BBC and ITV have teamed together to launch a free digital TV service called FreeSat, which will offer its programming in high-definition (HD) including Champions League, FA Cup and England internationals.
While the service will be available for free, a one-time fee of £200 will be required for equipment and installation. You will also need an […]
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In the United Kingdom, BBC and ITV will have live TV coverage of the 2008 European Championship this summer. Twenty seven of the matches will be shown between BBC1 and ITV1, while four will be shown on digital channels BBC3 and ITV4. According to the Euro 2008 schedule, most of the matches will be shown […]
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Admittedly, this is a blog focusing mainly on the Premiership, with occasional Champions League talk and even discussion about the UEFA Cup when the situation calls for it.
I’ve tried to pay as much attention as possible to the promotion, playoff, and relegation races in the lower leagues in English soccer this year, though, and so […]
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Few football commentators create as much debate as John Motson. Either you love him or you hate him.
Sentimentally, I’m a supporter of Motty but it’s for the same reasons that I still feel warm and fuzzy when I think about Subbuteo, the original Football Manager computer game, Shoot and Match annual yearbooks and my football […]
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I put forth the question a few weeks ago: Why is the English Premier League dominating the Champions League? Now the BBC has taken that question to a panel of three men with a vast amount of experience and knowledge of European football to give their verdicts. Their answers are interesting and should provide good […]
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People are creatures of habit. When we experience something so often but are then forced to change, we often respond in a negative fashion. The same goes with website designs. Many of you spend countless hours each week on BBC Sport. Now, with a radically different design launched today, we’re going to have to relearn […]
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BBC Sport, which has long been a trusted source of football news for years, has scored an own goal with one of their new initiatives.
The site is now embedding video interviews into their football articles (view example). However, visitors from outside the UK are teased with a still from the video but are then robbed […]
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Sky Sports and the BBC have made a decision on which fourth round FA Cup matches they’ll be televising and, for the most part, they’ve gone after the money ties instead of the matches that make the FA Cup special. First, here are the games that will be shown live in the UK:
Saturday, January 26
Mansfield […]
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Here are more details about Liverpool’s new TV channel, LFC.tv, which is scheduled to go live on September 20. It’s frustrating for Liverpool fans in the United States because no one will be carrying the channel over here. GolTV dropped its coverage of Liverpool TV at the end of last season. LFC.tv is produced by […]
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The website redesign for EPL Talk is coming along nicely and may be live as early as this weekend or, at the latest, early next week. As soon as it’s unveiled, I’ll let you know here. I’ve mentioned it before, but the EPL Talk Blog that you’re reading now will be moved to a different […]
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The football authorities need to re-evaluate the way that license rights are managed for football matches. Case in point, I was listening to BBC Radio Five Live this week and wanted to hear the live commentary of the England v Italy U-21 international.
After getting excited about the pre-match buildup on the radio, my hopes were […]
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In an interesting development, the BBC and ITV announced today a unique partnership whereby the British networks will offer free high definition television (HDTV) in the scale of 200 channels to residents in the UK beginning spring 2008.
Unfortunately, I’m sure those of us outside the United Kingdom would be unable to watch this programming especially […]