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Â鶹Éç to show RBS Six Nations 2007 in High Definition
The Â鶹Éç will be broadcasting all England, Wales and Scotland home games in High Definition (HD) for the first time during this year's RBS Six Nations 2007 championship.
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The Â鶹Éç's HD coverage begins with England v Scotland on Saturday 3 February at 4pm on Â鶹Éç One.
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John Inverdale will be the main host and will be joined by fellow presenters Craig Doyle and Jill Douglas.
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The existing studio line-up of Jonathan Davies, Jeremy Guscott, Andy Nicol, Keith Wood and Austin Healey will be supported by new signings Gregor Townsend, Mark Taylor and Philippe Saint-Andre.
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Commentators will be Eddie Butler, Nick Mullins and Andrew Cotter, with Brian Moore, Jonathan Davies, Philip Matthews and Andy Nicol as co-commentators.
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Sonja McLaughlan, John Beattie and Graham Thomas head up the pitchside reporting team.
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Roger Mosey, Â鶹Éç Director of Sport, said: "We've had terrific feedback on our trial HD broadcasts in other sports, so this is a major step forward for our coverage of the Six Nations."
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Carl Hicks, Â鶹Éç Six Nations Rugby Editor, said: "Â鶹Éç Sport is looking forward to what should be one of the most open Six Nations championships in years. I can't remember a championship that has been so eagerly anticipated and as our TV trail for this season says: 'anything can happen'."
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Â鶹Éç Radio Five Live will carry all five England games live as well as the France v Wales game. Six matches will be on Five Live Sports Extra with reports on the remaining games on Five Live.
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Ian Robertson continues to head up the Five Live commentary team with seasoned partners Alastair Hignell, Martin Bayfield, Iain Carter, Alastair Eykyn and Jonny Saunders.
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The team are joined by a panel of expert summarisers from across the British Isles.
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A new signing this year is former-England, World Cup winning scrum-half Matt Dawson. He will be giving his expert opinion on all England games whilst former Wales captain Rob Jones will be on hand for the Welsh matches.
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Gavin Hastings and Brian Redpath will provide analysis on the Scottish team and former Irish fullback Hugo MacNeill will use his expertise to discuss Ireland.
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The Â鶹Éç Sport website will carry live video coverage of every match (for UK users), plus live audio of most games from Radio Five Live and Five Live Sports Extra.
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In addition video highlights of every match will be available at half-time and full-time, with extended highlights (15 minutes per match) online, 24 hours after the final whistle.
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Viewers can also contribute to the Six Nations blog, which will feature TV and radio commentators and reporters, as well as the Â鶹Éç's own online team.
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Â鶹Éç Sport's interactive TV coverage of the 2007 Six Nations Championship will be presented in a multi-screen format for the first time.
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The Six Nations Multiscreen service will offer a selection from live network coverage, alternative commentaries, updated highlights of the match in progress, and highlights from earlier games.
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In addition, live coverage from other sports covered during the event will also be available via the Multiscreen.
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Interactive forums will also run following a number of the Six Nations fixtures (see Notes to Editors for details).
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Notes to Editors
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High definition
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High definition is a step change in television technology which provides far
clearer and more detailed pictures than normal standard definition TV.
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The Â鶹Éç is running a trial of high definition broadcasting which started last
summer and is due to last a year.
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It includes some of the best sport, drama,
events and documentaries from Â鶹Éç One and Â鶹Éç Two. The Â鶹Éç HD trial shows a few
hours of programmes a day.
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The Â鶹Éç's HD programmes are accessible to viewers with all of the following - an HD Ready television set, a satellite or cable HD service, and an HD set top
box. No extra subscription is required.
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The Â鶹Éç is using the trial to test technical delivery of HD and also to find
out how the audience values Â鶹Éç HD programming. More information about the
trial can be seen at bbc.co.uk/hd.
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RBS Six Nations 2007 Fixtures (all GMT)
* denotes Interactive Forum
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Saturday 3 February
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Italy v France, 1.30pm, Â鶹Éç One
England v Scotland*, 4pm, Â鶹Éç One
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Sunday 4 Feb
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Wales v Ireland, 3pm, Â鶹Éç One
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Saturday 10 Feb
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England v Italy, 1.30pm, Â鶹Éç One
Scotland v Wales, 3.30pm, Â鶹Éç One
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Sunday 11 Feb
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Ireland v France*, 3pm, Â鶹Éç One
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Saturday 24 Feb
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Scotland v Italy, 3pm, Â鶹Éç One
Ireland v England*, 5.30pm, Â鶹Éç One
France v Wales, 8pm, Â鶹Éç Two
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Saturday 10 March
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Scotland v Ireland, 1.30pm, Â鶹Éç Two (1st half)
Scotland v Ireland, Â鶹Éç One, (2nd half)
Italy v Wales, 3.30pm, Â鶹Éç One
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Sunday 11 March
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England v France*, 3pm, Â鶹Éç One
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Saturday 17 March
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Italy v Ireland, 1.30pm, Â鶹Éç One
France v Scotland, 3.30pm, Â鶹Éç One
Wales v England*, 5.30pm, Â鶹Éç One
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