ESPN plans first ever comprehensive Euro 2016 coverage in US Michelle Clancy
| 12 June 2016
For the UEFA European Football Championship, sport TV broadcaster ESPN is showing more than 300 hours of live coverage across its TV networks.
euro 2016This marks the first time that the tournament has been given significant airtime in the US. ESPN is also the television home of UEFA Euro 2016 in the Caribbean and in India via SONY ESPN channels.
Running from 10 June to 10 July, the UEFA Euro 2016 coverage will be the company’s most comprehensive transmission of this quadrennial event, which has grown each year as European football has increased its foothold in the sports marketplace in the US. ESPN television networks will carry more than 300 live hours of UEFA Euro 2016 content combined during the competition. ESPN televised all 31 matches in 2008 and 2012. This summer, the event was expanded to 24 teams – leading to 51 matches.
ESPN match telecasts for the UEFA European Football Championship will include pre-game, half time and post-game studio segments.
SportsCenter meanwhile will feature expanded content with segments originating from Paris. ESPN’s flagship news and information programme will air between morning matches (11-11:30am) on days with three matches.
ESPN’s match and studio commentator team is led by three FIFA World Cup champions – Mario Kempes (1978), Frank Lebeouf (1998) and Mauro Camoranesi (2006). Play-by-play announcers include Ian Darke, Jon Champion, Derek Rae, Adrian Healey, Mark Donaldson and Max Bretos, and match analysts include Taylor Twellman, Steve McManaman, Stewart Robson, Kate Markgraf, Alejandro Moreno and Tommy Smyth.
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