ESPN and ABC’s dreams have come true. Sunday’s Euro 2008 final between Germany and Spain is a far better proposition for the Disney owned TV networks than Turkey against Russia would have been. With plenty of German Americans living in the United States as well as a massive hispanic population, TV ratings should be high.
Overall, […]
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Euro 2008 is finally here after the standard mega sports event buildup. And for ESPN, today is the beginning of their broadcast of the entire tournmanet for the first time. The network has been rolling the ads for weeks and made a big addition to its on-air talent with Andy Gray. Now, at last, the coverage itself is the focus. […]
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ESPN confirmed its lineup of announcers and analysts today for their coverage of Euro 2008 in a press release. There has been much speculation on who would be used between ESPN’s international talent and the network’s own US lineup. The answer the release gives us is a little bit of both… and some outside help […]
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ESPN has launched a series of ads on their network to promote their coverage of the upcoming Euro 2008 tournament. The TV ads feature Germany, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Italy. My personal favorite is the Portugese one, but each of them is well done.
So far, ESPN hasn’t made a wrong move in their preparation for […]
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It’s that time again, time to listen to the official Champions League Hymn that we hear before and after TV matches and sing as high as we can. Don’t kid yourself; you do it, I do it, it’s no big deal, even if we don’t understand the words.
The Champions League is back tomorrow and I […]
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In all the years of following football, I don’t think I’ve once come across someone who didn’t like the work of Derek Rae, the Scottish football commentator for ESPN. Well if you’re as big a fan as I am, you’ll definitely want to listen to the Derek Rae interview on the latest episode of the […]
It’s with great pleasure to announce that the next guest of the EPL Talk Podcast will be the legendary football commentator Derek Rae from ESPN.Derek has been the lead commentator for Champions League matches for several years, and is — without a doubt — one of the most professional and listenable commentators in football right […]
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