Stardog 11 Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Haven't seen this talked about yet: http://www.allmediascotland.com/articles/1..._spl_highlights http://www.<No links to this website>/entertainment...-86908-20088766 You’ve got to admire the way stv announced its dropping of Scottish Premier League football matches from its roster: the revelation was not made until paragraph three of a media release put out on Friday. Instead, the release launched on the upbeat note that the station is “planning to diversify its sports coverage via the Scotsport brand by reporting on a wider range of sportsâ€. It follows an announcement last month that there’s to be a new rugby programme, which began broadcasting yesterday. However, as to other sports Scotsport is planning to cover, the media release did not make clear. As for the dropping of SPL football, stv said: “Due to an increasingly overcrowded football coverage marketplace, stv has decided not to renew its contract to show highlights of SPL matches after this football season. However, stv remains committed to showing Champions League football, which remains hugely popular with viewers across the country attracting high audiences.†Sport is expected to feature substantially on a new, 5.30pm news magazine show the station is launching within the next few months. Says stv’s head of broadcasting, Bobby Hain: “Whilst remaining committed to the nation’s favourite sport, football, we see a real potential for attracting viewers whose interests lie in other areas of sport. The Scotsport brand, which turned 50 years old this year, will continue to feature via such programmes as the new Scotsport Rugby Sunday show, a regular slot in the new 5.30pm programme which will offer viewers regular diverse sports news, and via our website. We will also be exploring other areas to engage with our viewers via the Scotsport brand both on screen and online throughout the course of 2008.†It's bullshit that they start a new rugby show but ditch the SPL highlights. Tell me what's the most popular, rugby or football? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermopylae 15,287 Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Probably they found out that most people were tuning into the BBC on Wednesday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 9 Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 I actually heard about this a week ago. And nearly passed out with pleasure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff 245 Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Or watch the highlights on setanta or the BBC website on a monday morning. No more Walker, McNee, Spiers on our tv, superb! Scotsport is run by tims for tims. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stardog 11 Posted November 26, 2007 Author Share Posted November 26, 2007 But the BBC just skims through the basic goals plus a few more highlights doesn't it? It doesn't give each game much time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 54,098 Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Good riddance to bad rubbish I say. McNee and Spiers are regular geusts, which says it all about the type of viewer they wish to attract Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff 245 Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 I dont watch any of them. Dont care about anyone bar Rangers and I got to all the games. Not watched timsport for years and years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear 25 Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 I grew up with mc Nee's daughters and went to the same nursery school as them (nithsdale road and i am NOT a tim lol) and sometimes i would go to his house after nursery with my mum as his wife and my mum were friends. But you'd never guess what he did'nt have in his house???? A TELEVISION!! Seriously. My Mum still talks about it to this day as being very odd for a man in the media. There's more to it but i know he'll read this board so will say no more. But he did get me a team photo of the Scotland squad for Mexico 86 fully signed by the whole team which i still have (somewhere) I do hate him BTW just to make that clear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boab 73 Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Maybe this worked! http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Scotsport/ :bouncy: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricksen_da_best 2,034 Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 whens it stopping? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear 25 Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 I hope Andy Walker shits a hedgehog. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stardog 11 Posted November 26, 2007 Author Share Posted November 26, 2007 But you'd never guess what he did'nt have in his house???? A TELEVISION!! Seriously. My Mum still talks about it to this day as being very odd for a man in the media. There's more to it but i know he'll read this board so will say no more. It's usually people that think of themselves as "posh" that don't have TV's. TV's are a common man's object apparently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermopylae 15,287 Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Good riddance to bad rubbish I say. McNee and Spiers are regular geusts, which says it all about the type of viewer they wish to attract Don't forget that wee waste of space colqhoun, a guy so bitter and twisted he makes Mark McGhee seem like an unbiased and well rounded human being Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUEDIGNITY 33,682 Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 It's to get us all geared up for that fantastic Commonwealth games event the rugby sevens ! Can hardly wait can you ? Absolutely shocking, so that means there is no programme on Scottish television gonna show highlights of games ???? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 am happy with this decision, tim central has been shut down for gd (fu McKee, Speirs and Colqhoun) i hope now that BBC makes a more glamourized show for the nation to watch on a wednesday rather than the poor effort they bring together on a wed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermopylae 15,287 Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 It was all downhill after sarah o left :pipehorse: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dado 334 Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Good, its full of tims. I couldnt give a flying fuck about the rest of the SPL's highlights as well and I can catch the rerun of the Rangers games on RTV. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog 2 Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 i only watch it for the Rangers highlights then play the comp for a wee while Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boab 73 Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 i only watch it for the Rangers highlights then play the comp for a wee while We needed to know about what you done after watching our highlights :harhar: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 54,098 Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 I hope Andy Walker shits a hedgehog. I hope he shits two! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerson 2 Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 It was all downhill after sarah o left :pipehorse: Spot on. A bit of tottie can make anything look great on tv. Odd looker but crackin body on her, and who can forget her 'Calderwood' pronunciation... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andypendek Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 it was amateur l'heure par excellence, from start to finish. always - without exception - 5 minutes late coming on, to maximise advertising at the late hour. more advertising breaks at annoying moments, loads early to catch those who weren't sleeping - but who's going to return to a programme that is one long ad break for it's first 15 minutes? the tedious wait if the tims were on first, knowing that in a brilliantly subtle piece of television genius rangers would be on last - so you wouldn't turn off, you see? genius!!! the staggeringly awful presenters, my god i though delahunt was bad (and he is) until i saw andy walker trying to read a script. the same 4 text messages scrolling along the screen. the same inane statistics no-one cares about. the same, tired, usual suspects desperately trying to boost their circulations (and egos) by making tedious, 'controversial' remarks... MoTD runs for 90 minutes on a saturday night, no adverts and it never seems a moment too long. granted, the spl can't give you that much. but a longer programme, which incorporated highlights of other leagues, eg the dutch, french, whatever - usually relegated to the wee small hours, to be stumbled over by those in search of something fruitier on C5 - along with perhaps an ex-OF star of that country, would fill it out. and crucially, it must be presented by someone outwith the usual coterie of media chums. i'd go so far as to say the host should not even be scottish. spl highlights, analysis by the host (say, i dunno, mark clement) and 1 guest then onto the euro highlights. you could have artur numan one week, then vidar riseth to keep the tims happy, then jorg albertz on the bundesliga, then rudi vata on albania...well, maybe not. but a bit of imagination and courage could see something streets ahead of the drivel we've been served up for years. rant over! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biotechnology 2 Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Andy Walker looked totally pissed of when presenting the STV CL proggy on tuesday night.Face down & never smiled all night.Looks like hes not too happy being out of a job-Ha Ha Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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