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BBC Northern Ireland has three main television studios located in Belfast. There are two small studios located in the BBC Broadcasting House in Belfast. These are home to BBC Northern Ireland's regional news and current affairs programmes. They are around 2,000 sq ft (190 m 2) each and are called Studio B and Studio 1.
The award is conspicuously awarded to athletes whether they represent all of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Great Britain and Northern Ireland or even the Republic of Ireland or Europe (e.g. in golf), so long as they are from Northern Ireland. As of 2024, Rory McIlroy and Jonathan Rae share the record for most titles, each with three. Golf, with ...
The programme was first broadcast in the 1980s, when BBC NI took over international football from UTV which used to show highlights, with the matches on BBC NI there was more Live action and highlights than before. The coverage was hosted by BBC NI sports presenters at the time including John Bennett and commentary was often done by Mark Robson.
Sport NI's headquarters - known as the House of Sport. The Sports Institute for Northern Ireland (SINI), with facilities at Ulster University's Jordanstown campus (UUJ), was established as a partnership between Sport NI and Ulster University. [11] It was formed in 2002 to create a "high performance sporting system" in Northern Ireland.
Sport in Northern Ireland plays an important role in the lives of many Northern Irish people. Most sports are organised on an all-Ireland basis, for example rugby union , Gaelic games , basketball, rugby league , hockey , and cricket , whereas others, like association football and netball are organised on a separate basis for Northern Ireland .
BBC Two Northern Ireland is a Northern Irish free-to-air television channel owned and operated by BBC Northern Ireland as a variation of the BBC Two network. It is broadcast via digital terrestrial transmitters and from the SES Astra 2E satellite (transponder 48) at the 28.2° East orbital position.
He became Head of Sport and Events for BBC Northern Ireland after eleven years, though continued working as a presenter and commentator on radio and television, and became presenter of Midweek Sportsound. [2] Moving into freelance commentating in 1993, he became BBC Network Boxing Commentator, succeeding Harry Carpenter.
BBC Newsline is now presented by a single main anchor [8] In November 2021, Traynor had resigned from BBC Northern Ireland after 33 years, amid legal proceedings. [9] The following month, it was announced that Tara Mills and Declan Harvey will alternate as main anchors of BBC Newsline and the BBC Radio Ulster drivetime news programme, Evening ...