UK television warms up for the biggest game yet: pay-per-view

Booth, David; Doyle, Gillian

doi:10.1177/016344397019002009

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“…This led to a rapidly increasing subscriber base, which, in turn, enabled BSkyB to acquire further expensive live rights to other key sports events, such as the Football League, England home football internationals, international one day cricket, Rugby Super League, Rugby Union club matches, World Championship boxing matches and Ryder Cup golf. By the mid-late 1990s, BSkyB had established a ‘virtuous circle’ of profitability built on exclusive sports rights (Booth and Doyle, 1997).…”

Section: Sports Broadcasting In the Uk: From National Events To Pay-tvmentioning

confidence: 99%

Playing under pressure: Sport, public service broadcasting and the British Broadcasting Corporation

Smith

2017

International Communication Gazette

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Using the UK, and particularly the British Broadcasting Corporation, as a case study, this article highlights the difficulties faced by public service broadcasters, who continue to see sports coverage as an important part of their public service remit. Following a brief account of the historical development of sports broadcasting in the UK, the article is divided into two main parts. The first part examines the main challenges faced by the British Broadcasting Corporation, namely a combination of the escalating costs of sports rights and a squeeze on its own finances. The second part of the article then moves on to focus on the continued importance of listed events legislation, which effectively guarantees that certain key national sporting events remain available on free-to-air television via public service broadcasters. The article concludes that ultimately to be able to continue to enhance cultural citizenship through the provision of a range of live sports programming public service broadcasters require more political support.

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Section: Sports Broadcasting In the Uk: From National Events To Pay-tvmentioning

confidence: 99%