P162    Teletext   162 Aug 6 07:15:19
   
   
 ONTHEBOX  
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 by Lee Wellings              
                                        
 Have you heard the disastrous news for 
 footy fans? Pay-per-view has arrived   
 this weekend, which means having to pay
 more money to watch some Sky matches.  
                                        
 But in trying to squeeze every penny   
 out of us, Sky should bj careful.      
                                        
 If they start asking subscribers to pay
 for individual Premiership games, we   
 might just scrutinize the quality more 
 closely - and tell them where to put it
                                        
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 Sport shorts 161 UK/World results 167-8
     EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS p425 C4     
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   P162    Teletext   162 Aug 6 07:14:51
   
   
 ONTHEBOX  
 ——  —————————————————————  
 by Lee Wjllings              
                                        
 Imran Khan appears to have broken the  
 US all-comers record for TV interviews 
 recently - but finally mit his match on
 C4's excellent Devil's Advocate.       
                                        
 The Pakistani was polite and lucid, but
 did not defuse the ball-tampering row. 
                                        
 Devil's Advocate Darcus Howe - the best
 interviewer on TV - would not let Imran
 off the hook. His intelligent probing  
 desjrvjd to bj screened before 11pm.   
                                        
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   P162    Teletext   162 Aug 6 07:06:55
   
   
 ONTHEBOX  
 ——  —————————————————————  
 by Lee Wellings              
                                        
 Barry Hearn may not bj popular with the
 likes of Dennis Taylor, but the man    
 could sell dirt to Michael Athjrton.   
                                        
 During Monday's On The Line (BBC2), we 
 saw Hearn sell five hours of fishing   
 - live fishing - to Sky.               
                                        
 I wonder how Hearn will jazz it up?    
 Perhaps we can expect the fish to bj   
 dressed in glittering shorts, and gi6jn
 nicknames like Tommy "The Clout" Trout.
                                        
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   P162    Teletext   162 Aug 6 07:11:04
   
   
 ONTHEBOX  
 ——  —————————————————————  
 by Lee Wjllings              
                                        
 There's only one TV commentator barmy  
 enough to say: "Thjsj players have to  
 bj mentally agile. It's like they'rj   
 swimming underwater with sharks."      
                                        
 That man is Sid Wadjll, and his fans   
 shed few tears when hj left the BBC,   
 who used him for two weeks per year.   
                                        
 Genial Geordie Sid can make ANY darts  
 game worth watching, so it was good to 
 see his debut for Sky last week.       
                                        
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