NEW YORK -- Lightning strikes played havoc in Wednesday's Euro 2008 coverage around the world, with the international TV feed taken down three times, including the exciting final minutes.
Lightning strikes at the UEFA International Broadcast Center in Vienna, Austria, cut the telecast at least three times in the second half of the Germany-Turkey semifinal from Basel, Switzerland. The initial outage lasted six minutes, and then for the last 15 minutes the video was spotty at best.
It affected all of the world's Euro broadcasters, including ESPN in the U.S., with the exception of Swiss TV and Al-Jazeera.
ESPN's Rece Davis took pains to tell viewers early on that it wasn't just in the U.S. "It's everywhere, not just the United States but the world over," Davis said during the first forced break where he and analysts Julie Foudy and Tommy Smyth had to fill air time.
Some broadcasters, such as in Austria, gave viewers the stadium audio in the meantime, though ESPN did not.
Lightning strikes at the UEFA International Broadcast Center in Vienna, Austria, cut the telecast at least three times in the second half of the Germany-Turkey semifinal from Basel, Switzerland. The initial outage lasted six minutes, and then for the last 15 minutes the video was spotty at best.
It affected all of the world's Euro broadcasters, including ESPN in the U.S., with the exception of Swiss TV and Al-Jazeera.
ESPN's Rece Davis took pains to tell viewers early on that it wasn't just in the U.S. "It's everywhere, not just the United States but the world over," Davis said during the first forced break where he and analysts Julie Foudy and Tommy Smyth had to fill air time.
Some broadcasters, such as in Austria, gave viewers the stadium audio in the meantime, though ESPN did not.
- 6/25/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- ESPN will cover David Beckham's Major League Soccer debut on multiple platforms on Saturday night, July 21.
Beckham's new team, the Los Angeles Galaxy, will play Chelsea F.C. of the English Premier League at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
ESPN's coverage will kick off at 6 p.m. EDT with SportsCenter and an extra half-hour at 7 p.m. that will focus exclusively on Beckham. It will be followed at 7:30 p.m. by David Beckham: New Beginnings, an hourlong documentary about the soccer star. A half-hour pregame show will be hosted by Rob Stone and analyst Julie Foudy.
The match begins at 9 p.m. on ESPN with play-by-play announcer Dave O'Brien plus analysts Eric Wynalda and Tommy Smyth and sideline reporter Allen Hopkins. ESPN said there will be 19 cameras, including a skycam, robotic goal cams and super slo-mo shots. There also will be a camera isolating Beckham's actions during the match as well, which will be available on ESPN360.com.
Beckham's new team, the Los Angeles Galaxy, will play Chelsea F.C. of the English Premier League at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
ESPN's coverage will kick off at 6 p.m. EDT with SportsCenter and an extra half-hour at 7 p.m. that will focus exclusively on Beckham. It will be followed at 7:30 p.m. by David Beckham: New Beginnings, an hourlong documentary about the soccer star. A half-hour pregame show will be hosted by Rob Stone and analyst Julie Foudy.
The match begins at 9 p.m. on ESPN with play-by-play announcer Dave O'Brien plus analysts Eric Wynalda and Tommy Smyth and sideline reporter Allen Hopkins. ESPN said there will be 19 cameras, including a skycam, robotic goal cams and super slo-mo shots. There also will be a camera isolating Beckham's actions during the match as well, which will be available on ESPN360.com.
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