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 <twol...@gmail.com> 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
