don't affect me ... it's not good to be unaware of what's going on in the world ... it's all part of the social culture of this country,i t informs our politics ... I think we ignore it at our peril ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
...catch 22... you can only make good programmes if you have the revenue. When all TV was broadcast, there was captive audience here. Now viewing figures move towards streaming views and 'other' streaming companies have vastly more revenue because they sell 'now' worldwide. They have a 'transmitter' the effectively covers the globe. Without the large audience attraction the sport brings - and revenue, how do you fullfill your public service obligations? How does the Beeb compete?
...catch 22... you can only make good programmes if you have the revenue. When all TV was broadcast, there was captive audience here. Now viewing figures move towards streaming views and 'other' streaming companies have vastly more revenue because they sell 'now' worldwide. They have a 'transmitter' the effectively covers the globe. Without the large audience attraction the sport brings - and revenue, how do you fullfill your public service obligations? How does the Beeb compete?
By doing something different, and doing it very well. Mercifully the BBC isn't held hostage to revenue from sports broadcasting.
Perfectly said, Dove. I am not an avid sports fan so certainly would not want to pay £600 a year to subscribe to a sports channel but Match of the Day suits me perfectly and I love watching big events like the Olympics and the World Cup.
I have no sympathy that every two to four years these grandstand events dominate the mainstream TV channels for about three weeks. Those who are not interested in sport can still look at dozens of other channels and a massive catalogue of programmes on the catch up services.
I do not agree with the idea that sport should be separated on its own specialist channel. To create such a channel would cost the BBC money which would drain money away from its other services, or would have to be created by a commercial company who want paying for their provision. Indeed, such channels exist and though I suppose I could afford the subscription there must be millions in this country who would struggle to meet such a cost.
it's on a virtual channel isnt it? The iPlayer type streaming terrestrial options mean I have a split, and my subscription channels then augment that. If I want to watch sport all day, or documentaries or... I can (all but) - and that is the future.
Personally, I like the 'it's Sunday, it's LoD' and the excitement of looking forward to something, but I'm not part of the instant generation that wants everything 'now'.
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I don't watch much television anymore, but I wanted to read the news on the BBC site this morning - it was difficult to find any.
I'm not a huge sports fan but I do like to watch top notch athletics ... the Olympics and the World Championships ... I wouldn't subscribe to a sports channel ... I would't watch three quarters of it ... but just occasionally when the Olympics etc come round I'd like to watch. If it's all on a sports channel what about people like me?
You lot all watch Line of Duty ... we don't ... we just haven't got into it ... we haven't got into all that Scandi-noir stuff either .... we watch something we've recorded when it comes on .. yet the radio and tv is full of it ... other programmes make complex allusions to it which baffle us ... do we come on here and curmudge about it? Not so far .........
And I don't object to the news channels covering sports news ... although Im not involved in it I don't ignore things that don't affect me ... it's not good to be unaware of what's going on in the world ... it's all part of the social culture of this country,i t informs our politics ... I think we ignore it at our peril ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Mercifully the BBC isn't held hostage to revenue from sports broadcasting.
But unfortunately it is ... there's a new generation of folk who won't see the point of paying a licence fee if there's no sport on the BBC.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have no sympathy that every two to four years these grandstand events dominate the mainstream TV channels for about three weeks. Those who are not interested in sport can still look at dozens of other channels and a massive catalogue of programmes on the catch up services.
I do not agree with the idea that sport should be separated on its own specialist channel. To create such a channel would cost the BBC money which would drain money away from its other services, or would have to be created by a commercial company who want paying for their provision. Indeed, such channels exist and though I suppose I could afford the subscription there must be millions in this country who would struggle to meet such a cost.