BBC to carry Premiership football commentaries on the Web
 

(Does anyone know if the commentaries will also be broadcast on shortwave?)

Saturday, June 05, 2004

BBC Radio Five Live has held on to the rights to broadcast live commentaries
on football (soccer) matches in the FA Premiership games until 2007. And, in
a move which will be welcomed by Premiership fans outside the United
Kingdom, commentary rights have been extended to the Internet from next
season, meaning coverage will be available on the BBC Sport website for the
first time.

BBC director of sport Peter Salmon told BBC news "This contract completes
the best and biggest football portfolio the BBC has ever owned. Our new
Premier League online service compliments Five Live's acclaimed coverage
perfectly. From Match of the Day to Euro 2004, from the FA Cup to all
England's home matches, from the Internet to the World Cup in 2006, licence
payers now have a truly comprehensive free-to-air football service for the
first time."

# posted by Andy Sennitt on Media Network

http://medianetwork.blogspot.com/

"Mike Terry" wrote:

| I am a poofing pommie!

Hey, Mike, what do *you* have to do with rec.radio.shortwave?

Please take your post to another group.

Thanks, &c.


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With the reference to "license payers", I gather that it would only be
offered to the domestic UK audience.



Maryanne----searching for a b/c channel over here that will show the
games, didn't know hb was interested in Beckham and Co.