RIO DE JANEIRO – Unprecedented 2014 FIFA World Cup coverage in the United States begins Thursday on ESPN.
Front Row will take you behind the scenes with recurring “audio postcards from Brazil.” Short podcasts will be coupled with photos featuring our facilities and ESPN’s 300 people in Brazil.
Below is the first of two podcasts that will feature ESPN President John Skipper, who arrived in Rio Tuesday.
Final touches are made on ESPN’s sets in Brazil. (Mike Soltys / ESPN)
(l-r) Senior Vice President & Executive Producer, Production, Jed Drake; World Cup studio host Mike Tirico; ESPN President John Skipper. (Mike Soltys / ESPN)
Inside a World Cup production meeting. (Mike Soltys / ESPN)
A control room in ESPN’s Brazil studios. (Mike Soltys / ESPN)
ESPN’s World Cup set is located at Clube dos Marimbas boating club at the tip of Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. (Mike Soltys / ESPN)
(l-r) Amy Rosenfeld, coordinating producer; ESPN President John Skipper; Senior Vice President & Executive Producer, Production, Jed Drake. (Mike Soltys / ESPN)
World Cup studio host Mike Tirico inspects a camera. (Mike Soltys / ESPN)