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Sports execs take Nine redundancies

Nine network redundancies have seen the departure of senior production staff from Wide World of Sports.

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2013-04-27_0130Nine network redundancies, which were announced earlier this year, have seen the departure of senior production staff from Wide World of Sports.

The Daily Telegraph reports Executive Producer of Cricket Graham Koos, left yesterday after almost 35 years.

Lesley Tapsall, Executive Producer of Sport, also resigned after 19 years at Nine. Replacing her Jacqui Lumb, a producer from Nine’s Sunday sports show, said to be in charge of a department of about 10, well down on the unit of 35.

According to the newspaper more bloodletting will follow, with another senior on-air personality recently given the tap.

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  4. I believe at WWOS the teams are small because there isn’t that much production mid week to make.
    I mean to run Friday Night football, all it would take is for a producer, an editor and a production assistant. All the other jobs at the ground ie, cameras, tape operators, directors etc are all hired through a recruitment agency. And has far as the show goes on a Sunday Morning, you’d need a producer and a PA to come up with the content, and I guess everyone is just pitching in. But as far as depth goes with what we see might suffer cause they haven’t got the staff. But mostly again its just all studio stuff which can still work with a cast of 3 from WWOS and the crew from other areas that form the studio personal.

  5. Is Wide World of Sports getting the axe? I just saw an ad for a new show called “Financial Review” coming Sunday week. That sort of show would be on too late after the Footy Show and any earlier slot would mean it would take over some of Weekend Today show which I doubt will happen.

  7. Does this mean the hour long Wide World of Sports on a Sunday morning will continue?

    Sorry if my explanation of the AFL set up wasn’t helpful. It’s a touch confusing at best! I understand why 7 and the AFL prefer to show local market games, but it’s very confusing if you’re travelling!! Best bet is to have Foxtel where all are live!!

  8. We are going to see Tim Lane apart of Ten’s coverage of the cricket or even Stephen Quatermain and Ryan Campbell be part of their commentary team. This is the end for Nine and Kerry Packer will be furious and sack all his workers at Nine

  9. I think the AFL game on a Sat arvo depends on the market it’s being viewed in. Tas/Vic receive the game at 3-6pm, regardless of who/where it’s being played. Its always a 1.45pm Tas/Vic start (regardless of where it’s played), so its always a 90 min delay.
    NSW/Qld/SA/WA all receive their 2 local teams on FTA every week regardless of host broadcaster. I’m not sure whether they get 4 live or 3 live, 1 delayed.
    Hope that helps!

  15. Which ever channel gets the cricket I hope they don’t try to emulate the current ch. 9 coverage. I’m one of the many who watch the vision with the sound off and listen to ABC radio coverage for informed and considered commentary. I’d rather put up with the time delay than listen to ch. 9.

  16. Much as I have grown up with fondness for Channel 9 cricket broadcast, it is time for a change. Would love it if Ten got it outright. Richie Benaud would have had to retire one of these decades anyway, right?

  17. @R0bberD0g
    All sources are leading to that Nine and Ten will share the cricket. I hope Ten can get local domestic cricket (BBL, Ryobi Cup and Sheffield Shield) which is entirely possible leaving Nine with the rest

  19. BBL was exclusive to Foxtel but now it is anyone’s game just like Foxtel’s Ryobi Cup and Sheffield Shield. The biggest loser here is Foxtel if Nine and Ten are poised to share the cricket

  20. big bash is exclusive on foxtel i though?
    foxtel coverage of cricket and AFL is far and away better than free to air. I hope they keep BBL. I’d never watch AFL on channel 7 again given there long standing preferences for gardening shows rather than live AFL.

  21. Nine and Ten are about to share the cricket with each other. Ten will have Ryobi Cup, BBL and Sheffield Shield while Nine will have the rest. Nine was suppose to win the cricket now the tables are turning for Ten

  23. @ Jason, the EP of cricket spends 9 months of the year thinking about the production of 3 months of cricket and then decides to do it the same way as the previous year.

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