Awful Announcing
"There’s nothing you can do that will really transmit that live energy the same way as being there, being on a ground, and I think as a viewer that’s what you always want to feel part of; ‘What is the energy in the stadium, what am I missing out on?’"
The U.S. English- and Spanish-language rights deals reportedly currently combine for around $150 million a year. Relevent is betting they can boost that figure by $100 million for deals from 2024-27.
This outage caused a lot of issues for a lot of people.
"When Di Maria was sent off, I described it by using the word Latino. For anybody that’s taken offense, I do apologize – sincerely apologize."
Spanish-language coverage of the UEFA Champions League Final Sunday averaged 2.05 million viewers on Univision and TUDN, a 41 percent jump over their coverage last year.
TV partners might not see Ceferin's vision of having fewer games.
Univision will broadcast all of the remaining 2019-20 UEFA Champions League matches across their broadcast and cable channels.
The UEFA Champions League will remain on TUDN for three more years.
The announcer feed went out for a few minutes, sparking some complaints.
Turner has posted some nice ratings gains for UEFA Champions League coverage relative to Fox's numbers from last year, but the jump isn't as big if you don't include the games on low-distribution FS2.
All matches, even those on TNT, will be available on B/R Live which is great news for cord cutters.
