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On 28/06/2026 14:20, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
> On 2026/6/28 14:0:37, John Williamson wrote:

>> The timeslots for the current batch of "kicking a bag of wind round a
>> field" games are not set by our broadcasters, but by those running the
>> tournament. The times are set to maximise the audiences and so the
>> advertising revenue in the USA.
>
> Ah yes, "must broadcast at the exact minute it happens" (same applies to
> news, though there it's "must discuss _before_ it happens"). Whatever
> happened to "look away now"?

The broadcasters grew the ability to screen all sorts of stuff as it 
happened, rather than having to carry a videotape on a motorbike.
>>
>> As for filling the (normally) empty slots on a 24 hour channel with
>> other sports, even the popular ones now are struggling to get an
>> audience outside peak hours.
>>
> No, I was suggesting a "sports" slot on what you call the "prime"
> channels, so those who like an ordered life know to avoid that time, and
> those who _do_ want it also can have it at an ordered time. My reference
> to other sports was to forestall anyone saying "but the world cup [or
> whatever] is only on at times - what will you fill that slot with
> otherwise?".
>
Not gonna happen unless you can persuade the organisers to hold their 
matches at a convenient time for you.

But... WhenIwerealad, football used to happen on every ground in the 
country at the same time on a Saturday afternoon, all the results were 
in for the pools countdown on the news barring the occasional late kick 
off, and just about everybody was sitting in Front of the Telly, or 
listening to the radio, checking their coupons. There was the occasional 
lower league match on a Wednesday evening, but they didn't matter as 
they weren't on the coupon. You also got "Match Of the Day" on the BBC, 
and that was all you could watch unless you actually went to the match.

Now, everybody who has an OB team and a van wants to broadcast *every* 
match that they've paid the FA a fortune to show *live* as it happens, 
if not before, and to avoid splitting the advertising revenue, they all 
need to be played at different times. There are also a lot more matches 
per week now than there were then.

-- 
Tciao for Now!

John.

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Bloody football! NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-06-17 22:42 +0100
  Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-17 23:14 +0100
    Re: Bloody football! Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-06-18 06:10 +0000
      Re: Bloody football! liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2026-06-18 09:46 +0100
        Re: Bloody football! Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-06-18 18:54 +0100
          Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-18 20:36 +0100
            Re: Bloody football! Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-06-19 09:18 +0100
  Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-18 08:03 +0100
  Re: Bloody football! jon <reading.mostly@crap.org> - 2026-06-25 01:24 +0000
    Re: Bloody football! NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-06-25 14:12 +0100
      Re: Bloody football! Old John <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2026-06-25 15:31 +0000
      Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-25 20:45 +0100
        Re: Bloody football! Roderick Stewart <rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-06-26 08:12 +0100
          Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-26 12:11 +0100
            Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-26 19:21 +0100
              Re: Bloody football! Roderick Stewart <rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-06-27 09:49 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-27 20:50 +0100
            Re: Bloody football! Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-06-27 12:07 +0100
              Re: Bloody football! John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> - 2026-06-27 15:34 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-27 20:58 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-27 23:37 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-28 01:26 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-28 11:20 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-28 12:50 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-28 13:41 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-28 14:13 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-06-28 13:26 +0000
                Re: Bloody football! NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-06-29 13:22 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-06-29 12:34 +0000
                Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-29 14:41 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-06-29 18:48 +0100
        Re: Bloody football! Paul Ratcliffe <abuse@orac12.clara34.co56.uk78> - 2026-06-28 10:55 +0000
          Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-28 12:56 +0100
            Re: Bloody football! John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> - 2026-06-28 14:00 +0100
              Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-28 14:20 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> - 2026-06-28 15:59 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-28 18:36 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> - 2026-06-28 21:46 +0100
              Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-28 16:10 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> - 2026-06-28 16:17 +0100

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