|
===Radio sports rights===
BBC Sport had monopolised the [[sports commentary]] market on British radio since the BBC's conception but since 2000, has lost coverage of some sporting events to competitors including [[TalkSPORT]]. The majority of BBC Sport's radio coverage is broadcast on [[BBC Radio 5 Live]] and [[BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra]] however coverage is also broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4]]'s [[longwave]] frequencies, [[BBC Local Radio]] and the [[BBC World Service]]. Highlights are also reported on the [[BBC Radio 1]] and [[BBC Radio 2]] news bulletins. Although cricket is not covered on television, the sport is fully covered by the BBC on its radio platforms, primarily BBC Radio 5 Live, 5 Live Sports Extra but also on Local Radio and BBC Radio 4 Longwave. This commentary is repeated and expanded on the BBC Sports website and on the [[BBC Red Button]], overlaid with live scorecards. While television coverage of the [[2012 Summer Paralympics|London 2012 Paralympic Games]] was held by [[Channel 4]],<ref>{{cite web|title=How to watch the Paralympics|url=http://paralympics.channel4.com/whats-on/index.html|publisher=Channel 4|access-date=27 August 2012}}</ref> the BBC retained the radio rights to the event and plans to broadcast events on radio stations [[BBC Radio 5 Live]] and [[BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra]].<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC Paralympic coverage details|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/19118962|work=BBC Sport|access-date=27 August 2012}}</ref>
==BBC Sport Online==
[[File:BBC Sport Online homepage 29 May 2012.png|thumb|right|250px|BBC Sport website as it appeared in May 2012.]]
BBC Sport operates a sub-site of [[BBC Online]] which supplements the television and radio services of the department. The website features scores and analysis from a variety of sports including those not broadcast by the BBC. The site also includes news stories related to teams or particular sports and live broadcast coverage of some sports.
The website launched c. 2000 and was relaunched in 2003 to accommodate bigger screen sizes, with a sidebar to incorporate more sport and to parallel the relaunched [[BBC News Online|BBC News website]].<ref>{{cite news|title=BBC News Online and BBC Sport Online are re-launched|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/02_february/18/relaunch_online.shtml|access-date=29 May 2012|newspaper=BBC Press Office|date=18 February 2003}}</ref> The current look was implemented in February 2012, featuring the bold colour scheme of the logo, the new horizontal navigation bar across the whole of the site and design characteristics being implemented across the [[BBC Online|BBC website]]. The new look gave more prominence to live sports, programmes and events as well as news on the individual teams.<ref name="New BBC Sport website blog">{{cite web|title=Changes to the BBC Sport website|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/sporteditors/2012/02/changes_to_the_bbc_sport_websi.html|work=Sports Editors Blog|publisher=BBC|access-date=29 May 2012}}</ref> In January 2013, the BBC Sport app was launched on the iOS app store. An Android version was launched in February that year.<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC Sport launches smartphone app for Android|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/20928565|work=BBC Sport|date=20 February 2013|access-date=20 March 2013}}</ref> An app for Smart TV's was released in 2012: the app will be retired in 2020, with most video content moved to the iPlayer Smart TV app.
===Sports forum===
Until 2011, the BBC Sport website hosted an online sports forum entitled [[606 (radio show)|606]], named after the original start-time of the radio programme – six minutes past six. It covered a large variety of topics which included [[cricket]], [[association football|football]], [[Rugby football|rugby]] (league and union), [[tennis]], [[athletics (sport)|athletics]], [[motorsport]] and many more. Sporting teams usually had their own individual pages where members could post and comment on any news or topics relating to that team. Users accessed through an account system and could comment and rate their opinions. The forum was moderated by the BBC and any posts deemed to have broken the 'house rules' was not posted.
As part of the reduction in BBC Online's budget of 25%, all non-essential services that did not focus around core products were closed. As all posts had to be post moderated and as conversations were increasingly being done through [[social media]] websites that BBC Sport were a part of, the site was closed on 31 May 2011.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12265173 | work=BBC News | title=BBC to cut online budget by 25% | date=24 January 2011}}</ref>
==See also==
| 