SkyCam Unlikely To Catch On As Primary Camera Angle

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SkyCam Unlikely To Catch On As Primary Camera Angle 

Post#1 » by RealGM Wiretap » Wed Nov 22, 2017 3:18 pm

The NFL SkyCam is unlikely to catch on as the primary camera angle for NFL telecasts.

An unscientific ESPN poll found 52 percent approval among nearly 9,500 respondents. More importantly, none of the NFL's four broadcasters would commit this week to televising another game primarily from the SkyCam view.

The SkyCam was used twice this year during Sunday night telecasts due to unforeseen circumstances and in a third game as an experiment. 

"We enjoyed the challenge of presenting last Thursday's game with much of the live action covered by SkyCam," an NBC spokesman said. "As we expected, there was a range of reaction as some fans have become accustomed to the traditional camera angles, while many others were excited to watch the game from a perspective that they've grown up with, but was new to television. We look forward to evaluating the telecast further in the coming days."

A CBS spokesperson said: "We will continue to use SkyCam aggressively but there are no changes planned to our core coverage."

 

Via Kevin Seifert/ESPN

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