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1983 Yorkshire/Tyne Tees "dispute"

World of Sport clip on YouTube

Nobody asked for the whole article I mentioned, but anyway, here it is. (He is, of course, referring to McCririck at one point here; he appears to be unaware that ITV had their own snooker tournaments...

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By Steve in Pudsey

41 replies

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AK 22 Jul 2017 1:16amAraminta Kane

ITV win horse racing rights from 2017

Ed Chamberlin confirmed as host

Betsafe will be doing sponsorship around some of the August festivals. Ie Goodwood etc

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By Brekkie

254 replies

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:-( 27 Jun 2017 11:12amA former member

BT Sport Channels Ident/Continuity Music

Hi, Does anyone have a package of the beds, ident/continuity music etc played on the BT Sport channels? Hate sport but love the channels music! Thanks!

By Imagination

0 replies

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IM 24 Mar 2017 10:05amImagination

BBC Northern Ireland Sport News Presentation

Ah that makes sense. I was commenting based on the thumbnail without watching the video itself.

By MMcG198

4 replies

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SP 12 Feb 2017 12:49pmSteve in Pudsey

BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2016

Live from Birmingham: Sunday 18th December

Never really noticed it be a major issue in the past, certainly not in recent years anyway. The BBC seem to have deals in place with BT anyway for clips and highlights of many BT properties, and...

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By toby lerone 2016

16 replies

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BR 19 Dec 2016 5:54pmBrekkie

BBC Olympic Breakfast

Starts 6th August

Hence, "Sun reader" being an oxymoron...

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By Bail

203 replies

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LS 21 Aug 2016 10:23amLou Scannon

Channel 4 & BT Sport to show Lakeside Darts

They have had breaks the last few years when BBC/BT Sport have shared the rights, usually in the early rounds they don't have any but the later rounds they had breaks after 2 or 3 sets but less frequent...

By rob

2 replies

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TL 15 Aug 2016 4:51pmtoby lerone 2016

Channel 4 the new home of FTA Formula 1.

No Ad breaks during races.

Setanta did originally have their own commentators, but they gave that all up a few years ago (around 2012, as mentioned above) and moved to taking BBC commentary.

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By Blake Connolly

243 replies

38k views

RD 24 Jul 2016 3:13pmrdd

The Sport Thread

Channel 4 getting their first feel of schedule re jigs due to F1 delays. Horse racing moved to More 4.

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By Gareth E

11,987 replies

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FL 23 Jul 2016 2:22pmflaziola

Sky Sports to be the EXCLUSIVE home of F1 from 2019

Split from The Sport Thread

F1 doesn't have a "grassroots" to sustain in the same way cricket does either - it's a sport participated in solely by those twenty odd drivers. Nor, outside of Italy's tifosi perhaps, does it have...

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By James Vertigan

57 replies

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RD 26 Mar 2016 9:31amrdd

ITV Mulling Pay per View Sport

Boxing first on agenda

I remember PrimeTime. Not many other people do.

By DVB Cornwall

5 replies

1,586 views

MI 22 Feb 2016 5:57pmMichael

Jimmy Hill has died

Former footballer/ MOTD presenter

They'd be fully aware though London viewers would see both and they had a few hours to ensure different edits. Not sure if Jimmy Hill would have been considered important enough to have an obit...

By ASO

5 replies

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BR 19 Dec 2015 8:23pmBrekkie

Euro 2016

Split from The Sport Thread

S4C will broadcast the three Wales group games following a deal with the BBC and ITV.

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By Brekkie

15 replies

2,728 views

BR 19 Dec 2015 5:44pmBrekkie

Rugby World Cup 2015

ITV announces presentation line-up.

TV live has now got its Rugby world cup page up: All those nice break bumpers.

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By Live at five with Jeremy

184 replies

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:-( 14 Nov 2015 1:00pmA former member

ITV Champions League highlights bump News at Ten

The ITV News at Ten* Sport Programming Thread (*not at ten!)

Also as well I know it'll be the first chance for viewers to see proper extended highlights of the Tuesday matches but by that point most people will have seen the goals on the news and read the match...

By Brekkie

2 replies

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SW 2 Sep 2015 8:41pmSteve Williams

BBC Scotland News/Sport studio

A STUDIO MOCK YAY

Something like that seems a much more viable option for the English regions than the type of studio BBC Wales have gone for. It's clearly inspired by the national brand, but two screen panels and a background which could be gallery, newsroom ...

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By Critique

12 replies

13,299 views

BR 3 Aug 2013 11:04pmBrekkie

ITV.com Discussion Thread

New ITV Player launches with pay mechanism

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By pad

1,585 replies

463k views

JA 14 Jan 2013 1:09amJAS84

BBC Sport???

Ive heard several people on the net today talking about rumours that the BBC is planning to launch a sports channel. Is this true? If it is true then great because this might bring back some sport to the BBC.

By Davidjb

6 replies

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PZ 3 Jun 2001 10:47pmpzg

BBC News Sport Sting

Err, what's happened to this sport sting then!? I got it all set up to capture and nothing happened! I saw the very nice background (used during an OB) but no sting! Bet the designer is happy at taking all that time for it not to get shown! ...

By Asa

2 replies

980 views

MA 17 Aug 2001 11:06pmmark

New look BBC Sport

At the end of Grandstand earlier I got a few screen caps you can find them at They aren't great quality but thats because my tv reception is awful(Thats why on the TV Home forum I say that I havn't got TV Card Capability!).

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By Mich

13 replies

2,703 views

MI 14 Aug 2001 10:01pmMich