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Ashes set for free to air return

PeterB — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:45:26 +0000

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/front_page/8356391.stm

Early Day Motion launched

admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:22:32 +0000

John Grogan MP has now put an Early Day Motion down in Parliament which has so far attracted the signatures of 47 MPs from a number of parties.

You can see this here:

http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=39714&SESSION=903

Write to your MP now and ask them to sign

Disastrous for cricket?

admin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:38:15 +0000

Apparently, enabling the entire nation to watch live cricket, when it wants to, will ruin the game – David Collier and the ECB believe that free to air test match cricket in the UK will spell FINANCIAL RUIN for his organisation.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/8359046.stm

This thread on BBC’s 606 are not convinced (nor are we):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A59646298

Will free test matches bankrupt the ECB?

admin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:30:13 +0000

If you believe the ECB, then Cricket in the UK is about to be bankrupted, if they are forced to relinquish their subscription-only deal with Sky.

Scyld Berry in The Daily Telegraph thinks otherwise.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/england/6569547/Scyld-Berry-ECB-can-afford-the-return-of-Ashes-cricket-to-terrestrial-television.html

test cricket back on free-to-air TV?

admin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:28:33 +0000

The recently published Review of Free-to-air listed events includes Ashes cricket!

http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/publications/independentpanelreport-to-SoS-Free-to-air-Nov2009.pdf

Could this mean that UK viewers may be able to watch some free live Test match cricket on TV?