  *Just when we get the good news of football on terrestrial TV, we get bad news - 24 Series 3 has been bought by Sky. The whole 24 sale could be seen as a bit dodgy. Fox, the producers, owned by Rupert Murdoch, have fallen out with the BBC, who want to use a different satellite to Rupert Murdoch's Sky. Fox are pissed off for one of two possible reasons: - The satellite the Beeb want to use isn't encrypted. This means that people is Europe can watch it through the BBC before a badly dubbed version appears on their TV. This means less viewers, so less power for Fox to negotiate prices, and possible spoilers getting out, like "It waz ze agent he waz zleeping wit" and "Sheries 2 est merde". - Sky won't get the revenue from the Beeb for use of the satellite. So, of course, they stop the BBC, and start a bidding war, shockingly resulting in Rupert Murdoch's most succesful program appearing on Rupert Murdoch's TV service.
And who loses out, as always? That's right, me. Noticed in a report on the football deal - "ITV may have scheduling issues if they purchased the rights, so may have to show the games on ITV2". Way to help the terrestrial viewer, dipshits. It's not like they got in trouble before when they put a World Cup match on ITV2 (South Africa v Paraguay, interrupted so terrestrial viewers could get build up for an England match, with the "interesting" views of Gary Neville and Paul Gascoinge).
Mind you, I do think it is important the nation gets it's fill of Steve "Cunt" Penk, "[Blank]s From Hell" and "An Audience With A Twat". *So, the Soham judge has said he will accept a majority verdict instead of a unanimous one. Ever get that impression that people want to be finished by Christmas? It'll get to 3pm, Friday - "For fuck's sake! Oh forget it - Guilty, Guilty, Life, 5 years, goodbye, home". *Is it obvious my boss is sick today? 
