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They always do that in all tournaments, regardless of where they are, they had Ray Stubbs at the grounds in Euro 2008 while everyone else was in the Vienna studio, and in 2002 ITV had Jim Rosenthal and John Barnes at the grounds (which I think might have been because Jim Rosenthal's contract guaranteed him some role at the World Cup, because he didn't do much and went back after the group stage to do the F1). It's no different to sending a reporter out there, presumably Jake is doing other stuff too. Usually the Beeb have three or four reporters out there and in Logan, Johnson, Humphrey and Walker I've seen four so far, so it's no extra expense.
ITV had Ned Boulting at the ground for the Ireland game. And Shearer might be there doing stuff for a sponsor or something.
And don't forget that it's not just the studio team back in Salford - it's all the production staff. Compare that to South Africa two years ago, where the whole operation was based in Cape Town. That's where the money is being saved. I don't really know how these things work, but would the cameras/sound/talkback systems be being run from Salford for Jake and Alan Shearer pitch side, or would they need another gallery on site? If the whole programme was being run from pitch side then the latter would undoubtedly be the case.
I think it's cost. Although it's debatable how big the savings will be as Jake Humphrey and a pundit seem to be at most of the live games. They're sending Alan Shearer back to Salford after 2 days.
They always do that in all tournaments, regardless of where they are, they had Ray Stubbs at the grounds in Euro 2008 while everyone else was in the Vienna studio, and in 2002 ITV had Jim Rosenthal and John Barnes at the grounds (which I think might have been because Jim Rosenthal's contract guaranteed him some role at the World Cup, because he didn't do much and went back after the group stage to do the F1). It's no different to sending a reporter out there, presumably Jake is doing other stuff too. Usually the Beeb have three or four reporters out there and in Logan, Johnson, Humphrey and Walker I've seen four so far, so it's no extra expense.
ITV had Ned Boulting at the ground for the Ireland game. And Shearer might be there doing stuff for a sponsor or something.
And don't forget that it's not just the studio team back in Salford - it's all the production staff. Compare that to South Africa two years ago, where the whole operation was based in Cape Town. That's where the money is being saved. I don't really know how these things work, but would the cameras/sound/talkback systems be being run from Salford for Jake and Alan Shearer pitch side, or would they need another gallery on site? If the whole programme was being run from pitch side then the latter would undoubtedly be the case.