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Sport Today
''Sport Today'' is a sports news programme produced by the BBC and is shown on BBC World News. It is broadcast up to 12 times daily from Monday-Thursday, 11 times daily on Friday and twice daily at the weekend. The programme provides the news, results and action from major sports events around the world. In the United Kingdom, it is broadcast as ''Sportsday'', weekdays at 13:30, 18:30, 22:30 weekends at 13:15, 18:30 and 19:30, following the main news bulletins on BBC One. From 13 June 2011, three more bulletins were added to provide more news content for viewers in the UK overnight and in the Asia-Pacific region in the mornings. They are shown as part of the BBC's ''Newsday'', these are simulcast on BBC News Channel, BBC World News & BBC One. Presenters BBC Television Centre, London (2003–2012) * Rob Bonnet * Francis Collings * Adnan Nawaz * David Brenner MediaCityUK, Salford (2012–present) * Mike Bushell * Marc Edwards * James Pearce * Karthi Gnanasegaram * Ore Oduba * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DVB-T
DVB-T, short for Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial, is the DVB European-based consortium standard for the broadcast transmission of digital terrestrial television that was first published in 1997 and first broadcast in Singapore in February, 1998. This system transmits compressed digital audio, digital video and other data in an MPEG transport stream, using coded orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (COFDM or OFDM) modulation. It is also the format widely used worldwide (including North America) for Electronic News Gathering for transmission of video and audio from a mobile newsgathering vehicle to a central receive point. It is also used in the US by Amateur television operators. Basics Rather than carrying one data carrier on a single radio frequency (RF) channel, COFDM works by splitting the digital data stream into a large number of slower digital streams, each of which digitally modulates a set of closely spaced adjacent sub-carrier frequencies. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Brenner
David Norris Brenner (February 4, 1936 – March 15, 2014) was an American stand-up comedian, actor and author. The most frequent guest on '' The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'' in the 1970s and 1980s, Brenner "was a pioneer of observational comedy." His friend, comedian Richard Lewis, described Brenner as "the king of hip, observational comedy." Early life Brenner was born to Jewish parents in 1936 and raised in South and West Philadelphia. His father, Louis, was a vaudeville comedian, singer and dancer, performing under the stage name of Lou Murphy, who gave up his career and a film contract to please Brenner's grandfather, a rabbi, who objected to his working on the Sabbath. Once David became successful, he regularly sent his parents on cruises, and both of Brenner's parents would eventually die at advanced ages while on cruises aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2, approximately two years apart. After high school, Brenner spent two years in the U.S. Army, serving in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tulsen Tollett
Tulsen Paul Tollett (born 6 May 1973) is a TV presenter and former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. A Great Britain international representative utility back, he played in Australia for Sydney's Penrith Panthers ( Heritage № 320) and the Parramatta Eels ( Heritage № 513) clubs, before moving to England and playing for the London Broncos ( Heritage № 301). Background Tollett was born in Hastings, Sussex in the United Kingdom, but moved with his family to Australia as a youngster. His junior career was with Emu Plains JRLC prior to being signed by Penrith. Rugby league career Tollett played at the Penrith Panthers and the Parramatta Eels before joining the Broncos for the 1996 inaugural season of Super League I.Broncos' To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes
Elizabeth Greenwood-Hughes (née Greenwood) is an English television presenter working for the BBC. She is currently a regular presenter of Sports News on the BBC News Channel and the ''BBC Weekend News''. Education She studied film and photography at Salisbury College of Art, which became Wiltshire College. Presenting career After working on ''BBC South Today'' she presented '' Newsround'', the children's current affairs show on BBC One between 2001 and 2008. She co-presented the show's 30th Anniversary edition with original presenter John Craven. She then went on to present ''Sportsround'' on BBC Two from 2005, with co-host Jake Humphrey. Moving to sports presenting, she was part of the BBC's presenting line-up at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Paralympics and the 2006 Turin and 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. She then worked on ''The Football League Show'', a highlights show covering all the lower English leagues on Saturday night. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue Thearle
Sue Thearle is a British journalist. She presented on the now defunct Setanta Sports News. She is currently a relief presenter on the BBC's 24-hour news channel BBC News. She was previously a sports presenter on the channel and on BBC Breakfast. After training as a journalist, Thearle began her career on a local newspaper in Hertfordshire. During her later days there, her assistant answered her phone to England captain Bobby Moore and sold the quotes Moore gave him to a national newspaper. Thearle later met Moore at an England game a month before his death. Thearle then moved to the Daily Telegraph as a football writer, and later presented and reported for Sky TV. Thearle joined BBC Breakfast in 1996 as a reporter, before being promoted to the presenting team. She has also reported for Grandstand and Football Focus - and was the only female voice on Match of the Day. She fluffed her lines in 1998 whilst commentating on the highlights of an FA Cup match featuring Basingstoke To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Legard
Jonathan Legard (born 7 July 1961 in Cardiff, Wales), is a sports journalist, best known as the lead commentator for the BBC's Formula One TV coverage in 2009 and 2010. Legard has been the BBC's motor racing and football correspondent as well as commentating regularly on Formula One races for BBC Radio 5 Live from 1997 to 2004. On 24 November 2008, he was confirmed as the lead commentator for the BBC's Formula One coverage in 2009. On 11 January 2011, the BBC announced changes in the F1 commentary team. On Twitter, Legard confirmed to British F1 fans that he would not be commentating on BBC F1 coverage during the forthcoming season. On 19 January 2011 Legard became a sports presenter on BBC Radio 4's Today programme. In February 2011 Legard began commentating on football in BBC's The Football League Show. He has served as the Olympic Broadcasting Services English-language commentator for volleyball since the 2012 Summer Olympics. Career *1987–1990: BBC Radio Merseyside *19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damian Johnson (broadcaster)
