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Old 13-11-2008, 14:31
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Tennis comes to ITV (4) with John Lloyd heading up the commentary team:-

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I imagine John Lloyd didn't take much persuading.

Interested to see talk of a new interactive red button service. Seems they are building on what they did during the Tour de France.
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Old 13-11-2008, 15:12
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I haven't said what the tournament is or who is sanctioning it.

It may be entirely coincidental that the PDC has a tournament in January too.
The BDO packs in in jan after their World Championship and the only televised PDC tourn. will be the Finals of the Players Championship
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Old 13-11-2008, 15:21
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I imagine John Lloyd didn't take much persuading.

Interested to see talk of a new interactive red button service. Seems they are building on what they did during the Tour de France.
Yeah but did you see their interactive coverage of Tour? No commentary and a picture that took up about 1/8th of the screen with no way of making it full-screen.
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Old 13-11-2008, 15:32
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Yeah but did you see their interactive coverage of Tour? No commentary and a picture that took up about 1/8th of the screen with no way of making it full-screen.
Yeah i know, hopefully with their own production crew doing the broadcast they may do a better job, but the fact that their willing to try putting more things on the red button is a step in the right direction.
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Old 13-11-2008, 15:41
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Simon Reed too. He is very good. I am suprised it took the BBC so long to use him after his years on Eurosport. If I remember rightly, Reed was ITVs tennis and ice skating commentator back in the 1980s
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Old 13-11-2008, 22:31
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Yeah i know, hopefully with their own production crew doing the broadcast they may do a better job, but the fact that their willing to try putting more things on the red button is a step in the right direction.
Not an ITV production though - it's being made by TWI.
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Old 14-11-2008, 11:44
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Not an ITV production though - it's being made by TWI.
Apologies didn't quite phrase it right. I'm guessing ITV will be getting the feed straight from TWI like with the BBC and snooker as supposed to the Tour which French television produce for their own channels and then gets distributed internationally through a network of other channels like Versus.
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Old 14-11-2008, 15:49
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Apologies didn't quite phrase it right. I'm guessing ITV will be getting the feed straight from TWI like with the BBC and snooker as supposed to the Tour which French television produce for their own channels and then gets distributed internationally through a network of other channels like Versus.
No, it's a TWI production from start to finish. They will deliver programmes to ITV, not feeds.
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Old 15-11-2008, 12:49
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Yesterday's Rugby Union:-

Scotland 'A' V Georgia - Evelyn Coull as presenter, with Hugh Maclllinnein and Ailean Domhnallach commentating for BBC Alba.

During half time they showed highlights from Scotland - New Zealand the Saturday previous, but had Gordon Townsend as a Co-Commentator (It was Andy Nicol as usual).

Wales V Canada - Gareth Lewis, Gareth Rhys and Ieuan Evans as Studio Guests with Commentary from Gareth Charles and Stuart Davies for BBC 2 Wales.
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Old 15-11-2008, 14:21
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England vs. Australia

Commentators: Miles Harrison & Stuart Barnes
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Old 15-11-2008, 14:35
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Scotland vs South Africa

Nick Mullins and Andy Nicol

On another note, interesting to hear Peter Drury today on the Grand Slam of Darts, if John Rawling is there too then it'll be interesting to see who'll be commentating on the Championship football games for ITV
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Old 15-11-2008, 17:35
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Ireland vs. New Zealand

Commentators: Eddie Butler & Phillip Matthews
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Old 15-11-2008, 18:23
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Ireland vs. New Zealand

Commentators: Eddie Butler & Phillip Matthews
Unbiased as usual I'm sure! (am PVR-ing it for later use)
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Old 15-11-2008, 18:24
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I'm sure Brian Moore is more biased towards England than Phillip Matthews is for Ireland.
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Old 15-11-2008, 18:43
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I'm sure Brian Moore is more biased towards England than Phillip Matthews is for Ireland.
Quite the opposite - he's been massively critical of some parts of England's play.

I'm one of the minority - I like him!
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Old 15-11-2008, 18:48
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I think Moore is good too. I wouldn't have said that Matthews is particularly biased. They are both far superior to Guscott & Davies who really get on my nerves!
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Old 15-11-2008, 21:53
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All of the rugby union co-commentators are biased to their home nation, Brian Moore included? But what's wrong with that? They have one from each country... it all balances out.

Anyway, Phillip Matthews wasn't biased today... the ref had a shocker and he told it like it was.
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Old 16-11-2008, 01:04
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I think Moore is good too. I wouldn't have said that Matthews is particularly biased. They are both far superior to Guscott & Davies who really get on my nerves!
Agree with you about Jeremy Guscott. JD makes me laugh so much.

'Numbers'

Anyway, Phillip Matthews wasn't biased today... the ref had a shocker and he told it like it was.
Yep. bad, bad call with the Tommy Bowe penalty try (although the referee did 'assist' him by not forming his question correctly)


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Old 16-11-2008, 03:22
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On another note, interesting to hear Peter Drury today on the Grand Slam of Darts, if John Rawling is there too then it'll be interesting to see who'll be commentating on the Championship football games for ITV
Cardiff v Palace - Jon Champion; Doncaster v Ipswich - Roger Tames; Norwich v Swansea - Someone but don't know who.
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Old 16-11-2008, 19:37
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Does this mean we get Bob Symonds for England RU highlights?
English, rather than England.
more a case of me missing either an apostrophe after England, or the 'F' in RFU.
ITV commentators this weekend:
Sale v Worcester - Martin Gillingham
Bath v Leicester - Bob Symonds
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Old 17-11-2008, 02:32
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ITV commentators this weekend:
Sale v Worcester - Martin Gillingham
Bath v Leicester - Bob Symonds
Was it simply an editing issue that meant Bob didn't mention the thirteen minutes of injury/added-on time at the end of the second half?

Loved the 'Scoreboard' that Saracens used!
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Old 21-11-2008, 20:03
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Gloucester vs. Bristol

Commentators: Will Chignell & Ieuan Evans
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Old 22-11-2008, 14:50
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Scotland V Canada (Bank of Scotland Corporate Test RU)

BBC One Scotland / BBC Online:- John Beattie and David Sole (originally thought it was Davie Callum)

indeed. Was confused for a bit, as David Sole did a few commentary pairings with someone for the RWC2007, and thought he may still have been doing that.

Most broadcasters (apart from New Zealand/South Africa) will take the originating English language commentary anyway.

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Old 22-11-2008, 14:52
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Scotland V Canada (Bank of Scotland Corporate Test RU)

BBC One Scotland / BBC Online:- John Beattie and David ______
David Sole.
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Old 22-11-2008, 16:32
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Scotland V Canada (Bank of Scotland Corporate Test RU)

BBC One Scotland / BBC Online:- John Beattie and David Sole (originally thought it was Davie Callum)



indeed. Was confused for a bit, as David Sole did a few commentary pairings with someone for the RWC2007, and thought he may still have been doing that.

Most broadcasters (apart from New Zealand/South Africa) will take the originating English language commentary anyway.
I remember David Sole working on ITV during RWC2003, think he was paired a few times with Nigel Starmer-Smith. Of course that was in the good old days of John Taylor and Steve Smith as main comms, before ITV started to loan comms from Sky
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