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Old 22-03-2012, 19:24
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The great Phil Steele of BBC Wales' Scrum V now has his own Twitter account
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Old 23-03-2012, 17:58
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Premier League Darts- Week 7- Sky Sports 1 HD

Dave Clark presented from The O2, Dublin with Wayne Mardle

Hamilton v Whitlock : John Gwynne & Nigel Pearson
Lewis v Painter : Stuart Pyke & Wayne Mardle
van Barneveld v Anderson : John Gwynne & Stuart Pyke
Taylor v Wade: Nigel Pearson & Wayne Mardle

What an atmosphere last night, I've never seen anything like that at a darts night before.
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Old 24-03-2012, 15:56
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Scrum V Live – BBC Two Wales & BBC Red Button

Presenter: Ross Harries
With: Robert Jones & Martyn Williams
Commentators: Gareth Charles & Stuart Davis
Pitchside: Phil Steele & Shane Byrne

Fanzone: Rick O’Shea & Sean Holley
Welsh Language Commentary: Alun Jenkins & Derwyn Jones

On RTE Two & RTE Two HD

Presenter: Daire O'Brien
With: Conor O'Shea & Donal Lenihan
Commentators: Hugh Cahill & Tony Ward.
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Old 25-03-2012, 02:28
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Sunday 1 April- Live from Brands Hatch

BTCC on ITV4- Presented by Steve Rider and Louise Goodman, with commentary by Toby Moody, Tim Harvey, Richard John Neill and Simon Hill.
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Old 25-03-2012, 16:19
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Sat 7 April on BBC1

The Boat Race- Presented by Clare Balding, with commentary by Jonathan Legard, Dan Topolski and Wayne Pommen, and reports by Matthew Pinsent and Sonali Shah.

Jonathan Legard on a more sedate form of racing, replacing Andrew Cotter who will be commentating on Masters Golf.
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Old 25-03-2012, 18:56
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I have just switched on the Rugby League and noticed that both teams are wearing the same colours and style of socks plus some Leeds players have dyed their hair. Why? Sports Relief?
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Old 25-03-2012, 19:47
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I have just switched on the Rugby League and noticed that both teams are wearing the same colours and style of socks plus some Leeds players have dyed their hair. Why? Sports Relief?
Yes. If you look close enough the socks have the Sport Relief logo

Leeds players died their hair once the fans raised enough money for the charity
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Old 25-03-2012, 19:54
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Yes. If you look close enough the socks have the Sport Relief logo

Leeds players died their hair once the fans raised enough money for the charity
Thanks sir.
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Old 25-03-2012, 20:37
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BBC TV

Presenter: Jake Humphrey
With: David Coulthard
Commentators: Ben Edwards & David Coulthard
Pitlane: Gary Anderson & Lee McKenzie

Inside F1 - BBC News Channel

Presenter: Lee McKenzie
With: Gary Anderson (Fri) & David Coulthard (Sat)

BBC Radio 5 Live

Commentators: James Allen & Jaime Alguersuari
Pitlane: Jennie Gow

No Eddie Jordan this weekend, Jake confirmed on twitter he will be back at the next race in China which is the first this season which is Live on BBC TV
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Old 26-03-2012, 20:03
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Sky Sports - Sri Lanka vs England, The 1st Test

Presenter: Ian Ward
Pundits: Mark Butcher & Bob Willis

Commentators: Tony Greig, Russell Arnold, Roshan Abeysinghe, Nick Knight, Sir Ian Botham and Michael Atherton

Highlights were presented by Charles Colville with Angus Fraser and Alec Stewart

David Gower seems to be on holiday, probably because this is only a two test series and he'd just done the series against Pakistan. I wish they wouldn't use Nick Knight, he really is the epitome of the bland player-turned-pundit. Galle looks absolutely gorgeous by the way.
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Old 26-03-2012, 20:19
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Sky Sports - Sri Lanka vs England, The 1st Test

Presenter: Ian Ward
Pundits: Mark Butcher & Bob Willis

Commentators: Tony Greig, Russell Arnold, Roshan Abeysinghe, Nick Knight, Sir Ian Botham and Michael Atherton

