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I'd just like to make a point about this issue. I've talked many times in the past about the massive decrease in sports coverage on the BBC over the last years. On no occasion have I ever suggested that BBC Sport was 'dying'. However it is undoubtedly nothing like the department it was 20, or even 10 years ago.
Brekkie is correct - for a multitude of reasons - finances, proliferation of channels etc, the BBC have chosen to focus on retaining rights to many of the big sporting events - such as those mentioned above. However, by doing so, they've had to let go of the rights to many of the lesser events which they used to cover. 10 years ago, the BBC schedules were filled with sport every Saturday and Sunday afternoon without fail. That is no longer the case. There have been many, many weekend afternoons over the past years with either no sport whatsoever, or the bare minimum of Football Focus and Final Score on a Saturday afternoon.
I could go on and on here, talking about the specific events which have been lost etc, but the point is that the BBC simply broadcasts much less sport than it used to.
In fact, in the past financial year, the amount of televised sport on BBC Television was reduced by 389 hours - as shown below - more than any other genre within the BBC.
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/61598000/gif/_61598283_tv_hours464x270.gif
BBC Sport has not died. But its certainly not the department that it once was.
Reports of the death of BBC Sport have been greatly exaggerated. This year the BBC has signed five year deals to cover Wimbledon and The Six Nations and has the rights to 50 pc of Formula 1 until 2018. Also MOTD and the Championship will be on BBC One until 2016. The Olympics are the icing on the cake and if BBC Sport was allegedly dead, how come the IOC has given them the next two Olympics.
The BBC might have lost the Grand National and the Derby this year and has no live English football until 2014( excluding the olympics), but their sportfolio consists of Match of the Day, Score, Football Focus, The Football League Show, Wimbledon, The Olympics, domestic athletics, the Challenge Cup, the Six Nations, the Commonwealth Games, Moto GP, the Queens Club Tournament, The Open, most domestic snooker, The US Masters, 50 pc of Formula 1, the BDC, the Horse of the Year Show and live Scotland football matches.
The BBC might have lost the Grand National and the Derby this year and has no live English football until 2014( excluding the olympics), but their sportfolio consists of Match of the Day, Score, Football Focus, The Football League Show, Wimbledon, The Olympics, domestic athletics, the Challenge Cup, the Six Nations, the Commonwealth Games, Moto GP, the Queens Club Tournament, The Open, most domestic snooker, The US Masters, 50 pc of Formula 1, the BDC, the Horse of the Year Show and live Scotland football matches.
I'd just like to make a point about this issue. I've talked many times in the past about the massive decrease in sports coverage on the BBC over the last years. On no occasion have I ever suggested that BBC Sport was 'dying'. However it is undoubtedly nothing like the department it was 20, or even 10 years ago.
Brekkie is correct - for a multitude of reasons - finances, proliferation of channels etc, the BBC have chosen to focus on retaining rights to many of the big sporting events - such as those mentioned above. However, by doing so, they've had to let go of the rights to many of the lesser events which they used to cover. 10 years ago, the BBC schedules were filled with sport every Saturday and Sunday afternoon without fail. That is no longer the case. There have been many, many weekend afternoons over the past years with either no sport whatsoever, or the bare minimum of Football Focus and Final Score on a Saturday afternoon.
I could go on and on here, talking about the specific events which have been lost etc, but the point is that the BBC simply broadcasts much less sport than it used to.
In fact, in the past financial year, the amount of televised sport on BBC Television was reduced by 389 hours - as shown below - more than any other genre within the BBC.
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/61598000/gif/_61598283_tv_hours464x270.gif
BBC Sport has not died. But its certainly not the department that it once was.
