thing about the African Cup of Nations...

is that the BBC knew only football fans would be watching (it was on BBC3) so they presented it accordingly. With major championships, internationals, FA Cup etc they feel the need to pander to the casual non-football fans they anticipate will be tuning in. Thus the coverage gets reduced to Hello magazine celebrity TV level (ITV's "everybody knows about Ronaldo so let's make the whole game about him" approach on Saturday was a classic example)

Posted By: mr carra on June 10th 2008 at 11:20:15

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why do the media keep referring to Croatia as... (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 10, 09:56:49
- The bbc have been a disgrace so far in my opinion, disrespectful, constant droning on (Other Football) - pants, Jun 10, 10:39:07
  - The great thing about his tournament is we don't have to watch England (Other Football) - Ben, Jun 10, 12:47:12
  - BBC football coverage is pretty much always a disgrace (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 10, 10:50:14
    - gonna have to disagree, always enjoyed BBC bar Lawrenson and Motson (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jun 10, 11:02:25
      - Over-hyping a la Sky isn't the only alternative though (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 10, 11:09:31
        
        thing about the African Cup of Nations... (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 10, 11:20:15
        
        Portugal game was on ITV though (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jun 10, 11:27:05
        
        I thought I pointed out that it was on ITV? (n/m) (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 10, 11:30:37
        
        ah so you do - but was does that have to do with the BBC? (n/m) (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jun 10, 11:33:04
        
        ITV are faced with exactly the same problem as BBC (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 10, 11:34:52
    - gotcha (Other Football) - pants, Jun 10, 10:57:20
  - I listened to ITV last night for the first time in 5 years... (Other Football) - Maillot Jaune, Jun 10, 10:45:46
    - What's more petty about it is, they have ex pros in the studio (Other Football) - pants, Jun 10, 10:49:12
    - Crowd noise is always the best option. BBC had it via the red button at the 2006 World Cu (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jun 10, 10:47:23
      - Mr C can't watch more than small fragments of each game (Other Football) - camcan, Jun 10, 10:49:58
        
        Well, crowd noise is the way to go then. Try it on the BBC. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jun 10, 10:52:28
        
        The alternative (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 10, 10:55:22
        
        apparently.. (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 10, 11:04:01
        
        oh. Right. There you are. (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 10, 11:05:00
        
        they have game on Weds night on BBC2 I think (n/m) (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jun 10, 11:06:23
        
        as we often say (Other Football) - camcan, Jun 10, 10:53:57
        
        there's plenty of commentary where I sit!!! (n/m) (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 10, 11:25:35
        
        Took the words out of my mouth. I count myself v.lucky if I'm not near (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jun 10, 11:33:38
- yeh was gonna bring this up the other day...BBC ran a feature on them.... (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jun 10, 10:26:42
- No-one replaced England in the tournament (Other Football) - camcan, Jun 10, 10:24:02
  - haven't we already had teh BBC (?) pundits.. (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 10, 10:33:19
    - The English disease, the "we owned 25% of the world once you know" (Other Football) - pants, Jun 10, 10:51:51
  - One of the more recent lackwits posted that yesterday. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jun 10, 10:31:42
    - Let's say England got placed in Group D (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jun 10, 10:35:39
- correct (n/m) (Other Football) - DiscoDaleGordon, Jun 10, 09:59:05

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