BBCi: Now doing FA Cup content

Just read this from Digital Spy:

The BBC is to launch a live interactive service to accompany every FA Cup game from round three, beginning on Saturday January 6.

The service will be accessible via the BBC-i bar across all three digital platforms, making it the first of its kind for a football application.

Options on FA Cup Interactive include:

Red Button: Audio. In addition to the traditional match commentary with John Motson, digital viewers can access alternate audio from BBC Radio Five Live and 'crowd sound'.

Green Button: Highlights. Edited match highlights updated continuously throughout the game. Screen offers the highlights as well as the real-time game on a single screen, so viewers can always keep up with play.

Yellow Button: Round-up. A video round-up of other games in the round; listen to commentary from the earlier games, and keep pace with the current match - all on one screen.

Blue Button: Stats. Facts and figures, such as shots on goal, possession, corners won, offside and fouls committed.

Sounds good doesn't it? Just wait and see if it really happens...

(Edited by MikeG at 1:17 pm on Dec. 8, 2001)

Oh my, what a choice!

Motty or Green?

God or gobshyte ..

They're both so good!

Dillema!

Interesting - the BBC is also launching a Winter Olympics Interactive service. On Digital Satellite this will have extra video channels - one carrying edited highlights, and another carrying different live event coverage.

The Digital Cable and Digital Terrestrial services will be text/graphics only - no video - but the digital cable service will have forums and e-mail.

WAIT AND SEE!

The BBC are really great at this interactive malarkey aren't they? You can't fault them on it.