Sport

May 20, 2016• Sport, TV

Watching European Football Finals on TV

Well the first results are in. BT is very pleased that BT Sport got a record audience on Wednesday night for the Europa League Final...

May 16, 2016• Radio, Sport

No, I’m not writing about the new Premier League contracts for UK radio. They do seem a bit overdue though, and I’m slightly...

March 24, 2016• Media, Sport, TV

Here’s how F1 and Bernie Ecclestone do business: 21 December 2015 – Channel 4 wins terrestrial rights to Formula 1, after the...

December 16, 2015• Sport, TV

Judging from recent interviews across the media, Virgin Media CEO Tom Mockridge is out and about shouting loudly about his company’s...

October 2, 2015• Sport

This Sunday sees the first of this year’s International Series NFL games at Wembley – the New York Jets play the Miami...

July 29, 2015• Sport, TV

The ECB has a problem. As the third Ashes Test gets underway, largely unwatched by the British public, participation in cricket continues...

July 27, 2015• Sport, TV

As the new football season rapidly approaches (even though it’s still only July), so the marketing spend of the various pay-TV...

July 10, 2015• Sport, TV

Yesterday we learned that the BBC will lose it’s exclusivity of broadcasting the Six Nations, and will share coverage with ITV from...

June 29, 2015• Media, Olympics, Sport, TV

Well here’s something a little unexpected. Discovery has swooped in and bought exclusive Olympic rights across Europe for €1.3...

June 9, 2015• Media, Sport, TV

This is a follow up to yesterday’s piece anticipating BT’s changes in packages having won exclusive Champions’ League and...