Highlights were presented by Charles Colville with Angus Fraser and Alec Stewart

David Gower seems to be on holiday, probably because this is only a two test series and he'd just done the series against Pakistan. I wish they wouldn't use Nick Knight, he really is the epitome of the bland player-turned-pundit. Galle looks absolutely gorgeous by the way.
I thought that it was Tony Greig this morning. I presume that Channel Nine is not covering West Indies v Australia.
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Old 26-03-2012, 20:26
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Fox Sport in Australia are doing the cricket from West Indies, New Zealand and Sri Lanka.
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Old 26-03-2012, 22:20
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I thought that it was Tony Greig this morning. I presume that Channel Nine is not covering West Indies v Australia.
Fox Sport in Australia are doing the cricket from West Indies, New Zealand and Sri Lanka.
Yep they have contributed Nathan Bracken and (i think) Geoff Lawson to the ODI series, Along with Ian Bishop, Tony Crozier and Michael Holding for the host broadcaster. It's been a while since shelsey has posted his list of commentators, i normally leave it to him to go through them as he does a superb job.

I find it odd that Sky contribute so many commentators for what is a host broadcaster (ten sports) operation. Their twitter feed described Atherton, Botham and Knight "on loan" but they do interviews and links back to the studio with sky branded mics. Of course they had 4 out in the UAE for the recent Pakistan series. (again Ten were the hosts.)

Only Barry Richards for example is in New Zealand for the South African tour, even though SuperSport are taking the SkyNZ feed.
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Old 26-03-2012, 22:30
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Sky Sports - Sri Lanka vs England, The 1st Test

Commentators: Tony Greig, Russell Arnold, Roshan Abeysinghe, Nick Knight, Sir Ian Botham and Michael Atherton
Yeah - it was weird hearing Tony Greig when I watched the highlights this afternoon. Felt like I was watching a match involving Australia during the bits he was on!

I find it odd that Sky contribute so many commentators for what is a host broadcaster (ten sports) operation. Their twitter feed described Atherton, Botham and Knight "on loan" but they do interviews and links back to the studio with sky branded mics.
Aren't the Sky-branded mics only visible in interviews and links only meant for broadcast by Sky? In other words, they don't get seen by Ten viewers.
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Old 26-03-2012, 23:08
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Yep they have contributed Nathan Bracken and (i think) Geoff Lawson to the ODI series, Along with Ian Bishop, Tony Crozier and Michael Holding for the host broadcaster. It's been a while since shelsey has posted his list of commentators, i normally leave it to him to go through them as he does a superb job.

I find it odd that Sky contribute so many commentators for what is a host broadcaster (ten sports) operation. Their twitter feed described Atherton, Botham and Knight "on loan" but they do interviews and links back to the studio with sky branded mics. Of course they had 4 out in the UAE for the recent Pakistan series. (again Ten were the hosts.)

Only Barry Richards for example is in New Zealand for the South African tour, even though SuperSport are taking the SkyNZ feed.
I've been very busy lately so I've had to take a break from logging every match - will probably resume doing this in the next couple of weeks.

A quick summary though of the stuff which hasn't been posted above:

NZ v SA - Matt Floyd presenting the 1st Test;Paul Allott the 2nd and 3rd. Jeremy Coney used throughout the series as a pundit, with Angus Fraser (1st and 2nd Tests and 3rd Test, Day 4), Shaun Udal (3rd Test Days 1-3) and John Emburey (3rd Test Day 5).

Simon Doull, Ian Smith, Mark Richardson, Craig McMillan, Shane Bond (2nd and 3rd Tests), Jacob Oram (1st Test) and Barry Richards on the Sky NZ commentary team.

WI v Aus - Matt Floyd presenting, with Colin Croft and Shaun Udal (1st-3rd ODIs) and Ian Harvey (4th-5th ODIs).

Gower usually only seems to do one series each winter (last year an exception with the Ashes and the World Cup). Tony Greig has worked in SL for a few years now, and is an ambassador for the SL tourist board - watch out for him promoting the beaches, hotels and scenery in the matches. Will be interesting to see if Sky use him on some of their link ups with the studio - Ramiz, Sohail and Waqar were all used at some point in the UAE and Russel Arnold was today.

