FOX Sports marks the 50-day countdown to the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia with the unveiling of its lineup of international broadcasters for this summer’s global event, which runs on FOX and FS1 from June 14 to July 15. The roster is comprised of six broadcast teams overall led by play-by-play announcer John Strong and Stu Holden. The duo will kick off their FIFA World Cup slate calling the Portugal/Spain match on June 15 at 2p on FOX. JP Dellacamera and Tony Meola take the call as Russia opesn group stage action against Saudi Arabia on June 14. Other pairings include: Derek Rae/Aly Wagner; Glenn Davis/Cobi Jones; Jorge Perez Navarro/Mariano Trujillo; and Mark Followill/Warren Barton. Rob Stone will make his debut as lead studio host on FIFA World Cup Today with a rotation of studio analysts including Lothar Matthaus, Guus Hiddink, Alexi Lalas, Kelly Smith, Ian Wright and Moises Munoz. Hernan Crespo has also been newly-added to the FOX Sports studio analyst team. Meanwhile, l journalist Kate Abdo will anchor FIFA World Cup Live while Fernando Fiore hosts FIFA World Cup Tonight.
Related Stories
Whoopi Goldberg and cast mates will take The Stand on CBS All Access Dec. 17
The Stand, CBS All Access’ television adaptation of the storied 1978 Stephen King novel, will debut December 17. Starring Whoopi Goldberg, Alexander Skarsgard, James Marsden, Odessa Young, Jovan Adepo and Amber Heard, the limited series unfolds around King’s apocalyptic struggle between good and evil after a plague destroys most of the country. Ben Cavell serves […]
McKinnon lands unprecedented Exotic deal
Get ready cats and kittens. Joe Exotic (working title), UCP’s limited series starring and exec-produced by Kate McKinnon, scored a straight-to-series order by both the NBCU television and streaming divisions. In an unprecedented move, project will roll out across broadcast net NBC, streamer Peacock, and a basic cable net USA. Series is based on the […]
Cat’s meow: Quaid will star in his own animal rescue story
Dennis Quaid is the cat’s meow. He’s partnering with ITV America’s Leftfield Pictures for unscripted TV project Saving Dennis Quaid, which he’ll star in and exec produce. Project documents the animal lover’s recent headline-making pet rescue where he and partner Jimmy Jellinek set out on a mission to adopt a 6-year-old black cat from Lynchburg, […]
Turner Sports Shaq’s up
Big news at Turner Sports, as the company lands a multiyear extension of its partnership with Shaquille O’Neal. Shaq’s expanded role gains the Basketball Hall of Famer more airtime, including on TNT’s Inside the NBA and NBA on TNT, as well as contributions to NBA.com. He also will develop projects throughout the WarnerMedia portfolio including […]
The Tonys go digital
The 74th Annual Tony Awards ceremony will go on, presented digitally sometime in the fall. Date and platform are TBA. The event had originally been scheduled for June 7, but was replaced by plans for a streaming special on the same date due to COVID-19. That special was postponed amid unrest over the George Floyd […]
CynCity
Cynsiders
Putting YouTube First
Before most legacy outlets had started thinking seriously about YouTube, Rachel Stockman, President of Law&Crime,...Gen Z Isn’t Loyal to Media Platforms – They’re Loyal to Relevance
By Julie Clark, SVP, Diversified Markets, Media & Entertainment Streaming habits, social behavior and content...From Automation to Alliance: Redefining the Publisher-Advertiser Relationship for the New Era
By Will Bachrach, Chief Revenue Officer at Next Millennium Media Many publishers today find themselves...
