This is nothing to do with the BBC. Football League did a collective deal with Premium TV for the online commentary rights. The BBC probably could have made a big offer to the FL for online commentary rights, but that would no doubt have been criticised by its haters for "spunking licence fee payer's money away"."SWA" wrote:Great post Joey's Toe ^^^^
I didn't realise that radio Oxford were not allowed to broadcast match commentaries online. That is a pisstake in my book. The club and BBC should be ashamed of themselves...
At the moment it provides free commentary for people who live locally to their clubs, which is the whole point of BBC local radio. Its commentary is then sold by the clubs via Premium TV as part of an AV package, which makes the club money.
The entire Football League does this.
Where's the piss take?