I guess that Sky help pay for the coverage and so get to contribute so heavily to the team - where this isn't possible they simply do their own commentary. I doubt Ten will be paying for Botham, Atherton and Knight in any way - thus having more English commentators saves Ten money whilst improving the standard of their broadcast as otherwise they would be left searching around for 'cheapish' freelances as host broadcasters often have to when Australia are in town.
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Old 26-03-2012, 23:16
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Aren't the Sky-branded mics only visible in interviews and links only meant for broadcast by Sky? In other words, they don't get seen by Ten viewers.
Certainly, But my point was Sky could just take the hosts interviews. I'd doubt Richards is doing any for Supersport for example. They'll just be taking the hosts feed.

I've been very busy lately so I've had to take a break from logging every match - will probably resume doing this in the next couple of weeks.
Good to hear hope all is good.
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Old 26-03-2012, 23:41
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Tony Greig has worked in SL for a few years now, and is an ambassador for the SL tourist board - watch out for him promoting the beaches, hotels and scenery in the matches.
We've certainly seen plenty of that during the current West Indies v Australia ODI series, most usually following the drinks break adverts. It's enough to make you wonder if that's why drinks breaks are so long these days.
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Old 27-03-2012, 15:30
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The IPL will be returning to ITV4 from 4 April, Shonali Nagrani will be back presenting with Matt Smith. There will also be a Preview Show next Tuesday at 21.00
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Old 29-03-2012, 18:57
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Wednesday 28th and Thursday 29th March - Root Sports Northwest, MLB Network (USA) & ESPN America (Europe)

Major League Baseball Opening Series 2012

Seattle Mariners @ Oakland Athletics (Tokyo Dome) - Dave Sims and Mike Blowers (off-tube commentary), with Jen Mueller reporting from Tokyo

This coverage was primarily that of the Mariners local telecast aired under the Mariners Baseball banner, although it was also broadcast nationally in the USA by the MLB Network on a delayed basis, with the A's local broadcasters choosing not to televise the two game series at all.

Going into the 2012 MLB season, there has only been one personnel change when it comes to the announcing teams of the national US broadcasters. Bobby Valentine left ESPN to become the new manager of the Boston Red Sox during the offseason, and moving in the other direction to replace him in the Sunday Night Baseball commentary box is Terry Francona. The outgoing Red Sox boss won rave reviews for his work substituting for an unwell Tim McCarver on Fox's postseason coverage last year and he will now join Dan Shulman and Orel Hershiser as part of SNB's three man booth. ESPN's Monday and Wednesday Night Baseball line-ups are unchanged. While Fox and TBS don't have set commentary teams on their weekend coverage, I haven't heard of any significant changes to the pool of play-by-play and colour commentators they call upon.

Would anyone be interested in details of the fixtures chosen, networks taken and broadcasters used on MLB.com's Free Game of the Day? I have registered for a free account on MLB.com as every day during the regular season a local telecast of an MLB game will be streamed, both live and on-demand, on a free basis. I would be happy to post details of these games once every week or fortnight if it would be of interest to some of you on here.
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Old 29-03-2012, 20:16
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Wednesday 28th and Thursday 29th March - Root Sports Northwest, MLB Network (USA) & ESPN America (Europe)

Major League Baseball Opening Series 2012

Seattle Mariners @ Oakland Athletics (Tokyo Dome) - Dave Sims and Mike Blowers (off-tube commentary), with Jen Mueller reporting from Tokyo

This coverage was primarily that of the Mariners local telecast aired under the Mariners Baseball banner, although it was also broadcast nationally in the USA by the MLB Network on a delayed basis, with the A's local broadcasters choosing not to televise the two game series at all.

Going into the 2012 MLB season, there has only been one personnel change when it comes to the announcing teams of the national US broadcasters. Bobby Valentine left ESPN to become the new manager of the Boston Red Sox during the offseason, and moving in the other direction to replace him in the Sunday Night Baseball commentary box is Terry Francona. The outgoing Red Sox boss won rave reviews for his work substituting for an unwell Tim McCarver on Fox's postseason coverage last year and he will now join Dan Shulman and Orel Hershiser as part of SNB's three man booth. ESPN's Monday and Wednesday Night Baseball line-ups are unchanged. While Fox and TBS don't have set commentary teams on their weekend coverage, I haven't heard of any significant changes to the pool of play-by-play and colour commentators they call upon.

