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RE: The Sport Thread - For stuff not worthy of a thread of its own - Brekkie - 11-04-2024

A BBC article - a scaled down event with 10-13sports and no public money.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/commonwealth-games/68792008 

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RE: The Sport Thread - For stuff not worthy of a thread of its own - dvboy - 11-04-2024

(11-04-2024, 05:47 PM)RhysJR Wrote:  Eurovision Sport has aquired rights to some Bille Jean King Cup tennis action this week. Nothing is coming up for me for this week, but I think the GB tie is on the BBC iPlayer.

https://www.ebu.ch/news/2024/04/eurovision-sport-secures-rights-for-the-billie-jean-king-cup 

A footnote on the article:

Quote:*The following ties - Switzerland v Poland, France v GB, Brazil v Germany, Ukraine v Romania, Slovakia v Slovenia (exclusive) - will be available free-to-air on Eurovision Sport in 81 territories worldwide.

The UK is not one of the 81 territories: https://eurovisionsport.com/explore/competition?id=Generic-Schedule-Landing-Page&cId=20240412BJKSeville 

Slovakia vs Slovenia is an exclusive in Slovenia for them; every tie has a broadcaster in the home and away country otherwise: https://www.billiejeankingcup.com/en/bjkc/content/where%20to%20watch%20the%20billie%20jean%20king%20cup%20qualifiers-1 
Omitted from that page, France vs GB is on the BBC Red Button (Friday only) and iPlayer with world feed commentary.

The following ties are on Tennis Channel UK:
Japan vs Kazakhstan (no commentary)
Switzerland vs Poland (WF)
France vs Great Britain (WF)
Ukraine vs Romania (WF)
Brazil vs Germany (WF)
United States vs Belgium (simulcast of Tennis Channel US coverage)

https://www.tennischannel.app/en-int/page/home-int 

Brazil's coverage of their tie will be available for free on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@NSPORTS_OFICIAL/streams 

The remaining tie not mentioned already is Australia vs Mexico (which is on 9Gem down under).

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RE: The Sport Thread - For stuff not worthy of a thread of its own - NI92 - 11-04-2024

Following on from the post on here about the World Snooker Championship and the World Seniors Snooker facebook page has revealed the tournament for 2024 will no longer be on BBC iplayer and red button but on Channel 5 who of course covered 2 seniors Snooker 900 tournaments this year, big change this year is the introduction of a shot clock for all matches.

https://www.facebook.com/WorldSeniorsSnooker/posts/937708591691458 

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RE: The Sport Thread - For stuff not worthy of a thread of its own - Scratch_Perry - 11-04-2024

(11-04-2024, 12:59 PM)RhysJR Wrote:  This has now been confirmed. The WSL will remain on Sky and BBC next season.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13112697/sky-sports-to-show-up-to-44-wsl-matches-in-broadcast-deal-for-2024-25-season 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/bbc-sport-secures-continued-coverage-of-womens-super-league-matches 

Which means next year the rights for WSL, Women's FA Cup (currently BBC) and England Women's internationals outside of tournaments (ITV) will all be up for renewal.

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RE: The Sport Thread - For stuff not worthy of a thread of its own - RhysJR - 12-04-2024

We're arriving at the first weekend of the return of Premier Sports UK, and as far I can tell, no app has yet launched on iOS or Android. And some customers migrating over from Viaplay are unable to login to the Premier Sports Player online, which they have addressed below.

https://twitter.com/simonrug/status/1778756952962593139?t=OuePFEQ4E2u8isujV_Zt-w&s=19 

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(11-04-2024, 11:35 PM)Scratch_Perry Wrote:  Which means next year the rights for WSL, Women's FA Cup (currently BBC) and England Women's internationals outside of tournaments (ITV) will all be up for renewal.

Are the Continental Cup rights bundled in with the WSL rights for the BBC, or are they seperate again?

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RE: The Sport Thread - For stuff not worthy of a thread of its own - dvboy - 12-04-2024

Occasional picture break-up on the BJK Cup coverage from Le Portel, just over the English Channel. BBC Sport have put their temporary fault caption up briefly a handful of times and the world feed commentator Sue Thearle has made reference to it, so the problem is either on site or somewhere between there and wherever the world feed is being produced.

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RE: The Sport Thread - For stuff not worthy of a thread of its own - dvboy - 12-04-2024

Turns out all of the ties are shown live on billiejeankingcup.com if you are signed in (geoblocked where TV rights exist) - absolutely no indication of this if you aren't!

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RE: The Sport Thread - For stuff not worthy of a thread of its own - dvboy - 13-04-2024

iPlayer coverage only for the BJK Cup today while BBC Two shows a 50 year old film and the red button has final score from 14:30.

The BBC seems to have an aversion to putting sport on both 1 and 2 at the same time unless they are really big events.

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RE: The Sport Thread - For stuff not worthy of a thread of its own - shropshireguy28 - 13-04-2024

(13-04-2024, 12:56 PM)dvboy Wrote:  iPlayer coverage only for the BJK Cup today while BBC Two shows a 50 year old film and the red button has final score from 14:30.

The BBC seems to have an aversion to putting sport on both 1 and 2 at the same time unless they are really big events.

Yeah I think its a bit poor from BBC that to not even have red button coverage.

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RE: The Sport Thread - For stuff not worthy of a thread of its own - dvboy - 13-04-2024

(13-04-2024, 01:17 PM)shropshireguy28 Wrote:  Yeah I think its a bit poor from BBC that to not even have red button coverage.

Could have been scheduled on BBC Two until 16:45 by which time Final Score is on BBC One, and they could move it to the red button if it's still going (Rugby League on Two)

The only thing I can think of is there a contractual issue which means it would cost the BBC more money if it was on BBC One or Two?

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