A monthly visit to DTNS for ‘Additional Conversations’. This time we discuss Olympics coverage and rebundling more broadly. Verizon has announced a Peacock/Netflix deal in time for Paris 2024. Full episode.
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Ex-BBC newsroom journalist Rob Rea joins host Charlotte Henry to discuss Euro 2024 coverage. Who were the winners and losers, and who should never be allowed in a commentary box again? Given Rob’s experience, they unpick the BBC’s General Election coverage and how it manages so many big events in one year. This includes a
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There is usually a breakout star at major tournaments. Someone who grabs attention and rises to prominence. At Euro 2024 it is Christina Unkel, ITV’s refereeing expert. I confess I’d never heard of Christina Unkel before this tournament. I didn’t know who she was when she appeared in the Germany vs Scotland opener to explain
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This weekend, Major League Baseball came to the UK as the Phillies played the Mets at the London Stadium. (I was there yesterday!) TNT Sports has most of the rights to the sport here in the UK – Apple TV+ has a Friday night game. TNT usually takes a feed from a US broadcaster. Sky
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Women’s sport is having a moment. In the UK, the Women’s FA Cup Final between Man Utd and Spurs was attended by 76,082 fans on Sunday (including me). That’s just shy of the record-breaking 77,390 who went to Wembley last season. Today, Arsenal Women announced that they will use the club’s main Emirates Stadium as
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The transfer window seems to have opened early in the world of British sports journalism. There have been major moves at The Times and The Athletic. On Wednesday, Henry Winter announced he had been made redundant from his role leading football coverage at The Times. It seems, on the face of it, a bizarre decision
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The women’s football World Cup is just weeks away from kicking off (July 20th), but a TV rights deal has not been done in five key countries – the UK, France, Spain, Germany and Italy. Yup, we may not be able to watch the European champion Lionesses here at home. Fifa president Gianni Infantino is
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