13-12-2023, 11:42 PM
So that ends the UEFA Champions League group stage format after after 32 years. And tonight was a good reminder of how that format works so well*. Onwards for progress and profit with the Swiss League format!
*not if you're a Newcastle fan maybe
To round up some other sports media headlines...
The Six Nations have extended their sponsorship partenrship with Guinness, and the Women's Six Nations will also now be known as the Guinness Women's Six Nations from 2024. The W6N branding looks to be the same as it was (heavily purple) but with the Guinness logo awkardly positonned on top.
This also means that there should be no rush to change the men's Six Nations graphics; I'm quite confident they will stagger on for another year until the end of the current rights cycle but a new World Cup cycle is a perfectly good time to finally update them if they want.
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ITV did use their own graphics for the pre-match and post-match coverage, with the official intro used. Their own graphics being the light turquoise graphics used during the RWC 2023 rather than dark turquoise graphics that seemed to be approaching universality for ITV Sport last year when their football, rugby and NFL coverage used them.
Netflix's first foray into live sport a few weeks ago must have been a success as they have announced another live sporting event. In March they will show an exhibition tennis match between Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz in Las Vegas. A noon local / 9pm CET start time is rather notable.
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*not if you're a Newcastle fan maybe
To round up some other sports media headlines...
The Six Nations have extended their sponsorship partenrship with Guinness, and the Women's Six Nations will also now be known as the Guinness Women's Six Nations from 2024. The W6N branding looks to be the same as it was (heavily purple) but with the Guinness logo awkardly positonned on top.
This also means that there should be no rush to change the men's Six Nations graphics; I'm quite confident they will stagger on for another year until the end of the current rights cycle but a new World Cup cycle is a perfectly good time to finally update them if they want.
media.sixnationsrugby.com
(10-12-2023, 03:08 AM)RhysJR Wrote: To round up other Champions Cup coverage: RTÉ's coverage used the official intro, but their own graphics for pre- and post-match. France 2 was the opposite, using the standard France TV Sport theme but the official graphics. One would imagine ITV will replicate RTÉ if last year is anything to go by (but which ITV Sport graphics will be used is almost a lottery).
S4C was all in on the official packages, which meant you had new side-by-side with the old stuff when rounding up the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup results together. No English commentary for either match on S4C, despite no other UK broadcaster showing Dragons v. Oyannax.
ITV did use their own graphics for the pre-match and post-match coverage, with the official intro used. Their own graphics being the light turquoise graphics used during the RWC 2023 rather than dark turquoise graphics that seemed to be approaching universality for ITV Sport last year when their football, rugby and NFL coverage used them.
Netflix's first foray into live sport a few weeks ago must have been a success as they have announced another live sporting event. In March they will show an exhibition tennis match between Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz in Las Vegas. A noon local / 9pm CET start time is rather notable.
about.netflix.com