Sport is coming home..

Well, not actually home, but it looks like big sporting events that have recently been exclusive to subscription channels will once again be available on terrestrial TV.

From the beeb:

Ashes set for free-to-air return

England's home Ashes Tests are set to return to free-to-air television following recommendations for revised "listed events", BBC Sport understands.

International football qualifiers for the home nations, the Wimbledon tennis championship and golf's Open championship are also on the list.

But flat racing's showpiece, the Epsom Derby and rugby league's Challenge Cup final are both expected to be removed.

The detailed recommendations are set to be confirmed on Friday morning.

Last summer's Ashes, won by Andrew Strauss's England, were shown exclusively live on Sky Sports, the first time a home series against Australia had not been available to viewers without a subscription package.

But in December 2008 Andy Burnham, the secretary of state for culture, media and sport, had announced a review into the sporting events that should be safeguarded on free-to-air television.

Reflecting on the success of the Beijing Olympics, he said "the broadcast of big sports events... get young people inspired by sport, driving sports participation and the creation of the next generation of sports stars."

He added: "The sale of TV rights helps fund grassroots sport, so we need to get the balance right."


That's the good news; The bad news is the BBC made a right fuckery of it when they had the cricket, especially when Wimbledon fortnight was on because they valued showing some Czech bloke playing a Rumanian on court 357 more than our Ashes heroes, and that's not how it plays..

What say the rest of you lovely subcribing people?