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FO
fodg09
Sky now confirming this saying that Shephard will present 'selected Champions League' matches and co-presenting 'Goals On Sunday' with Chris Kamara.

http://www.skysports.com/tv_show/story/0,20144,12384_6281317,00.html
SE
Square Eyes Founding member
Given all the extra games on Sky this year doesn't seem like much of a workload. Who used to present Goals on Sunday ?

Presumably he's not handcuffed to Sky, and will continue with other work, ie. Krypton Factor ?
HC
Hatton Cross
Goals on Sunday was Rob McCarffey and Kammi (who has been the co-host through all the presenter changes). Then Rob left and replaced by Claire Tomlinson. After the 'c' word incident, she was replaced by temporarly by Paul Boardman, who has seemingly vanished into the Osterley triangle of once regular Sky presenters who just 'dissappear'.

Last season it was Ian Payne before he left, with a few weeks of the season left and I think Dave Jones hosted until bad light and no matches of the season left forced the end of the run.
DA
David
Anyone watching The Milk Cup on the Red Button. It's like something from the 80s when it comes to graphics and picture quality. It is also weird seeing people standing rather then all-seater grounds that you normally see on TV.
RE
Revolution
Goals on Sunday was Rob McCarffey and Kammi (who has been the co-host through all the presenter changes). Then Rob left and replaced by Claire Tomlinson. After the 'c' word incident, she was replaced by temporarly by Paul Boardman, who has seemingly vanished into the Osterley triangle of once regular Sky presenters who just 'dissappear'.
Last season it was Ian Payne before he left, with a few weeks of the season left and I think Dave Jones hosted until bad light and no matches of the season left forced the end of the run.


That was probably when the show was at it's best. McCaffrey done a runner to present Premier League coverage in Dubai and sadly the replacements just haven't had the same chemistry with Kamara.

Hopefully Shepard's appointment could be the start of something.
VM
VMPhil
Sky have moved their Football League games to Sky Sports 3. Granted, it's not the highest-profile league, but could this be something to do with Sky Sports 1 and 2 going on BT Vision and Top Up TV?
BR
Brekkie
Rugby World Cup rights finally confirmed, with ITV holding on to them for the 2011 tournament in New Zealand and the 2015 event in England.

http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/mediazone/news/newsid=2039512.html#rwc+uk+broadcast+details+announced


Wonder who the fifth "interested party" may have been - presumably ITV, BBC, Sky and ESPN would be four of them. Could the fifth be C4, who've suddenly found another £50m for their programming budget today.
SE
Square Eyes Founding member


Wonder who the fifth "interested party" may have been - presumably ITV, BBC, Sky and ESPN would be four of them. Could the fifth be C4, who've suddenly found another £50m for their programming budget today.


Perhaps Mr Desmond opened his cheque book ?

I take it that the RWC is not on the protected free to air list then ?

I wonder who ITV will get to present this time around, not sure it's something for Adrian Chiles ? Perhaps they'll invite Steve Rider back ?
GE
Gareth E
I wonder who ITV will get to present this time around, not sure it's something for Adrian Chiles ? Perhaps they'll invite Steve Rider back ?


Presumably Craig Doyle will take on the lead presenter role. I'd imagine Jim Rosenthal would play a part as well.

I have a bad feeling that Steve Rider may disappear from free-to-air television after the Touring Cars season.
BR
Brekkie
Well he all but has hidden away on ITV4. If he stays with ITV in a lesser role I'd imagine he'd be considered, but although Jim Rosenthal seems somewhat back in favour now, I suspect it would be Craig Doyle and Martin Bayfield as the main team. Wonder if they'll borrow the commentators from Sky again.


I take it that the RWC is not on the protected free to air list then ?

Only the final.
GI
ginofish
I think Richard Keys Will probably remain on super sunday and saturday games . As well as the main champions leauge coverage.

Ben Shepard will host a revamped monday night live and as confirmed Goals on sunday and Champions leauge on SS4

Jeff will present socer saturday and Carling cup .

Dave Jones will present his championship commitments , wales and U21s.

Wales : Dave J
Scotland : Jim White
NI : Ed chamblin
Ireland : Ben Shepard


Also does Football First have a pernement host these days?
GE
Gareth E
BBC retains UK broadcasting rights to golf's British Women's Open . . .

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/8860198.stm

It's a shame though that this weekend they are only devoting up to 3.5 hours of coverage on each of the first three days, and 3 hours for the final round. Particularly on Sunday, when in the two hours leading up to the start of the coverage, BBC Two are offering repeats of Monk, Flog It and Escape to the Country. There isn't even any extra coverage on the Red Button.

It would be understandable if there were other major commitments in the schedule, but there aren't. 13 hours of coverage for a major golf championship seems a little slim.

Of course, the exposure that the BBC creates can only be a good thing for women's golf, and the more rights the BBC holds on to the better. However, one can't help feel that if Sky picked up the rights they'd be offering much more extensive coverage.

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