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Austin, K., 213 birth of modern sport, 13–14
Australia Bittner, J.R., 24
anti-siphoning regulations for sports Black + White Magazine, Atlanta Dream
television, 97 Issue, nude portraits, 154–5
free-to-air (network) and pay TV, 79–80 Blain, N., 127, 180, 213
rugby league controversy, 80–1, 98 Blair, Tony (prime minister), use of sports,
Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), 76 56
‘AXA Angle’ technology, 208 Bloom, J., 91
Aymer, B., 137 Blue, A., 23
body
Baird, K., 60 aesthetic value in media sport, 71
Bairner, A., 104 focus in televised sport, 180
Baker, A., 91 motion of, in definition of sport, 11–12
Bakhtin, M., 15 in still sports photography, 143, 147
Balnaves, M., 30, 157, 190 see also female body; male body
bare-knuckle fighting, 19 bodybuilding, gender-bias, 164–5
Barnes, S., 33, 37, 38 Bourdieu, P., 55
Barnett, S., 171, 183, 186, 201 Boutilier, M.A., 146
Barthes, R., 93, 112, 143 boxing, 19–20
basketball, films, 194 films, 201
Baudrillard, J., 71, 121 pay-per-view, 87
BBC Boyd, T., 66, 91, 169
audience share, 86 Boyle, R., 43, 65, 69, 127, 176, 188, 204,
function, 27 209
licence fee restrictions on broadcasting Bracewell, M., 139
rights, 82 Brierley, S., 28
presenting sports events as national Britain
festivals, 23, 29 anti-siphoning regulations, 97
Becker, K., 144 birthplace of modern sport, 13
Beckham, David, 85, 131 presenting sports as national festivals, 23
Bend it Like Beckham (film), 120, 198, broadband, sports networks, 209
199 broadcasting
engagement to Posh Spice, 167 assumption of print media role, 63
media’s changing view of, 110, 213 continuous, 29
‘being there’ (attendance at sports events), Internet, 205–8
173 minority sports, 89, 90
Bell, E., 210 of sport, development, 21
Bell, J.B., 11–12 see also mass media; media
Bend it Like Beckham (film), 110, 120, broadcasting rights, 78
198–9 collapse of large companies, 104–5
Benedict, J., 91, 190, 197 and Internet, 209
Bennett, T., 24, 95 impact of recession on clubs and
Benton, N., 80, 98, 100, 108, 174 athletes, 108
Bergan, R., 171, 191 satellite TV in Britain, 81
Berger, D., 30 to mega sports events,
Bernstein, A., 133, 172, 180 competition for, 69
The Best American Sports Writing, 1992, economics of, 74–6, 99–100
129–30 Broadcasting Services Act, 1992
big screen television see large screen (Australia), 97
television broadsheet newspapers
Birrell, S., 146 development, 25–6