Baseball has long been a game that both kids and adults can enjoy. ESPN will soon test whether that maxim still holds. When the Disney-owned sports giant broadcasts one of the games in the annual L…
and guests chatting on screen all while the game proceeded, with some of the action punctuated by emojis and stat-laden graphics.
One telecast on ABC was aimed at fans looking for a broad entertainment event, and featured Robin Roberts, Luke Bryan and Bobby Bones. A second version, tailored for more intense sports fans, dove into stats and strategy on ESPN. Walt Disney has a long history with the Little League World Series. Indeed, ABC Sports started broadcasting the event, held for teams of kids ages 10 to 12, in 1963. As time has progressed, and ABC and ESPN became part of Disney, more telecasts of more rounds of the tournament, broadcast each year from South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, have been sent out to TV viewers. The tournament has been around since 1947. Once centered only on U.S. teams, it now attracts players from around the world.
The ESPN2 telecast will carry the same feed of the game as ESPN, says Gross, but producers do not want the two networks’ telecast to be the same in any way. ESPN2 viewers can expect “double boxes” and “triple boxes” on screen that allow viewers to see the game as well as the view from the teenage reporters on the sidelines, who will have their own mobile cameras.
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