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"Thank you for your note regarding the Steve Bunce Boxing Programme.
As you know Setanta decided to broadcast a significant amount of boxing on their channel, including more than 40 live shows a year. With that commitment to the sport it’s not surprising that they had a regular magazine show to complement their output.
Five has a limited amount of boxing, generally the ESPN Friday Night Fights played in out Late Night Sports spot. We don’t, therefore have enough of a commitment to commission a boxing show of this type.
It’s worth pointing out that Setanta had a huge amount of airtime to fill on their dedicated sports channels whereas on a terrestrial entertainment channel there are many other programmes competing for a place in the schedule. Although you clearly have a strong commitment to the show and may disagree I don’t believe it would be popular enough to displace other programming and that is how we have to make commissioning decisions.
I’m sure Steve’s talents won’t be lost to broadcasting but I don’t envisage this show coming to Five in the near future.
Yours sincerely
Robert Charles"
I emailed this guy a while ago when the email address was put on bringbackbunce.net. I referenced that site and explained why i felt Channel 5 should pick up the boxing hour and this is my reply. Just thought I'd share it!! It's probably the same reply he sent to everyone that emailed him!!
As you know Setanta decided to broadcast a significant amount of boxing on their channel, including more than 40 live shows a year. With that commitment to the sport it’s not surprising that they had a regular magazine show to complement their output.
Five has a limited amount of boxing, generally the ESPN Friday Night Fights played in out Late Night Sports spot. We don’t, therefore have enough of a commitment to commission a boxing show of this type.
It’s worth pointing out that Setanta had a huge amount of airtime to fill on their dedicated sports channels whereas on a terrestrial entertainment channel there are many other programmes competing for a place in the schedule. Although you clearly have a strong commitment to the show and may disagree I don’t believe it would be popular enough to displace other programming and that is how we have to make commissioning decisions.
I’m sure Steve’s talents won’t be lost to broadcasting but I don’t envisage this show coming to Five in the near future.
Yours sincerely
Robert Charles"
I emailed this guy a while ago when the email address was put on bringbackbunce.net. I referenced that site and explained why i felt Channel 5 should pick up the boxing hour and this is my reply. Just thought I'd share it!! It's probably the same reply he sent to everyone that emailed him!!
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