11-05-2024, 05:02 AM
The official single has been released with five weeks to go. As ever for a UEFA Euro single, it comes across to me that the music was composed first and the lyrics were a distant second; but it will b the official soundtrack, like the sample in the official intro from the draw, so that makes sense.
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And the host nation's broadcast teams have started to be unveiled. ARD have changed tack to how they covered recent tounraments like Qatar 2022, when they had a central studio team in Germany anchoring all matches, with a secondary presenting team of a presenter and pundit in the stadium for the biggest matches. All matches will be presented from the stadium, with Esther Sedlaczek (who was the in stadium presenter in Qatar) and Alexander Bommes (who was supposed to be the studio host 18 months back, but was ill) hosting alongside Bastian Schweinsteiger, Almuth Schult, Thomas Hitzlsperger and Thomas Broich (who will also be their co-commentator). Only three commentators will be involved on live games, Chrisina Graf, Tom Bartels and Gerd Gottlob, with regular Florian Naß covering the Tour de France and Olympics instead. Interestingly, all matches will be available on delay via the streaming platform, not just the matches covered live by ARD/ZDF.
ZDF meanwhile will be hosting from a central studio in Berlin, with Jochen Breyer and Katrin Müller-Hohenstein hosting alongside Per Mertesacker, Christoph Kramer and other guests. Their three commntators will be Claudia Neumann, Oliver Schmidt and Martin Schneider and Hanno Balitsch the only co-commentator. Germany's relationship with co-commentators is a very peculiar one coming from a British perspective, with only some games, and not neccesarily the biggest of games, having an ex-player in the commentary box (DAZN a notable exception).
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Meanwhile RTL and Magenta Sport have announced their coverage will be a joint effort of sorts. This in practice means that either network's talent will appear on the other's coverage, and some games having joint coverage airing on RTL and Magenta with the same commentatr and pre-/post macth coverage. RTL will be building a new studio in their Cologne HQ for the coverage of both channels, whilst the presentation line-up will include TNT Sports pundit and ex-Bayern Munich midfielder Owen Hragreaves as the only non-German in these published line-ups.
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And the host nation's broadcast teams have started to be unveiled. ARD have changed tack to how they covered recent tounraments like Qatar 2022, when they had a central studio team in Germany anchoring all matches, with a secondary presenting team of a presenter and pundit in the stadium for the biggest matches. All matches will be presented from the stadium, with Esther Sedlaczek (who was the in stadium presenter in Qatar) and Alexander Bommes (who was supposed to be the studio host 18 months back, but was ill) hosting alongside Bastian Schweinsteiger, Almuth Schult, Thomas Hitzlsperger and Thomas Broich (who will also be their co-commentator). Only three commentators will be involved on live games, Chrisina Graf, Tom Bartels and Gerd Gottlob, with regular Florian Naß covering the Tour de France and Olympics instead. Interestingly, all matches will be available on delay via the streaming platform, not just the matches covered live by ARD/ZDF.
ZDF meanwhile will be hosting from a central studio in Berlin, with Jochen Breyer and Katrin Müller-Hohenstein hosting alongside Per Mertesacker, Christoph Kramer and other guests. Their three commntators will be Claudia Neumann, Oliver Schmidt and Martin Schneider and Hanno Balitsch the only co-commentator. Germany's relationship with co-commentators is a very peculiar one coming from a British perspective, with only some games, and not neccesarily the biggest of games, having an ex-player in the commentary box (DAZN a notable exception).
kommentatorenblog.de
Meanwhile RTL and Magenta Sport have announced their coverage will be a joint effort of sorts. This in practice means that either network's talent will appear on the other's coverage, and some games having joint coverage airing on RTL and Magenta with the same commentatr and pre-/post macth coverage. RTL will be building a new studio in their Cologne HQ for the coverage of both channels, whilst the presentation line-up will include TNT Sports pundit and ex-Bayern Munich midfielder Owen Hragreaves as the only non-German in these published line-ups.
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