Would anyone be interested in details of the fixtures chosen, networks taken and broadcasters used on MLB.com's Free Game of the Day? I have registered for a free account on MLB.com as every day during the regular season a local telecast of an MLB game will be streamed, both live and on-demand, on a free basis. I would be happy to post details of these games once every week or fortnight if it would be of interest to some of you on here.
FanGraphs evaluated the broadcast teams for all 30 MLB organisations recently. I'm not sure if they're grouped anywhere on the website - I can't find such a page - but they're all there if you're interested and don't mind searching for them. You may find them interesting, if not now then after you've heard them a few times.

EDIT: Here we are! This page, plus the links contained within it to more details on various teams' commentators: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index...and-questions/
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Old 29-03-2012, 22:57
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Thanks for that Li4m. I am sure it will make for interesting reading. I have my own likes and dislikes from getting to know some baseball broadcasters from Channel 5 and Radio 5 Live Sports Extra's coverage but I am look forward to getting to hear a few more commentary teams through MLB.com.
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Old 31-03-2012, 11:34
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Ulster Rugby Live – BBC Two Northern Ireland
Ulster v Aironi


Presenter: Stephen Watson
With: Andy Ward & Maurice Field
Commentators: Jim Neilly & Ryan Constable
Reporter: Nikki Gregg

Scrum V Live – BBC Two Wales & BBC Red Button
Glasgow Warriors v Cardiff Blues

Presenter: Ross Harries
With: Jonathan Davies & Shane Williams
Commentators: Gareth Charles & Tom Shanklin
Reporter: Phil Steele

Redzone: Rick O’Shea & Gareth Llewellyn
Welsh Language: Lyn Davies & Emyr Lewis
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Old 31-03-2012, 12:40
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ITV4: British Superbike Highlights from Brands Hatch

Presented by James Haydon, with commentary by Jack Burnicle and James Whitham.
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Old 31-03-2012, 14:43
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Originally Posted by sporter92;57408886[B
Scrum V Live – BBC Two Wales & BBC Red Button

Welsh Language: Lyn Davies & Emyr Lewis
Although for the first half hour, we just got Generic crowd noise. Usually, the co-commentator, be it Dafydd Jones, Emyr Lewis, Derwyn Jones or whoever, joins the 'Redzone' studio at half time, but this time they didn't.
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Old 31-03-2012, 14:53
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Major League Baseball Opening Series 2012

Seattle Mariners @ Oakland Athletics (Tokyo Dome) - Dave Sims and Mike Blowers (off-tube commentary), with Jen Mueller reporting from Tokyo

This coverage was primarily that of the Mariners local telecast aired under the Mariners Baseball banner, although it was also broadcast nationally in the USA by the MLB Network on a delayed basis, with the A's local broadcasters choosing not to televise the two game series at all.

Going into the 2012 MLB season, there has only been one personnel change when it comes to the announcing teams of the national US broadcasters. Bobby Valentine left ESPN to become the new manager of the Boston Red Sox during the offseason, and moving in the other direction to replace him in the Sunday Night Baseball commentary box is Terry Francona. The outgoing Red Sox boss won rave reviews for his work substituting for an unwell Tim McCarver on Fox's postseason coverage last year and he will now join Dan Shulman and Orel Hershiser as part of SNB's three man booth. ESPN's Monday and Wednesday Night Baseball line-ups are unchanged. While Fox and TBS don't have set commentary teams on their weekend coverage, I haven't heard of any significant changes to the pool of play-by-play and colour commentators they call upon.

Would anyone be interested in details of the fixtures chosen, networks taken and broadcasters used on MLB.com's Free Game of the Day? I have registered for a free account on MLB.com as every day during the regular season a local telecast of an MLB game will be streamed, both live and on-demand, on a free basis. I would be happy to post details of these games once every week or fortnight if it would be of interest to some of you on here.
I would certainly be interested thanks.
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