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Originally posted by MICHAEL_LA_VIOLA:
Noooooooo please! Please don't say that it's gonna be Colin Murray. It HAS to be JR.

*Ponders starting facebook group complaining about it*

There are already a lot of complaints in the JR Appreciation group!

Actually there aren't that many but there should be!

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Originally posted by Diatribe:
As long as it has James Richardson sitting in sunny piazzas reading la gazzetta and leaving his ice cream sundaes untouched, I'll be happy.

Oh dear...

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Originally posted by Juvefans:

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Originally posted by MICHAEL_LA_VIOLA:
Noooooooo please! Please don't say that it's gonna be Colin Murray. It HAS to be JR.

*Ponders starting facebook group complaining about it*

There are already a lot of complaints in the JR Appreciation group!

I no longer live in the UK (thank God it seems) but I've a sly grin on my face after hearing this. Enjoy Gobbi, enjoy!

where do you live?

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Originally posted by ®osa:
where do you live?

We're warned about people like you on the Internet

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Originally posted by ®osa:
where do you live?

I'm living in a banana republic which goes by the name of Italy.

James Richardson will be presenting pay-per-view Premiership football on BT Vision, a new cable channel that's been launched recently. Apparently it has the rights to 46 matches.

I suppose that makes it less likely that Five will hire him - although the Gazzetta-style programme, which won't be live, could presumably be James-fronted.

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Originally posted by Romanista:
James Richardson will be presenting pay-per-view Premiership football on BT Vision, a new cable channel that's been launched recently. Apparently it has the rights to 46 matches.

I suppose that makes it less likely that Five will hire him - although the Gazzetta-style programme, which won't be live, could presumably be James-fronted.

Not that I'd ever for a one-off game on telly, but is BT vision available on Sky digital.

Cheers !!! Only recently paid up to Setanta to watch there highlights show. Another fine mess I''ve got myself into How am I gonna get out of this one !!! Nevermind !

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Originally posted by zeds:

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Originally posted by Romanista:
James Richardson will be presenting pay-per-view Premiership football on BT Vision, a new cable channel that's been launched recently. Apparently it has the rights to 46 matches.

I suppose that makes it less likely that Five will hire him - although the Gazzetta-style programme, which won't be live, could presumably be James-fronted.

Not that I'd ever for a one-off game on telly, but is BT vision available on Sky digital.

BT vision is a tv service like sky/virgin media, you need to have a box to get BT vision

So what EXACTLY is happening ? Anybody got any proposed times and presenters ?

Hope it's Sunday 2pm kick off GB time...just lead into snuckling off down the boozer to watch the Sunday prem game with a few pints of "Warsarter Cold" mmmmmmmmm............

As yet, Five have not revealed their plans for Serie A coverage. The company producing the coverage, Tinopolis, have said that they don't yet know whether it will be a highlights programme or live matches as well.

If Five decide to show live matches, obviously the best ones now KO on a Sunday evening. So they'd be going head-to-head with Sky's La Liga coverage.

If they go for the Sunday afternoon fixtures, they'd be competing with the Premiership.

We'll have to wait and see, but I suspect we might see a combination of a highlights programme and delayed, late-night transmission of big games.

My dream scenario - a James-fronted Gazzetta and live Sunday evening games - sadly looks like a thing of the past. I didn't realise how lucky we all were in that first year of Bravo coverage!

Maybe I ;ve got this wrong but for the most part of the season the games in Italy kick off at 2pm UK time ..or am I wrong..

Thank you for your recent enquiry regarding Italian Football.

Unfortunately, we are unable to confirm recent speculation that we have acquired the rights to coverage of the 2007-08 season. As further information becomes available it will be released for publication in the local and national press. We recommend keeping an eye on the television listings magazines or the various Football Italia forums. Alternatively, please contact us again later in 2007 when more details may be available.


If there is anything further we can help you with, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Thank you for your interest in Five.

Yours sincerely


Ian

VIEWER ADVISOR

above is an email i received from c5. very non commital.

up the boro!

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Originally posted by man city nigel:
Maybe I ;ve got this wrong but for the most part of the season the games in Italy kick off at 2pm UK time ..or am I wrong..

No, you're right Nige.

Showing a 2:00pm UK kick-off on a Saturday would give Five something like 100% of the potential viewer share as I don't think there's anything else on at that time.

Even on a Sunday, a 2:00pm kick-off would lead up nicely to a 4:00pm Premiership start.

That would be sweet.

Aren't there lots of Premiership games at 2:00 on Sundays as well? Last year, there were often two or three televised Prem games on Sunday - not just the 4:00 KO.

There's a blog called FootballingWorld which seems to know a lot about the Five deal. It says their deal covers a highlights package, but most live matches will stay on Setanta. I'm not sure where FootballingWorld got that info from. Other reports I've seen suggest that Five is the exclusive rights holder.

I've just had a look at the schedules, and there will be regular 1.30 KOs for Premiership games on Sundays this season. They're shared out between Sky and Setanta. Then there's another game at 4:00.

As for 2:00 KOs in Serie A on Saturdays...how many are there? The bulk of games KO at 2:00 British time on a Sunday, with big games moved to Sunday evening or, sometimes, Saturday evening.

Trouble is the best matches are usually evening kick-offs. It did not take long for Channel Four to work out that they got higher viewing figures if they put on an old film rather than live Italian football.

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Originally posted by boroboy 69:
Thank you for your recent enquiry regarding Italian Football.

Unfortunately, we are unable to confirm recent speculation that we have acquired the rights to coverage of the 2007-08 season. As further information becomes available it will be released for publication in the local and national press. We recommend keeping an eye on the television listings magazines or the various Football Italia forums. Alternatively, please contact us again later in 2007 when more details may be available.


If there is anything further we can help you with, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Thank you for your interest in Five.

Yours sincerely


Ian

VIEWER ADVISOR

above is an email i received from c5. very non commital.

up the boro!

That really worries me, by the sound of that e-mail they might not even be showing serie A at all

I checked the setanta website and I can see no mention of Serie A there either