BBC’s Director of Sport Roger Mosey wrote an eye-opening article on the BBC Sport blog this morning. In it, he describes how the ratings for BBC’s Match of The Day (their highlights show, which features Gary Lineker, Alan Hansen and others) has risen this season — and that the ratings for MOTD were much higher than the live broadcast of Wigan against Manchester United.
Living in the States, it’s something we often overlook — how Match of The Day is still an institution in England and how popular highlights shows are in that country.
Still, the article by Mosey reads like sour grapes against SkySports. Sure, BBC has more viewers for Match of the Day than live televised matches, but if you were the BBC, wouldn’t you trade MOTD for the real thing?
