February 8th, 2008 by Lisa McGarry.
The girls from Sky Sports News have been told to sex up their image to compete with the lookers on Sentanta Sport.
And a Sky insider said: “All our girls are perfect - but we can all have our off days.
“Setanta now have good-looking girls of their own and we want our female hosts to stay ahead of the competition.
“Viewers may even have noticed recently that a few of our girls have a new hairdo or extra lippy.
“The guys also have to make sure they stay well groomed - but a few have joked no one really bothers looking at them.”
January 26th, 2008 by Lisa McGarry.
The BBC and ITV can today confirm plans for shared coverage of the UEFA Euro 2008 Championships in Austria and Switzerland.
Live coverage of the group stage will begin on Saturday 7 June with the BBC broadcasting the opening match between Switzerland and the Czech Republic at 5.00pm and ITV broadcasting the later match between Portugal and Turkey at 7.45pm.
During the latter stage of the group phase, where matches are played simultaneously – games will be shown live on BBC One, BBCi, ITV1 and ITV channels. Both broadcasters will simulcast all of their games online.
Both broadcasters will show live coverage of two quarter finals and will show one semi final each – with ITV taking first pick. Read more & comment »
January 25th, 2008 by Lisa McGarry.
Super Bowl, one of the world’s most watched sports events, will be broadcast live for the first time on BBC television (Sunday 3 February, 10.50pm, BBC Two).
BBC Sport’s studio line-up for Super Bowl XLII from Arizona will include one of the UK’s best-known NFL broadcasters alongside a former Super Bowl winner recognised as one of the all-time greats.
Jake Humphrey will introduce the BBC’s first Super Bowl live from University of Phoenix Stadium, where he will joined by experts Mike Carlson, who has been broadcasting on American football for almost two decades, and Rod Woodson, who followed a 17-year playing career by becoming an analyst for NFL Network. Read more & comment »
November 28th, 2007 by Lisa McGarry.
Eastenders actress, Samantha Janus has revealed that her character Ronnie Mitchell, is due to reveal some of her dark secrets in the coming months of the BBC soap opera.
She told Sky Showbiz: “There’s lots of stuff happening. She’s starting to shed her layers and all her secrets are coming out.
“And we’re starting to see more of her darker side. It’s nice to see what’s going on with her underneath it all.
“I think a lot of her history and past when she was younger has affected her.”
November 19th, 2007 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Jodie Marsh
Glamour model and former Celebrity Big Brother contestant Jodie Marsh is to make her football reporting debut for the BBC Asian Network on the football show, Kickin’ Off.
Jodie will be the Asian Network’s guest reporter for the Arsenal v Wigan game on Saturday (24 November), live from the Emirates Stadium.
Only you can forget the usual BBC Radio 5 Live knowledge and punditry – as a self-confessed novice to football Jodie’s reportage will be an Essex girl’s take on the “beautiful game”‘. Read more & comment »
August 31st, 2007 by Lisa McGarry.
Mark Chapman and Laura Esposto present more live football action from another tantalising fixture in the new Italian season. This weeks featured match sees Cagliari Calcio play host to Juventus.
13.30–16.15 Sunday 2nd September, Channel Five
June 21st, 2007 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: BBC, ITV
BBC and ITV today (20 June) agreed a joint deal with UEFA for the rights to the Euro 2008 championships.
An agreement has been reached with Sport Five, representing UEFA, for exclusive live UK television and new media rights to all 32 matches at the tournament in Austria and Switzerland in June 2008.
The deal includes match coverage and highlights for the entire tournament as well as internet and mobile rights.
Roger Mosey, BBC Director of Sport said: “It will be great for our audiences to have Euro 2008 available from BBC Sport on television, on radio and online. Combined with the Beijing Olympics, it should be an amazing summer of sport.” Read more & comment »
May 9th, 2007 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Sky-Sport
From Sunday 6th May a third temporary Sky Sports High Definition channel will be available, Sky Sports HDX. Broadcasting on channel 483, the channel will show live events in HD, such as the Scottish Cup Final, a game from the final day of the Premiership and Super League matches. It replaces PREMPLUS HD from Sunday 6th May and will enable Sky Sports to show three live events simultaneously in High Definition.
April 19th, 2007 by Lisa McGarry.
This weekend will see a TV first, the first woman commentator on BBC’s Match Of The Day.
Jacqui Oatley, Five Live Sport reporter said: “I’m not breaking barriers for women. I do it for the same reason as any bloke: I love my football.”
Some people however are not happy about the BBC’s choice and believe that Jacqui only got the job because she is female.
Ex-Sheffield United and Wimbledon manager Dave Bassett said: “Football is so politically correct these days. I’m totally against it. The problem is everyone’s too scared to admit it.”
Roger Mosey, the BBC’s head of sport, said yesterday: “Jacqui was selected on merit in exactly the same way as all our other commentators. We want to reflect the nation and it’s daft that we’ve had so few women commentators. It’s something we want to put right.”
