leviramsey Posted August 9, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted August 9, 2013 And Benteke is included in the coverage bumper (with no sign of Bale).Watching more closely... the bumper isVan Persie's goal against usBenteke's goal against ChelseaDzekoWalcottGerrardTorres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heid3ster Posted August 9, 2013 Author Share Posted August 9, 2013 The b-roll footage they assembled of Wenger is great... into I think they showed this one too: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted August 10, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted August 10, 2013 It's kind of depressing that it seems every example of a great goal they show was scored against us... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted August 13, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted August 13, 2013 Apparently NBC and Fox have reached a deal for highlights exchange... NBC's live preview show for the season on Sunday had highlights of the Charity Shield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Do we know who FSC's other "talent" will be besides Gus Johnson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heid3ster Posted August 15, 2013 Author Share Posted August 15, 2013 Ha ha ha, you know what Fox Soccer Channel is showing on Saturday while NBC Sports rolls out the Premier League to all the US soccer fans? The fifty millionth rerun of the Being Liverpool marathon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted August 15, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted August 15, 2013 What TV provider do you have?Saturday is when Fox launches Fox Sports 1 (replacing Speed), Fox Sports 2 (replacing Fuel), and FXX (replacing Fox Soccer). However, since DirecTV, Dish, and Time Warner Cable haven't agreed to carry the new channels but do have contracts requiring Fox to provide auto-racing content on Speed, extreme sports on Fuel, and soccer on Fox Soccer, those providers will continue to get those channels, only they'll show the cheapest imaginable programming on a loop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heid3ster Posted August 15, 2013 Author Share Posted August 15, 2013 I've got Comcast. Forgot about the changeover, I meant Fox Sports 1 will be showing Being Liverpool. On my Guide menu it currently identifies that channel number as FSC still, but I guess Saturday is when they make the change. Has anyone else noticed that Brendon Dunlop from Fox Soccer News looks like a Football Manager regen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted August 16, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted August 16, 2013 It seems that the PL has replaced the old league-done Preview show with "Premier League Match Pack", which is a bit more numerical/statistical.However, I haven't seen any heatmaps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 It's kind of depressing that it seems every example of a great goal they show was scored against us... There was only 2 (plenty of Wet Spam though) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark8691 Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Not long to go now! So excited to see Villa back in action. Hoping for the best, in team performace and NBC coverage.. "And it's a corner to Villa. I understand Villa like to employ the WDFAFC tactic when they win a corner" (yeah, i know its going to be English commentry thankfully) "Westwood floats one over and Benteke climbs brilliantly over Mertesacker and its....time for an ad! Arghhh, bloody NBC and your #### ads!#$@! Yea, even they wouldn't do that to us (would they? ) Awful amount of ads in much of their programming though. Here's hoping you do us proud Villa! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted August 17, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted August 17, 2013 Ad-wise it'll be like Fox Soccer, minus the ProActiv ads... ad graphic in one corner, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted August 17, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted August 17, 2013 What NBC says one should know about the Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted August 17, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted August 17, 2013 (I'm watching about 39 minutes behind)Thus far the quality of the surrounding programming is about eleventy billion times better than FSC's. Onsite pregame reports, shots of the Liberty Stadium and the Emirates hours before the game, the aerials of Anfield, pregame manager interviews... it's like NBC thinks this is a real sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted August 17, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted August 17, 2013 Kind of surreal hearing the lovely Rebecca Lowe* do a read for the NFL (of course, as noted, NBC's NFL games thus far have featured promos for the PL).*: I don't know if it's anglophilia, but the accent and the football knowledge push Rebecca from a 7 to an 8. She has rocked the same black dress on every PL broadcast thus far on NBC, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted August 17, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted August 17, 2013 Really like the way NBC do the starting lineups, unveiling and analyzing them line by line.They're also turning off the ticker during the games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted August 17, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted August 17, 2013 Score graphic is up to the usual NBC standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted August 17, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted August 17, 2013 I think NBC hit the perfect balance between American and British presentation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark8691 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Kind of surreal hearing the lovely Rebecca Lowe* do a read for the NFL (of course, as noted, NBC's NFL games thus far have featured promos for the PL). *: I don't know if it's anglophilia, but the accent and the football knowledge push Rebecca from a 7 to an 8. She has rocked the same black dress on every PL broadcast thus far on NBC, though. That's funny. When their broadcast began, I thought to myself "I bet Lehi fancies her" Yes, better coverage than fox. Much more build up, show us a bit more of what's happening at other grounds. My only complaint of the days coverage was that they were a little late for the 2nd half kick off in certainly 2 of the 3 games (maybe all 3, I cant really remember with the Liverpool game now). That's a bit poor for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted August 18, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted August 18, 2013 So NBC's version of Match of the Day is basically (though I've only caught the last hour-ish):* Premier League world feed commentary, like we'd get a day later on the Review Show* longer highlights than the Review Show* Lineker doing the voiceover introducing the commentators* Rebecca and the Robbies chatting afterwards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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