{"id":50242,"date":"2020-08-20T04:47:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T01:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/espn-to-borrow-nba-coverage-idea-for-us-open-fan-experience\/"},"modified":"2020-08-20T04:47:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T01:47:00","slug":"espn-to-borrow-nba-coverage-idea-for-us-open-fan-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/espn-to-borrow-nba-coverage-idea-for-us-open-fan-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"#ESPN to borrow NBA coverage idea for US Open fan experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#ESPN to borrow NBA coverage idea for US Open fan experience<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n The U.S. Open will be fan-less but won\u2019t be without the traditional \u201cplayer box.\u201d<\/p>\n

Virtually, that is.<\/p>\n

As a highlight to ESPN\u2019s coverage of the Open that starts Aug. 31, players have been asked to submit a list of 15 family\/friends they would normally invite to their private box at Arthur Ashe Stadium.<\/p>\n

ESPN often pans the player box, usually focusing on male player\u2019s wife\/girlfriend\/celebrity acquaintance. Now ESPN will display the invitees in a make-believe box.<\/p>\n

Along with the viewers, the players can see their player box on nine 8-by-14 LED screens that will be placed around the lower perimeter of Ashe Stadium.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a nuanced upgrade to the NBA\u2019s coverage, in which a cadre of season-ticket holders are shown digitally sitting in front-row seats.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a lot of momentum from the players to invite 15 people, ESPN\u2019s vice president of production Jamie Reynolds told The Post. \u201cWe\u2019ll cycle through them. Some might drop off after a half-hour, others will be the whole match. And it\u2019ll be a like a FaceTime call. They can hear the audio of their family and friends and talk to them.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

The nine screens will have other uses as well. Instead of the players craning their necks to the upper-deck scoreboard to watch the Hawkeye replays on disputed line calls, the players can view it on the nine courtside screens.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey won\u2019t have to look up in the sky to challenge things,\u2019\u2019 Reynolds said.<\/p>\n

In addition, fans \u2014 based on geography \u2014 will app<\/a>ear on screen. The concept is grabbing patrons from a player\u2019s home country. ESPN is producing the live feed for 200-plus countries.<\/p>\n

Also, ESPN\u2019s sideline reporter Tom Rinaldi will get help. A superfan will be chosen to ask the player a question as part of the on-court post-match interview. Rinaldi also will perform an on-court interview, but he and the player will be in masks standing 6 feet apart in following the CDC\u2019s social<\/a> distancing protocols.<\/p>\n

ESPN officials believe this sort of \u201cfan engagement\u2019\u2019 will enhance coverage in challenging times \u2014 covering the two-week Open in an empty stadium. The larger hurdle is capturing the essence of the event with audio.<\/p>\n

ESPN\u2019s tennis strategy is to limit the fake crowd buzz the NBA, MLB and NHL have used effectively and try a new tact.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s more comforting to hear that atmospheric white noise,\u2019\u2019 Reynolds said. \u201cWhat we have done on the tennis side is we\u2019ll have moments where we have traditional crowd noise like the walk on or end of the match or set. But we won\u2019t have it during the actual action.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re trying to optimize the player performance. We want to hear how physical they are, how hard they are hitting the ball. We want to catch the force and strength. We\u2019re going to optimize that audio.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

ESPN will employ 15 on-air personalities \u2014 including the broadcasting debut of recently retired Caroline Wozniacki, wife of former Knick David Lee.<\/p>\n

According to Reynolds, ESPN broadcast personalities John and Patrick McEnoe and Chris Fowler, who sit in a 200-level booth, are analyzing how loud they can go without being heard by the players. Rehearsals will take place next week during the Western & Southern Open.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also another hurdle.<\/p>\n

\u201cSocial distancing means announcers have to follow the same rules,\u2019\u2019 Reynolds said. \u201cThey\u2019re usually shoulder to shoulder. You have to have the talent in their own unique space. Will they have the body language and chemistry like they\u2019re working side to side?\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

The telecast, however, will be enhanced by lower camera angles. With an empty stadium, the lenses can be situated in lower spaces where front-row patrons would have sat during non-COVID-19 times. Reynolds believes that will better \u201caccess the speed and versatility of players.\u201d<\/p>\n

The chief obstacle is rising to the crescendo moments of a big point without Flushing\u2019s thundering crowd.<\/p>\n

\u201cA four-hour men\u2019s match, you tip in and out, but whenever you hear the roar of the crowd or inflection of the announcers, you perk up and pay attention again,\u2019\u2019 Reynolds said. \u201cFinding that rhythm and maintaining that experience is our biggest focus.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut there\u2019s something romantically interesting to me about having two players in the bottom of a 23,000-seat arena all by themselves. It\u2019s the ultimate duel. The great Western \u2014 two guys in the Valley of Death.\u2019\u2019\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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