Post by dkennedy on Apr 3, 2007 5:12:40 GMT -5
ESPN2 & ESPN2 HD Enhances Soccer Games
Games to Feature Kick Trax and Offside Line Video Graphics
April 2, 2007
By Linda Moss, Multichannel News
Beginning this season on ESPN2’s new MLS Primetime Thursday series, ESPN will provide fans a virtual replay device that will display the trajectory and placement of set pieces in a match through the use of “Kick Trax.”
The soccer production innovation was developed by SportVision in conjunction with ESPN.
MLS Primetime Thursday on ESPN2, the linchpin of ESPN’s domestic soccer television programming, will also feature a virtual Offside Line (another SportVision technical enhancement) and new graphics consistent with other ESPN marquee programming.
The in-game enhancements will debut April 7 at 3:30 p.m. on ABC and ABC HD during the 2007 MLS season-opening match – DC United at Colorado Rapids – from thingy’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo.
ESPN2 and ESPN2 HD will debut these innovations March 12, from the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. – site for the FC Dallas at Los Angeles Galaxy match and premiere of MLS Primetime Thursday.
Games to Feature Kick Trax and Offside Line Video Graphics
April 2, 2007
By Linda Moss, Multichannel News
Beginning this season on ESPN2’s new MLS Primetime Thursday series, ESPN will provide fans a virtual replay device that will display the trajectory and placement of set pieces in a match through the use of “Kick Trax.”
The soccer production innovation was developed by SportVision in conjunction with ESPN.
MLS Primetime Thursday on ESPN2, the linchpin of ESPN’s domestic soccer television programming, will also feature a virtual Offside Line (another SportVision technical enhancement) and new graphics consistent with other ESPN marquee programming.
The in-game enhancements will debut April 7 at 3:30 p.m. on ABC and ABC HD during the 2007 MLS season-opening match – DC United at Colorado Rapids – from thingy’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo.
ESPN2 and ESPN2 HD will debut these innovations March 12, from the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. – site for the FC Dallas at Los Angeles Galaxy match and premiere of MLS Primetime Thursday.