The Sport Thread

[no1fanofthepals]

So

Mighty odd #WALUKR on Sky Sports Football, Sky Sports Main Event, ITV, S4C, Sky Go, NOW, ITV Hub, S4C Clic and BBC iPlayer. (Apologies if others missed).

BBC Sounds as well. Almost unimaginable how many places to watch it.

[Tom]

Also, note that Martin Tyler is commentating on the Wales v Ukraine game instead of Bill Leslie (the usual Wales commentator) and it's Tyler's first commentary on ITV for many years.

[Brekkie]

Indeed it is, with two very chunky logos.

But simulcasting Sky Sports Premier League, with no 'Live' graphic like ITV, which Sky do have.
Edit: Sky Sports Premier League aren't even showing the game.

Odd.  Wrong logo aside think that looks better than the logo underneath like ITV.

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Are Sky Glass sponsoring the coverage on Sky Sports as well?

[no1fanofthepals]

Wales have qualified for the World Cup beating Ukraine 1-0.

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I'm surprised ITV allowed Sky Sports trailers on their channel. I think they've just simulcasted Sky's coverage except for adverts and the DOG.

[Jon]

I'm surprised ITV allowed Sky Sports trailers on their channel. I think they've just simulcasted Sky's coverage except for adverts and the DOG.

If they hadn’t, Sky wouldn’t have allowed them to show the football on their channel.

[Tom]

Yes, I think that was part of the deal. Anyway, well done Wales, in the same group as England in Qatar later this year and congratulations to all Welsh readers and contributors on the forum.

Edit: ITV coverage ending 5 minutes later than scheduled.

[Brekkie]

A bit annoying in their promotion Sky concentrated on England's rugby tour, not even mentioning Wales in South Africa - likely to be of more interest to much of the audience.

Great result though, but not Martin Tylers finest hour.

[Rdd]

One consequence of Premier Sports UEFA deal is that they’ve completely abandoned live coverage of the Top14 (on the final day of the regular season and all!) for the duration of the international window (they’ll be resuming with the semi finals). Fans of French rugby will have to make so with delayed coverage on Premier 2 after midnight.

[RhysJR]

[Luc]

As somebody who grew up at a time when Sky and ITV were rivals when it came to football rights (remember ITV Digital/ITV Sport channel? Maybe not...) was very strange to see ITV carry full Sky Sports branding, presentation and promos on their main channel.
Emblematic of how sports rights are a moveable feast now compared to when it was very tribal between the broadcasters - summed up when ITV took Match of the Day and Des Lynam from the BBC. Nowadays here they are sharing major rights and talent.

[Humphrey Hacker]

Sky Sports Football with ITV logo underneath on the coverage.

Got to admit it was jarring to see that Go dda Cymru.

[Brekkie]

It's surprising really Sky Sports have never ventured into producing content for other broadcasters.

[nwtv2003]

As somebody who grew up at a time when Sky and ITV were rivals when it came to football rights (remember ITV Digital/ITV Sport channel? Maybe not...) was very strange to see ITV carry full Sky Sports branding, presentation and promos on their main channel.
Emblematic of how sports rights are a moveable feast now compared to when it was very tribal between the broadcasters - summed up when ITV took Match of the Day and Des Lynam from the BBC. Nowadays here they are sharing major rights and talent.

I tweeted this earlier today that back in the 1990s and the 2000s this would have been a definite no no for Sky, but it’s strange how far we’ve come. In the last 12 months it’s not only just Sky, we’ve seen BT Sport rugby coverage on ITV, we saw the US Open from Prime Video on Channel 4 as well as Sky Sports F1 on Channel 4 from the final crucial race day last year. 

Clearly there must be some arrangement in place that suits both parties. The case today for Sky being that they promoted what else was on Sky Sports this summer as well as Sky Glass. ITV certainly would have got better ratings in comparison to any given Sunday for that time.

[Jon]

It's surprising really Sky Sports have never ventured into producing content for other broadcasters.

Didn’t they produce ESPN UK’s Premier League output or it might have just been the match production? 

I did half expect ITV produce the England coverage for Channel 4, considering they’d been covering the matches for so long.

[Brekkie]

Who did produce the England coverage?