ATLANTISMAN Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 SKY is No 1 coverage is many great global markets BBC is tosh dead as the dodo get over it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StandOffHalf Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Another downside is that the highlights aren't viewable outside the UK. I liked seeing the little packages that C4 put together for the games they covered. It is a benefit to the sport within the UK in terms of visibility to have the Beeb, but there are certainly down-sides in terms of visibility as well outside the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 5 minutes ago, StandOffHalf said: Another downside is that the highlights aren't viewable outside the UK. I liked seeing the little packages that C4 put together for the games they covered. It is a benefit to the sport within the UK in terms of visibility to have the Beeb, but there are certainly down-sides in terms of visibility as well outside the UK. Why aren't the SL highlights viewable outside the UK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 49 minutes ago, ATLANTISMAN said: SKY is No 1 coverage is many great global markets BBC is tosh dead as the dodo get over it Can you explain this more? Why is UK Sky Sports big globally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedfordshire Bronco Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 1 hour ago, ATLANTISMAN said: SKY is No 1 coverage is many great global markets BBC is tosh dead as the dodo get over it I prefer SKY's coverage... Watched it for the WCC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StandOffHalf Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 22 minutes ago, Dave T said: Why aren't the SL highlights viewable outside the UK? I mean the BBC highlights. They are geo-blocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M j M Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 23 minutes ago, Dave T said: Why aren't the SL highlights viewable outside the UK? I fear ATLANTISMAN might have some weird ideological views which are clouding his understanding of the BBC's reach and importance. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DI Keith Fowler Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 1 hour ago, Tommygilf said: A premium subscription channel is "council estate TV"?? ITV daytime maybe, Channel 5 perhaps. Not Sky Sports with Golf, Cricket, F1 etc. I assume you're confirming that's the snobby view rather than your view clarified? I was born to run a club like this. Number 1, I do not spook easily, and those who think I do, are wasting their time, with their surprise attacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hello Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 1 hour ago, ATLANTISMAN said: SKY is No 1 coverage is many great global markets BBC is tosh dead as the dodo get over it If the exact same sporting event is shown on BBC and Sky at the same time the BBC viewing figures are higher. Get over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopie Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 3 hours ago, Dave T said: Apparently the WCC last year on C4 got 205k The first 2 games were good, and if every game was on BBC2 (or better) I wouldn't have posted what I did. BBC3/iPlayer are a downgrade on Channel 4. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londonbornirishbred Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 2 hours ago, Dave T said: Why aren't the SL highlights viewable outside the UK? I watch SL highlights on Youtube down here in NZ. Pretty much ALL sports have highlights available up there not long after the final whistle. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 42 minutes ago, Hopie said: The first 2 games were good, and if every game was on BBC2 (or better) I wouldn't have posted what I did. BBC3/iPlayer are a downgrade on Channel 4. We'll see how the season goes. Some of the figures on C4 were pretty low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 2 hours ago, StandOffHalf said: I mean the BBC highlights. They are geo-blocked. But highlights are on YouTube, are they geoblocked? SL highlights are available all over the UK and the World as far as I'm aware. The BBC website is just one of those places to get them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 3 hours ago, ATLANTISMAN said: SKY is No 1 coverage is many great global markets BBC is tosh dead as the dodo get over it This is just an incoherent rant. Time for the Naughty Step. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StandOffHalf Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 55 minutes ago, Dave T said: But highlights are on YouTube, are they geoblocked? SL highlights are available all over the UK and the World as far as I'm aware. The BBC website is just one of those places to get them. YT ones are available. Not somewhere I tend to go to for sport, so that's good to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkw Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 12 hours ago, ATLANTISMAN said: SKY is No 1 coverage is many great global markets BBC is tosh dead as the dodo get over it Talking absolute nonsense as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLANTISMAN Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 1 hour ago, dkw said: Talking absolute nonsense as usual. What nonsense get real Australia New Zealand USA Canada Middle East + many other countries the BBC is for old farts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 4 minutes ago, ATLANTISMAN said: What nonsense get real Australia New Zealand USA Canada Middle East + many other countries the BBC is for old farts You do need to actually write proper posts though to explain what you are on about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 12 minutes ago, ATLANTISMAN said: What nonsense get real Australia New Zealand USA Canada Middle East + many other countries the BBC is for old farts The Sky that exists in the UK doesn’t exist in any of the countries or regions you just listed. Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 (edited) 15 minutes ago, ATLANTISMAN said: What nonsense get real Australia New Zealand USA Canada Middle East + many other countries the BBC is for old farts "the BBC is for old farts" You can only know this if you watch it. If you watch it, it means you are included. Edited February 26 by JohnM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Just now, gingerjon said: The Sky that exists in the UK doesn’t exist in any of the countries or regions you just listed. The only thing I can work through is that he is saying that corporates in Singapore would rather have 200k Sky Sports viewers than 750k-1m BBC viewers because they are all old farts. There are so many holes in this it's hard to know where to start. But, we should start by pointing out that every SL game is live on Sky Sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worzel Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 32 minutes ago, ATLANTISMAN said: What nonsense get real Australia New Zealand USA Canada Middle East + many other countries the BBC is for old farts I don't think anyone here is making the argument to drop Sky, and go all-in with the BBC? On the basis that the sport's strategy is to get as many eyeballs as possible, being on Sky AND the BBC clearly makes strategic sense. We can address two - sometimes distinct - audiences for the benefit of our commercial partners, the players' profile, and to engage potential new customers for clubs. Not sure why that's a problem? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 25 minutes ago, Dave T said: The only thing I can work through is that he is saying that corporates in Singapore would rather have 200k Sky Sports viewers than 750k-1m BBC viewers because they are all old farts. There are so many holes in this it's hard to know where to start. But, we should start by pointing out that every SL game is live on Sky Sports. I mean, I know you can advertise during games on commercial TV so there is something there but the BBC reach for in game advertising is significantly greater. Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worzel Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 13 minutes ago, gingerjon said: I mean, I know you can advertise during games on commercial TV so there is something there but the BBC reach for in game advertising is significantly greater. I assume what Paul's saying is the audience demographics mean that the in-game adverts don't hit the "right" type of people when seen through that channel. My view though would be that it's incremental: We can sell energy drinks to the younger Sky demographic, and Ovaltine to the BBC viewers, if our sport is shown on both. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 THese figures are for the British Braodcasting Corporation overall, not specifically sport and yes, they mark their own exam papers but.... BBC on track to reach half a billion people globally ahead of its centenary in 2022 - Media Centre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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