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**Chris** · 19-05-2013, 17:56

The BBC's coverage of the Eurovision song contest stems from its membership of the European Broadcasting Union, whose competition it is. The BBC can't 'lose' the contest, it would have to choose to walk away - which IMO is what it is doing with sports coverage. The licence fee is not a bottomless pit of money and sports rights are really quite expensive these days because the specialist sports channels are willing to pay through the nose for them.

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Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,251	Re: bbc loses motogp The BBC's coverage of the Eurovision song contest stems from its membership of the European Broadcasting Union, whose competition it is. The BBC can't 'lose' the contest, it would have to choose to walk away - which IMO is what it is doing with sports coverage. The licence fee is not a bottomless pit of money and sports rights are really quite expensive these days because the specialist sports channels are willing to pay through the nose for them.