taxman Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Channel 4 have beaten the BBC to the contract to show the most prestigious horse races. The BBC has claimed that they put in as competitive bid as possible given the current economic climate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 The BBC is hamstrung by not being interested in racing for the other 48 weeks of the year; the only want to show Cheltenham and these three meetings. It would not surprise me if C4's bid was, again, an offer of no money and a veiled threat that if they didn't secure all three meetings they'd stop showing racing every Saturday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quisquose Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 The BBC is hamstrung by not being interested in racing for the other 48 weeks of the year; the only want to show Cheltenham and these three meetings. It would not surprise me if C4's bid was, again, an offer of no money and a veiled threat that if they didn't secure all three meetings they'd stop showing racing every Saturday... It wouldn't surprise me either, but a reporter on the Today programme this morning claimed that C4's bid was double that of the BBC's. Still, it is right that the channel really interested in the betting game sport gets to cover the main events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 The BBC has to fund things like this somehow: BBC's £15,000 travel bill for Gary Lineker's chauffeur ride from Salford to London (on top of the £2million salary) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2116217/Match-Day-BBCs-15-000-travel-Gary-Linekers-chauffeur-ride-Salford-London.html and: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2113300/BBC-spends-thousands-giving-staff-lucrative-pay-offs--hires-range-salaries-perks-pensions.html?ito=feeds-newsxml (The DM is on a mission against the Beeb it seems!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorkerSWFC Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Have to say I'm glad, channel 4's coverage of the Cheltenham festival was spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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