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[jimmy brighton]

look`s like after the game jamie carragher had a few crossed words with that sky interviewer andy burton -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjvA3cYXR0U

Nice one Jamie 

[Dalglish]

SKY Owned by Murdoch
Sun Owned by Murdoch
Andy Burton Owned by Carragher

[maypaxvobiscum]

look`s like after the game jamie carragher had a few crossed words with that sky interviewer andy burton -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjvA3cYXR0U

Nice one Jamie 

anyone knows what he was referring to when he mentioned the Wolves game?

[lakes10]

in a few short years you will be able to get the football in other way and it will be all within the law.
times are changing and sky will not be the only place to perm football. there is a big chance that some games will move to freesat and some will be free on the web.

Sky will go to court to try and stop this but they will not win.

[lakes10]

look`s like after the game jamie carragher had a few crossed words with that sky interviewer andy burton -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjvA3cYXR0U

Nice one Jamie 

anyone knows what he was referring to when he mentioned the Wolves game?

yes he was the reporter during the women linesman game that saw gray and keys get sacked.

[lakes10]

look`s like after the game jamie carragher had a few crossed words with that sky interviewer andy burton -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjvA3cYXR0U

Nice one Jamie 

anyone knows what he was referring to when he mentioned the Wolves game?

this bit

[Thommo's perm]

look`s like after the game jamie carragher had a few crossed words with that sky interviewer andy burton -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjvA3cYXR0U

Nice one Jamie 

anyone knows what he was referring to when he mentioned the Wolves game?

this bit

Bell hend

[Ola Mr Benitez]

look`s like after the game jamie carragher had a few crossed words with that sky interviewer andy burton -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjvA3cYXR0U

What was the "Wolves stuff" he was talking about???

[lakes10]

Challenge to Murdoch grip on BSkyB


The intensifying scrutiny is a setback to James Murdoch

Rupert Murdoch is facing a fresh challenge to his UK media business as it emerged that Britain’s communications regulator has escalated its probe into whether British Sky Broadcasting is a “fit and proper” owner of a broadcasting licence.

Following preliminary investigations last year, Ofcom set up a dedicated team in January to scrutinise material emerging from the Leveson inquiry into the British press’s practices and the police’s investigations into phone hacking and corrupting public officials, according to minutes released under a Freedom of Information Act request made by the Financial Times.
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Ofcom’s team – known as Project Apple – will assess if BSkyB should still hold a broadcasting licence in light of the phone-hacking scandal that engulfed Mr Murdoch’s News of the World newspaper last year.

The intensifying scrutiny is a setback to James Murdoch, who has remained chairman of the satellite broadcasting company, in spite of stepping down last month as executive chairman of News International, which runs the group’s British newspapers.

The Ofcom probe is considering the status of both James Murdoch and News Corp, which holds a 39.1 per cent stake in BSkyB, as “fit and proper” persons to own the BSkyB licence.

Should Ofcom rule against them, it could threaten James Murdoch’s position as chairman of BSkyB or trigger a process that would force News Corp, chaired by Rupert Murdoch, to cut its stake in BSkyB to a level at which it was no longer deemed to exercise control.

Project Apple was discussed at an Ofcom board meeting on January 24, according to the minutes released under the FOI request. The regulator also discussed the issue at a board meeting in late February.

The decision to escalate the investigation came at the beginning of the year following talks between the regulator, politicians and the police.

Last July, Ofcom reassured politicians that it would continue to monitor whether BSkyB was “fit and proper” to maintain its licence in light of concerns over involvement by subsidiaries of News Corp in phone hacking in the UK.

At the time, the regulator made clear it did not have to wait for the end of the criminal investigation, nor was it necessary for any individual to be convicted for it to reach its conclusion. However, a decision on the “fit and proper” test is not expected until the Leveson inquiry and police investigations are more advanced.

Ofcom said: “New evidence is still emerging from the various enquiries in relation to the hacking and corruption allegations. Ofcom is continuing to assess the evidence that may assist it in discharging its duties.”

BSkyB declined to comment.

Lord Oakeshott, the Lib Dem peer, said it was “high time” Ofcom ruled on whether BSkyB was fit and proper to hold a broadcasting licence. “How much more evidence does Ofcom need when a senior Metropolitian police officer, Sue Akers, gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry of a “culture at the Sun of illegal payments”

Last summer, Rupert Murdoch bowed to intense political pressure and withdrew News Corp’s planned bid to take full control of BSkyB after the company admitted the public uproar over phone hacking had made the climate “too difficult”.

The decision to abandon the 13-month pursuit of the UK satellite broadcaster, which would have cost £8.3bn or more, came after Mr Murdoch shut the News of the World in response to the phone-hacking scandal.

[The Good Yank]

Couldn't find a thread in this section that this pertained to.  The Kno.bhead on SKY reporting from Kiev actually just suggested starting James Milner at RB ahaead of Glen Johnson against the Ukraine.  Not even a mention of how bad Terry has been in the two games so far.

[ycsatbjywtbiastkamb]

Couldn't find a thread in this section that this pertained to.  The Kno.bhead on SKY reporting from Kiev actually just suggested starting James Milner at RB ahaead of Glen Johnson against the Ukraine.  Not even a mention of how bad Terry has been in the two games so far.

do you get british sky in the states mate? i would have thought that fox would have their own footy show and presenters.

[crim cram]

We get an hour of Sky sports news along with the US/Canadian "Fox Soccer Report" daily.  The news shows ramp up in the Summer as ESPN has the rights to the Euros as well as most WC qualifiers, so Fox doesn't have nearly as much live football programming right now as it does during the Premier League season.

[ycsatbjywtbiastkamb]

We get an hour of Sky sports news along with the US/Canadian "Fox Soccer Report" daily.  The news shows ramp up in the Summer as ESPN has the rights to the Euros as well as most WC qualifiers, so Fox doesn't have nearly as much live football programming right now as it does during the Premier League season.

thanks mate

[D___C]

You can say what you like about Murdoch, but the fact is Sky have been magnificent for the PL over the last 20 years. Prior to Sky it was pretty poor (with the exception of ITV games on Sunday). Sky took sports coverage to a new level in the UK and Murdoch (for that anyway) deserves massive praise. They have also made both BBC and ITV raise their level. We got Sky installed in 1996 and its been worth every penny.

[Benny The Noon]

Sky ruined football and turned it into a money game.