Damian Johnson is a broadcaster with BBC Sport who was born in Hull. He currently works as a reporter on the football programmes ''Match of the Day'' and ''Football Focus'', as well as presenting and reporting on various other sporting programmes, notably including the ''Super League Show'' on BBC One in regions in Northern England. He started his broadcast career in 1986 in commercial radio in Sheffield. He joined the BBC in 1989 as a television producer, working for ''BBC Look North'' based in Leeds. He has also presented the sports news on ''BBC Look North'' in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. He currently presents the sports news on the BBC News channel from MediaCityUK in Salford. Sports TV presenter Johnson was a part of the BBC's TV coverage of the South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup , image = 2010 FIFA World Cup.svg , size = 200px , caption = ''Ke Nako. (Tswana and Sotho for "It's time") Celebrate Africa's Humanity'It's time. Celebrate Africa's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Jones (journalist)
Phil Jones (born 13 February 1965) is a sports reporter and presenter, known for his work with BBC Sport and CNN. He is a university lecturer at University Academy 92 in Greater Manchester, covering journalism and media. Education Jones obtained the NCTJ qualification in journalism from Richmond College in Sheffield in 1985. He was previously at De La Salle College, in his home town of Salford, where he was Student Council President and Editor of the college magazine.Courtesy of Phil Jones from his personal biography Journalism Jones began his career in print and radio journalism. He largely covered sport for the Salford-based David Burke Press Agency, supplying material to the ''Manchester Evening News'', '' Sunday Express'' and Piccadilly Radio, among others. He passed the NCTJ proficiency test while working for the agency. Broadcasting Jones was the BBC's athletics reporter for some 15 years, He worked trackside at the London 2012 Olympics, interviewing such athletes as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reshmin Chowdhury
Reshmin Chowdhury ( bn, রেশমিন চৌধুরী; born 16 December 1977) is a British-Bangladeshi sports journalist broadcaster and event host. She currently lead presents live Premier League football on Talksport every Saturday morning in GameDay Exclusive. She presents live coverage of the Women's Super League and the Women’s Football Show for BBC Sport. She has worked across all football coverage for BT Sport for 8 years, most notably the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League the FA Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference League. She fronted coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games with Eurosport and Discovery Plus and presented for ITV Sport during UEFA Euro 2020. Early life Chowdhury was born and brought up in London, England and is of Bangladeshi origin. Chowdhury described her childhood as growing up "in an extremely open-minded, progressive Bengali Muslim family and within a huge second-generation community where educatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ore Oduba
Ore Oduba (born 17 November 1986) is a British television and radio presenter who has also worked as an actor. He is best known for winning the fourteenth series of BBC One's ''Strictly Come Dancing'' in 2016. He presented the CBBC news programme ''Newsround'' from 2008 until 2013. In 2018 he hosted the game show '' And They're Off!'' in aid of Sport Relief. In 2019 he began his musical theatre career, starring in the UK tour of '' Grease''. He also appeared alongside Jason Manford in '' Curtains the Musical''. Oduba made his West End debut in January 2020. Early life and education Oduba was born on 17 November 1986 in London, to Nigerian parents and was brought up in Dorset, in southwest England, with his brother and two sisters. He often travelled between the UK and Nigeria, where his father is a leading lawyer. . He was educated at Dumpton School, then Canford School, a co-educational independent school for both boarding and day pupils in the village of Canford Magna, near ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karthi Gnanasegaram
Karthi Gnanasegaram is a British television and radio presenter working for the BBC, Amazon Prime Video, Classic FM, Royal Opera House and Premier League Productions. As of 2011 she is a regular presenter on the BBC for sports programmes and on BBC One Ten o'clock News, '' BBC Breakfast, BBC Radio 5 Live, Chris Evans Breakfast Show and Today''. She is also a presenter on Classic FM, Amazon Prime Video's tennis and football coverage and Premier League Productions. Education She studied at King Edward VI High School for Girls, a public school in Edgbaston, Birmingham, followed by a Classics degree at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge. Whilst at Cambridge she wrote for the student newspaper, '' Varsity'', and played hockey, tennis and badminton (gaining blues in the latter two sports). She played both the violin and piano to Grade 8, and toured Europe playing the violin. Career After working on ''BBC News'' and BBC Entertainment show, ''Liquid News,'' Gnanasega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Pearce (journalist)
James Pearce is a British journalist and presenter for BBC Sport, who has reported from eight Olympic Games. Pearce was the Olympic Correspondent for the BBC at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Notable scoops by Pearce include the revelation that England were attempting to 'butter' up FIFA voters with gifts of luxury handbags in order to gain votes during their ill-fated bid for the 2018 World Cup. Pearce holds the dubious honour of scoring the first "goal" at the new Wembley Stadium during a broadcast on the BBC News channel. Early life Pearce was brought up in the village of Pirbright in Surrey. Education Pearce was educated at Radley College, which he entered in 1983, a boarding independent school near the village of Radley in Oxfordshire, followed by the University of Exeter in Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |