Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Small screen, jerky picture?

There used to be this idea of the "Crown Jewels" - events which were considered to be of such wide national interest that they had to be available on free-to-air television. As far as sport was concerned, this used to include all major sports where an England team was involved. How things have changed. Test matches are now shown exclusively on pay TV, and many football matches involving England have gone the same way. But if you want to watch England's match against Ukraine on Saturday, even if you're prepared to pay, a TV won't do, because it's not being screened on TV at all, but only streamed to computers. So if you haven't got a fast computer - tough! Bring back the Crown Jewels, says I.

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