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BBC & Regional Sport

  • 25-05-2003 7:30pm
    #1
    Ballydung
    Closed Accounts Posts: 52 ✭✭


    Today the BBC have decided to showed unrestricted access to their Regional sport (is this a taste of things to come or are they trying to push the boundaries with regards to copyright issues ?
    BBC 2 Scotland showed the Celtic game live today. When I spoke with them earlier this year regarding Scottish viewers being able to watch Motd, but we In England could not watch Jock footie and pointing out we all pay the same licence fee I was fobbed off with we can never show league games outside Scotland (except for old firm games) due to copyright laws.
    Now,
    BBC 2 N.Ireland showed the Championship between Cavan – Antrim, (the Golf went into a play-off so somebody may have forgotten to flick a switch). However during my enjoyment of being in East Anglia and being able to watch Cavan play for the first time since I think… er UTV showed the championship, somebody must have remembered the switch and turned it on… then 5 mins later decided to turn it off and leave it off until the end of the seniors and… then turn it on again and finally turn the restriction off again for the minors. BBC N.I. are renowned for doing it all by the book (can’t remember seeing N.I Internationals, unlike BBC Wales who are only to pleased to have viewers watching their internationals without getting the 08).

    Was this just a one off lucky day or a test day for future sport days when the Beeb lets all viewers watch wherever they are, (well within official footprint)?


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