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The BBC have today announced plans to adopt a new format to improve it's highly successful long-running series Match of the Day. Proposed changes are said to revamp the show in an effort to attract other demographics to the sport and to tackle some of the recent criticisms the show had attracted.
The show, a staple of weekend television since returning in 2004, has been criticised for incorporating lengthy highlights that alienate the viewer.
A shift from the traditional highlight system to a discussion orientated show has been proposed that has been welcomed by everyone.
"In an age when television faces intense competition from the Internet and the radio, change has become essential so that we may continue to deliver excellent content to the as large an audience as possible." Match of the Days chief producer Neil Clemonce said.
"How can tradition compete with the web 2.0 and China's lax copyright regulations and attract a competitive number of viewers?" Highlighting the obvious problems niche television finds.
Too much coverage
In a bold move to boost ratings for the show, the BBC have been forced to address key issues such as highlights going on for nearly 10 minutes as well as the issue of not enough talking.
The show has also received criticism for not focussing enough of it's allocated 70 minutes on the top four.
A timelimit is being introduced to keep top four games under a minute.
Brenda Hopkins, from Leeds had this to say on the issue "How am I supposed to be interested in this show? I don't know who half these fucking teams are! They only spend 5 minutes talking about Terry. Disgraceful." The single mother of two explained. "That Gary Lineker is very trendy. I like him. He wears nice clothes"
New Pundit
The show is, however, rumoured to be looking to add another to help improve the critically acclaimed debates. With Ian Wright, Jeremy Kyle, Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen and Trisha all in the mix.
The new format will, however, continue with it's award winning tactical analysis from it's highly acclaimed team.
"What we do is we play it back really slowly, and we watch what happens. The trick is to remember what you've seen and then to repeat what you initially said using those pens." explained Alan Hansen, Liverpools highly successful defender.
The show, a staple of weekend television since returning in 2004, has been criticised for incorporating lengthy highlights that alienate the viewer.
A shift from the traditional highlight system to a discussion orientated show has been proposed that has been welcomed by everyone.
"In an age when television faces intense competition from the Internet and the radio, change has become essential so that we may continue to deliver excellent content to the as large an audience as possible." Match of the Days chief producer Neil Clemonce said.
"How can tradition compete with the web 2.0 and China's lax copyright regulations and attract a competitive number of viewers?" Highlighting the obvious problems niche television finds.
Too much coverage
In a bold move to boost ratings for the show, the BBC have been forced to address key issues such as highlights going on for nearly 10 minutes as well as the issue of not enough talking.
The show has also received criticism for not focussing enough of it's allocated 70 minutes on the top four.
A timelimit is being introduced to keep top four games under a minute.
Brenda Hopkins, from Leeds had this to say on the issue "How am I supposed to be interested in this show? I don't know who half these fucking teams are! They only spend 5 minutes talking about Terry. Disgraceful." The single mother of two explained. "That Gary Lineker is very trendy. I like him. He wears nice clothes"
New Pundit
The show is, however, rumoured to be looking to add another to help improve the critically acclaimed debates. With Ian Wright, Jeremy Kyle, Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen and Trisha all in the mix.
The new format will, however, continue with it's award winning tactical analysis from it's highly acclaimed team.
"What we do is we play it back really slowly, and we watch what happens. The trick is to remember what you've seen and then to repeat what you initially said using those pens." explained Alan Hansen, Liverpools highly successful defender.
