FOXSports.com on MSN offers special NFL on FOX webcast
by FOXSports.com
The day-long preview features team-by-team analysis, executive presentations, videos and special guests from the NFL. The event, titled FOX NFL Preview Special, will offer die-hard NFL fans the ultimate insider experience, giving them a rare look at how an NFL broadcast partner brings together its entire production team to prepare for an upcoming season. The Webcast is free to users and will be archived for viewing on demand.
While 2007 marks the first year that the preview has been broadcast in any form to the public, the annual NFL on FOX seminar has been conducted each of the previous 13 years, and is designed to prepare FOX Sports' entire staff for the upcoming season. The attendees and presenters include some of FOX Sports' top executives and NFL broadcasters. FOX Sports Chairman & CEO David Hill, FOX Sports President Ed Goren, broadcasters Terry Bradshaw, Jimmy Johnson, Howie Long, Troy Aikman and Joe Buck are all scheduled to take part.
"This Webcast is the kind of in-depth, behind-the-scenes NFL coverage that fans have come to expect from FOX," said Ed Bunnell, VP of programming for FOXSports.com on MSN. "We're proud to give fans this behind-the-curtain access and showcase how the entire FOX Sports team prepares for its coverage of the upcoming season on all platforms."
The NFL Preview Special will include:
The live Webcast, produced by FOXSports.com, also includes pre-produced video segments, and portions of the broadcast will be replayed and archived on the site.
About FOXSports.com on MSN
FOXSports.com on MSN is a leading sports Web site that delivers breaking news, real-time stats and fantasy games to more than 15 million unique visitors every month. FOXSports.com, a unit of Fox Interactive Media, is the exclusive provider of sports content for MSN in the US and it is the online extension of FOX Sports television coverage. Located at http://msn.foxsports.com/, the site provides sports fans with a wealth of exclusive online video, and is the industry leader in the delivery of sports content to mobile devices via its Fox Sports Mobile products.
About FOX Sports
As America's top-rated network for sports for the 10th-straight year (1997-2006), FOX Sports boasts rights agreements with each of the nation's highest-rated sports. FOX Sports is the exclusive national over-the-air television rights holder of Major League Baseball, including the All-Star Game, alternating League Championship Series and World Series (2007-2013); the National Football League's NFC package, including the NFC Championship Game and Super Bowls XLII and XLV (2006-2011); NASCAR's NEXTEL Cup racing from February through May, including the Daytona 500 (2007-2014); the Bowl Championship Series, featuring the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, FedEx Orange Bowl, Allstate Sugar Bowl from 2007 through 2010 and the new BCS National Championship Game from 2007 through 2009; and the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic. Since its inception in 1994, FOX Sports has earned 71 Emmy Awards for production excellence. David Hill and Ed Goren are the Executive Producers of FOX Sports.
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