{"id":2468,"date":"2009-01-22T13:38:05","date_gmt":"2009-01-22T13:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.adambowie.com\/2009\/01\/sport_and_media\/"},"modified":"2009-01-22T13:38:05","modified_gmt":"2009-01-22T13:38:05","slug":"sport_and_media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.adambowie.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/sport_and_media\/","title":{"rendered":"Sport and Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andy Burnham has today announced the committee<\/a> that will determine which sporting events will remain “Listed”.
\nAt the moment, there are two groups of sports that are protected. That is, they must be offered in one form or another free to air to all viewers.
\nGroup A – Full Live Coverage<\/strong>
\nThe Olympic Games
\nThe FIFA World Cup Finals Tournament
\nThe European Football Championship Finals Tournament
\nThe FA Cup Final
\nThe Scottish FA Cup Final (in Scotland)
\nThe Grand National
\nThe Derby
\nThe Wimbledon Tennis Finals
\nThe Rugby League Challenge Cup Final
\nThe Rugby World Cup Final <\/em>
\nGroup B – Highlights on “Terrestrial” TV*<\/strong>
\nCricket Test Matches played in England
\nNon-Finals play in the Wimbledon Tournament
\nAll Other Matches in the Rugby World Cup Finals Tournament
\nSix Nations Rugby Tournament Matches Involving Home Countries
\nThe Commonwealth Games
\nThe World Athletics Championship
\nThe Cricket World Cup – the Final, Semi-finals and Matches Involving Home Nations’ Teams
\nThe Ryder Cup
\nThe Open Golf Championship<\/em>
\n* Terrestrial’s probably not the right term as we go digital, and that might be something that gets re-defined.
\nWe obviously do get live coverage on free-to-air channels of every event in Group A, and some in Group B (e.g. Wimbledon, Rugby World Cup, Six Nations etc.).
\nThis committee will be looking again at that list. I know for a fact, as I’ve said before, that FIFA and UEFA want to limit which games in their competitions are in Group A, with the rest of their tournament in Group B. The IOC would also like to see their events moved. Indeed, given that you effectively frozen from selling your sport to Sky or Setanta exclusively if you’re in Group A, pretty much every sporting body would like to see their events out of Group A.
\nSo what do we make of the panel? I don’t personally like Eammonn Holmes as a presenter, but I guess he’s knowledgable. However I can think of any number of other Five Live presenters who might be better suited: Mark Pougatch or John Inverdale for example.
\nWe – the public – will be invited to contribute to the review which will report later this year.
\nIn the meantime, The Guardian has the first<\/a> of a two part series on where the economic downturn will leave TV sports rights, and football in particular. I wonder if we are going to see the end of the stratospheric increases in football rights, although there are still new players who are declaring a hand and joining the fray like ESPN, and perhaps BT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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