ESPN make rugby a family affair

[The Telegraph]

Brain Moore was looking as cheerful as a front-row forward can possibly look. “Brilliant news,” he said, leaning over a railing above Twickenham’s press gantry to speak to ESPN match commentator Nick Mullins. “Austin Healey has had food poisoning; he’s been up all night.”

So begins a day spent with ESPN’s production team watching them put together live coverage of Premiership final.

For ESPN, the Premiership final is a major broadcasting event. The channel was covering its second final on Saturday, beaming the action from Twickenham to 91 different channels as well as providing a 3D feed to Sky for the domestic market for the first time. …

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