Sogecable at the FIFA World Cup 2010
posted:
Included in this extra content are live feeds of the Spanish team training, as well as two sports-centric news shows. “We have one hour of sports news a day, spread across two shows – one at 15:00 and the other at 19:30,” continues Alberto. “One presenter is based here, in Johannesburg, the other with the team. We also have our own OB van at the Spanish matches, sending unilateral feeds in HD.”
Sogecable have six dedicated sports channels on their digital/satellite platform behind the pay-wall, as well as one free-view channel. They are broadcasting the matches and news shows across the scrambled channels, and all primetime games are being made available on the free-view channel.
“We are also broadcasting ten of the matches in 3D,” concludes Alberto, “I’m not sure how many people will be utilising these games at home, but they will also be broadcast in theatres in Spain – it is definitely the beginning.”