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The BBC plans to broadcast 1,000 extra hours of live sport a year online as it attempts to “reinvent free-to-air sports broadcasting”.
More than 30 additional sports or sporting events – including Women’s Super League football, the British Basketball League and wheelchair tennis – will be streamed live via iPlayer and the BBC Sport website.
There will also be more coverage of early rounds of the FA Cup.
BBC director general Tony Hall said: “We’re giving people more of what they love by working in partnership with the sports industry and making the most of digital technology.
“This shows how we’re reinventing the BBC for a new generation.”
Viewers will be able to personalise the service, which the BBC says will “deliver more sport to more people”.
Barbara Slater, head of BBC Sport, said: “We’ve seen the nation get behind by a whole host of sports in recent years, especially at major events.”
The BBC plans to broadcast 1,000 extra hours of live sport a year online as it attempts to “reinvent free-to-air sports broadcasting”.
More than 30 additional sports or sporting events – including Women’s Super League football, the British Basketball League and wheelchair tennis – will be streamed live via iPlayer and the BBC Sport website.
There will also be more coverage of early rounds of the FA Cup.
BBC director general Tony Hall said: “We’re giving people more of what they love by working in partnership with the sports industry and making the most of digital technology.
“This shows how we’re reinventing the BBC for a new generation.”
Viewers will be able to personalise the service, which the BBC says will “deliver more sport to more people”.
Barbara Slater, head of BBC Sport, said: “We’ve seen the nation get behind by a whole host of sports in recent years, especially at major events.”
