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He’s been the face of BT Sport throughout its ten years on air, he’ll be forever associated with the channel, kind of seems like he’s leaving with it. Some new faces no doubt for TNT Sports in August.

It also seems apt at this point to praise the unique presentation style of the channel - the “Grandstand feel” as put early on. Minimalist title sequences run over studio or ground shots, short but distinctive theme tunes (“Come Together” in the early years, “I Believe in Now” for a while after that) the bottom scorebar and DOG, dark coloured graphics. They’ve been a hallmark throughout, even though they ultimately adopted a more traditional style of title sequence for the Premier League recently. I suspect TNT will possibly be more traditional in its approach to presentation.

When you say "more traditional in its approach to presentation", let's hope not, as being a US-originated network, they may insist of the (male) presenters wearing jackets and ties and as on-screen presentation teams have become more inclusive, tie-wearing for everyday sports presentation is now passe, and the UK sports broadcasters have led the way in relaxed sports presentation (though only wearing the ties for major finals of sporting events).

Steady on, I never intended to suggest that they’d become CBS! (And CBS is very formal even within an American context - I don’t think any other network goes for the branded blazers that CBS makes their male commentators wear).

Only that we’re likely to see a more conservative attitude, normal title sequences, idents, pres etc, not the very innovative attitude (at least for 2013) that BT had.