I don't see why Fox couldn't simulcast ITV's commentary for some matches....
On Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at 5:27:35 AM UTC-4, Adam Bowie wrote: > > I did laugh at the author's views of Ian Wright. He does quite a lot of > football broadcasting in the UK and I like him. He's part of ITV's World > Cup line-up as noted in the piece. But he's also a regular on the BBC, and > does work for BT Sport in the UK. > > Only having two teams in Russia seems a little light. During the group > stages there will be up to three fixtures a day, and given the scale of > Russia, I wonder of the logistics will allow for even one fixture a day to > be done by one of those two teams. > > While plenty of broadcasters do call games "off-tube" as it's known, it's > always a cost-saving measure. And it only really takes one off-the-ball > incident to make it clear to viewers. > > For live games, both the BBC and ITV, who share the UK rights, will have > live commentators. Highlights packages from games that a particular > broadcaster has not shown may be off-tube in Russia. But again, I think > it's a logistical thing in Russia rather than anything. And that won't > happen for England games or other big fixtures. > > > Adam > > On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 3:19 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> The interesting thing I saw is that only two play-by-play teams will be >> going to Russia and the rest will cover their games from monitors in the US. >> >> >> http://worldsoccertalk.com/2018/05/27/guide-to-foxs-world-cup-commentators/ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
