| | Beginning Saturday, Sept. 9, ESPN will bring real-time stadium scoreboard
information from most Division I-A colleges nationwide to viewers' living
rooms in a college football first. With the debut of "ESPN RealTime" on
halftime and pre-and post-game scoreboard shows and SportsCenter, including
its "BottomLine," fans will receive game statistics such as running time,
scores and ball possession as they change at each stadium.
ESPN.com and ESPN updates at :28 and :58 past the hour will be incorporating the feature
in the near future. "ESPN RealTime" will also be used to provide the most
up-to-date information on all NFL contests.
With assistance from the schools, conferences and NFL, ESPN will directly
connect to each stadium scoreboard and download the real-time data from the
scoreboards. ESPN will then have access to use all of the scoreboard
information, including scores, a running clock, which team holds possession
of the ball, the down and distance for a first down, if a team has taken a
timeout and the remaining timeouts for each team. For example, if the clock
on a stadium scoreboard is running, the clock on ESPN's graphic panel will
change simultaneously.
"Through the cooperation of the schools and conferences, we will be able to
provide college football fans with up-to-the-second information through our
'ESPN RealTime' feature,'" said Mo Davenport, ESPN senior coordinating
producer. "'ESPN RealTime,' in addition to the new high-tech studio for
ESPN halftime and scoreboard shows, gives us even more tools to continue to
provide the viewers with the best in college football coverage."
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