Splitting this out from the College Football thread.
Finally, ESPN figures out how to leverage their multitude of channels. For those of you who missed it:
- ESPN1 has the typical broadcast
- ESPN2 has "Film Room", a bunch of other coaches analyzing the game film _live_.
- ESPNU has a random group of ESPN personalities chatting about whatever they feel like (like a typical Super Bowl party where people don't really pay attention to the game, just kind of hang out)
- ESPNNews has something in between the last two, with retired football players and other analysts giving their own take
- ESPN Classic has live sounds of the game without commentary
- Plus online the usual bevy of alternate camera feeds, local radio broadcast, stats/social media feeds, etc.
More explanation here
My personal opinion is that this is the future of live sports broadcasting. Finally we get alternative besides the lowest-common denominator of Joe Buck, Phil Simms, and other "professional" broadcasters who have become absolutely painful to listen to. I'm enjoying the "Film Room" right now, but I'm sure other folks will prefer one of the other broadcast. When you think about it, once you have the rights to the game itself, producing a few extra varieties of live commentary should be very inexpensive. Why don't the broadcasters do this more often?
Finally, ESPN figures out how to leverage their multitude of channels. For those of you who missed it:
- ESPN1 has the typical broadcast
- ESPN2 has "Film Room", a bunch of other coaches analyzing the game film _live_.
- ESPNU has a random group of ESPN personalities chatting about whatever they feel like (like a typical Super Bowl party where people don't really pay attention to the game, just kind of hang out)
- ESPNNews has something in between the last two, with retired football players and other analysts giving their own take
- ESPN Classic has live sounds of the game without commentary
- Plus online the usual bevy of alternate camera feeds, local radio broadcast, stats/social media feeds, etc.
More explanation here
My personal opinion is that this is the future of live sports broadcasting. Finally we get alternative besides the lowest-common denominator of Joe Buck, Phil Simms, and other "professional" broadcasters who have become absolutely painful to listen to. I'm enjoying the "Film Room" right now, but I'm sure other folks will prefer one of the other broadcast. When you think about it, once you have the rights to the game itself, producing a few extra varieties of live commentary should be very inexpensive. Why don't the broadcasters do this more often?