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<blockquote data-quote="Teh Mite" data-source="post: 393969" data-attributes="member: 12332"><p>The Beeb do also tend to bid for & show whatever their current board of directors feel like. When they lost the Premier League football & Formula 1 to ITV, they did used to show a lot of other sports such as rugby, league, cricket, boxing etc. Now however, the current directors orders are highly football & F1 centric, hence their abandoning of the Premiership license along with with the other sports mentioned as above.</p><p></p><p>Bare in mind also that the BBC is a profit-driven public limited company which happens to be owned by the Crown. It's not some almighty unbiased service nor a state broadcast machine. </p><p></p><p>Thankfully ITV, despite all their faults when it comes to entertainment TV, have picked up the slack where needed and do an absolutely brilliant job of broadcasting sport. The quality of their rugby highlights over what BBC used to do for example is like comparing ESPNs excellent coverage to the tabloid bullshit which Sky produce.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Teh Mite, post: 393969, member: 12332"] The Beeb do also tend to bid for & show whatever their current board of directors feel like. When they lost the Premier League football & Formula 1 to ITV, they did used to show a lot of other sports such as rugby, league, cricket, boxing etc. Now however, the current directors orders are highly football & F1 centric, hence their abandoning of the Premiership license along with with the other sports mentioned as above. Bare in mind also that the BBC is a profit-driven public limited company which happens to be owned by the Crown. It's not some almighty unbiased service nor a state broadcast machine. Thankfully ITV, despite all their faults when it comes to entertainment TV, have picked up the slack where needed and do an absolutely brilliant job of broadcasting sport. The quality of their rugby highlights over what BBC used to do for example is like comparing ESPNs excellent coverage to the tabloid bullshit which Sky produce. [/QUOTE]
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