Sportscene Under Threat?

[Billy Campbell's Ghost]

I see on BBC this morning BBC are making cuts to a number of things, one is sports rights - could this be the end of Sportscene? Will be interesting to see where these cuts are implemented if BBC Scotland is included - fitba, curling, bowls, shinty??  A decision for our public service broadcaster coming along?

[sr73]

Fingers crossed , the bbc s spfl coverage is cringeworthy

Edited 18 November 2015 by sr73

[Double Blue]

The BBC are getting rid of the red button service and George Osborne has already got half the government departments to accept cuts of 20% over the remaining period of the parliament so who knows what is on the horizon for Sportscene. I watch the BBC clips of DFC online but give the programme a bodyswerve these days.

[Billy Campbell's Ghost]

The BBC are getting rid of the red button service and George Osborne has already got half the government departments to accept cuts of 20% over the remaining period of the parliament so who knows what is on the horizon for Sportscene. I watch the BBC clips of DFC online but give the programme a bodyswerve these days.

I do the same now. I was interested to notice that whilst overseas on holiday the BBC website carried commercial advertising - I had no idea they could do this. Must only happen if you are overseas.

[chomp my root]

I guess I'm in the minority but I'd like to see a 'beefed up' Sportscene, maybe that way they could do all the teams justice, not just the OF. It will be impossible for them to get pundits that please everyone but I'd like to see more time given to each SPL game and THEN the Championship games.

[CC33]

I never watch sportscene now , it always been a fairly brutal programme
Weather ive been at game or not - i just see our goals from Goals/ goals against on Goals On Sunday - I get thats not the point as we should have a proper good programme but we dont , never have unless your an old firm fan so wouldnt bother me if it went of the tele 

Edited 18 November 2015 by CC33

[Gedee]

I never watch sportscene now , it always been a fairly brutal programme

Weather ive been at game or not - i just see our goals from Goals/ goals against on Goals On Sunday - I get thats not the point as we should have a proper good programme but we dont , never have unless your an old firm fan so wouldnt bother me if it went of the tele 

 I'm of exactly the same mind as yourself CC ....

If they cannae put on a half decent programme for Scotland, they wid be as weel dropping it altogether. It looks cheap, because, it probably is !!

[Pablothedee]

I choose to record it rather than sit through the hour of listening to the presenter. It's up against the red zone coverage of the NFL on Sky which is a top sports programme, if your into American football that is.

[Cobra]

If Sportscene gets the chop, good riddance. The crap analysis and cringeworthy attempts at banter won't be missed.

As for NFL, I read that the average match lasts over 3 hours but only 10 minutes of that is game play. I couldn't be doing with that.

[markthedee]

Sportscene is funded from the BBC Scotland budget, not BBC Sport. 

[Billy Campbell's Ghost]

Sportscene is funded from the BBC Scotland budget, not BBC Sport. 

But surely BBC Scotland will have to take a share of the cuts??

[Mr Gandosaur]

I choose to record it rather than sit through the hour of listening to the presenter. It's up against the red zone coverage of the NFL on Sky which is a top sports programme, if your into American football that is.

This is the issue for me. I sit and watch them NFL from 6 o clock right through to about midnight on a Sunday.