Bt Sport Adds Clare Balding To New Lineup
BT Sport has added to its presenter lineup ahead of its launch in the summer, with broadcaster Clare Balding signed up to present her own flagship show on the new sporting channel.
Clare fronted the BBC London 2012 Olympics and Channel 4?s Paralympics coverage last summer, and continues to present racing for Channel 4, as well as other radio and television work for the BBC.
On BT Sport, she will present and co-produce a weekly flagship magazine show featuring interviews and discussion of major sporting issues.
Clare joins former BBC Formula One host Jake Humphrey, who signed in September, in the BT Sport presenter line-up.
Clare said: ‘I’d like to thank BT for giving me the opportunity to present my own magazine show featuring interviews with iconic sports stars and sports discussion. I’m enthused by BT’s vision for sports coverage in the future and particularly their support of women’s sport, an issue about which I feel very strongly. This is an exciting new venture for me and I can’t wait to get started.’
Simon Green, head of BT Sport, added: ‘We’re thrilled to have signed Clare for BT Sport. She excels at presenting a variety of different sports and she showed last summer what an accomplished live performer she is, so we wanted to give her an opportunity to anchor her own weekly flagship show for BT Sport. She shares our desire to highlight more women’s sports on our channels, so she’s the perfect choice.’
BT Sport – who recently appointed Pitch to handle the launch of the channels – has already been working on an impressive portfolio of live rights, including live Barclays Premier League, Premiership Rugby, and women’s tennis.
