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Reference
MCC/MED/2/7
Date:
1954-12-15 - 1956-11-02
Level of description
file
Extent
1 folder
Part of
Department correspondence (MCC/MED/2)
Scope and Content
Memorandums of agreement, correspondence, memoranda and handwritten notes relating to MCC's relations with BBC Television, compiled by J G Dunbar, MCC Assistant Secretary and R Aird, MCC Secretary. Includes draft agreements for broadcasting Test matches at Lord's between 1956 and 1958, copy of 'T.V. Newsletter' magazine dated 15 December 1954, advertisements for Independent Television, newspaper cuttings announcing that BBC had been awarded a three-year contract with MCC (on behalf of Test match ground authorities) to show Test matches in England between 1956 and 1958, minutes of a meeting of the Test Match Ground Secretaries Committee to discuss television fees, negotiations between MCC and BBC over televising of Test matches in 1955, minutes of a meeting between MCC, BBC and counties to discuss television rights for the 1955 season, copy of the contract made between the Football Association and BBC for the broadcast of the FA Cup Final, correspondence from counties regarding the fee offered by BBC for television rights in 1955, list of conditions arranged for the broadcast of the MCC vs. South Africans match in 1955, list of times for the broadcast of the England vs. South Africa Test match at Lord's in 1955, correspondence between MCC and the Postmaster General's Office regarding negotiations for broadcasting rights between the BBC and Independent Television Authority between 1956 and 1958, decision by MCC to grant exclusive live television rights to the BBC between 1956 and 1958, notes on negotiations for the Test matches in 1956, arrangements for BBC to do a preview of the Test match at Lord's between England and Australia in 1956.
Associations
Ronald Aird
James Garrett Dunbar
British Broadcasting Corporation
independent television
Football Association
Subject
South Africa in England 1955, Australia in England 1956, broadcasting
Institution name
Marylebone Cricket Club
Conditions governing access
Open
Language
English
Size
1 folder
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