TV and the TdF

gbs
gbs Posts: 450
edited May 2009 in Pro race
Does any know if the free to view channels will carry the Tour de France this year? I am fearful that the deep pockets over at Sky will be looking for their ransom :( .
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  • sicrow
    sicrow Posts: 791
    ITV4 has highlights each evening, other than that with no satellite then its internet feeds
    http://www.action.org.uk/sponsor/simoncrowther
  • kozzo
    kozzo Posts: 182
    France 2, Atlatic Bird 3, 5 degree West, clear (FTA), digital and analogue broadcast
  • markwalker
    markwalker Posts: 953
    is it not on Eurosport?
    Ig not whos going to comment? not those fawning idiots from c4 i hope
  • GroupOfOne MkII
    GroupOfOne MkII Posts: 1,289
    gbs wrote:
    Does any know if the free to view channels will carry the Tour de France this year? I am fearful that the deep pockets over at Sky will be looking for their ransom :( .

    Rest easy, ITV have the contract for the TdF for at least a couple more years, either 2012 or 2013. So providing they still exist, Sky would have to buy them out of it.

    Also, a much speculated point, but if Sky want to use their pro team to showcase and advertise Sky, they're better off leaving the Tour on terresterial channels where it'll pick up a higher (non-Sky) audience. I'm sure there's been an interview or comment a while back where Sky did actually say that sponsoring the team didn't automatically mean they wanted the Tour on their channels.

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