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These graphics aren't bad, actually, they are quite good and very much in-line with Apple's own minimalistic atheistic. Worth noting production and technical are being handled by NEP Studios from New York, Fort Lauderdale, Dallas and DC. Even the set looks quite Apple-style:



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The first reviews came in: they are generally favorable. Praise has been given in the sense of many of the selections for studio hosts and match commentators and the high technical and production quality of the live telecasts, but irks with studio shows (including the punditry going overboard in The View style) and some of the match commentary (which tries to imitate the high-energy and extremely euphoric Latin American commentary style popularised in the US by Andrés Cantor, instead of going for the more sober British styling) need to be addressed.

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www.digitaltrends.com 

Apple has published an interactive behind-the-scenes press feature with behind-the-scenes imagery of pitch side and production of the March 12 LAFC/Revolution game, both at BMO Stadium in Hollywood and in the NEP studio in New York. There is also a pair of audio excerpts of both the English- and Spanish-language commentary of the game: Max Bretos and Brian Dunseth (in English, with British-style commentary) and Martín Zúñiga and Rodolfo Landeros (in Spanish, with a more conventional Latin American style).

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NCAA basketball's March Madness is over for another year, and WBD and CNN pulled all stops (as usual) for its live coverage. It is Jim Nantz's final March Madness season as play-by-play announcer (he will still do NFL duties with Tony Romo) and a new lead director, CBS veteran Mark Grant (replacing retiring Bob Fishman). They are doing an impressive 60 cameras for their joint coverage over at the NRG Stadium in Houston. The most notable absence: the SkyCam, given NRG's center-hung video board, leading to WBD Sports asking CNN (yep, CNN) to borrow one of their drones from their AIR (Aerial Imagery and Reporting) division.

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UPDATE: Bally declares bankruptcy.
www.businesswire.com 

Bally's St. Louis/Midwest feed has lost, according to the regional Business Journal, an estimated 1.9 million subscribers, more than half to them; this is a reflection of the big problems the company is having currently:

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