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Originally Posted by Nugget
Oh, and Sky aren't allowed to have to World Cup - I can't remember what they are called, but there are certain events (such as the World Cup and the Olympics) that have to be shown on terrestrial telly.
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They are known as the Crown Jewels. The ECB asked for test matches to be removed from the list several years ago.
As I mentioned the last time this was debated, Sky are the only channel that have
ever done ball by ball coverage. The BBC many years ago used to nip off to Wimbledon etc, C4 to the racing, last year C4 even managed to miss the last half hour of play because it didn't fit into the schedule.
Sky are the only people ever, to broadcast live test matches from overseas, and have been as innovative as C4 with new technology.
What is a real pain is that BBC only broadcast TMS on 198 long wave and 5Live Extra on digital.
But that is only because I have just bought my 7th new Volvo and for the first time ever the radio will not get long wave.
