I hope you know Astonvilla has his tongue firmly in his cheekdevosteve wrote:yep, the BDO hold all the cards. Though if it was a game of poker their hand a pair of 2's!Ginge wrote:Very goodAstonvilla wrote:Good news for the BDO as well. Now BT Sport know they cant get PDC darts for at least 7 years the BDO can hold them to ransom as without them they
have no darts at all.
the BDO couldnt hold a kitten to ransom at the moment.Only last week they abolished entry fees for a huge chunk of their events...Skewball wrote:astonishing really. The level of certainty this gives the players is amazing (those that can stay in the top 16/32 anyway)
No hint of whether it's more or less money though.
21st April 2016 7:01amGinge wrote:the cancer has been cut from the BDO
Over a week of darts on the radio!!!!talkSPORT, the world’s biggest sports radio station, has secured exclusive UK radio rights for the 2017/2018 William Hill World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace.
There will be updates from every session across the first round, as sporting legend Phil 'The Power' Taylor attempts to win an unprecedented 17th World Championship title in what will be his last-ever professional event and reigning champion Michael van Gerwen bids for a hat-trick of titles at the iconic North London venue
talkSPORT 2 will then have full commentary from Thursday 21 December up to the quarter-finals on Friday 29 December before coverage switches to talkSPORT for the semi-finals on Saturday 30 December and final on Monday 1 January respectively.
The talkSPORT and talkSPORT 2 team includes presenters Ray Stubbs and Andy Goldstein, former darts stars Colin Lloyd and Bobby George as well as respected commentators Nigel Pearson, Jim Proudfoot and John Gwynne.
Liam Fisher, Wireless Group National Controller, said: “Few sporting arenas can match the Ally Pally in December for the PDC World Championship Darts. It’s a privilege to bring one of the biggest sporting events of the Christmas period to the talkSPORT and talkSPORT 2 audience.
“With so much live football, racing, rugby, NFL and now darts over Christmas and the New Year, there’s only one place to go for your festive fix of sport."
PDC Chairman Barry Hearn said: "It's great to welcome talkSPORT on board to cover the William Hill World Darts Championship through both talkSPORT and talkSPORT 2.
"talkSPORT have always been great supporters of darts and this deal will be a fantastic addition to their festive schedules and a boost for darts fans across the UK, who will be able to listen to full coverage of the latter stages of the biggest event in the sport."
For full details of how to listen live to talkSPORT and talkSPORT 2, visit http://www.talksport.com or follow @talkSPORT and @talkSPORT2 on Twitter.
Broadcast Timings
• Thursday 21 December, coverage from 7pm
• Friday 22 December, 12.30pm and 7pm
• Saturday 23 December, 7pm
• Wednesday 27 December, 12.30pm and 7pm
• Thursday 28 December, 12.30pm and 7pm
• Friday 29 December, 12.30pm and 7pm (quarter-finals)
• Saturday 30 December, coverage from 7pm, play starts at 7.30pm (semi-finals, talkSPORT)
• Monday 1 January, coverage from 7pm, play starts at 8pm (the final, talkSPORT)
Trust me, darts on the radio is very important. Especially when a farmer beats a professional over one leg on it...Murphio wrote:Darts on the radio....hmm
Fixed.Astonvilla wrote:Its also a reflection as to just how bad the BDO is ran. We are in a massive darting boom and even though they are a second tier they should still have benefitted by getting more sponsors and tournaments on minor TV channels, without having to pay for the privilege.
BlueSpark wrote:Fixed.Astonvilla wrote:Its also a reflection as to just how bad the BDO is ran. We are in a massive darting boom and even though they are a second tier they should still have benefitted by getting more sponsors and tournaments on minor TV channels, without having to pay for the privilege.
) seems to be no more. Frontrunner 2 is not on the Sky EPG anymore.I tend to agree in that there would probably be no darts on TV at all were it not for the PDC. The fact Lakeside was kept on BBC for so long before being picked up by BT and Channel 4 is largely due, imo, to the boom created in the other side of the divide.Astonvilla wrote:Its also a reflection as to just how bad the BDO is ran. We are in a massive darting boom and even though they are a second tier they should still have benefitted by getting more sponsors and tournaments on minor TV channels.
RIP.Ginge wrote:BlueSpark wrote:Fixed.Astonvilla wrote:Its also a reflection as to just how bad the BDO is ran. We are in a massive darting boom and even though they are a second tier they should still have benefitted by getting more sponsors and tournaments on minor TV channels, without having to pay for the privilege.
Speaking of which, the channel Frontrunner hastily launched to ensure they could show all of the WDT (well, not the final
Thank you to the kind forum member, recognising the effort taken to run the competition, for the PM offering me his Sky Go login details so I can watch the action.BlueSpark wrote:Excellent.
Handy for me who won't be watching as I don't have sky or wifi.
Lovely.
This is a PDC thread......Astonvilla wrote:Its also a reflection as to just how bad the BDO is ran. We are in a massive darting boom and even though they are a second tier they should still have benefitted by getting more sponsors and tournaments on minor TV channels.
I wouldnt mind that either, I dont have Sports at the moment so can only watch a decent stream when its on MixBlueSpark wrote:Thank you to the kind forum member, recognising the effort taken to run the competition, for the PM offering me his Sky Go login details so I can watch the action.BlueSpark wrote:Excellent.
Handy for me who won't be watching as I don't have sky or wifi.
Lovely.
Kudos.
