So looks like 7 will have their own commentary and analysis for matches (most likely Australian and maybe late knockouts such as quarterfinals onwards?) and use the world feed for non Australian games (which is like 3 matches)
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Bruce McAvaney was at Sydney’s Allianz Stadium today for the launch of Seven’s coverage and the photoshoot.
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Meaning the photo was just a weird optical illusion!
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Will probably just call those. Adam Peacock with one of the experts calling, Emma Freedman hosting with the expert and maybe some international guests (which you’d assume will also be there for the other matches Australia plays to round out the panel to three)?
Hope he remembers to call it football the whole time as well.
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New WWC promo aired during The Front Bar tonight, featuring Mel McLaughlin at Allianz Stadium and brief chats with the Matildas stars including Sam Kerr.
The watermark shows Seven as a “licensed broadcaster”.
Mel is also one of seven Beyond Greatness Champion ambassadors for the tournament, which also includes Jelena Dokic, Ellie Cole and Chloe Dalton.
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During the lunch break of Day 2 of WTC, Brayshaw & Langer had a interview/cross promotion with Elise Kellond-Knight
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ABC football reporter Samantha Lewis tweeted this morning
news: FIFA have finally struck a deal with the European Broadcasting Union to show the entire @FIFAWWC across the free-to-air networks of 34 EU countries, including the big five of the UK (BBC/ITV), France (Télévisions), Germany (ARD/ZDF), Italy (RAI), and Spain (RTVE).
UPDATE 23/6:
BBC and ITV today announced their broadcast schedule of the tournament
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The Harbour Bridge was closed this morning for a Festival of Football to market the World Cup
Optus commercial
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Surprised they (Optus) haven’t been aggressively advertising across the rest of the networks.
I have seen Optus’ WWC commercial on 10 last night (Monday) and tonight.
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Heard a promo during this afternoon’s AFL broadcasts that ABC Radio would have live coverage of the tournament from July 20. Exact details should be available in the next week or two.
SEN will also have live radio commentary of the matches as the official commercial radio network.
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Having seen this ad multiple times, it’s not very good. It’s inspiring and all but it just doesn’t really tell people to watch on Optus Sport. It’s not a sport promo. There’s not even any talking in it.
Australia and the world are set to unite and celebrate the biggest global sporting event of the year, at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™, to be staged across Australia and New Zealand for the first time ever.
With exclusive free-to-air broadcast rights, the Seven Network will take the nation on an exhilarating ride through the blockbuster tournament; with Australia’s mighty Matildas at the heart of the action, as they go in search of game time glory and their maiden Cup title.
From the spectacular opening ceremony on July 20, through to the Cup final on August 20, 7SPORT’s Mel McLaughlin and Bruce McAvaney will lead an elite commentary team delivering 15 key matches – including the first round clash between Australia and Ireland, major Quarterfinals, both Semi- Finals and the decider – all to be broadcast live, free and in HD on Channel 7 and 7plus.
Stream replays of all Matildas matches on demand on 7plus, as well as bonus content including athlete interviews and feature stories.
Sunrise is the place Australians will be able to see all the highlights every morning while 7NEWS will feature up-to-the-minute exclusive reports, team news and pitch access, with live coverage from 5.30am each day, through to The Latest each night (check local listings).
7NEWS.com.au will also dedicate a FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ hub to breaking news, live match statistics, match scheduling and broadcast information.
Join live blogs for all key matches, including social media integration, expert analysis, and match highlights. The site will also provide access to a free, downloadable sweep for fans to run a FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ 2023 sweep at home or in the office.
A Tournament of Firsts:
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First FIFA Women’s World Cup™ to be co-hosted (Australia and New Zealand)
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First 32-team FIFA Women’s World Cup™ (up from 24 in 2019)
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First FIFA Women’s World Cup™ in the Southern Hemisphere
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First FIFA Women’s World Cup™ hosted by two confederations (Asia and Oceania)
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First FIFA Women’s World Cup™ with 10 stadiums and 64 matches
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Dodgy statement (true I know but you don’t see them saying “we have exclusive FTA rights” for the AFL).
Doubt it will be that good, they never are.
Really hope they make the effort to use “football” exclusively, not “sokka”.
First World Cup at all hosted by multiple confeds, correct?
Ignoring her hosting of the 2018 World Cup and any association with Optus Sport…
“Her FIFA credits” she’s not a developer on the EA Sports games…
He’s covered football before surely?
No, I thought Grace called for Paramount+ (USA).
So now we see how it will all be broken up:
Hosts:
Mel
Bruce (Matildas games)
Adam (studio)
Commentators:
David (PbP)
Grace (Expert)
Reporters:
Adam
Emma
Studio Experts:
Elise
Heather
Highlights Show:
Mel (Host)
Kat (History)
Other:
Dani (watching the games??)
Nick (Social Host)
Assuming they will get an expert from whoever the opposition is to join the studio panel. Why the need for two hosts per game though? Surely Mel or Bruce can hold their own?
Sounds like they’ll be taking world feed for non-Matildas games (other than the final).
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The Highlights Show, to be aired daily at 2pm each day of the tournament. Works perfectly on weekdays. Will it really air at 2pm on the weekends, especially if the AFL is on?
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Probably on 7 where AFL isn’t on, and 7mate where AFL is on. Then again it says “check local listings” so it could move back to 1 or 1:30, I doubt it will be more than 30 minutes on most days (20/22 with ads).
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Here in New Zealand where SKY TV will broadcast all 64 matches of FIFA Women’s World Cup pay per view and their own FTA channel Prime will broadcast 24 matches including all NZ games.
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Here are the SEN (Australia) and SENZ (New Zealand) commentary teams for the World Cup.
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Are Optus just using the world feed? They’ve only announced hosts and analysts but no play by play commentators.
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