tv Jake Humphrey to leave BBC for BT Vision

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BBC presenter Jake Humphrey has announced he is to leave the corporation to host BT Vision's Premier League coverage.

BT will launch a new channel after acquiring the rights to ?738m worth of Premier League football, starting from the 2013-14 season.

The 33-year-old, best known for hosting the BBC's Formula 1 coverage, will anchor the new channel's live football coverage from next season which includes 38 live games a season over three years.

He will continue to present the BBC's F1 coverage for the remainder of the current season.

Humphrey started his career on CBBC and went on to become the youngest host of Football Focus, Match of the Day and Final Score and was one of the main broadcasters during the London 2012 Olympics.

"I'm incredibly excited to be joining the team at BT, not just because I get to fulfil a lifelong dream of presenting the Premier League but because of the fresh perspective that BT will bring to both sport and broadcasting in this country," said Humphrey.

A BBC statement read: "We'd like to wish Jake all the best for the future, and thank him for his contribution to the BBC over the last 10 years."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/19635534

[Guth]

this was announced weeks ago on the bbc coverage of the last F1 race of the season?

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Suzi Perry replaces Jake Humphrey as BBC's F1 presenter

The BBC has announced that former MotoGP presenter Suzi Perry will front its Formula 1 programme next year.

Perry presented the BBC's MotoGP coverage for a decade and is delighted at being given the opportunity to replace Jake Humphrey, who is switching his focus to football.

Speaking about her new job, Perry said: "Motorsport is my life and I've really missed being away from the grid. I am so excited to be joining the BBC.

"Working alongside such an eminent team and the F1 world is a huge honour and I can't wait to get started."

The BBC has also confirmed the 10 races that it will be showing live next year.

They are China, Spain, Canada, Britain, Belgium, Italy, Japan, India and Brazil - plus whichever race is slotted in to the July 21 gap.

It means the BBC will not show live the opening two races of the season in Australia and Malaysia, nor the blue riband event in Monaco.

Source: Autosport

[MikeChipshop Member]

Must have got a good offer. Of all the places to move to, i wouldn't have chosen BT vision :/

[Chasethebase Reporter]

Must have got a good offer. Of all the places to move to, i wouldn't have chosen BT vision :/

To be fair, it was probably better than the current gig he had, plus it meant he could stay in the UK (Which he needs to atm due to family commitments he's said on Twitter). Then he can move up from there to the bigger channels if he does well.