Question on stadium world cup commentators?

seachto7

Just wondering about this.

World cup, being covered by RTE, ITV, BBC, and BBC radio in the English speaking part of Europe.

I would imagine most European countries would want commentators at the games, as well as the Aussies, Japanese, Americans and South Americans.

So in Europe alone, you would probably have commentators from Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Germany, France, Switz, Croatia, Bosnia, Russia, as well as the Scandinavian countries and Eastern European countries?

Then there are the middle eastern countries.

Looking at the stadium layouts, there is only so many commentating spaces.

Would there be a few hundred? Room for everyone? Or are some companies commentating by looking at a live tv feed of the match in a media space outside the stadium?

Do tv organisations bid for seats in the stadiums?

Elmo

seachto7 wrote: »

Just wondering about this.

World cup, being covered by RTE, ITV, BBC, and BBC radio in the English speaking part of Europe.

I would imagine most European countries would want commentators at the games, as well as the Aussies, Japanese, Americans and South Americans.

So in Europe alone, you would probably have commentators from Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Germany, France, Switz, Croatia, Bosnia, Russia, as well as the Scandinavian countries and Eastern European countries?

Then there are the middle eastern countries.

Looking at the stadium layouts, there is only so many commentating spaces.

Would there be a few hundred? Room for everyone? Or are some companies commentating by looking at a live tv feed of the match in a media space outside the stadium?

Do tv organisations bid for seats in the stadiums?

Not all of RTÉ's commentators are in Brazil. I think they sent 6 people over.

I'd say that the 32 countries at the WC get preferential treatment.

seachto7

Must be difficult to commentate on a game while just looking at the tv. You can't see what is going on off the ball, or movements players are making etc...

Elmo

seachto7 wrote: »

Must be difficult to commentate on a game while just looking at the tv. You can't see what is going on off the ball, or movements players are making etc...

They might have access to all cameras?

Remember when they used to say how Digital TV would revolutionise watching sport, you'd be able to change camera on your remote. That idea never took off.



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coylemj

Commentators who don't need to be seen on TV get tiny cubicles when watching the matches. It's the same in Wimbledon, I saw John McEnroe looking out a tiny window in Court No. 1 a couple of years ago and I recall that during the last Eurovision they showed Graham Norton also in a small cubicle, he had a few monitors in front of him so he could see the play schedule, green room etc. but he was a long way away from the stage.

Those big TV studios overlooking the pitch in the likes of Old Trafford, Croke Park and the Aviva don't represent the space the voice-only commentators get, they could fit hundreds of them without much loss of space for regular spectators.