Premier League Highlights on BBC or ITV ???

Judio · 20/11/14 - 15:54

Please keep them on the BBC

:o:o

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/nov/20/itv-bbc-bid-premier-league-rights

Zac Quinn · 20/11/14 - 15:57

Just when we thought we'd seen the last of Andy Townsend on club football for a little while

:(>:(

The BBC are already struggling horrendously for content that skews young and male, this is the very very last thing they need.

Belligerence · 20/11/14 - 16:05

Oh come on, ITV's coverage isn't so bad when you exclude the ads, pundits, presenters................

In all seriousness, if ITV are considering a bid, then that's good. The Beeb have been complacent the last few years, and it'd be interesting to see if ITV would replicate MOTD's format of having a commentator in each ground.

The Premiership was mundane, but its Sunday/Monday editions were very good. Plus people overlook the impact it had on football coverage -- ProZone, the little facts that pop up on the scorebar when someone scores, to name but two.

popeye13 · 20/11/14 - 20:23

BBC purely because of the use of the 5.1
Something ITV cannot yet use because of facility limitations.
But punditry is dire on both.
ITV is way worse though.

Diamond stat · 20/11/14 - 20:48

If the world cup in Brazil is any indication, I would say ITV.

BBC for me was always where I went for football analysis, but the last WC, ITV imo outshone them - which is mind blowing considering the low level of ITV punditry.

mikey1980 · 20/11/14 - 20:49

Once The Premiership had settled down and moved from 7:00pm to 10:30, it was actually a very good show, at least as good as MOTD had been before it.

I'm sure ITV would do a pretty solid job if they do win the rights. And it's no surprise that they're bidding, given they must be saving a fair bit of money on the FA Cup and also the live Champions League rights that they lose next season.

leicslad46 · 20/11/14 - 21:26

If itv got the premiership highlights would we see the return of the goal rush on saturday afternoons.

I wonder if BBC or ITV could offer match choice options on premier league highlights similiar to what sky does. So that the viewer gets to see which match highlights they want to see

[Deleted User] · 20/11/14 - 21:42

I hope the highlights go to ITV. Other than the lack of adverts I don't see what BBC has over ITV. For me, ITV's recent football coverage has been better than the BBC's and with the cup having gone to BBC it would be nice to see something go the other way.

sparry · 20/11/14 - 21:43

leicslad46 wrote: »

If itv got the premiership highlights would we see the return of the goal rush on saturday afternoons.

I wonder if BBC or ITV could offer match choice options on premier league highlights similiar to what sky does. So that the viewer gets to see which match highlights they want to see

I think that option is only included in the live rights package, hence why Sky do it.

Apparently its always been there but Sky chose not to use it, until they started Football First

DragonQ · 20/11/14 - 21:52

Not surprising since ITV have sod all football rights as of next season (England only) but that's a good thing IMO since their personnel are just poor. I hope the BBC retains the rights and Adrian Chiles disappears forever.

Howard_Gilpin · 20/11/14 - 22:49

BBC for me. ITV look as if they may well make the higher bid though (as they probably have more money ) and that usually wins.

DDRickyDD · 20/11/14 - 23:00

Ofcom should ban ITV from showing highlights. It isn't right for viewers to have the programme shortened to fit in umpteen adverts.

stv viewer · 20/11/14 - 23:01

Itv could have a good show on there hands if they did it like Match of the Day 2 when Adrian presented it.
Also if they used Gordon Strachan and Martin O'Neill as pundits it would be good

Woddy · 20/11/14 - 23:10

It has to stay on the BBC .

ITV just can't do football, they should stick to just running adverts on a loop.

popeye13 · 21/11/14 - 00:50

sparry wrote: »

I think that option is only included in the live rights package, hence why Sky do it.

Apparently its always been there but Sky chose not to use it, until they started Football First

Football First are a separate rights cycle from the live rights.
Its just that Sky has the money to buy them and the red button streams to have all the games on a delayed basis.
No one else does.

Michael09 · 21/11/14 - 08:14

I hope ITV gets these, prefer their coverage to the BBC's, much to a lot of peoples disagreements.

seagull_Mark · 21/11/14 - 08:39

A couple of years back I would have wanted itv to take over, however since then the BBC has really stepped up its MOTD efforts and is once again a very good show. Since binning Lawrenson from Saturday nights and reducing the appearances of Hansen and Shearer, the chat between the games has improved dramatically with Murphy, Gullit, Neville and, yes, even Savage.

ftv · 21/11/14 - 08:46

I'll believe it when I see it, how many times over the years have we been told ITV is preparing a bid for Wimbledon and it's never happened, the last time they televised it was back in the 60s.

mikey1980 · 21/11/14 - 10:13

DDRickyDD wrote: »

Ofcom should ban ITV from showing highlights. It isn't right for viewers to have the programme shortened to fit in umpteen adverts.

You do realise that, unlike the BBC, ITV aren't state funded, so need to screen adverts to gain revenue?

ftv · 21/11/14 - 10:32

DDRickyDD wrote: »

Ofcom should ban ITV from showing highlights. It isn't right for viewers to have the programme shortened to fit in umpteen adverts.

Post of the Week:o:o:o

Jokanovic · 21/11/14 - 10:44

Not surprised. ITV have lost their live games, aside from a few England ones., so are now looking to be the home of football highlights.
Hope it doesn't happen. ITV coverage of football is poor.

Cricketblade · 21/11/14 - 11:13

Hope it stays on the bbc. No adverts and HD catch up.

Jeffmister · 21/11/14 - 11:23

popeye13 wrote: »

Football First are a separate rights cycle from the live rights.
Its just that Sky has the money to buy them and the red button streams to have all the games on a delayed basis.
No one else does.

I don't think it's likely but BT (if they wanted to) could bid for the Football First rights in the next auction since they now have the BT Sport Extra red button service

ftv · 21/11/14 - 11:30

Jeffmister wrote: »

I don't think it's likely but BT (if they wanted to) could bid for the Football First rights in the next auction since they now have the BT Sport Extra red button service

BT have made it very clear they are going to spend huge sums of money on football rights over the next few years as it's already working for them in terms of customers.

Judio · 21/11/14 - 12:30

ftv wrote: »

BT have made it very clear they are going to spend huge sums of money on football rights over the next few years as it's already working for them in terms of customers.

Yes but when they start asking most of their "customers" to start paying for BT Sport next season will they have as many ????

IC89 · 21/11/14 - 12:46

The only advantage if ITV won was that the BBC, in relation to highlight content, have set the bar with commentary highlights of every game. The outrage if ITV went back to three mains and a round up would be huge I'd hope. It's not necessarily the adverts or the punditry, it's the quality and quantity of the highlights they show.

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