Nine will broadcast The Coronation Concert at 12:00 noon - 2:30 pm Monday 8 May. This will be ahead of Seven’s broadcast at 7.30pm.
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Rupert Murdoch’s TalkTV and rival GB News have united to condemn an “anti-competitive” decision by the BBC, Sky, and ITN to restrict access to Coronation coverage.
In a statement on the “blackout,” the two news channels said they are being charged an “excessive commercial fee” to access pool footage of Saturday’s proceedings.
In what they described as a “perverse” twist, they added that foreign broadcasters are not being charged to access the coverage in the UK.
The statement was signed by local TV operators and the News Media Association, which represents the interests of publishers including The Times of London and The Guardian.
Bit strange for them to be excluded considering Murdoch also owns Sky News.
No, Sky News is now owned by a division of Comcast.
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Ah, right. Forgot about that.
Of course. 9, the spoiler network.
I don’t see it that way. While it might ‘spoil’ Seven ratings somewhat, I expect that elements of the concert will be shown on all network across the morning and afternoon. After all it is broadcast at approx. 5am so an earlier broadcast would make it easier for viewers to avoid spoilers if they wanted to.
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What a load of shit - Seven dont deserve a free kick because they’ve decided to delay it 12+ hours so they can show it in primetime
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And so it begins.
Seven is first with coverage this afternoon starting at 4pm.
Extremely brief intro. Seven going with gold and purple.
Starting to get quite busy with the graphics.
News as usual at 6pm to follow.
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Tacky!
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BBC Commentary commencing straight after short into - only a watermark, no special graphics.
10 Peach
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