Speaking of Wimbledon, the tradition of coverage starting at 12:00 on BBC Two will end this year - play on the outside courts will now begin half an hour earlier during the first week, so coverage will now start at 11:30.
But I'm afraid we'll have the same old debate this year - Today at Wimbledon is still scheduled for 20:00 - 21:00.
Also, discovered today from Jonathan Edwards on Twitter, that the European Athletics Championships will have coverage on BBC Two on Sunday 1st July, with live coverage of the final day and highlights of the week. However he's unsure if there will be Red Button or online coverage for the first four days of the championships.
I would have thought there would at least be room for post-Newsnight highlights on BBC Two.
Speaking of Wimbledon, the tradition of coverage starting at 12:00 on BBC Two will end this year - play on the outside courts will now begin half an hour earlier during the first week, so coverage will now start at 11:30.
Whats hapenning with the Daily Politics, which is usually at 11.30 during Wimbledon?
Also, discovered today from Jonathan Edwards on Twitter, that the European Athletics Championships will have coverage on BBC Two on Sunday 1st July, with live coverage of the final day and highlights of the week. However he's unsure if there will be Red Button or online coverage for the first four days of the championships.
I would have thought there would at least be room for post-Newsnight highlights on BBC Two.
Doesn't this normally get full BBC2 coverage? Seems very poor, especially with the Olympics just a month away. And BBC2 early evening has a lot of repeats currently. Before 8pm at least I don't see what scheduling obstacles there would be to live coverage. Or BBC3 if BBC2 is a 'no-go'
Doesn't this normally get full BBC2 coverage? Seems very poor, especially with the Olympics just a month away. And BBC2 early evening has a lot of repeats currently. Before 8pm at least I don't see what scheduling obstacles there would be to live coverage. Or BBC3 if BBC2 is a 'no-go'
Seem to remember reading that a lot of athletes are giving the European Championships a miss because its so close to the Olympics and that the BBC held off on buying the rights for quite a long time. The positives of being so close to the Olympics are probably outweighed by the negatives.
Doesn't this normally get full BBC2 coverage? Seems very poor, especially with the Olympics just a month away. And BBC2 early evening has a lot of repeats currently.
Currently, yes, but not during Wimbledon, which is when the event is taking place, and the Euros are still going on as well.
This is the first one in Olympic year - a stupid decision considering no athlete will risk their Olympic preparation for it and it clashes with the Euros and Wimbledon which I imagine most broadcasters air at least one of. Also devalues the Championship as a whole IMO now virtual unknowns can win medals in Olympic years and means most people who would usually be entered the Olympics as reigning European champion won't even bother defending their title this year.
As for BBC coverage - they've probably decided against the red button considering they couldn't do it on Freeview without axing the one remaining Wimbledon stream. Highlights on BBC2 are nowadays quite rare - they'd more likely round the whole thing up in an hour the next Monday than air stuff nightly. They could have used BBC3 I suppose considering they do for most Golden League meetings (though cut off last night before it had finished). I think actually they're making the best of a bad situation.
An interview with Dave Gordon, BBC Head of Major Events for Sport in SportsPro which is quite defeatest IMO about the future of Olympic broadcasting, saying the IOC need to decide how the games are broadcast in the future due to the fragmentation of channels rather than adopting the long held BBC stance that only they can deliver the games the way they deserve to be broadcast.
Sadly I really do think they're eyeing up a tie in with Sky for 2016 - which will be fine if the BBC can still offer multiple streams and have no restrictions on coverage, but will be a disaster if the BBC are pegged to just their coverage on linear channels, fulfiling the minimum requirement of both the IOC (200 hours) and the crown jewels list.
P.S. Rumours the Premier League rights will be announced today following the closure of the LSE. The Premier League had their annual meeting yesterday and the PL rights are usually announced outside of trading to avoid anyone trying to make a quick buck on Sky.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7073/7314095366_bb2ed73a46.jpg That big blue pile of shipping containers is where various international broadcasters will have their studios. Not the BBC, though, which is a little further north in a different stack of shipping containers (which I believe hasn't been built yet). And not NBC, which will be down at street level.
Doesn't this normally get full BBC2 coverage? Seems very poor, especially with the Olympics just a month away. And BBC2 early evening has a lot of repeats currently.
Currently, yes, but not during Wimbledon, which is when the event is taking place, and the Euros are still going on as well.
That would explain the lack of the coverage then. Understandable, but still a shame