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The BBC: Slightly More Prepared Than ESPN

AwfulAnnouncing found this 6/27/2008 on sports.aol.com

When lightning struck at EURO 2008 , most broadcasters around the world didn't have a backup plan to bring viewers details of the game. As this video clip shows, though, the BBC, had radio presenters in the stadium, so they could at least tell you what was happening. ESPN wasn't quite so lucky, though they're not nearly as angry about it as German broadcaster ZDF, who also had no one at ...