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Old 16-03-2016, 08:12
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Yeah they need to pick up more sports rights yet to do some like that. I guess they probably will as snooker rights are up for grabs I think at the end of this year?

They do need so form of live football, even if German or Italian. However can't see that happening with BT and Sky gobbling up football.
Serious risk of thread drift here.

However, two things. First, is football the be all and end all? Second, there are many sports that are covered live behind a paywall, which an FTA channel could pick up highlights packages for, probably comparatively cheaply. The BBC is under extreme pressure to reduce costs and if ITV want to take gamble with shareholders (as opposed to licence fee payers) money an ITV Sports channel could work for them in the medium term - say, if the ITV4 were rebranded as ITV Sports at weekends to begin with, a la Thames and LWT back in the day.
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Old 16-03-2016, 09:47
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Serious risk of thread drift here.

However, two things. First, is football the be all and end all? Second, there are many sports that are covered live behind a paywall, which an FTA channel could pick up highlights packages for, probably comparatively cheaply. The BBC is under extreme pressure to reduce costs and if ITV want to take gamble with shareholders (as opposed to licence fee payers) money an ITV Sports channel could work for them in the medium term - say, if the ITV4 were rebranded as ITV Sports at weekends to begin with, a la Thames and LWT back in the day.
But they don't have the sport. You cannot name a channel something and then expect to get all the rights. They will have horse racing from next year but not much more. What sports are you suggesting they bid for ? And will they get a bigger audience than current ITV 4 shows ? If not, why show them ?

Snooker when on Eurosport isn't just a British Eurosport bid it's Europe so an event like the Paul Hunter Classic has German Eurosport as host broadcaster
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Old 17-03-2016, 11:48
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ITV have done a great job of the snooker (and darts) and I love the idea of ITV 4 becoming a purely free to air sports channel but I don't think they have the financial musle to do it.
Anyway I don't think many would want them to grab terrestrial rights to the Worlds off the BBC myself included.
Why not? Everyone has ITV4 these days. They could show one table live all day, every day of the tournament and whack the other one on their website. At least one table would be in HD all day, then again I always watch it via Eurosport these days for that very reason. At least until the final, anyway.
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Old 17-03-2016, 12:08
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Jimmy white getting damages from express newspapers who accused him of cheating

http://www.theguardian.com/media/gre...to-jimmy-white
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Old 17-03-2016, 18:26
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A lot of the players are over in China playing in the Chinese Pool World Championship at the moment. It's basically pool on a 9 foot snooker table.

Ding, Trump, Higgins, Williams, Maguire, Dott, Robertson and a few others are taking part as well as some well known 9 ball players.

Live coverage starts at 1 am but during the day the HD stream shows repeats of the previous day's play. - http://www.ustream.tv/channel/turning-stone
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Old 17-03-2016, 20:33
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Surprised Selby isn't in it. He likes his pool.
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Old 18-03-2016, 09:29
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Surprised Selby isn't in it. He likes his pool.
He probably didnt want to go all the way across to China, just to come back to the UK again for the event next week, and then go back to China at the end of next week. Strange timing of it.
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Old 18-03-2016, 13:00
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Surprised Selby isn't in it. He likes his pool.
He's just pulled out of the next two ranking events, worryingly:

http://www.worldsnooker.com/selby-wi...anking-events/
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Old 18-03-2016, 15:00
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He's just pulled out of the next two ranking events, worryingly:

http://www.worldsnooker.com/selby-wi...anking-events/
Hope he is ok
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Old 18-03-2016, 17:16
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Wonder if it's a recurrence of that neck injury?
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Old 18-03-2016, 18:19
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^ although he wouldn't have cited personal reasons but injury if that was the case I guess....
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Old 21-03-2016, 12:43
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Why not? Everyone has ITV4 these days. They could show one table live all day, every day of the tournament and whack the other one on their website. At least one table would be in HD all day, then again I always watch it via Eurosport these days for that very reason. At least until the final, anyway.
I wish they'd make the HD version of ITV4 free to air though.
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Old 21-03-2016, 14:00
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I wish they'd make the HD version of ITV4 free to air though.
Doesn't everyone who pays for HD wish it was free ?
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Old 21-03-2016, 17:50
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Players Championships finals from tomorrow through to Sunday on ITV4, this time with best of 11 semis and best of 19 final as opposed to best of 7's all the way through.

ITV have secured Stephen Hendry's services too, which is a bit of a coup. Not sure if that's in addition to or in place of one of the current team though.
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Old 21-03-2016, 19:10
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McManus is playing so I'd guess he'll be replacing him.
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Old 21-03-2016, 21:34
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Players Championships finals from tomorrow through to Sunday on ITV4, this time with best of 11 semis and best of 19 final as opposed to best of 7's all the way through.

ITV have secured Stephen Hendry's services too, which is a bit of a coup. Not sure if that's in addition to or in place of one of the current team though.
Hmm, is he freelance or jumping ship?
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Old 22-03-2016, 10:23
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Doesn't everyone who pays for HD wish it was free ?
I guess so. I can always watch this week's tournament on Eurosport International HD, but it won't have the same commentary.
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Old 22-03-2016, 10:42
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Hmm, is he freelance or jumping ship?
Don't know but I'm guessing the former. I'd be amazed if the Beeb have let him go with the World Championships just round the corner.
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Old 22-03-2016, 11:56
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I guess so. I can always watch this week's tournament on Eurosport International HD, but it won't have the same commentary.
Just out of curiosity, I was wondering, where do you receive Eurosport International HD in English? Or do you the German feed, with Rolf Kolb commentary?
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Old 22-03-2016, 12:09
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Just out of curiosity, I was wondering, where do you receive Eurosport International HD in English? Or do you the German feed, with Rolf Kolb commentary?
I don't receive it for free. I have a subscription to Total TV on the 13E and 16E satellites. There is English commentary though.
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Old 22-03-2016, 17:37
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Not a great advert for the game this afternoon. Deciding frame between Woolaston and Robertson in front of a crowd of 9. Plus the pocket broke so a delay whilst they gaffa taped it up.
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Old 22-03-2016, 17:55
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Pity as we could be in for a dramatic end here, but it seems crowds are often sparse by the late afternoon early in the ITV events. As Hendry pointed out, doesn't look great for the table manufacturers...
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Old 23-03-2016, 00:08
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White v. Brecel tonight was like watching two guys down the pub.
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Old 23-03-2016, 21:38
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The Welsh seem to have invaded tonight
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Old 23-03-2016, 22:06
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Poor crowd again tonight. Not too bad on the Williams v Dale table but the other match looks like they are entertaining themselves. I don't get it because ticket prices are very reasonable. Mind you at the UK Champs they were giving away tickets to this event at every session.
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