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Apparently that was the last Ashes to be shown on terrestrial tv as Sky have the rights from now on. With all the hype over the Ashes and some 7.4 million people tuning in to watch the last few hours of play at the Oval the Government have decided to review the list of events that have to be shown on terrestrial tv - problem is they can't do it until 2009!
The question is this - should Sky be allowed to eat up the rights to virtually sporting event? OK they pour millions into sport by buying the rights, their coverage is much better than terrestrial tv with all the interactive elements etc and they have numerous channels to show them again and again but people pay for their tv licence and then have to pay again for Sky.
I personally think they should be shown on both terrestrial tv and Sky, that way everyone has the chance to see them and if people want to pay for Sky to get the "extras" then that's up to them.
The question is this - should Sky be allowed to eat up the rights to virtually sporting event? OK they pour millions into sport by buying the rights, their coverage is much better than terrestrial tv with all the interactive elements etc and they have numerous channels to show them again and again but people pay for their tv licence and then have to pay again for Sky.
I personally think they should be shown on both terrestrial tv and Sky, that way everyone has the chance to see them and if people want to pay for Sky to get the "extras" then that's up to them.
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Apparently that was the last Ashes to be shown on terrestrial tv as Sky have the rights from now on. With all the hype over the Ashes and some 7.4 million people tuning in to watch the last few hours of play at the Oval the Government have decided to review the list of events that have to be shown on terrestrial tv - problem is they can't do it until 2009!
The question is this - should Sky be allowed to eat up the rights to virtually sporting event? OK they pour millions into sport by buying the rights, their coverage is much better than terrestrial tv with all the interactive elements etc and they have numerous channels to show them again and again but people pay for their tv licence and then have to pay again for Sky.
I personally think they should be shown on both terrestrial tv and Sky, that way everyone has the chance to see them and if people want to pay for Sky to get the "extras" then that's up to them.
The question is this - should Sky be allowed to eat up the rights to virtually sporting event? OK they pour millions into sport by buying the rights, their coverage is much better than terrestrial tv with all the interactive elements etc and they have numerous channels to show them again and again but people pay for their tv licence and then have to pay again for Sky.
I personally think they should be shown on both terrestrial tv and Sky, that way everyone has the chance to see them and if people want to pay for Sky to get the "extras" then that's up to them.
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