[JT95]

I thought with FIFA tournaments they were obligated to take the host scorebar?

I believe for the women's and youth tournaments both BBC and ITV take host scorebars typically, but the only time for the men's I remember it happening for recently is ITV with Euro 2020+1.

[Brekkie]

Just an incredibly poorly designed score bar by the host broadcaster compared to recent efforts.

[AJB39]

RTE are having terrible problems with their commentary on the Ireland match. The sound is continuously cutting out and is several seconds out of sync with the on screen action. It’s been going on the whole match but they’ve only just apologised for it.

The commentary problems were thankfully fixed for the second half. Pity they couldn’t fix the result.

[harshy]

Decent studio better then the bbc particularly the quality of the green screen, bbcs looked rough around the presenters edges hairs etc.

[Jon]

Presumably the IMG produced BBC coverage is coming from Salford, unless they’ve replicated the BBC virtual set at the IMG HQ?

One thing I’ve never understood about BBC Sport’s use of their recent virtual sets, when they add elements to the backdrop such as a live shot of the stadium, when they cut from a wide shot to a close up it disappears. I guess this is deliberate rather than an oversight, but it rather ruins the effect.

[Mjb]

ITV are putting more effort showing all their matches on ITV1 and taking off their daytime programmes to accommodate even some of the less appealing matches . The BBC is mostly using BBC2 except overnights, weekends and and for England matches.

As has previously been stated. The BBC can’t include regional news if they move Breakfast to BBC 2 and put the football on 1. So I don’t think it’s particularly about “more effort” rather trying to accommodate all viewers not only those who want to watch the Football

[London Lite]

Host broadcaster Optus Sport caps from the opening match. British presenter Kelly Somers presented the opening match from the set in Sydney. She'll be going home during the semis and final due to prior commitments in the UK covering the EPL.

[ASnep]

Host broadcaster Optus Sport

I think HBS is host broadcaster 😉

[Medianext.MX]

Host broadcaster Optus Sport

Optus Sport is the domestic rights holder, and will air all 64 matches. FTA and radio rights have been sublicensed to Seven (instead of SBS as customary, but makes sense given the importance of the event domestically, they will air 15 matches FTA between the main network and digital channel 7mate in order to accommodate NRL matches, specially in NSW, Queensland and WA, and the 5-7pm lineup which includes The Chase Australia and local news), the ABC Local Radio network and SEN. Both Optus and Seven will have stadium positions at Stadium Australia and during Aussie matches. Over in NZ, Sky is the rights holder, with Prime airing selected matches FTA.

And, in the case of Australia's first match, it was a rousing success, despite the strong Ashes competition:

tvtonight.com.au 

1.24m watch Matildas win 1-0. | TV Tonight
A bumper night of sport draws massive crowds as the Matildas win over Republic o…
  Source: tvtonight.com.au

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I think HBS is host broadcaster 😉

Here's how HBS is doing the games:
twitter.com 

twitter.com 

www.sportsvideo.org 

2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup: Production Teams To Work From Sydney Hub; Social-Me…
The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup begins in earnest on Thursday, July 20 when New …
  Source: www.sportsvideo.org

And here's a look at some of the match graphics (including the ugly scoreboard), which are very similar to the Qatar graphics, but reskinned. All pictures courtesy Media Spy.

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And, once again, Fox surprises with an enormous studio overlooking Sydney Harbor and the Opera House:

www.foxsports.com 

FOX Sports’ FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™ Studios on …
FOX Sports’ upcoming presentation of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & …
  Source: www.foxsports.com

www.sportsvideo.org 

2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup: Dynamic Studio Powers Fox Sports Efforts
The Fox Sports team is onsite in a big way for the 2023 FIFA Womens World Cup in…
  Source: www.sportsvideo.org

They stuck mostly to the world feed graphics, but, as customary with US sporting TV, they added a lot of clutter to the scoreboard (including counting any substitutions like they do timeouts for NFL or NBA):

[RhysJR]

Not the biggest surprise that the 03:30 BST kick-off (Nigeria v. Canada) on BBC Two has no studio presentation. An all-male BBC commentary team though with Steven Wyeth and (Lewes FC women coach) Scott Booth; I know Sky did the same on a few occasions during their WSL coverage but still quite a novelty.