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Admiral Afterworld
21 Dec 2007, 21:04
Some of you may find this interesting (see Chapter 3):
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/market_invest_paytv/annex_10.pdf
Hmm, Fascinating, has showed why they went for The Sky deal, maybe now we're starting to see a kncok on in Englland's recent performances... who know?
how has the public taken to Cricket being on Sky?
has there been a bit of an outcry or are more people buying the PayTV to watch it?
has it affected popularity of the game which basically hit the roof after the 05 Ashes Series?
how has the public taken to Cricket being on Sky?
has there been a bit of an outcry or are more people buying the PayTV to watch it?
has it affected popularity of the game which basically hit the roof after the 05 Ashes Series?
Tis difficult to judge tbh, The attendances for test matches has stayed the same with full houses at Lord's and 60-70% full for WI an 80-90% for India tests as well as sell outs for each ODI all summer. Viewing figures for the Tests against WI peaked at around 900000 with 2 million being the figure against The Indians compared with 11.1 million in the '05 Ashes although this figure was always like to drop anyway. The Money has certainly helped the ECB's finances with Counties receiving more money but they are not putting it back into the grass roots level such as Surrey who produced such players as Alec Bedser, Jim Laker, Jack Hobbs and Tony Lock and their bowling attack next season will be Asif, Saqlain Mushtaq, Pedro Collins and Chris Jordan!